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Edward Doskocz; Alan R. Klayton; Parris C. Neal; Ruth D. Fogg; Scott A. Stefanov; Pamela J. Neal; George W. P. York; Daniel J. Pack; Cameron Wright; Steven Barrett

Digital Systems course an EDUCOMP (EDUcational COMPuter) trainer was used to teach the interrelationship between computer hardware and software. This trainer was designed and built in-house in the mid 1970s. The trainer had served long and well; however, its memory was restricted to 16 address locations which limited instructional opportunities and reduced cadet motivation.• In the EE281 Introductory Digital Systems course a circuit simulator such as Micro Sim’s Evaluation PSPICE was used to simulate student laboratory project designs prior to implementation. This is an important step in the design, simulate, build, and test process. Precious classroom time was being used to teach the fundamentals of the PSPICE simulation

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Ravi G. Mukkilmarudhur; Homayun K. Navaz; Brenda S. Henderson

). Page 3.127.1In this study, a course in computational fluid dynamics (CFD), which is normally only availableat the graduate level, was taught at the mezzanine (500) level for predominantly undergraduates.The purpose of offering a course of this nature is to introduce undergraduates to a technologythat is increasingly applied in many engineering applications by industry. The objectives of thecourse included enabling the students to develop a fundamental understanding of the physicaland numerical behavior of the Navier-Stokes equations and to develop the ability to runcommercially available preprocessing, CFD, and post processing software packages. The coursewas divided into a lecture portion and a laboratory portion. The lectures covered the

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Impact of Information Technology on Engineering Education (3215)

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Tahar El-Korchi, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Paul P. Mathisen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Frederick L. Hart, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Civil Engineering (CE)

constraints on student project-work. WPI's schedule includes 4 seven-week terms(Terms A through D) during the nine-month academic year. CE 1030, as all other undergraduatecourses at WPI, is taught at a fairly intensive pace over the seven-week duration. The courseformat typically includes one-hour lectures on Monday, Tuesday and Friday, a three-hourlaboratory on Wednesday and a one-hour laboratory on Thursday. The students learn thebackground material for the week's topic on Monday and Tuesday, work on the project in thelaboratories on Wednesday and Thursday, and present their results on Friday, and submit theirfinal report on the following Monday. The course content was easily adjusted to satisfy theobjectives of this investigation by incorporating

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John N. Berry; Thad Welch

approach to teaching severalelectrical power distribution and usage topics can also be very effective. Our course includesseveral laboratory experiments and demonstrations designed to involve the student in thelearning process. A locally designed and manufactured three-phase, low-voltage, variable-frequency power supply is used to teach parts of this Electrical Power Systems course. The three-phase low-voltage system enhances student safety while allowing for student involvement in thelearning process. Additional laboratory time also leads to numerous other learning opportunitiesfor the student. This paper discusses the utilization of the three-phase low-voltage power supplyas a teaching tool. A discussion of several laboratory experiments and

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A.O. Richardson

analyzing systems and a variety of student independent projects are undertaken. Thecourse has proven to be a good preparation for the increasing industrial demand for entry levelengineers with hands-on dsp know-how.IntroductionThe California State University, Chico(CSUC) offers Electronics Circuits for Digital Dignalprocessing, an undegraduate/first year graduate course, with two hours of lectures and three hoursof laboratory per week. The course has as its objective, to facilitate student understanding of DSPconcepts by implementing real-time applications, and develop appreciation for comparative VLSIDSP architectures by working with the Motorola DSP56002. The course, which has been taughtabout five times using the DSP56001 with good student

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Gary A. Ybarra

Session 2526 Introduction to Wireless Control and Virtual Instrumentation using LabVIEW Gary A. Ybarra gary@ee.duke.edu Duke University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Durham, NC I. Introduction The initial objective of the laboratory is for students to learn to use properly the HewlettPackard (HP) digital instruments at their lab bench and the correct method of measuringphysical quantities with each instrument. The four HP digital instruments used in the labare:(1) HP E3611A DC

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Deran Hanesian; Angelo J. Perna

Session 2670 Chemical Engineering and Chemistry Experimentation as an Introduction to Engineering for K-12 Students Deran Hanesian, Angelo J. Perna New Jersey Institute of TechnologyAbstractThe New Jersey Institute of Technology sponsors a wide range of outreach programs gearedtoward K-12 students in order to expose and interest them in science and engineering as acareer. These programs have a chemical engineering and chemistry component which is alecture/laboratory format that is directed to experiential learning and communication skills.Depending on the educational level of the

