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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mehran Massoumi

buses follow similar steps.Foreach register bit ‘r’ do identify the set of states S in which ‘r’ is driven; foreach state ‘s’ in S do use the driver expression ‘d’ of ‘r’ to form “d && s” to be or-ed with the data input of ‘r’; if ‘r’ has a clock enable condition ‘e’ then Form the expression “e && s” to be or-ed with clock enable input of ‘r’; else logical-or ‘s’ with clock enable input of ‘r’; As an example, the register duplicate is driven in both states 1 and 2. In state 1, the clock enablecondition is the signal ready and in state 2 the enable condition is the expression “(buffer ==mem)”. Both enable conditions are and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Uwakweh Benjamin; Richard Miller; Bryan Dansberry; Kettil Cedercreutz; Cheryl Cates

Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2005, American Society for Engineering Educationindustry practice. During its 100-year development, the concept has grown to become an underpinning ofexperiential learning programs worldwide.Accountability concerns have created a focus on practical learning outcomes deemed important by industry. TheAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) 2000 Criteria, developed in the late 1990’s, stronglyemphasize an understanding of market needs. Measurement, feedback and continuous improvement form cornerstones of the ABET 2000 philosophy. The thinking behind the criteria is largely based on the logistic conceptsdeveloped by Dr. E. Deming that revolutionized the

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Issues in Digital Signal Processing

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Watkins

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Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Anderton; Karim Salman

is important to avoid metastabilities in the sequential design. • Two 8-bit registers. One is the Input Register (INPR), and the other one is the Output Register (OUTR). These facilitate communications with external input and output devices. • A collection of 7 disjoint flip flops that collectively act as the CPU status register. The Interrupt Register (R), The Stop Register (S), The Carry Register (E), the Addressing Mode Register (I), the Interrupt Enable Register (IEN), the Flag Input Register (FGI), and the Flag Output Register (FGO). These are individually controlled as will be detailed later. 3. A simple instruction format

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Wafeek Wahby

isbeing delivered. Navigating the course web site and/or student management tool, such asWebCT or Blackboard, prior to starting the course is paramount for students’ success. A Community of Learners:Building a sense of community during the first week of the course provides a critical andsolid foundation for the success of the course. A threaded discussion can be veryeffective in accomplishing this task. This course incorporated a “Tell Us About You”threaded discussion assignment to allow students interact and share personal informationthey were comfortable with such as hometown, major, work experience, background, andother information or photo(s) they would like to include. Also, this assignment has themstate one objective they would like to

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Terence Weigel

embedded JavaScript code that Page 10.242.4 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society of Engineering Educationprevents the student from entering a non-numerical answer where a numerical answer isrequired, and also insures that a non-zero value has been entered in each field.Partial Credit When the C++ program detects an incorrect answer, it reworks the problem from thatpoint forward using the incorrect value(s) submitted by the student. Student answers subsequentto his / her incorrect value(s) are compared to these

Conference Session

Internet Computing and Networking

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Mokodean; Xiannong Meng; Luiz Perrone; Maurice Aburdene

categories: courses that cover wireless network topics such ascomputer networks and data-and- communication; courses dedicated to wireless networks; and asequence of core and supporting courses which typically take the form of a track, or aconcentration in wireless communication.Introduction In the late 80’s, Mark Weiser and the team at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC)described the ubiquitous computing research project [14,15]. Two key foundations for achievingthe goal of ubiquitous computing are wireless communications and mobile communications.Wireless and mobile communications allow computing devices to “talk” to each other withoutbeing constrained by physical cables used in a wired network environment. Recognizing theimportance of wireless

Conference Session

Scholarship in Engineering Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Nancy Denton; Sarah Leach

) ASEE Division Chairs via e-mail. Twenty-one (21) responseswere received. The twenty-one responding divisions represent 53% of the papers published in the2004 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings.Table 1: Peer Review Survey ResultsPercentage of Survey questions and possible responsesresponses 1. Does your division use a masked review process (keep the author(s) identity hidden from the reviewers)?11 62% Yes 38% No 2. The author(s) can identify their peer reviewers 100% a. only if the peer reviewers choose to contact the author(s) outside the process b. by checking other division documentation/postings

Conference Session

Integrating Materials and Manufacturing

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Chrysanthe Demetry

these patterns into four dimensions, with twopossibilities in each dimension. Table 1 summarizes the four dimensions and provides someconcrete examples of how they manifest in learning preferences.Over the past several decades, many studies have shown that some MBTI types tend to strugglein or drop out of engineering programs more than others. These findings are most oftenexplained by mismatches between traditional teaching styles and the learning preferences ofmany of our students. In general, traditional engineering education is biased towards Introversion(I) over Extraversion (E), Intuition (N) over Sensing (S), Thinking (T) more than Feeling (F),and Judgment (J) over Perception (P).4,6,9 The S-N dimension is particularly influential

