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Controls, Mechatronics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hugh Jack

custom designed cir-cuit boards based on the Atmel Mega32 microcontroller. While these new boards are low cost($37), they support a much more relevant and mature set of pedagogical experiences.The objec-tive of the paper is to present enough information to allow other educators to evaluate the viabilityof the controllers for use in their own courses. All of the board designs, lab descriptions, sampleprograms and course textbook are available on the course home page [1].IntroductionEGR 345 - Dynamic System Modeling and Control is a course offered to junior level mechanicaland manufacturing engineering students [1]. The course topics, listed below, include the model-ing, analysis, and control of mechanical and electrical systems starting with

Conference Session

Innovation for ChE Student Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Newell

Impact of Structured Writing and Awareness of Cognition on Effective Teaming James Newell1, Kevin Dahm1, Roberta Harvey2, and Heidi Newell1 1 Department of Chemical Engineering and 2College of Communications Rowan University Glassboro, NJ 08028AbstractMetacognition is the awareness and understanding by a student of his or her own learningown skills, performance, preferences, and barriers. This paper describes a pilot scaleeffort to develop metacognition in engineering teams at Rowan University, throughstructured writing, and the use of the Learning Combination Inventory (LCI). Thetheoretical basis for the LCI is the

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Frontiers

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ahmet Zeytinci; Philip Brach

from the area in front of the garage leading to a 24-inch storm sewer located in the street as shown in Figure 1. The hydraulic analysis of this pipe indicated that a maximum flow of approximately 660 gallons/min could be discharged by the pipe (Ref. 1). The drainage area feeding the 24-inch storm sewer is about 60 acres. While this is an older community, more recent development has resulted in larger homes with more than normal paved surface areas. Based on these conditions, approximately 56% of the surface area is judged to be impervious. Using this data it was estimated that in one hour approximately 1-inch of storm water falling on 34 acres of land had to be discharged by the 24-inch storm sewer. A storm of this

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rasoul Saneifard

objective is toproduce a machine that can perform many common household chores with or without limitedhuman interaction.The changing environment of the average home (such as one-story, two-story, size, changingneeds of individuals, etc.) is one of the major elements responsible for the slow emergence ofintelligence-based household products. To overcome this obstacle, a new breed of versatilehousehold products that would adapt to the unpredictable household environment would have tobe designed and produced. This type of intelligence would merge home equipment and Page 10.1488.1appliances to function as a single unit [1, 2, 3].OverviewThis article

Conference Session

Program Delivery Methods and Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lucy Morse

. 1Statistics Academic Year 2003-2004 was outstanding in terms of FEEDS productivity and achievement.Five hundred seventy graduate and undergraduate credit courses, Table 1, were delivered to over100 sites throughout Florida, the nation, and the world. This activity represents a 3½ % increasein the number of courses delivered compared to AY 2002-2003. Only the public institutions aregiven. Total University Undergraduate Graduate FEEDS FAMU-FSU 5 10 15 FAU 21

Conference Session

Design and Computation in ChE Courses

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Elly; Mordechai Shacham; Michael Cutlip

”The process of problem solving within chemical engineering can be represented schematically bythe flow diagram shown in Figure 1. The process starts by converting the problem definitioninto a mathematical model using physical laws such as mass balances, energy balance, phaseequilibrium relations, etc. The model is complemented by physical and thermodynamic propertyconstants or property equations. The complete model is fed into the solution algorithm (typicallya numerical solution algorithm) which provides the solution. This solution should be analyzedfor physical feasibility and consistency with results of similar problems, and the model or theproperties must be corrected as necessary. Finally the complete solution, including the model

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Dick

loaded, unchanged, into amicroprocessor-based system.Beowulf VendingMachine (2004) – Thisproject focuses on theprocessing of binarydata that represents thestate of selectionswitches and cashdeposited sensors in avending machine.The student code readsa single byte of data,analyzes theinformation representedin that byte, anddetermines theappropriate action thatthe system should take,e.g., dispense selectedproduct and change. Bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Assignment ButtermilkThe learning objectives of this

Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Women

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ying Tang; Linda Head

at Rowan University to introduce young women into engineering andtechnology through a summer program titled “Attracting Women into Engineering”.Particularly, this paper focuses on two Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE)modules that were developed in exposing middle school girls to ECE as a viable, excitingcareer option.1. INTRODUCTION Although engineering is gaining popularity at all degree levels, according to theresults of ASEE’s recent survey [4], the data continues to show that women remainunderrepresented in engineering academia. Only 19.9% of the B.S. degrees and 16.9% ofthe Ph.D. degrees in engineering were awarded to women in 2001 [4]. Engineeringcareers are seldom exposed to students in most K-12 schools [3]. Students