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Stephen R. McNeill; Jed S. Lyons

limit the amount of true experimentation that is performed. A boldinitiative is underway at the University of South Carolina to develop Material World, anexpandable internet-based virtual environment where students make, break and look at metals,polymers, composites and ceramics. Material World will be based on realistic interactiveanimations, but includes video clips, sound, photographs and text. In it, students will be able toset processing and testing equipment operating conditions in almost any way they want.Material World will be a powerful complement to lectures and real-time laboratory courses.Assignments in the Material World will be open-ended, such as to make materials with someoptimum property or set of performance characteristics

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Jay S. DeNatale; Gregg L. Fiegel

. Inmost undergraduate geotechnical programs, students are taught these topics using textbooksand/or videotapes. This practice is often frowned upon by industry professionals since thestudents are unable to get a true feel for the work and thought involved in a typical siteinvestigation.A primary goal of the geotechnical engineering program at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo is tointegrate field and laboratory experiences into the undergraduate curriculum using a hands-onapproach. The faculty of the geotechnical engineering program believe that students must have acomplete understanding of geotechnical exploration practices if they are to appreciate thejudgment required in geotechnical analysis and foundation design. Described in this paper is

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Kristopher Delgado; Hartono Sumali

Session 2608 Instrumentation Education in Agricultural and Biological Engineering Hartono Sumali, Kristopher Delgado Purdue University, West Lafayette, IndianaAbstractThis paper presents the development of an instrumentation and data acquisition course in theAgricultural and Biological Engineering Department at Purdue University. The discussionincludes the necessity for the course, the challenges in starting the laboratory course, a survey ofsimilar courses at other institutions, the educational philosophy of the course, the coursematerials, the

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Surya Kalidindi; Philip Perdikaris; John Lannutti; John DiNardo; Gary Ruff; Charles McMahon; Jed S. Lyons; Alan Lawley; Linda Schadler

and laboratory principles at the undergraduatelevel. The project develops multi-media, video and physical experimentation packages in modularform so that they can be used at a variety of schools and in a variety of settings. These include: (a)interactive, self-paced personal computer-based instructional modules on Fracture Mechanics,Corrosion, Electrical Conductivity, Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, Welding and Brazing, andMicroscopy; (b) video-based virtual labs on Phase Diagrams, Tensile Testing, Charpy ImpactTesting and Fractography, Heat Treatment of Steel, and others; and (c) innovative physicallaboratory experiments and sequences. This paper is intended to help disseminate these modulesand to report what was learned about creating these

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John E. Shea

quadrant learning cycle2:1. Why is the material important? Provide a concrete experience for the student to understand the situation that makes the material relevant.2. What are the facts, the body of knowledge. This is typically done through lecture.3. How does it work, how can the theory be applied to solve a problem? This is usually accomplished through laboratory exercises and homework.4. What-if the situation is changed, what-if some real-world components are added to the problem? It is a circular model for learning because what-if questions can lead directly to newquestions where the student learns why the next set of material is important. Completing severalcycles is important in a course like SPC because dealing with real-world

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Mahmood Nahvi

examples of exploratory electric circuit computer modules, in which basic elementsof interaction loops are structured for maximum learning effectiveness, are presented.2. IntroductionIn asynchronous learning and web-based environments computer modules play an important rolein helping students to develop concepts, practice, simulate and design. Efficient interaction withthe computer plays a critical role in learning effectiveness. In this paper we discuss a user'sinteraction with the computer in a simulation environment. The conclusions apply to other casessuch as presentations, tutorials, design projects and laboratory supplements.Digital simulators are familiar tools in the undergraduate teaching and learning environments. Inboth inanimate and

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Richard R. Schultz

virtualinstruments. In addition, the visualization capabilities provided by LabVIEW help the students achievean intuitive understanding of sampling, time-frequency duality, and filtering. The natural progression ofexposure to (1) Microsoft Visual C++ programming; (2) practical DSP fundamentals; (3) the NI-DAQsoftware library; and (4) LabVIEW provides the students with a number of real-world engineering skillsthat can be applied in any instrumentation laboratory.1. IntroductionTraditionally, digital signal processing (DSP) has been taught to electrical and computer engineering(ECE) seniors and graduate students from the classic text by Oppenheim and Schafer1 or a similar textwhich relies on the Z-transform to aid in the analysis and design of digital filters

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Youngmee Lee; Yasuo Kuga; Thomas Stoebe; Minoru Taya; Mani Soma

