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Paul Mooney; Michael A. Mooney; Gerald Miller

Session 1675 The Adoption of a Student Teaching-Based Instructional Method to Facilitate Graduate – Undergraduate Student Interaction Michael A. Mooney, Gerald A. Miller The University of Oklahoma Paul J. Mooney The University of NebraskaAbstractAn instructional framework requiring students to teach in order to learn content has been adoptedin an upper-level undergraduate/graduate Advanced Soil Mechanics course at the University ofOklahoma. The student teaching model (STM), geared towards student interpretation

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Walter J., III Gomes; Cameron Wright; Michael Morrow; Thad Welch

, 1998.[8] McClellan, J. H., Burrus, C. S., Oppenheim, A. V., Parks, T. W., Schafer, R. W., and Schuessler, H. W., Computer-Based Exercises for Signal Processing Using MATLAB 5, Prentice-Hall, 1998.[9] Yoder, M. A., McClellan, J. H., and Schafer, R. W., “Experiences in Teaching DSP First in the ECE Curriculum,” Proceedings of the 1997 ASEE Annual Conference, paper 1220-06, June 1997.[10] Chassaing, R., Digital Signal Processing: Laboratory Experiments Using C and the TMS320C31 DSK, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.[11] Texas Instruments, Inc., TMS320C3x DSP Starter Kit User’s Guide, 1996.[12] Inacio, C. and Ombres, D., “The DSP Decision: Fixed Point or Floating?,” IEEE Spectrum, pp. 72–74, Sept. 1996.[13] MATLAB

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Nathan W. Scott; M. A. Mannan; H. P. Lee; Brian J. Stone; A. Y. C. Nee

Session 3460 Teaching Dynamics using the WWW: A Comparison between the National University of Singapore and the University of Western Australia. A Y C Nee+, H P Lee+, M A Mannan+, N W Scott* and B J Stone* + Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering, The National University of Singapore. * Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, The University of Western Australia.AbstractFor several years the University of Western Australia (UWA) has been using computersextensively in the teaching of first year dynamics. Over several years the material grew

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Walthea V. Yarbrough; Sarah J. Rajala; Richard L. Porter; Hugh Fuller; Laura Bottomley; Mary Clare Robbins

inculcate engineering problem solving strategies whileallowing students to inductively discover the approach used by various engineering disciplines.The structure for E497F was based on the large lecture format used in E100 (six sections perweek; 175-190 students per section) with an added laboratory limited to 48 students. Thelaboratory alternated with the E115 computing class. In any given week, approximately onehalf of the students were in E115 and the other half in the laboratory. Each lecture section wasassigned one faculty member and the laboratories had two undergraduate teaching assistantseach (selection and responsibilities are described below). The course carried one credit hourand was letter graded. The lecture component (including

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Laura Caldwell; Ronald D. Earley; Thomas G. Boronkay

. Page 4.86.7Bibliography1. Cole J. Brooking, Daniel A. Smith, “Simulation and Animation of Kinematic and Dynamic Machinery Systems with MATLAB, 1998 ASEE Annual Conference,2. George H. Staab, “An Interactive Computer Tutorial for Strength of Materials”, 1998 ASEE Annual Conference.3. William E. Cole, “Using CAD Analysis Tools to Teach Mechanical Engineering Technology”, 1998 ASEE Annual Conference.4. Thomas G. Boronkay, Ronald D. Earley, ”Simulation Software in a Dynamics Laboratory”, 1998 ASEE Annual Conference.5. Working Model User Manual, Knowledge Revolution.6. Packaging/Converting Machinery Components, 6th ed., Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute, Arlington, VA. 1996.7. Robert L. Norton, Design of Machinery, McGraw-Hill

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Industrial Emulator; these systems are also being used by many otherleading institutions for teaching control systems principles. The inverted pendulum system with aDC servomotor is the main plant system for this laboratory as it satisfies all the aboverequirements. The other systems possess unique characteristics that provide a more enrichingcontrol education experience for the students. In particular, the industrial emulator model is idealfor teaching practical control of modern equipment such as spindle drives, turntables, conveyors,machine tools and automated manufacturing machinery. Its adjustable dynamic parameters andability to introduce or remove nonideal properties in a controlled manner make it a perfectselection for industrial servo

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Eric W. Tisdale

list.12) Freetell permits voice only13) Comparison of Computer Simulations vs. Traditional Laboratory Instruction in Solid State Electronics, M.A.Nejad, NAIT Journal of Industrial Technology, Winter 1998.ERIC TISDALEAn Asst. Professor at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana with degrees in Electrical Engineering andBiomedical Engineering, Eric has taught Manufacturing Engineering Technology classes for the last six years.With fifteen years of industrial experience, he teaches classes in industrial controls, electronics, and drafting.Interests are in medical devices, instrumentation, computer simulations, and automated data collection

