Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods in Industrial Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Manuel Rossetti

II, ChemistryI, English Composition I and II, and Principles of Industrial Engineering. Satisfactory completionof the pre-professional curriculum is a prerequisite for enrollment in any 2000-level or higherengineering course. The course has contained between 80 and 100 students over the last fewofferings and is divided into a group lecture component and individual drill sections containingaround 20 students each. In the past, the course has relied heavily on lecture supported by handson laboratory/drill sections. The material in lecture was often a survey of topics in IndustrialEngineering delivered in a standard lecture format. In addition, the lecture included curriculumadvising, faculty introductions, and study skill development. Drill or

Conference Session

Innovative Ideas for Energy Labs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Swedish; Glenn T. Wrate P.E.; Frederik Betz; Emily Blakemore; Lee Greguske

thevarious stakeholders is crucial to the success of the project. Instrumentation has beenacquired, installed, and calibrated. A grid connection agreement with the local utility,WE Energies, has been achieved. Milwaukee School of Engineering personnel interfacewith City of Milwaukee engineers concerning dispatch of the unit. During the heatingseason, the unit has been dispatched on thermal demand, and the economics of this modeof dispatch have been evaluated. Website development has continued: all instrumentreadings are accessible on the Website, and equations necessary for a First and SecondLaw analysis have been proofed and placed on the Website. Use of the facility as an off-site laboratory for the Milwaukee School of Engineering has begun. An

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ramana Pidaparti; Hasan Akay

surveys and meetings 5. Alumni and employer surveys 6. Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam results 7. Common guidelines and rubrics for student reports in laboratory experiments and major design projects 8. Jury evaluation of student work in selected key courses which cover all program outcomes 9. Instructor’s direct assessment of outcomes in exams and key projects 10. Documentation on the Web (http://www.engr.iupui.edu/me/fassessment.shtml), including exemplary student workFindings from the Assessment ProcessA systematic use of the above assessment tools for a period of four semesters revealed certainshortcomings in the programs. The shortcomings were found in the curriculum as well asdelivery of student services

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Orr; Richard Vaz

Session xxxx 4. Use of Tools Graduates should be capable of utilizing a variety of computer based and laboratory tools for the analysis and design of computer systems, including both hardware and software elements. 5. Communication Skills Graduates should be able to communicate their work in appropriate formats (written, oral, graphical) and to critically evaluate materials presented by others in those formats.Following are comments on each of these characteristics as they relate to our ECE program: 1. This is an appropriate outcome for ECE students, expanding beyond the concept of a computer system to the systems containing analog and digital, electronic and mechanical components which characterize the

Conference Session

Web Education I: Delivery and Evaluation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ismail Orabi

vibrations and dynamic systems and control. Professor Orabi has taughtcourses in both undergraduate and graduate level Mechanical Vibrations and Multimedia Engineering Analysis, andundergraduate level thermodynamics, Measurement Systems, Engineering Mechanics and Introduction toEngineering. One of Professor Orabi's most recent projects involves the development of Learning Modules on theweb. These modules provide information, not only about particular course material, but also about more generaltopics relevant to engineering. He is also working on Computer-Aided Experimentations using LABVIEW. ProfessorOrabi has received a number of research awards from the State of Connecticut and Untied Technologies. He hasestablished two Laboratories: the

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gabriel Ferrer; Ann Wright; Andrew Wright

as well as learning about science. There are presently two biologycourses, one chemistry course, and six physics courses that are classified as natural sciencelaboratory courses. Five of the nine courses have no pre-requisites. All but one of the ninecourses are geared toward science majors. There is a clear need in the curriculum for anatural science laboratory course that is geared towards the non-science major, has no pre-requisites, and is attractive to students from various backgrounds.2. The course modelsOur model course is Robotic Design Studio taught at Wellesley College by Dr. FranklynTurbak and Dr. Robert Berg. Wellesley is a private liberal arts, all-female college inMassachusetts. The course has no pre-requisites and is aimed at