(EPM) is the part of a program to establisha comprehensive electronic packaging program at the University of Washington sponsored bythe National Science Foundation (NSF). A lecture course on EPM has been offered annuallysince Spring, 1995. However, it was realized that a single course without a lab section could notcover the entire area of EPM. As a first attempt, a new laboratory course was given in Winter,1998 along with the lecture course.The new laboratory course as well as the lecture course on EPM were jointly offered by theDepartments of Mechanical Engineering (ME), Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) andElectrical Engineering (EE). The target students were undergraduate seniors and first-yeargraduate students. In total, 21 students

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Yvan Champoux

first time in the fall of 1997 to a class of 120 sopho-mores. The purpose of the course is threefold. First, it covers the basic knowledge associated toexperimentation. Second, several laboratories are used to enhance the understanding of thecourses content and to develop the students skills. Finally, the course is closely linked to a majorsemester experimental project. This paper presents a short description of the course content andhow the course was designed. It also demonstrates that the course is an excellent “integrator”that allows the students to link the knowledge covered in various courses. I. IntroductionA new mechanical engineering curriculum was introduced in 1996. This innovative curriculumis

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Michael A. Magill

failure due to fatigue loading on cracked anduncracked structures, designing to prevent failure, analyzing stress corrosion cracking, andconducting ASTM standard tests. An outline of course topics and laboratory projects is includedin this paper along with detailed highlights of effective course activities. This paperdemonstrates that the topics of fatigue and fracture mechanics fit well with the mechanicalengineering technology (MET) curriculum and the MET student.BACKGROUNDThe course has two primary components: fatigue and fracture mechanics. This section provides abrief description of these two topics.The term fatigue, in the engineering sense, means the mechanical fatigue of materials. Allstructural materials (i.e. metals, timber, concrete

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Mahmood Nahvi

Session 1526 PS/18 DSP Does It Mahmood Nahvi, Professor Electrical Engineering Department California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, CaliforniaContents:1. Summary2. Introduction3. Objectives of the Course and Laboratory4. Students' Background5. Laboratory Facilities6. Experiments7. Programming DSP Boards and Chips8. Discussion and Conclusion9. References1. SummaryUndergraduate engineering students are generally more enthusiastic about subjects whichprovide them with

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Salim A. Elwazani

contrasting but complementaryattributes. Lecture, representing the classic classroom type of activity, generates thelighting knowledge background necessary for interacting with design exercises. Lecturesinvolve a narrative mode of delivery and employ examinations as one measure of studentattainment. Design synthesis, representing a typical laboratory type of activity, developsthe skills and abilities for producing lighting design solutions. Synthesis exhibitsprescriptive and creative modes of work and expresses its outcome in such means asdrawings and reports. Case studies emphasize analyzing and researching building lightingsystems, both in the field and in the laboratory environment. Case studies exhibitexploratory, reflective modes of work and

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Deborah M. Mechtel; K.A. Korzeniowski

topics, with a clearerpicture of the electrical engineering curriculum. The depth and breadth of some of the topics is Page 3.530.1illustrated by presenting associated laboratory exercises. II. Course Content This paper reports on the implementation of a two semester core Electrical Engineeringcourse. Students are expected to have a background in Algebra to the extent that they are capable ofsolving multidimensional equations. The first semester course concentrates on building basic circuitanalysis tools including, but not limited to, Kirchhoff's Laws (KVL and KCL), Thevenin Circuitanalysis

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Robert P. Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

Seattle, WA, 28 June - 1 July 1998ABSTRACTThe primary goal of Rowan University's freshmen engineering course is to immerse students inmultidisciplinary projects that teach engineering principles using the theme of engineering meas-urements in both laboratory and real-world settings. Currently, many freshman programs focuseither on a design project or discipline specific experiments that may not be cohesively inte-grated. At Rowan, freshman engineers are introduced to industrial problems through a series of 4modules and a interrelated-interactive lectures on problem solving, safety and ethics. In this pa-per a the process engineering module using the vehicle of a cogeneration plant is presented.INTRODUCTIONThe Rowan engineering faculty are taking

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Suresh Muknahallipatna; Jerry Hamann

Session 3620 Distributed Instrumentation and Computation: A Look at What’s Out on the End of the Internet Jerry C. Hamann, Suresh Muknahallipatna University of WyomingAbstractThis paper provides an overview of some emerging uses of the internet in engineering educationand research. Included are descriptions of unique instrumentation and laboratory facilities madeavailable to the world community by way of the ubiquitous web.1. IntroductionThe internet is truly becoming commonplace in education, industry and commerce. It provides achannel for entertainment

