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Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Jeffrey LaCombe; Eric Wang; Chris Rogers

Session 2756 Using LEGO® Bricks to Conduct Engineering Experiments Eric Wang, Jeffrey LaCombe, and Chris Rogers University of Nevada, Reno/ University of Nevada, Reno/Tufts UniversityAbstractWhen developing a new laboratory experience for undergraduates, the primary logisticalrequirements tend to be low cost and high availability. One popular method of meeting thesesomewhat conflicting requirements is to create on-line laboratory experiments. This paperexplores another method that utilizes the LEGO® programmable brick (RCX) as a portable dataacquisition system. Students both design and conduct the

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Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Robi Polikar; Krchnavek Robert; Jennifer Kadlowec; Joseph Orlins; Beena Sukumaran; Kauser Jahan; John Chen; Shreekanth Mandayam; Paris von Lockette; Yusuf Mehta

experiments using various imaging techniques that can be readily usedby different engineering disciplines ,• Ensure the highest quality SMET education by improving existing undergraduate courses,curricula and laboratories by developing hands-on innovative experiments,• Dissemination of information through web pages, CD-ROMs and seminars for targetedaudiences such as K-12 outreach, new faculty preparation and teacher/technician training.To accomplish these goals, eight experiments using digital imaging techniques were proposed.These hands-on activities maximize the curricular impact by vertically integrating proposed DITmodules beginning with the Freshman year, followed by the fundamental engineering courses,the Junior-Senior research projects course

Conference Session

Innovations in the ChE Laboratory

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2004 Annual Conference

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Ramesh Chawla; Ali Pourhashemi

determination of individual (kL and kg) and overall (KLand Kg) mass transfer coefficients based on liquid (L) and gas (g) phase resistances. Two sets offour mass transfer coefficients (kL, kg, KL and Kg), determined for each process; aeration anddeoxygenation, provide a basis for comparison and discussion of results.The experiment, developed from the Masters’ thesis of one of the authors, offers the chemicaland other engineering students an opportunity to understand the theory and application of masstransfer phenomenon and can be performed in one laboratory session of three hours. Only air,nitrogen and water are used in the experiment. Use of potentially harmful chemicals is avoided,resulting in increased safety and cost savings in the purchasing and

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Electrical ET Laboratory Practicum

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2004 Annual Conference

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Glenn Blackwell

Page 9.598.3techniques used by industry (4). Pace and Metcal are manufacturers of SMT repair and rework “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition” Copyright 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”equipment that have numerous techniques for soldering and desoldering surface mountcomponents on their web sites (5,6), while Silicon Laboratories (formerly Cygnal) is one of theseveral IC manufacturers that include rework information on their web site (7). While it is truethat specialized soldering equipment makes the use of SMT easier, standard high-qualitysoldering irons along with magnified inspection lights and robust soldering practices will

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

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Alex See

year. This subject is targeted at students with mainintentions of allowing students to develop and build both ‘soft’ and ‘hard’ skills through ahands-on approach. The term ‘soft’ is used in this context, because students are required towrite up reports and do their presentations about their project work. Students have theopportunities to practise their report writing skill and verbal communication skill throughsuch training. On the other hand, the ‘hard’ skills are basically the technical know-howacquired during the project. It is strongly believed that students will develop skills,knowledge and confidence by investigating a given engineering project. This modulecomprises of 1-hour lecture and 3- hours of laboratory work per week. This module

Conference Session

Electrical ET Laboratory Practicum

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2004 Annual Conference

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Stanley Dick; Russell Aubrey

Session 3550 An Introduction to an EET and Projects Course with Unique Learning Experiences Russell A. Aubrey, Stanley A. Dick Purdue University School of Technology at AndersonAbstractEET 196 introduces entering students to EET and to projects by presenting numerouselectrical/electronic laboratory opportunities. A number of these exercises are unique to theAnderson location. The course combines focused short lectures with a great deal of structuredhands-on laboratory experience. The exercises involve several weekly project assignments aswell as a major

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

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Stephen Fitzhugh; Robert Goodrich; Ronald Lessard; Jacques Beneat

also gives them a first understanding of an Artificial Intelligence_(AI) application.AI is beginning to find application in protecting SCADA systems against a cyber-based attack.The students complete a series of step-by-step instructions based on LabVIEW SCADAtemplates and laboratory documentation that were developed during the summer of 2003 underan NSA Grant. An attack simulation, limited to spoofing a rogue Master Terminal Unit (MTU)within the SCADA system, is conducted on the wired network. Development of an isolatedwireless network used to further demonstrate denial of service, information tampering, andoperating system (buffer overflow) attacks is discussed.I. IntroductionA Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition_(SCADA) system is