Conference Session

Student Teams and Active Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Raviv

without fighting?5. Examples for course and laboratory material, projects, teaming and communicationactivities5a) Course materialThe following are some example-based explanations for the different strategies:Example for the Uniqueness strategyThere is a need to separate juicy and non-juicy oranges at a high rate. How can this be done?A solution: look for a feature or property of an orange that highly correlates with juiciness.Obviously it is not color, size, weight, or texture. The main property that distinguishes theoranges is specific density. To measure the specific density it is not necessary to measure theweight and volume of each orange separately and then find the ratio of the two. It can be donedirectly by observing the time it takes for

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Krogmeier; Mustafa Kamasak; Maribel Figuera; Luis Torres; Jan Allebach; George Chiu; Edward Delp; Charles Bouman; Catherine Rosenberg; Lynne Slivovsky

lectures and texts.In traditional laboratory courses, students learn by completing a carefully prescribed procedureduring an experiment. While both these modes of learning continue to play an important role inengineering and computer science education, we have developed a course to provide our studentswith an undergraduate research experience focused on mobility. In our junior/senior level designcourse, Mobile Communications Projects, students work in teams under the direct supervision ofa faculty member. Students attend a common lecture, in which a variety of topics on wirelesscommunications are covered by participating faculty members; and a lab section, during whichthe teams of students meet with their assigned faculty member. Additionally

Conference Session

Partnerships in IE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joan Burtner

. This included those materials necessary to reduce stress, fatigue, and glare for theoperator. Once they developed the alternatives for the work space, they performed merit,ergonomic, cost and safety analysis to determine the best alternative. The results of the analysiswere then presented in the form of a written and oral presentation to the client and instructor.ISE 424: A Sample Laboratory Experiment in RoboticsManufacturing is strategic for United States global competitiveness, which directly relates tonational health and wealth. American industry has awakened to the importance of themanufacturing enterprise and the need for engineering education. Although industry struggles toovercome tradition and organizational inertia in the product

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Haley; Calvin Mackie; Sundiata Jangha

Society for Engineering Education 2003-1936 • Participate in an opening program hosted by the BGSA and sponsored by acorporate partner. Representatives of the current graduate student body give testimonialson life at Georgia Tech and why they decided to attend. • Gather by college of interest for a welcome by the respective dean of the college- Architecture, Computing, Engineering, Management, Sciences, and Ivan Allen. • Visit the academic units and research laboratories according to interest. Also,they are given an opportunity to interact and ask questions of the faculty and currentstudents in the department. • Meet with

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Ann Anderson; Richard Wilk

grant from the GEFoundation (now GE Fund). Most of this effort was directed at taking advantage of the existingstrengths of the technical side of the program and capitalizing on the fact that engineering istaught in a liberal arts environment at an institution with a strong international component in thecurriculum. Therefore it is well-positioned to produce broadly educated engineers for the globalengineering community of the 21st century. In the new mechanical engineering program there isa strong emphasis on fundamentals in both thermal/fluids and mechanics. This is reinforced bysignificant hands-on laboratory and design experiences in each of these areas. Communicationskills and design are reinforced and practiced across the curriculum. As a

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Boyd; Alan Insleay; Geza Joos

- MANAGING SOCIOSTRUCTURESIn our initial work, students work either as partners, or alone, either in laboratories withsome instructor support, or at home with Internet communications.V - MATHEMATA (ACKS) Attitudes, Concepts, Knowledge, Skills TO BE LEARNEDThe topics chosen are important topics in the standard curricula which are also onesposing appreciable conceptual difficulty for a fair number of students.The essential ATTITUDES of successful engineers and technologists include:i) curiosity, about possible alternative designs sand understandings, ii) Openness, anattitude of openness to correction, and of openness to re-framings and re-naming, in the Page

