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Ajay Mahajan; David McDonald

Modern Computer Tools,” to be submitted to the Journal of Engineering Education, April 1998.David McDonald is a Professor in the School of Engineering and Technology at Lake Superior State University. Heis Chair of the Department of General Engineering and Engineering Technology, and teaches courses in ElectricalEngineering and Engineering Technology. His primary interests are in control systems, data acquisition and control,and modern instrumentation.Ajay Mahajan is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering and Technology at Lake Superior StateUniversity. He is the Director of the Autonomous Systems Laboratory, which is a research facility in the School. Hisresearch interests are in robotics, controls, autonomous systems

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Alfred S. Andrawis

Session 1526 The Development of Hands-on Fiber Optics Undergraduate Course ALFRED S. ANDRAWIS Electrical Engineering Department South Dakota State UniversityAbstract  This paper outlines the development of a one credit undergraduate laboratory courseto be taught concurrent with a lecture course. Students in this laboratory course learn about avariety of subjects pertinent to fiber optics and contemporary design techniques forcommunication systems and sensing within electrical engineering curriculum.This laboratory

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Gary A. Ybarra

, and measuredresults. V. Relationship between the Lecture and the Lab of EE61L My intention is to provide our students with a rich experience in circuit analysis anddesign. Through integration of theory, simulation, and laboratory measurements usingstate-of-the-art instrumentation techniques our students get the (correct) impression thatthe theory they are learning in class is pertinent to real-world applications “right now.”This generates excitement and enthusiasm for learning. In addition to the classical circuitanalysis techniques, I introduce to our students concepts such as: AM, FM, and antennafundamentals: half-wave dipole and quarter-wave monopole radiation properties. VI. Use of graduate and undergraduate teaching assistants

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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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Sharon M. Schlossberg

ofgram details, such as typical laboratory exercises and changing what I want to be in life.”design projects, staffing, funding, and cost-benefits,are considered next. A brief summary of experiences “The facilities and faculty are su-with the program concludes the discussion. perb and I learned a lot.” TC GOALS AND OBJECTIVES “I had a great time. Not only did it teach me many things, like how toFor students, the goal of Technology Connection is to make a web page – which I will em-encourage studies in mathematics, science, computers, ploy at home as soon as I get a weband engineering. Naturally, the hope is that this

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

teaching Materials Science and Engineering fundamentals and laboratory principles. The modular approach facilitates technology transfer to variety of schools and teaching settings. The “modules” include multi-media computer programs, videotaped Page 3.571.1 demonstrations and hands-on laboratories. One objective of this paper is to describe the multi-media and video-based modules thatwere developed for introductory engineering materials courses. Detailed descriptions of thehands-on laboratory experiments are not included here but can be obtained from the web sitecited below. A second objective is to disseminate the results of

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Carol Richardson

ET program have laboratories and the Power Systems course does not have alaboratory. Four of the ECT site courses have laboratories. Students enrolled in thesecourses travel to a site or RIT to do the laboratory experiments weekly or three timesduring a ten week quarter. These are the same laboratories that day and evening studentscomplete when they take the courses on campus. Adjunct laboratory instructors at thesites teach the laboratories. Many of the sites are community colleges and the laboratoryinstructors are often faculty member of the college. This method has limited enrollmentsin these courses as students need to be within driving distance of a site or RIT to take thecourse. ET departments at RIT have started development of

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Kristopher Delgado; Hartono Sumali

departments have rather limited resources in terms oflaboratory facilities and equipment. This resource limitation makes offering an instrumentationcourse very difficult.Human resourcesA laboratory course takes much more of faculty’s, teaching assistants’, and students’ time thanlecture courses for the same number of credits. Many agricultural and biological engineeringdepartments cannot allocate instructors to teach instrumentation courses. Sometimes it alsohappens that none of the faculty members has extensive training or experience ininstrumentation.SizeIf a department has few students, it may not be justifiable to offer a separate course ininstrumentation. In that case, agricultural and biological engineering students may learninstrumentation

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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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addition to CE1030, he teaches courses on topics relating to computer aided design, water treatment, and water distributionsystems.TAHAR EL-KORCHI is a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at WorcesterPolytechnic Institute. His areas of specialization are in materials engineering. In addition to CE 1030, he teaches Page 3.332.9courses on topics relating to strengths of materials, pavement design, and laboratory methods in materialsengineering. Page 3.332.10Session 3215