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Robert P. Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

Science and Engineering Principles – Part 2,” Proceedings of the 1999 ASEE Spring Regional Conference, 1999. Biographical InformationC. Stewart Slater is Professor and Chair of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. He received his B.S.,M.S. and Ph.D. from Rutgers University. Prior to joining Rowan he was Professor of Chemical Engineering atManhattan College where he was active in chemical engineering curriculum development and established alaboratory for advanced separation processes with the support of the National Science Foundation and industry. Dr.Slater's research and teaching interests are in separation and purification technology, laboratory development, andinvestigating novel processes for

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Barry Jackson

studio merges the preceding teaching paradigms, building oncurrent research and the experience of the faculty. The studio establishes the premise that archi-tectural design studio and engineering laboratories (structural and mechanical) need to be or-ganized across departmental boundaries as team oriented activities. The learning modules arebeing developed initially in a multimedia format (analog video and hypertext). They will befinalized in an entirely hypertext format using digital video and browsers, allowing latitude forthe development of additional material in the future. The paper discusses the continual shiftbetween synthetic and analytic processes in the context of problem solving, methods of repre-sentation, design assignments, methods

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Richard B Cole; Charles V. Schaefer; Bernard Gallois; Keith Sheppard

includes:Engineering Graphics (2-credit laboratory), Engineering Seminar (1 credit), and Engineering De-sign Laboratory I (1-credit laboratory).The major goal of these activities in the first semester is to provide the students an early bondingwith engineering and its style and task orientation as distinguished from science. They are aimedat initiating development of competencies that will build through subsequent design experiences:1. Ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs2. Ability to function effectively on multidisciplinary teams3. Ability to identify, formulate and assess alternative technical and economic solutions to en- gineering problems.4. Ability to communicate effectively and persuasively, both in writing and

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Robert Douglas; Dean Lance Smith

Session 2548 A Revised Assembly Language Programming Course for a Computer Engineering Technology Program Dean Lance Smith, Robert Douglas The University of MemphisAbstractA new text was selected which teaches programming and uses the 80x86 family assemblylanguage as the vehicle. Laboratory exercises have been written or revised to support the text.Students assemble and run the programs on new networked Microsoft Windows NT personalcomputers. The programs are assembled with Microsoft MASM 6.11. Microsoft Visual C++Professional version 4.0 is used to assemble the

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John E. Nydahl; Colin K. Keeney; Ann Peck

. Page 4.218.8An assessment of the success that this interdisciplinary approach has had in promoting technicalwriting skills is very subjective. Students still complain about the amount of work for minimalcredit but there appears to have been a notable improvement in their attitudes toward theemphasis on writing in this laboratory. The faculty that teach the subsequent courses report theyhave seen a vast improvement in the professional quality of the reports from the veterans of thelinked courses. Unfortunately, some students tend to avoid the difficult logical thought processthat is required to generate a professional report in favor of things that they want to do and givethem immediate gratification. Inordinate amounts of time may be spent

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Alexander N. Cartwright

, prepares students for industry by emphasizing working in teams,speaking and writing skills, and solving ill-defined problems [11].Furthermore, the photonics courses have home pages on the WWW, encourage the use of email,and require the use of technical professional software. Taken together, these changes provide anexcellent discovery-oriented environment to enhance student learning. More importantly, theseundergraduate laboratory courses with high design content stimulate interest in materials, lasers,and physics (areas with declining student populations and student interest).This learning environment has a number of advantages over using traditional lecture styleteaching for teaching photonics. Specifically, with experience-based learning (active

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John G. Webster

Session 2309 A bioinstrumentation course for sophomore biomedical engineers John G. Webster University of WisconsinAbstractThe curriculum for the BSBME degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has a series oflecture-laboratory courses: bioinstrumentation, biomechanics, biomaterials, physiology forengineers, modeling of physiological systems, one each semester. Bioinstrumentation is taken inthe fourth semester, with prerequisites of calculus, physics, and chemistry. It builds on physics toprovide learning of electric circuits, instrumentation, and strength of materials

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Zenaida O. Keil; Robert P. Hesketh; James A. Newell; Stephanie Farrell; C. Stewart Slater

simultaneously so that each group could work on an individual experiment. Each session consisted of an introduction to the principles of the experiment followed by an explanation of the safety procedures. For each experiment, a group leader was chosen and the students were assigned specific tasks involving data collection and analysis. The scholars were requested to obtain specific information and then encouraged to attempt additional work of their own design. Most of the experiments required the students to make a plot of their data, which was done on the computer. Some of the laboratories required "sophisticated calculations" and the teaching assistant prepared a spreadsheet for these calculations. The engineering laboratories and major equipment are