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Lau; Robert Pangborn

developing effective study, time-management, decision-making, critical thinking and learning skills(3) Provide exposure to some of the professional skills and competencies associated with academic study and practice of engineering; • practice in skills such as use of e-mail and the Web, computation and library research • introduction to design, case studies, global perspectives, teamwork and problem-solving • opportunities to use laboratory facilities or engage in hands-on activities(4) Encourage networking and interaction with faculty, other engineering students, alumni and other industry practitioners; • in-class discussions or debate • guest visits and presentations • collaborative projects and other group

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Carol Flynn; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

resistant plastic. The side and bottom of theunit is stamped out of stainless steel. The side panels have been power coated to resistscratching. Rubber pads help to absorb the vibration caused by mixing and kneading.Experimental Procedure: This laboratory experiment is divided into several parts. It begins with materialappropriate for a freshman level class, followed by sophomore material, then material fora junior level class. The freshman portion involves data acquisition, simple calculations,and taking measurements. The sophomore and junior level portions involve advancedcalculations, modeling systems, and mass and energy balances.Freshman Level Material1 - Volume of Bread Pan In order to calculate the final volume of the bread you

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Teresa Larkin-Hein

growing both in and out of the classroom and laboratory. Certainlytechnology has the potential to serve as a powerful tool to improve the educational process forstudents as well as teachers 1. However, educational technology is only as good as the content itsupports 2.Many traditional teaching methodologies have clearly been shown to put students in the role ofpassive rather than active learning 3. Traditional instructional methods have also been shown tobe inadequate in terms of promoting deep learning and long-term retention of important physicsconcepts. The explosion in the availability of technological tools is literally forcing physics aswell as other SMET educators to change the way they teach. These changes, however, mustinvolve much more

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Marilyn J. Smith

Session 3202Learning More From Class Time: Technology Enhancement in the Classroom Marilyn J. Smith, Narayanan Komerath School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of TechnologyAbstractThe traditional classroom lectures in engineering do not permit professors or students to keeppace with technological changes within rapidly changing disciplines. By using technology, theclassroom lecture can be modified so that class time becomes a laboratory of learning andreinforcement through iteration and application. This approach is also very timely since itdirectly develops the engineering attributes set forth in ABET

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas W. Fraser; Gary E. Rafe

. Page 5.478.1Our presentation is not intended to be a tutorial in the use of any one particular desktop UNIXenvironment. Rather, we are interested in the ability to accomplish our work on a variety ofsystems with (more-or-less) the same paradigm, with the added benefit that the product of ourwork can be shared easily with others through the use of portable code and architecture-independent file formats.BackgroundWe bring to this presentation a long familiarity of UNIX systems, having nearly 30 yearscombined experience with them between us. Our first exposures to the UNIX system began inthe mid-1980’s when one of us (DWF) went to work for AT&T Bell Laboratories where AT&TUNIX Version 7 ran on a timesharing DEC PDP 11/70; access to this

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Geoff Swan; S P Maj; D Veal

knowledge of physics.Alternatively it may be possible to introduce and reinforce basic physics concepts as part of theallocated workshop time. The CIM workshops could provide a laboratory space where studentscan gain hands-on practical physics experience of relevant physics concepts and a real lifecontext in which to learn. Approaches, which make use of a real life context, are increasinglybeing included in secondary school physics curricula as these are seen to make physics moreinteresting, relevant, accessible and useful to a wider range of students 14.Depending upon the topic, physics concepts might be taught and applied to the CIM context, orthe CIM context could be used to draw out the physics concepts to be studied. In both scenarios,the

Conference Session

Inter. collaboratory efforts in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Uriel Cukierman; Jorge Vélez-Arocho; Ciristián Vial; Miguel Torres-Febus; John Spencer; Lueny Morell