Conference Session

Philosophical Foundations, Frameworks, and Testing in K-12 Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Nalini Bhushan; Glenn Ellis; Eleanor Ory

society’s needs.CONCLUSIONWe have developed a concept map that uses philosophical concepts to organize AI technologyfor use in the high school classroom. The purpose of the map is to increase learning by helpingstudents organize their knowledge in a meaningful and holistic way. We have also developedassociated activities that help students learn about the concepts presented in the map. Page 10.977.6 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright À 2005, American Society for Engineering Education1. Develop initial map(s) Decide on the scope of the

Conference Session

Thermal Systems

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Baughn

done using the electrical analogy.The author learned of this approach at North American Aviation in the early 60’s. This approachis useful for setting up the difference equations and boundary conditions for use in a Spreadsheet.An electrical analogy for heat transfer in a 1-D wall broken into nodes is shown in Figure 3. Inthis analogy, boundary nodes and surface nodes do not have a means for storing energy whereasinternal nodes have a mass associated with them and therefore a thermal capacitance. Thethermal capacitance represents the amount of energy per unit temperature change and is theproduct of the specific heat and mass of a node. The resistances between nodes can be analogousto convection, conduction and even radiation.In Figure 4 an

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ali Mohammadzadeh

0 .8 De−0.2 (2) −0.2 hrefrigerant = 4.37Vrefrigeran 0.8 t Dp (3)In the above equations the convection heat transfer coefficients are calculated inW/(m2.oK). V is the velocity of fluids in m/s. Dp and De are pipe inside diameter andannulus hydraulic diameter respectively in meters. Assume that water is running throughthe annulus. Although the convection heat transfer coefficient for refrigerant depends onthe type of the refrigerant used and is a function of the temperature of

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Economy

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Ristroph

Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Figure 1. Step 1 Before Selection From Dropdown Box Figure 2. Step 1 After Wrong Answer Page 10.313.2Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for EngineeringFigure 3 is a correct answer to Step 1’s dropdown box, with a green response background andpositive feedback. Also the display blinks; a red arrow now shows the position of the equivalent;and the cursor advances. Figure 4 is the result of a correct answer to Step 2’s dropdown box

Conference Session

Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Keener; Anant Kukreti; Eugene Rutz

scheduledacademic quarters from the undergraduate program to provide room in the five-year schedulefor graduate course credits. In order to 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

Conference Session

Capstone & Educational Resource Developments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

George York; Daniel Pack

positioning sensor through variousdigital I/O and analog input ports. The high level design is shown below. At the PDR, thestudents explained their design using this drawing and a detailed drawing for each of the blocks Page 10.950.5 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationshown below. Likewise, their high-level software design was described via a high level flowdiagram. S ystem H ard w are B lo ck D iag ram

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

George Bodner; Deborah Follman; Mica Hutchison

. Bandura, A., Social Foundations of Thought and Action: A Social Cognitive Theory, Prentice-Hall,Englewood Cliffs, 1986.2. Galluzzo, G., "WISE Reports High Retention Rate for Class of 2003 Women." In University of Iowa NewsRelease, July 14, 2003.3. Lent, R. W., S. D. Brown, J. Schmidt, B. Brenner, H. Lyons and D. Treistman, "Relation of ContextualSupports and Barriers to Choice Behavior in Engineering Majors: Test of Alternative Social Cognitive Models,"Journal of Counseling Psychology, vol. 50, no. 4, 2003, pp. 458-465.4. Schaefers, K. G., D. L. Epperson and M. M. Nauta, "Women's Career Development: Can TheoreticallyDerived Variables Predict Persistence in Engineernig Majors?" Journal of Counseling Psychology, vol. 44, 1997,pp

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth A. Stephan; Matthew Ohland

exposedto the sensors, and instructor constitute blocks, and can be used to determine if the use of thesensors as a data collection agent has a significant effect on students’ ability to understand theobserved phenomena.11,12 Table 1. Crossover and Continue Experimental Design Lab Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Spring stiffness Fluid mixing Beam stiffness Non- Sensor Sensor Non- Sensor Sensor Non-Sensor Sensor s Dr. A’ Section 1 Section 2 Section 2 Section 1 Section 2 Section 1

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Chris Graunke; Jeffrey Will; Peter Johnson

shown a particle with three or four (depending on the problem) 3D forces acting on it (Fig. 2). Students were then Page 10.1454.4 asked to complete a short multiple-choice quiz to obtain a quantitative measure of their ability to Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationinterpret 3D information from the various media. The following question was asked for eachdimension of each force vector: For the force, is the s-component of the force a

Conference Session

Teaching Team Skills Through Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Shooter; Soundar Kumara; Robert Stone; Timothy Simpson; Janis Terpenny

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research and Assessment III

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhifeng Kou; Sudhir Mehta

Class Size Figure 2 The smaller the class size, the higher the engagement level Engagement Score Vs. College 55 50 Engagement Score 45 40 35 30 25 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Colle ge s

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohamed Chouikha; Don Millard

ObjectivesRensselaer’s vision is for students to have: immediate access to course materials, educationalresources, and interactive learning modules; ubiquitous Internet connectivity; and the ability tocommunicate and collaborate with anyone, from anyplace, at anytime. Rensselaer is PrincetonReview’s “America’s Most Connected Campus”, with many of our buildings also equipped withwireless LANs; which are typically used for file server access and communication (e.g. email,IM, etc.). We have begun to investigate how we can integrate un-tethered connectivity andmobile technology in the classroom for courses and the overall education process.Our goal is to expand the engineering studio pedagogy pioneered by Rensselaer by in the early90’s to have students learn with