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M. R. Smith

right.Bibliography[1] W. Humphries, “Discipline for Software Engineering”, Prentice Hall , 1995MIKE SMITHMike Smith is a professor at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He teaches undergraduate courses inintroductory and advanced microprocessor concepts. He is continually in “acquisition mode” for equipment toupdate his teaching laboratories. In addition to doing biomedical and software engineering research, Mike takes his“hands-on” microprocessor laboratories and reworks them for commercial magazines such as Circuit Cellar Ink.These publications are useful resource material for students and a major reason that recent “persuasions” have beensuccessful from Software Development Systems (U.K.), Advanced Micro Devices and Analog Devices (U.S

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Frank E. Falcone; Edward Glynn

Session2315 CEE 2602, Civil Engineering Measurements: A “Hands On” Introduction to the Profession Frank E. Falcone, Edward F. Glynn Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering Villanova University; Villanova, PA 19085AbstractThe paper describes a sophomore-level course developed by the authors to provide anintroduction to the civil engineering profession. The course uses a blend on “hands on” fieldand laboratory work, case histories and projects to provide the students with an overview of thetasks and projects they will encounter in their professional

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James A. Jacobs

presented.NEW:Update 98 participants saw the demonstration of about forty experiments and aided inevaluating them. We also heard updating information relating to materials science, engineering andtechnology presented at plenary sessions.NEW:Updates have concentrated on enhancing MSE education. The annual gatherings haveplaced emphasis on updating educators and students and providing laboratory experiments andon emerging technology for teaching fundamental and newly evolving materials concepts. Theevents have also resulted in a national materials education network to enhance MSE educationat the community college and university levels as well as providing support to math, science,and technology education to pre college students.The NEW:Update series, has become

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James Rehg

overcome the third problem, availability of good resource material for teachinglaboratories equipped with Allen Bradley SLC 500 PLCs. The web site provides the followingprogram development support: 1) an introduction to the SLC 500; 2) an overview of thecommand structure used in PLCs and the SLC 500 in particular; 3) discussion of the hardwareinterface for the SLC family of modules; 4) SLC 500 command reference and definitionsaccessible by symbol, name, or command group; 5) command syntax and example ladder logicprogramming applications; 6) introduction to programming; 7) introduction to development ofhuman machine interfaces; and 8) laboratory exercises. The paper describes the developmentand use of this site in teaching introductory and advanced

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Mahmood Nahvi

engineering students. The goal ofthe courses is to teach digital signal processing for applications. Therefore, emphasis is placed onteaching and learning DSP through real-time, real-world examples. The approach is to “learnDSP by doing,” with synthesis and design as the main vehicle.The course integrates classical DSP theory, structured experiments, and design projects. Itrequires prior knowledge of continuous and discrete-time signals and systems analysis, andfamiliarity with concepts and techniques such as linear time-invariant systems, convolution,correlation, and Fourier transforms. The course runs for a quarter of the academic year andincludes three hours of lecture presentations, eight experiments and a design project. In all of theabove

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Valerie L. Young

only because test questions fail to expose fundamental misconceptions. Stories abound ofstudents who believe the two streams entering the heat exchanger mix inside and then magicallyseparate when exiting. Because it is often idle, equipment in the unit operations laboratory canbe used to reinforce and extend course content in undergraduate classes, without interfering withthe laboratory course. Wankat and Oreovicz1 note that visits to local facilities are anunderutilized teaching method. However, they also point out the loss of time to cover content,and the failure of some students to take the trip seriously since it is not covered on an exam. Theauthor has addressed these drawbacks by incorporating "field trips" into graded projects

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Winston F. Erevelles

Session 2263 Experiences in Integrative Research and Education Projects with Undergraduate Engineers Winston Erevelles Kettering UniversityIntroductionAcademic careers offer engineering faculty an array of activities that they are expected toparticipate in - these include teaching, research and publications, laboratory development,student advisement, accreditation documentation, committee work, and service to professionalorganizations, to mention a few areas of involvement. Time constraints, the diversity in the setof responsibilities, and