Session 2660 International Strategic Alliances to Strengthen Engineering Education: Beyond the Learning Factory Lueny Morell, Jorge I. Vélez-Arocho, Miguel A. Torres University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez Cristián Vial/Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Uriel Cukierman/National Technological University of Argentina John Spencer/Microsoft Research & Development CenterAbstractIn 1994, NSF awarded three institutions (Penn State, University of Washington and University ofPuerto Rico at Mayagüez) and a national laboratory

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Economy Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gunter Sharp; Jack Lohmann

location or schedulespreclude their attendance at on-campus classes.1,2,3 Increasingly, however, such technology isbeing used for the delivery of course materials for on-campus courses where neither location norschedules are issues. Generally, the use of such technologies in these situations has been only toeither facilitate or supplement face-to-face classroom instruction and laboratory exercises4,5.However, several factors are now making electronic technologies a principal mode of instruction,even for on-campus courses: most students now either own or have easy access to computingtechnology, and thus access to the internet; electronic technologies offer some pedagogicaladvantages over live lectures, such as repeatability and graphical

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Samir Moujaes

should also be grounded in the design aspect of the technology not just in theresearch part as usually maybe the case in academia. Meredith, D. (1990) and Fung A.S.have presented some BASIC language design programs and a computer-controlledlaboratory air conditioning units respectively to teach HVAC courses. Walton A. et. al.(1996) discussed the development of three laboratory experiments to teach HVACprinciples. Santos J.J. (2001) emphasized controls education for HVAC design engineers.Some researchers like Stevens J.W. (1997) emphasized desiccant instruction in HVACcourses, others like Oppenheim P. (1994) emphasized introduction of the environmentaltechnology component in the curriculum of building construction programs. The next tworeferences

Conference Session

Student Teams and Active Learning

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathleen Pearle; Gary Dainton; Christine Johnston; David Hutto; Kathryn Hollar; Eric Constans; Jennifer Kadlowec; Joseph Orlins; Kauser Jahan; Roberta Harvey; Bernard Pietrucha; Paris von Lockette; Linda Head; Stephanie Farrell; Douglas Cleary

Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”The Freshman and Sophomore Clinics at Rowan University The Freshman and Sophomore Clinics at Rowan University are intensive, team-based andmulti-disciplinary laboratory courses taken by all engineering students in the college. TheFreshman Clinic is taught by engineering faculty from each of the four disciplines at Rowan:Mechanical, Electrical and Computer, Civil and Environmental, and Chemical. It targetsproblem solving and engineering measurements in the fall semester and introduction to designand competitive assessment in the spring semester. In Freshman Clinic, we have concentrated onusing teams to build a feeling of belonging among the first year Engineering students who aremostly in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ram Mohan; Steven Parks; Krisnamurthy Jayaraman; Edward Evans; Siamack Shirazi; Ovadia Shoham; Mei Zhuang; Marilyn Amey; Keith Wisecarver; George Chase; Charles Petty; Andre Benard

Session 1712 NSF Combined Research and Curriculum Development on Multiphase Transport Phenomena M. J. Amey 2, A. Bénard 2, G. G. Chase 1, E. A. Evans1, K. Jayaraman 2, R. S. Mohan3, S. M. Parks2, C. A. Petty 2 (presenter), O. Shoham3, S. A. Shirazi3, K. D. Wisecarver3, M. Zhuang 2 1 The University of Akron/2Michigan State University/ 3The University of TulsaSummaryThis curriculum development project on multiphase transport phenomena draws on the researchexperiences from nine research laboratories at The University of Akron, Michigan State

Conference Session

New/Emerging Technologies

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

R. Radharamanan

affordable and widespread. New modeling and model abstractiontechniques are appearing. The most important set of technologies center on modeling andsimulation. Some of the key areas that require attention in modeling and simulation are: modelobject selection (what to model); degree of abstraction; level of depth; flexibility andmaintenance of models; integration of different models; and model validation. The results arediscussed under the following headings:Flexible Manufacturing: The discussion with a National Research Group from Oak RidgeNational Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, and Los Alamos National Laboratoriesindicated that the research in telerobotics and flexible manufacturing systems though showedprogress, it would be practically