Conference Session

IP, Incubation, and Business Plans

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Archibald; Michelle Clauss; James Dupree

engineering teams placed second and thirdin the competition, although they comprise less than 5% of the student body.Intr oduction: Grove City College’s Engineering Entrepreneurship Program is integrallytied with the senior Capstone Design Programs (in the Mechanical and ElectricalEngineering departments) and the college-wide Annual Business Plan Competition(sponsored by the Business department.) Figure 1 illustrates the relationship between thethree programs. Entrepreneurial topics, including cost estimation and financialperformance prediction, were included in the senior design program for many years. Theadvent of the Business Plan Competition in 2003 provided a new opportunity forengineering students. A cooperative effort between the engineering

Conference Session

Undergraduate-Industry-Research Linkages

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Russell Cummings; John McMasters

, offered younger members the ability to participate in a small groupof people who had a shared ability or skill (such as being woodworkers or blacksmiths). Thenew “member” of the guild would attach themselves to a more experienced member as anapprentice, as shown in Fig. 1. While interacting with the journeyman (skilled but still learning)and/or master (highly skilled and mentoring), the apprentice would learn not only the technical Page 10.1247.1* This work was accomplished while a Professor of Aerospace Engineering at California Polytechnic StateUniversity in San Luis Obispo, CA. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering

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Industrial Collaborations

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2005 Annual Conference

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Frank Miceli; Chip Ferguson; Aaron Ball

technology transfer.1,2The Engineering and Technology Department was approached December 1, 2003 by theEducation and Research Consortium of the Western Carolinas to discuss the opportunity ofworking with a manufacturing company in western North Carolina to assist in managing theprototyping and field testing of a water-heating dehumidifier combination unit. The opportunity Page 10.70.1 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”for faculty members to collaborate with a regional manufacturing company to

Conference Session

Education Ideas in Software Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Gassert; Deepti Suri

collaboration has evolved and what they learned from it. The challenges encountered whileusing this approach are also discussed.1. IntroductionThe two major (and unfortunately fairly common) roadblocks that projects both in the industryand academia alike face are (i) A significant amount of time and effort is spent on rework because the delivered product does not meet the user’s needs and (ii) The project takes longer (and is over budget) because the functionality that needs to be delivered is not properly understood and estimated.The chances of a product being developed on time and within budget are dependant on thoroughand precise analysis of the client's current situation and needs. Informally, the client’s needs

Conference Session

Academic Standards & Issues/Concerns & Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gillian Saunders-Smits

Netherlands into the success of itsaerospace engineering graduates. A list of competencies was compiled based on literature andput to an expert panel of Dutch aerospace engineer employers for comments to see if the samesuccess drivers apply in the Netherlands as they do in the United States.The career track of an engineerSeveral sources in American literature, amongst others Landis2, Pinelli3, Covert4 and Spurgeon5,feel there are two or three career tracks for an engineer to follow. It can be expected that therewill be a different emphasis on how success is measured between the career tracks. In thisresearch a distinction is made between two career paths an engineering graduate can followwhich is displayed in figure 1.In this the engineering

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Reese

/hardware lab topics, a textbook with thisparticular topic coverage, lab exercise development, and suitably trained teachingassistants for the lab experience. Student response to the new course material has beenpositive, and senior project quality has improved as students no longer struggle withincluding a microcontroller component in their designs.MotivationBeginning Fall 2003, the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department at MississippiState University shifted its introductory microprocessor course from a traditionalassembly language orientation (X86-based) to one that emphasizes embedded systemconcepts and hardware/software prototyping skills [1]. The course is required forcomputer science (CS), electrical engineering (EE), computer

Conference Session

Social Responsibility & Professionalism

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Christi Luks

Focus on Tar Creek Christi L. Patton University of TulsaAbstract Tar Creek is #1 on the EPA cleanup list and it is located about 90 miles from theUniversity of Tulsa campus. While the legislators and residents debate what should bedone to clean up the area, freshman Chemical Engineering students research the historyof Tar Creek and use this as a starting point for lectures and discussion on safety, ethicsand the environment. Throughout the course students perform practice calculations thatare based on the information gleaned through their readings. The last weeks of thesemester are spent in a research project that takes them to