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Yvan Champoux

for each laboratory. This approach has interestingbenefits. For example, at the third semester, the students only know a limited number of class-mates. This gives them an opportunity to know new classmates. Moreover, the students do notwant to look silly in front of their colleagues ; they thus work harder to prepare the labs.Lab # 1 : TIME–FREQUENCY RELATIONSHIPEquipment : The computer science class is used. Two classrooms are available and are equipped with a total of 70 PC. This is the only lab which the students do indi- vidually. The three hour laboratory must be repeated twice.Description : This lab uses a Matlab program to teach the link between time and frequency representation of a time varying

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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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Nancy L. Denton

from each student. The instructor makes a similartime commitment to adequately provide timely thorough feedback for each laboratory reportduring the semester.The author has undertaken an experiment to determine if concurrent engineering practicescan be successfully adapted to design an optimal writing/grading process which remainsconsistent with accreditation requirements regarding written communications. The resultingwriting/grading process is explained and its successes and failures documented below. Theexperiment is discussed in the context of the continuous improvement process in place for theauthor’s department, an additional accreditation requirement for engineering technologyprograms.BACKGROUND1997-98 accreditation criteria published by

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S. A. Mandayam; R.P. Ramachandran; A. J. Marchese; Robert P. Hesketh; Ralph A. Dusseau; John L. Schmalzel; Kauser Jahan

coursework and theincorporation of state of the art technologies and innovative teaching methodologies. Allengineering students from the four engineering disciplines namely Civil, Chemical, Electricaland Mechanical share a common engineering clinic class. This class is major hallmark of theRowan engineering program as all engineering students throughout their eight semesters of studytake it. The theme of the Freshman clinic class in the fall semester is engineering measurementsfollowed by a competitive assessment laboratory in the spring semester. This paper focuses onthe engineering measurement modules. The course is team-taught by faculty form each

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Richard R. Schultz

two-fold: first, learning a programming language earlyhelps students think logically and develop their creativity, skills which must be applied later in moredesign-oriented courses; and secondly, a large number of students participating in the cooperativeeducation program after their sophomore year are involved in writing software, often using the C andC++ programming languages. The author started teaching this course in the fall semester of 1995, andhas since been directly involved in three evolutions of the course. Computer Aided Measurement andControl still, in essence, concentrates on fundamental programming skills; however, the languages thatare taught are now C++ and LabVIEW. Laboratory assignments have evolved to the point where

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Richard E. Pfile; William R. Conrad

twenty or thirty years, consulting and applied research arenecessary to keep up with the many changes that take place in technology. Skills learned fromprojects can be applied as case studies in the classroom or as exercises in the laboratory. Severalmodels for successful applied research centers are presented. Introduction The mission of a technology program is to produce graduates who are ready to beproductive in the workforce when they graduate. Besides teaching general principles andconcepts, it is imperative that students are introduced to technology used by industry. This isfundamental to the mission of technology. Although industrial experience is a precondition for technology faculty

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Gwan-Ywan Lai; Laura L. Sullivan

Session 2526 A POLYMER PROCESS OPTIMIZATION CENTER: INTEGRATION OF NSF AND INDUSTRIAL SUPPORT Laura L. Sullivan and Gwan –Y. Lai Kettering UniversityINTRODUCTIONThe Polymer Processing Laboratory at Kettering University has enjoyed tremendous growth incapability over the past four years. Four National Science Foundation ILI Grants have providedfor microprocessor controlled injection molding, stereolithography, capillary and on-linerheometry, and tensile testing. Funding from the Society for Manufacturing Engineering hasresulted in the acquisition of mold temperature

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Alexander N. Cartwright

workenvironment. Consequently, any teaching environment should teach interpersonal skills throughclassroom discussions and group projects.With this in mind, the author has converted the photonics courses at UB, traditionally taught aslectures, to laboratory courses with high design content which include cooperative (collaborative)learning, experience-based learning, and the application of information technologies.Specifically, RAQ (reading to answer questions)5 and LAB (Launch, Activity, Buildunderstanding)6 learning techniques are being followed. These experience-based techniqueshave been successfully used in calculus and computer courses at the University of Wisconsin EauClaire6,7. Furthermore, the photonics courses have home pages on the WWW

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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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Jay S. DeNatale; Gregg L. Fiegel

development and evaluation of student design projects.EXAMPLES OF THE HANDS-ON APPROACHLaboratory InstructionThe engineering curriculum at Cal Poly is laboratory intensive. As shown in Table 1, five of theten geotechnical engineering courses have a laboratory component. The geotechnicallaboratories are commonly held in the field, in one of two well-equipped teaching labs, or in oneof two modern computer-aided design studios. During a typical ten-week quarter, a laboratorycourse will have six to eight organized lab sessions, each lasting anywhere from two to threehours. The lab sessions, designed with help from industry, simulate situations that students willeventually see in professional practice. Required laboratory reports or term projects are