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2004 Annual Conference

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David Kukulka

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Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2004 Annual Conference

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Richard Engel; Peter Lehman; Charles Chamberlin; Angi Sorensen; Andy Sorter

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2004 Annual Conference

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Vance Poteat; Abdullatif Bagegni

Session #3133 A Low Cost Power Quality and Energy Savings Laboratory for Undergraduate Education and Research Abdullatif Bagegni, Vance Poteat Merrimack CollegeAbstractThis paper describes the design and implementation of a power quality and energy savingslaboratory at Merrimack College. Merrimack College is a liberal arts institution north of Boston,MA, which has a small ABET accredited ECE department with 6 faculty and about 90 students.There is strong student interest in learning about power, and local utilities seek graduates withexpertise in power. A new

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

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Cajetan Akujuobi

for Engineering Education”BEN E. FRANKLINBen Franklin is a graduate student of Electrical Engineering at Prairie View A&M University. He isworking as a Research Assistant at the Center of Excellence for Communication Systems TechnologyResearch (CECSTR) in the area of Mixed Signals since 2003. He completed his BS from Prairie ViewA&M University. His research interests are in the field of Mixed Signal testing and Signal Processing.CAJETAN M. AKUJUOBIDr. Akujuobi is the founding Director of the Broadband Access Technologies Program and Laboratory atPrairie View A&M University. He is also the founding Director of the Center of Excellence forCommunication Systems Technology Research (CECSTR). One area of his research interests is in

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2004 Annual Conference

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Alok Majumdar; Mehmet Sozen

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Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2004 Annual Conference

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Rajeswari Sundararajan; Bradley Rogers

Session 1402 A Multidisciplinary course on Fuel Cells: Their Science and Engineering Govindasamy Tamizhmani, Brad Rogers, and Raji Sundararajan Arizona State University East, Mesa, AZ 85212AbstractThe Arizona State University Photovoltaic Testing Laboratory (ASU-PTL) is one of only three accredited labs in theworld for the design qualification of photovoltaic modules per IEC and other standards. The ASU-PTL is currentlypositioning itself to carry out independent performance and design evaluation of fuel cell systems as well. Inaddition to this, curricula are being developed

Conference Session

Innovations in the ChE Laboratory

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2004 Annual Conference

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Polly Piergiovanni; S. Scott Moor

) laboratory experiencesand (3) case studies.2,3,4,5.In our course we are taking the approach of using both a simulator (Control Station)6 andexperiments based on classroom experimental kits.7 In many case we are using an inductiveapproach with these tools. The inductive approach to teaching and learning is to begin withparticulars and build to generalities. This is “backwards” from how we often naturally teachstarting from general principles and then applying them to particulars. The inductive approachis the way most things are discovered and clearly how an infant learns, but it is not the way mostcourses are taught. It, therefore, requires we think differently about how we approach theclassroom.8-13A clear and helpful critique of traditional

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Development & Innovations

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2004 Annual Conference

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Ahmed Rubaai

Session 3432 DESIGN OF INTELLIGENT CONTROLLERS FOR DC-DC CONVERTERS IN UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING LABORATORY Ahmed Rubaai, Mohamed Chouikha, Abdul Ofoli and Sahar Kaddah Howard University Electrical and Computer Engineering Department 2330 6th Street, Northwest Washington, DC 20059Abstract The primary goal of this paper is to develop a vehicle through which undergraduatestudents may design smart controllers that employ artificial intelligence

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

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John Watkins; Joel Esposito; Matthew Feemster

laboratory setting of anundergraduate modeling course. Specifically, the SIMULINK-based interface has enabled studentsto model various physical systems and then compare the system performance predicted by theirsimulation to the actual response of the physical system. In this paper, an actual case studyperformed by the midshipmen utilizing the Quanser interface system with a rigid-link, flexible-jointrobotic manipulator is presented.1 IntroductionThe ability to construct accurate mathematical models, such as transfer functions and state spacerepresentations, of complex dynamic systems is the corner stone for classical control developmentand analysis. That is without a suitable model of a physical plant, many of the classical approachesfor