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Education II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Suketu Shah; Gaurav Agarwal; Mohammed Haque

Page 10.107.2 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Educationof this research was to develop a virtual tour of an energy conscious building showing thevarious concepts, elements and technical aspects of the building.Development MethodologyThe main thrust of the research was the development of a 3D computer generated animationmodel showing and describing in detail the various elements of an energy conscious architecturaldesign. The following steps outlines the methods used to achieve the above stated purpose.Figure 1 shows the work flow diagram1. Design and Development: The first step was to design and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shana Smith

1526 Using Virtual Reality Tools in Design and Technical Graphics Curricula: An Experience in Learning Shana Smith1, Kay Taylor2, Travis Green3, Neil Peterson4, Cynthia Garrety1 1 Iowa State University 2 State University of New York, SUNY Fredonia 3 Des Moines Area Community College 4 Iowa Central Community CollegeIntroduction Three-dimensional visualization ability

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mahmoud Quweider

Document: 2005-940Division: Computers in Education Integration of Educational Methodologies in the C o m p u t e r S c i e n c e C u r r i c u l u m b a s e d o n t h e B e o wu l f Curriculum Enrichment Integrated Lab (B-CEIL) Dr. Juan R. Iglesias, Dr. Mahmoud K. Quweider, and Dr. Fitra Khan jriglesias@utb.edu; mkquweider@utb.edu; khan@utb.edu CS/CIS Department, University of Texas, Brownsville Eighty Fort Brown Brownsville, TX 78521 U.S.A. 1-956-574-6616Abstract Over the past two years, the Computer Science faculty have been hard at workimplementing BCEIL (the Beowulf based Curriculum

Conference Session

Innovation in ChE Teaching

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Elly; Mordechai Shacham; Michael Cutlip

, American Society for Engineering Education”IntroductionA recent survey of practicing chemical engineers by Edgar[1] determined that about 99% usespreadsheet programs routinely; however, only about 25% use numerical or statistical softwarepackages, and only about 40% use process simulation programs or do any programming. Thesefindings can be interpreted to indicate that most chemical engineers do not take advantage ofsophisticated numerical methods for their computational needs which may require solution ofsystems of nonlinear algebraic equations and/or the integration of systems of ordinarydifferential equations. The current use of such techniques with spreadsheets typically requiresprogramming (with Visual Basic, for example) which is not done by

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Theodore Branoff

environments are in need of improvement 1.One of the greatest needs among community college faculty is to develop proficiency in theknowledge and use of instructional technologies 2.In addition to the need for further developing knowledge and skills with instructionaltechnologies, community colleges are also trying to keep up with the demand for workers in theareas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Recently, a national survey by theAmerican Association of Community Colleges revealed that ten of the fifteen degree programsranked as having the highest probability of immediate job placement directly involved thedevelopment of specialized technology skills, and these programs are heavily dependent on

Conference Session

Mathematics Curriculum in Transition

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Doug Tougaw

SESSION 944 Integration of Active Learning Exercises into a Course on Probability and Statistics Douglas Tougaw Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Valparaiso University 1. Introduction The benefits of active and cooperative learning exercises have been promoted in workshops, education journals, and entire scholarly monographs.1-8 In particular, the benefits of these teaching methods have been studied and endorsed in recent years,9-12 including publication of results that show these methods to increase the effectiveness of teaching and the retention of the material by the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Orono; Stephen Ekwaro-Osire

, instead of designing aproduct from scratch, is often used to improve the product and better fulfill the customers’expectations, while reducing the development time and cost. On the freshman level, it isadvisable to focus on the first area, information recovery. As one phase of evolutionary design,reverse engineering lends itself to this end. In this paper, the example of a two-cycle gas weedtrimmer subjected to reverse engineering is used to demonstrate how a freshman engineeringdesign program can benefit from evolutionary design. Evolutionary design can serve as aretention tool in freshman engineering by appealing to student interest, incorporating teamwork,recognizing the demands of industry, and demystifying the design process.1. Introduction

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Innovative Teaching Techniques

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jill Lane; Sarah Rzasa; Richard Behr; Christine Masters

10.703.1 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”MechANEX Project Details‘MechANEX’ is a mini-laboratory combining comprehensive software analysis modules andmatched, bench-scale verification experiments to improve and enrich a sophomore-levelengineering mechanics course in statics.1 Developed as an extension of the “AN/EX” (ANalysisand EXperiment) laboratory2,3 used by civil and architectural engineering students in junior-levelstructural engineering courses, MechANEX combines a tailor-made, easy-to-use, statics analysissoftware package with fully configured, bench-scale experimental setups