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Trevor Harding

-widetraining programs, but rated departmental programs highly14. In engineering specifically,another study found that 59% of GSIs spend their time in laboratories, raising importantissues that campus-wide programs may not address 2. Thus, departmental programs mustbe seen as an essential tool in combination with campus-wide activities.Peer MentoringA network of mentoring individuals, both student and faculty, would support broad-scopeprograms in an ideal setting. GSIs will only consult professors in low-risk situations (e.g.how to grade the homework, whether to allow make-up exams). They tend to approachmore experienced GSIs with high-risk questions (e.g. how a professor might react to achallenge of authority, how to teach an unfamiliar subject matter

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Richard E. Pfile; Maher E. Rizkalla

toprogram a fixed-point processor so that it executes fast enough to continuously generatemotor outputs in real-time. Students, who choose motor control as their laboratory focus area, are required toimplement a closed loop fuzzy logic motor speed control algorithm. The fuzzy logicblock examines the motor load, slip angle, and velocity error to determine the nextoutput. The three-phase induction motor control techniques are presented in this paper.I. Introduction A course titled “Design of Electronic Instrumentation for Electric Vehicles” wasdeveloped with funding from Department of Education’s FIPSE program to teach electricvehicle technology to junior and senior EE and EET students at IUPUI. Engineering andtechnology students took

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William E. DeWitt; William J. Hutzel; Timothy L. Skvarenina

; Control Page 4.79.1 Figure 1. Today’s facilities engineer uses several technical disciplines.Course Overview Facilities Engineering Technology is a new interdisciplinary course that begins to addressthe demand for multi-skill technical personnel. It is taught by one faculty member fromMechanical Engineering Technology and two faculty members from Electrical EngineeringTechnology. Except for having multiple instructors, the course is delivered like most technologycourses on the West Lafayette campus of Purdue University. Each week, two 50-minute lecturesare supported by one two-hour laboratory segment. The course prerequisites

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James Hanson

Session 2315 Early Experimentation with Civil Engineering Materials James L. Hanson Lawrence Technological UniversityAbstractA new project-based teaching method emphasizing laboratory experimentation is being used atLawrence Technological University. It has excited and energized the students about civilengineering applications. Engineering concepts are introduced early in the students’ academiccareers using civil engineering materials. Laboratory activities related to a Civil EngineeringMaterials course are being used for outreach, recruitment, and an intensive laboratoryexperience

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Nancy Peck; John E. Nydahl

, D.C., 1996.7. Jiji, L.M., F. Delale, B. Liaw, and Y. Wu, “Home Experiments: Effective Tools in Engineering Education,” 1995 Annual Conference Proceedings, American Society of Engineering Education, Anaheim, CA, 1995.8. Churchill, E.R., Amazing Science Experiments with Everyday Materials, Sterling Publishing, NY, NY, 1991.9. ITL External Review Workshop Feedback Summary, Report from Workshop held January 20-21, 1994, Integrated Teaching Laboratory, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Colorado at Boulder, CO 80309-0421.10. Ghose, P., and D. Home, Riddles in Your Teacup, Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol, UK, 1994.11. Taylor, John R., An Introduction to Error Analysis, The Study of Uncertainties in Physical

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Robert P. Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

workshop has introductory lectures on the field of process science and engineering andemerging areas of the chemical industry. Detailed lectures on specific topics are presented byexperts from industry. Laboratory experiments and demonstrations are integrated throughout theworkshop. These bench-scale experiments are designed so that they can be effectively integratedinto the curriculum at the participants’ home institutions. The workshop has a computer sessionon the use of simulators in the process industry. The workshop also has sessions devoted tocurriculum development. The workshop instructors utilized an active teaching and learningstyle. Lecture and laboratory sessions were held in Henry M. Rowan Hall, home of the Collegeof Engineering

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Kenneth Bryden

programs, undergraduate research assistants in traditional researchprograms, laboratory assistants, undergraduate teaching assistants, undergraduate graders, and ahost of other opportunities. The common bond between these experiences is developing apersonal connection between the professor and the student and enabling the student to participateas a stakeholder in their education. The student still does the class work, still gains a strongfoundation in the fundamentals of engineering, but the classroom experience is supplementedand strengthened by working directly with a professor implementing one or more aspects ofher/his education. Rather than regarding these experiences as “extra-curricular” activities, theseactivities should be regarded as “off

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Nadia A. Basaly

the value and power of post secondary education and SMET careers. These threefundamental needs were important to satisfy students’ feelings of the interrelationship betweenengineering and physical sciences and the importance of continuing onto post secondary education. The course introduces basic brainstorming processes that improve mathematical skills of thestudents and teach them how to use these skills in engineering analysis such as measurementtechniques. The course covers important technological concepts and experimental issues (includinga number of laboratory sessions) that elevate students’ skills and provide them with hands-onexperience in dealing with experimental measurements and instrumentation. The developed materialfor