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Richard Jerz

-ended laboratory assignments were introduced to stimulate thinking and to add designcontent. Integration with other engineering courses was carefully considered. Improvements inthe classroom lectures and laboratory assignments were made. St. Ambrose University’s industrial engineering program is small and operates on alimited budget. The small budget presented a particularly difficult challenge in determiningwhich equipment and software to use or purchase. Course development has been financedthrough creative use of existing laboratory equipment, internal department funding, facultyredevelopment initiatives, educational discounts for software products, in-kind gifts, and low costupgrades of existing laboratory computers. It was discovered

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1998 Annual Conference

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Thomas F. Schubert Jr.; Kathleen A. Kramer

investigated in the exercisesare quantization noise, distortion, companding, and Nyquist's criteria for zero intersymbolinterference. These modules, which make use of interactive multimedia presentation techniques,can be used by the students within a computer laboratory, or be made available as web pages thatare internet-accessible. The exercises are appropriate for use as student laboratory exercises, as asupplement to hardware laboratory exercises, or as outside assignments for courses that do nothave a laboratory component. One significant advantage of these modules is that they allowmost of the student's effort to be devoted to understanding of communications systems ratherthan usage of a particular mathematical computation package. Another

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Alfred E. McKenney; James A. Jacobs

. Scores of educators and industrial personnel have contributed 213experiments and demonstrations for demonstration then publication as NASA ConferenceProceedings. Through a collaborative effort among education, industry, and national laboratories,all of the experiments from the first ten years of NEW:Updates are now available for easy use onCD-ROM in the popular Acrobat Reader format; the same format used for the Annual ASEEConference Publications CD-ROM.This presentation provides an overview of the now completed Experiments in Materials Science,Engineering and Technology CD-ROM (EMSET CD-ROM) and a tutorial of how to use the CD-ROM to support teaching of materials science, engineering, and technology. The 213experiments and demonstrations are

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David E. Clough

1313 Bringing Active Learning into the Traditional Classroom: Teaching Process Control The Right Way David E. Clough University of ColoradoAbstractSince joining the faculty of Chemical Engineering at the University of Colorado in 1975, I havetaught the undergraduate course in process control 20 times. The course has always had alaboratory component, and, since 1994, this has been a full-featured 15-session laboratory. Theclassroom portion of the course was taught in a traditional lecture format until the Spring 1996semester. In the

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Fred Beaufait

Session 3663 "Creative Project Model"- A Research Experience for Undergraduate Students Ajay P. Malshe Materials & Manufacturing Research Laboratory (0RL) Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701 Abstract Tell them-they will forget Show them-they will remember Involve them- they will understand

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Francis J. Doyle III; Ferhan Kayihan

Page 3.277.1environment. They were developed to allow educators to strike a proper balance betweentheory and practice using a computer-based control laboratory. Such a laboratory can addressa variety of issues in process control: modeling, identification, simulation, analysis, anddesign. The students can deal with realistic problems in the form of benchmark problemmodules, and this will not only reinforce the concepts presented in the lecture notes(primarily theory) but will also make the process more interesting.Such an approach to education will allow for fundamentals to be stressed in the lectureswhile enabling the interaction with complex, practical process problems via softwaremodules. The software tools that we have chosen for the

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Scott A. Starks; Reza Torkzadeh; Michael E. Austin

Session 3280 Implementing a Satellite Design Experience Scott A. Starks, Michael E. Austin, Reza Torkzadeh and Bryan Usevitch University of Texas at El PasoIntroductionThis paper describes the planning effort behind the implementation of a satellite designexperience for students. This effort has been conducted by faculty at the University ofTexas at El Paso (UTEP) working in cooperation with counterparts at California StateUniversity, Los Angeles and North Carolina A&T State University and scientific andtechnical staff from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. To date

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M. Bodruzzaman; Satinderpaul Devgan; Saleh Zein-Sabatto

Electrical Engineering curriculum, and its concentration in Computers,requires at least two student written computer projects for all o its major courses. Word-processed technical reports and oral presentation have now became a norm in our program. Atleast two laboratories are equipped with latest model computers with major higher levelprogramming language compilers, and application software such as Matlab, LabVIEW,LabWindow and other simulation and modeling software. Students have access to Internet viaNetscape browser for information retrieval and use of resources that are available elsewhere.Computer-based data acquisition experience is acquired in the Control Systems, Circuits, andElectrical Systems Design Laboratories. Additionally many