Conference Session

Design Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hong Zhang; John Chen; Bernard Pietrucha

them was quite positive.1. IntroductionEstablished in 1994, the College of Engineering at Rowan University is known for itshallmark of hands-on education from its first day. The unique Engineering Clinic series leadsthe way of hands-on minds-on education, while many traditionally theoretical courses alsointroduced various projects to bring more hands-on flavor. Following this tradition, manynew courses were also proposed and introduced with heavy emphasis on projects and hands-on experience. In the spring 2004, the department of Mechanical Engineering of RowanUniversity developed a new breed of senior course, which is currently named “EmergingTopic – Designing and Building a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV)”. It is a project-basedcourse where

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Carter; Catherine Brawner; Miriam Ferzli; Eric Wiebe

LabWrite homepage for students (Figure 1) shows the four main phases of theLabWrite process: - PreLab - InLab - PostLab - LabCheck Page 10.1306.2 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationFigure 1. LabWrite homepage.PreLab is a set of questions for students to answer before doing each lab. Answering thesequestions prepares students to get the most out the lab by developing their understanding of thescientific concept they are supposed to be learning about by doing the

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gene Harding

), intersymbolinterference (ISI), and periodic jitter (PJ).1 DCD can be caused by two different conditions:incorrect voltage threshold and asymmetric edge rates. An incorrect voltage threshold changesthe pulse width of a waveform, even if the edge rates are symmetric. If the threshold is set toohigh, it makes the positive pulses narrower and the negative pulses wider. From a jitterperspective, this translates into positive jitter on the rising edges and negative jitter on the fallingedges. This is illustrated in Figure 1, which shows the correct output of a transmitter, and thedistorted output caused by its threshold being set too high. Figure 1: DCD caused by incorrect threshold 1 © Agilent Technologies, Inc. 2004 Reproduced with Permission, Courtesy of Agilent

Conference Session

NSF Funding for Educational Scholarship

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Carriere

diverse population. The following provides an overview of active andcrosscutting programs that strongly emphasize integration of engineering research andeducation in several divisions at NSF that would be of interest to engineering researchers andeducators. A list of contacts and proposal target month for the following programs is providedin Table 1.Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC/ENG)1. Engineering Research Centers (ERC) - focus on the definition, fundamentalunderstanding, development, and validation of the technologies needed to realize a well-defined class of engineered systems with the potential to spawn whole new industries orradically transform the product lines, processing technologies, or service deliverymethodologies

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shumon Alam; Matthew Sadiku; Cajetan Akujuobi

standards. The lessons learned and recommendations will be discussed inthis paper.1. IntroductionIn the campus of PVAMU, we developed a new Broadband (High-Speed) Access Laboratory(BATRL) over the last few years. This laboratory is developed to help our premier Page 10.478.1telecommunication companies in the area of interoperability and reliability studies. It is also usedfor the training of our students in this emerging area of technology and for research, especially, Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering

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MIND Education Trends

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Amy Monte; Gretchen Hein

second year, 58 students in total have participated in GUIDE.For a full breakdown of the student demographics, see Table 1 below. Table 1: GUIDE Student Demographics Fall 2002 - Spring 2003 Fall 2003 - Spring 2004 Fall 2004 - Spring 2005 n Women Minority n Women Minority n Women Minority (#) (%) (%) (#) (%) (%) (#) (%) (%)First Year 7 44 57 8 88 12 10 - 7 70 - 88 40 - 29Undergraduate 5 60 20 9 78 44 8 88 12MentorGraduate 6 - 7 17 - 29 0

Conference Session

Communication Skills in Aerospace Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Crossley; Melanie Thom; James Thom

broad andvague nature of the requests to improve these skills as part of an undergraduate curriculum. Aresearch study conducted over five years by the first author compared the specific skillsrequirements provided by industry practitioners to the published perceptions of engineeringeducators regarding the desires of industry practitioners.1 The resulting lists of skills from thetwo cohort groups (industry practitioners and engineering educators) were then compared to theobserved behaviors of nine different semesters of a senior engineering design course.Summary of the ResearchPurpose. At the onset of the study, the researcher observed that educators and practitioners wereengaged in activities to improve the skills with which engineering