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Banzhaf

is inherently an abstract concept: the ability to store energy in an invisible electricfield. Commercial capacitors reveal little about what is inside, and looking at one doesn't help atall in understanding the formula C = εA/S. When students construct a parallel-plate capacitor, asshown in Figure 4 below, using a book-sized piece of window glass and aluminum foil, they cansee, understand and appreciate the meaning of dielectric constant (ε), plate area (A) anddielectric thickness (S). Figure 4 – Parallel-Plate Capacitor Constructed of Glass & Aluminum Foil; MicrometerFormula for Capacitance of a Parallel-Plate CapacitorThe standard textbook formula for a parallel-plate capacitor in which fringing of the electric fieldcan be neglected

Conference Session

Laboratories

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Ficken; Subha Kumpaty

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 Time (s) Actual Readings Calculated Values Page 10.878.2 Figure 1 Temperature history of a thermocouple Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition 2 Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationThe students recognize that the first order differential equations could be

Conference Session

Thermal Systems

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Pamela J. Théroux; Gary Gabriele; Brad Lister; Deborah Kaminski

. Page 10.508.7 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationFigure 3Distribution of Learning Styles Overall 8.67% Learning Styles Acco m m oda ting As s im ilating C onverging D iverging 11 .22 % 29 .34

Conference Session

Faculty Reward System Reform

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

J.W. Bardo; Gary Bertoline; Eugene DeLoatch; Duane Dunlap; Albert McHenry; T.G. Stanford; S.J. Tricamo; P.Y. Lee; H.J. Palmer; Michael Dyrenfurth; Dennis Depew; Donald Keating

Session 2155An Emerging Template for Professionally Oriented Faculty Reward Systemsthat Supports Professional Scholarship, Teaching, and Creative Engagement in Engineering Practice for the Development and Innovation of Technology D. A. Keating, 1 T. G. Stanford, 1 J. W. Bardo, 2 D. D. Dunlap, 2 D. R. Depew, 3 G. R. Bertoline, 3 M. J. Dyrenfurth, 3 A. L. McHenry, 4 P. Y. Lee, 5 E. M. DeLoatch, 6 S. J. Tricamo, 7 H. J. Palmer 8 University of South Carolina 1 / Western Carolina University 2 / Purdue University 3 Arizona State University East 4 / California Polytechnic State

Conference Session

Innovative ET Leadership

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

create greatdifficulty for EET educators in identifying the future directions of the program of study.Today, these boundaries are dissolving rapidly and therefore confusion is rampant in theability of educators to layout sustainable EET curriculum directions that confidentlyaddress the future workforce needs of industry and society. The focus of this paper is toillustrate the whole process of road mapping to create new program focus areas in thefield of electronics and closely related fields that yield employment to our graduates intothe new emerging technological disciplines.Introduction:To build a successful technology enterprise, it is vital to have a knowledge basedworkforce with skills in science and engineering (S&E). In addition

Conference Session

Energy Program and Software Tools

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Keshav Varde

Session 3433 Energy and Engine Research through Undergraduate Research Program Keshav S. Varde College of Engineering and Computer Science University of Michigan-Dearborn, MichiganAbstractThe need for engineers to engage in research and development activities in engines andpropulsion systems has been increasing. This is more so evident in automotive industry wherethere has been a push to increase overall efficiency of propulsion systems, make use alternativefuels to help reduce dependency on oil and reduce exhaust emissions, and to use environmentallyfriendly

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics of Materials

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ali Mohammadzadeh

difficulty to visualize and understand. The objective ofthis paper is to help students to understand and reinforce their comprehension of thesefundamental concepts of solid mechanics by introducing them to the 3 different approachesoutlined and discussed here.An L-shaped high strength aluminum beam, E = 10.4E6 psi, cantilevered at one end and subjectto a concentrated load P at the free end (Figure 1) is used to teach these 3 fundamental concepts. S Z Y α Q X Strain gage rosette L

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shumon Alam; Matthew Sadiku; Cajetan Akujuobi

Engineering Education Start R/W in DSLAM, Disable Port S ta rt Insert Noise/Change Loop Length R / W in D S L A M Enable DSLAM Port I n s e r t N o is e / C h a n g e L o o p L e n g th

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Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Emin Yilmaz; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

measure the relative power of each cylinder on an internalcombustion engine. A basic sensor assembly design and construction was completed as alaboratory requirement for the Mechanical Systems Design course. Pulses generated by theencoder pressed against engine crankshaft belt were acquired and stored in a file using a NationalInstruments2 PCI 6023E, 200 kS/s (kilo-samples per second) throughput data acquision boardand an application program developed using National Instruments LabVIEW 5.0 graphicalprogramming software. The acquired data was processed using LabVIEW and the results weredisplayed. The change in the encoder signal frequency is proportional to the power generated bythe individual cylinders of the engine. A plot is generated for two