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mitchell Neilsen

concentrate on the elements required to master embedded systems design, andalso satisfy the needs of engineers currently working in industry.Due to the lack of time and facilities, traditional university education tends to emphasize theoryand concepts. Even though implementation (laboratory) projects are associated with manycourses, these projects tend to be more abstract than real implementations that can be useddirectly in industrial and commercial products. Typically, there is a large gap in students'understanding between theory (conceptual understanding) and implementation (concreteunderstanding). As a result, many students who have a good understanding of theory andconcepts do not have confidence to map their knowledge onto implementations. One

Conference Session

Control in the Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

W. San Yip; Michael Hough; Eric Wood; Thomas Marlin

technical knowledge to be able to practice their engineering discipline.3. The Self-Study GapMany resources are available for a typical university-level course, and there is no reasonto replicate good aspects of these resources. Strengths and weaknesses of existingapproaches to university education are summarized in Table 1. Much factual knowledgeis readily available in textbooks and supplemental information available in libraries andWEB resources. In addition, simulation software and laboratories provide students withexperiences in the application of process control. Finally, the essential personal contactis provided during classes, tutorials, and office hours. However, the current resources have significant weaknesses as well. One

Conference Session

Capstone Experiences in OME Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Consi

interestedand motivated while grinding through the fundamentals. The intent of course 13.S36 is wellmatched with the goals of these freshmen-oriented seminar classes.Having decided to introduce students to Ocean Engineering at the freshmen level by way of aseminar course, the next topic addressed was the content of the course. For the reasons outlinedabove we decided to create a hands-on, laboratory course. At that point in the coursedevelopment we obtained a copy of a remarkable book entitled, “Build Your Own UnderwaterRobot,” by Harry Bohm and Vickie Jensen 2. This book describes a number of simple marinebuilding projects designed for high school (and younger) students. Among the projects is asimple and elegant little remotely-operated vehicle made

Conference Session

Project Based Education in CE

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Ressler

Army Research Laboratory Modal Analysis of Blast Plates Army Research Laboratory Watershed and Reservoir Study Waterways Experiment Station Auger Pilings Design for LAMS Natick Labs Mine Vehicle Army Research Laboratory Page 7.921.10 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationV. ConclusionThe true indication of this project’s success was the clients’ smiling faces as they posed forpictures while standing on

Conference Session

Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps I

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Harris; Sunday Faseyitan; Robert Myers; Pearley Cunningham; Winston Erevelles

logical one and an ideal vehiclefor the delivery of the 180-hour MPI program. 60 hours of this program will be spent inclassroom and laboratory activities (covering manufacturing processes and systems, problemsolving, communications, teamwork, and project management) while 120 hours will be spent atan industry partner’s site working on a paid internship. The instructors for the program will berecruited from the PRIME colleges and universities while mentors for the internships will belocated from area industry. A pilot MPI program was conducted in Summer 2001 at a single sitein one county with 25 students from 4 different high schools. In the Summer of 2002, ten sitesare planned with 25 students at each site – the program will impact the ten

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter J. Shull, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona; Carla Firetto, The Pennyslvania State University; L.J. Passmore, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona

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Design in Engineering Education

required inboth the engineering and the engineering technology programs. The portion of the EDSGNcourse under study involves multiple student design projects—one lasting two weeks andanother lasting 3 weeks. CBIOS is taught to all engineering technology students in their junioryear. It consists of a common lecture for all sections of the course and separate laboratoryexperience for each section with a maximum of 16 students per section—76 students in 5laboratory sections. For this work, the final two laboratory projects served as test period.Table 1 shows the breakdown of the basic data for participants and team makeup. The teamsizes ranged from 3 member teams to 5 member groups. The groups changed membership andsize between the two projects