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Innovations in the ChE Laboratory

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2004 Annual Conference

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Paul Dunbar

for Engineering Educationwater quality constraints require them. State-of-the-art surface water purification includesseveral other techniques including reverse osmosis, membrane filtration, cartridge filtration, ionexchange, electrodialysis, aeration, and softening. On the other hands, students could attempt tobuild a solar powered treatment system. Such a project would certainly produce studententhusiasm. It should be noted that many universities incorporate newer surface water treatmenttechnologies into their laboratory experiments. This paper does not exclude these technologiesas an alternative to water treatment.Experimental SystemFigure 2 shows the system that was designed and built for this project. It consists of two pumps,an

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Alex See

complete a given mechatronically oriented project in only 13weeks. A team of 3 students was formed to design, develop and test a prototype solar-tracker, which involves two plane-parallel solar panels with position tracking system.This solar tracker built by these students consisted of two-axes. This system was capableof tracking the direction as well as the degree of inclination of the position of the sunthroughout the day. The main objective of this project design was to always align thephotovoltaic flat type solar panels towards the direction of maximum light intensity fromthe sun. The purpose was to obtain maximum solar irradiance and hence maximizingsolar power extraction. As this was a laboratory prototype system, preliminary testingwas

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Development & Innovations

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2004 Annual Conference

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Jay Adams; Faramarz Mossayebi

almost every consumer electronic gadgets.Thus, one can argue that the field of DSP is now a mainstream field within the ElectricalEngineering discipline, and thus, it can be argued that all undergraduate electricalengineering students should be exposed to this field to gain a solid understanding of thefundamental issues. Currently our curriculum lacks this exposure. The only DSP course that we offeris not a required course and is tailored to senior/graduate level students. In order toalleviate this shortcoming a set of simple yet interesting and challenging experimentshave been developed for the junior level laboratory course, Intermediate Laboratory,which is a required one-semester hour laboratory course in our department. Theexperiments

Conference Session

Electrical ET Laboratory Practicum

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2004 Annual Conference

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Thomas Gendrachi

textbook problems limited tocreativity of the author. As good as some of these problems are, they are not “real” problems.For example, a student might encounter a “real” problem in the laboratory setting up a circuit fora fundamental AC or DC course. The student realizes something is wrong when he does not getthe expected results. The cause is usually a setup problem; something is not connected right.After checking the schematic, the student can determine the problem by inspection and correctthe error. However, this technique does not work very well when the circuit the student has toconstruct involves a significant amount of wiring and components as in a memory circuit addedto a computer. In the microprocessor, lab this is often the case.The

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Abrar Khan; Shuhui Li

Section Number: 2756 Developing Digital Measurement and Analysis Laboratory in Circuits and Electronics Lab at TAMUK Shuhui Li and Abrar A. Khan Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Texas A&M University – Kingsville Kingsville, TX 78363ABSTRACT The paper presents a laboratory development for measurement, analysis, design, andsimulation of typical electric and electronic circuits using modern computer hardware andsoftware. It shows computer measurement and data acquisition system using

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

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Yan-Fang Li; Sang-Hoon Lee; Vikram Kapila

) bus,USART ports, etc. We use an external 20 MHz high-speed crystal oscillator to supply operatingclock cycles. The PIC16F74 can be powered using a wide range of voltage sources, e.g., 2-voltdirect current (VDC) to 5.5VDC, and each of its I/O pin can sink or source up to 25mA ofcurrent. It is ideal not only for laboratory data acquisition (the application considered in thispaper), but also for automotive, industrial, and consumer applications. (a) (b) Figure 1: (a) PIC16F74 (b) Pin diagram of PIC16F742.2. Personal Computer In this paper, an IBM-compatible Pentium 3 PC running Microsoft Windows NT 4.0operating system is used. As

Conference Session

Electrical ET Laboratory Practicum

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2004 Annual Conference

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Nikunja Swain; Mrutyunjaya Swain

Session 3550 Integration of Virtual Instruments into an EET Curriculum Nikunja K. Swain, Mrutyunjaya Swain, James A. Anderson School of Engineering Technology and Sciences South Carolina State University Orangeburg, SC 29117 Email: nkswain2001@yahoo.comAbstractLaboratory exercises and computer usage are an integral part of the Engineering TechnologyPrograms. These exercises help to improve the students’ problem solving, critical thinking, andtechnical communication skills and require upgrading of laboratory and computer