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Stephen R. McNeill; Jed S. Lyons

Recrystallizaiton Behavior and Grain Size Distribution in Titanium”, Metallurgical Transactions A, 16A, 703 (1985). Biographical InformationJed Lyons. As an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at USC, he teaches engineering materials,manufacturing processes and mechanical design. Recent research areas include high temperature crack growth insuperalloys and viscoelastic behavior of thermoplastics. Educational projects include developing mechanicalengineering laboratories and leading the NSF Gateway Coalition's Materials Program Area team.Stephen McNeill. As an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at USC, he teaches senior design,mechatronics, introduction to engineering, statics and solids. He is currently developing WEB

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Amir Mirmiran

Session 1526 NDT and Instrumentation In an Undergraduate Concrete Lab Amir Mirmiran University of Central FloridaABSTRACTThe first year implementation of an NSF-ILI project for enhancing the concrete lab with NDT andinstrumentation modules is discussed. A two-semester laboratory is developed to parallel the lecturesin the two concrete courses; namely, Reinforced Concrete Structures and Concrete Design project.The new laboratory has significantly increased students’ interest in, and learning from, the courses.INTRODUCTIONUniversity of Central Florida is a member of the

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Douglas H. Baxter

-engineering course in 1991, there were two major goals. The first was to teach thefundamentals of engineering graphics using solid modeling as opposed to a user course inthe specific solid modeling software. The second goal as to provide the students with anopportunity to use solid modeling as an engineering tool for conceptual design, detaileddesign and engineering analysis.This paper will present the development of Rensselaer’s course, Engineering Design andComputer Aided Design (EG&CAD). The development of the course from a lecture withlaboratory using CADAM to a full laboratory course using Pro/ENGINEER will bepresented. Pro/ENGINEER training files were written to allow students to have on-linedemonstrations of the lecture material. The

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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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Renata Anna Gorska

planes between: a line and cylinders)• auxiliary view planes a plane • perspective drawings - • line of intersection basics between two planesEngineering Drawing (1 or 2 laboratory hours a week)The course is designed to teach a student how to correctly create a technical drawing using basictechnical instruments like a bow compass, a straight-edge, and how to correctly apply standardlettering and line types, dimensioning, and tolerancing to the drawing.The above mentioned courses are compulsory and are offered at the freshmen level.Some majors have offered modified courses. For

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

(TVD)schemes [see Hirsch (1990)].A portion of the lectures were devoted to the interpretation of numerical results with an emphasison detecting incorrect numerical results and techniques used to obtain correct solutions. Theselectures focused on steady flows and the lack of convergence to the correct solution thatsometimes occurs in some flows. The oscillating behavior of the residual that signifies non-convergence was discussed and the technique of successive overrelaxation (SOR) [see Anderson(1995)], that is often used to improve convergence, was presented.LaboratoriesThe intent of the laboratory portion of the course was to teach the students to solve somewhatcomplicated fluid dynamics problems using commercially available CFD software

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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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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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Suresh Muknahallipatna; Jerry Hamann

. Swafford and D. J. Brown, “Mallard: Asynchronous Learning on the World-Wide Web,” 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Session 2632, CD-ROM, Washington, D.C., June 1996.[16] L. J. Genalo, C. Collier, M. Roberts and J. Sandberg, “Creating Web Explorations in Science and Engineering,” 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Session 2392, CD-ROM, Washington, D.C., June 1996.[17] M. Rais-Rohani and K. A. Young, “Development of a Multimedia Structural Mechanics Teaching Tool on the World Wide Web,” 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Session 1668, CD-ROM, Washington, D.C., June 1996.[18] J. Henry, “Controls Laboratory Teaching Via the World Wide Web,” 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Session 3513, CD-ROM

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Stephen B. Affleck; Marvin C. Gabert; Hahns J. Kuhr; Donald J. Parks

/week.TT is the estimated total time spent by the faculty member on teaching activities in hours/week.EWC is the number of equivalent work credits. (1 EWC = 3 hours/week)CN is the number of contact hours for the particular class section per week.TS is the hours of work required per contact hour for the type of section taught. For section types in our department, 3.0 is used for lecture sections and 2.0 is used for laboratory sections.The constant 0.5 and subsequent 0.5 multiplier of (AE/NS) provide the 50-50 division betweenwork which is independent of enrollment and work that increases in proportion to enrollment.AE is the actual number of students in the class section as of the official university tenth day count

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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