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Electrical ET Laboratory Practicum

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2004 Annual Conference

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Mohammed Zainulabeddin; Essaid Bouktache; Chandra Sekhar; Ashfaq Ahmed; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

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Nathan Blackham; Charles Higby; Michael Bailey

Copyright © 2004, American Society for EngineeringProfessors desire the best for the student, which in turn places them in a constant battle ofdeveloping laboratory experiences on the cutting edge of technology.Computer labs provide both the professor and the student a viable means to learn and keep up todate with cutting edge technologies. However, financing a competitive information technologycomputer lab is a very expensive endeavor. The hardware and space needed are extremelyexpensive. Expensive laboratory IT staffing is also necessary to provide stable systems.A technique called imaging can help mitigate the expenses associated with running an IT lab byreducing labor costs, facilitating the installation of software and configuration of

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Mechanical ET Design & Capstone

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Kozak

Session 3649 Creating Spreadsheet Software as a Team to Solve a Complex Laboratory Experiment Michael J Kozak Purdue University School of TechnologyAbstract This paper describes the author’s experience using a student-team approach to creating amulti-layered spreadsheet to analyze a complex lab experiment. Each student was given aportion of the lab to solve by creating a sheet in a workbook. Each student’s sheet is thenhyperlinked to the other sheets resulting in a workbook. The workbook directs subsequent labstudents through the steps

Conference Session

Virtual and Distance Experimentation

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2004 Annual Conference

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Mani Soma

Session 2426 Hands-on Circuit Design and Test Laboratory for Distance Learning in Electrical Engineering Mani Soma, Bee Ngo, Jessica Yan, Richard Christie, and Eve Riskin University of Washington, SeattleABSTRACTThis paper describes the design of the Pandora box, a low-cost laboratory instrumentation thatincludes a power supply, a signal generator, and a two-channel oscilloscope. In distance-learningenvironments, the Pandora box, together with a student’s personal computer at home, permits afull range of design and test of hardware circuits in the sophomore and junior ElectricalEngineering curriculum. Preliminary

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ECE Online Courses, Labs and Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Genevieve Sapijaszko; Carlo Sapijaszko

Session 2432 An Innovative Electronics Laboratory System for On Campus and Distance Learning Applications Carlo Sapijaszko, Genevieve I. Sapijaszko Thomson Delmar Learning, DeVry UniversityAbstractThe eTCB, a custom-built trainer board that works in concert with National Instruments’ NIELVIS1 (Electronics Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite) and a personal computer, is asolution for students who need to perform laboratory experiments, whether at a distance or oncampus. This solution offers students the convenience of purchasing a laboratory manual and acustom-built eTCB

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Virtual and Distance Experimentation

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2004 Annual Conference

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Vernon Matzen

Alter natives in the Implementation of Inter net-Enabled Labor ator y Exper iments in Under gr aduate Civil Engineer ing Cour ses Abhinav Gupta, Mohammed A. Gabr , and Ver non C. Matzen Assistant Pr ofessor of Civil Engineer ing, Nor th Car olina State Univer sity/ Pr ofessor of Civil Engineer ing, Nor th Car olina State Univer sity/ Pr ofessor of Civil Engineer ing and Dir ector , Center for Nuclear Power Plant Str uctur es, Equipment and Piping, Nor th Car olina State Univer sityAbstr actRecent developments in information technology have generated considerable interest in the fieldof internet-enabled remote observation and control of laboratory experiments. This

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Entrepreneurism in BME

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2004 Annual Conference

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Peter Mente; Marian McCord; Elizabeth Loboa; Susan Blanchard

Putting the “Engineering” into Tissue Engineering: Development of Undergraduate Tissue Engineering Course Materials and Laboratory Experiments Marian G. McCord, Elizabeth G. Loboa, Peter L. Mente, Susan M. Blanchard UNC Chapel Hill / NC State Joint Department of Biomedical EngineeringTissue engineering is inherently multidisciplinary, requiring an understanding both of cell and molecularbiology and basic materials science and engineering. According to the report of the InternationalTechnology Research Institute (WTEC Division) on Tissue Engineering Research(http://wtec.org/loyola/te/final/te_final.pdf), while there are a number of strong interdisciplinary