Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Anderton; Karim Salman

CPU in mind. However, we areattempting to finally design and implement a simple architecture without sacrificing theimportant and basic issues in such design. For example we need first to address thefollowing issues: word length, memory size, and registers. These can also be restated ormodified without in another design once the methodology is adhered to. Since we areadopting a previously published design, the first two steps in our methodology would beto define our basic computer: 1. 16-bit data wordlength and 12-bit memory address. The wordlength size can address double precision data more readily than 8-bit designs, yet it adds little overhead in our methodology. The memory size will not be too prohibitive for

Conference Session

New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Loralee Donath; Nadia Craig; Nancy Thompson; Michael Matthews

Engineering Faculty (1 per group) (1 per Undergraduate Researcher) Engineering Communication Graduate Student Graduate Student (1 per group) (1 per group) Undergraduate Researchers (3 or 4 per group)Figure 1--The network of participantsThe RCS also bases its pedagogical approach on metacognition. Metacognition refers to thestudent’s ability to predict their performance on different tasks and to monitor theirunderstanding of a certain task.4 During the

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International Engineering Education II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sucharit Koontanakulvong; Direk Lavansiri

Use of CUQA in Quality Assurance System ofFaculty of EngineeringChulalongkorn UniversityProf. Dr. Direk Lavansiri Keywords: Quality assurance,Faculty of Engineering education, assessment, opinion survey.Chulalongkorn University 1. INTRODUCTIONAssoc. Prof. Dr. SucharitKoontanakulvong The Faculty of Engineering,Faculty of Engineering Chulalongkorn University wasChulalongkorn University established in 1913 to educate government service officers. Later, in 1933, it had expanded to offer a

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Electr-Mech ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael E. Hay; Recayi Pecen

students both fromelectrical and information engineering technology (EIET), and manufacturing technologymajors. The problem defined by this paper is (1) developing a novel zero-emission boat, theprogress and update on current and the last two years of design, and (2) representing UNI in theannual International Solar Boat World Championship. The race also includes competitions foroutstanding workmanship, sportsmanship, outstanding technical report, commercially viable hulldesign, and outstanding solar system design. In June 2004, the UNI solar electric boat team wonfour trophies; (1) the most commercially viable hull design, (2) the fastest boat in qualifications,(3) the most improved team from the previous year, and (4) the ninth overall place in

Conference Session

Virtual Instrumentation in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Terrance Lovell; Dale Litwhiler

) design projects.1 Unlike traditional ISA or PCI busplug-in cards, the USB devices can be easily moved to different computers. When paired with alaptop computer, the system becomes completely mobile which provides many more applicationpossibilities. The low cost of these USB data acquisition devices also makes them a viableoption for students to purchase on their own for home experimentation. This capability greatlyenhances the students’ learning process.2,3The LabJack unit provides a very good interface for many types of transducers including Page 10.1382.1temperature, position, velocity and acceleration/tilt sensors. Some sensors, however

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Banzhaf

, and inherently dangerous, and require rights of way, talltowers, and big insulators. Transformers at both ends of the power lines are large and expensive.Students in EET programs should know why such transmission and distribution systems areused: to save money and energy by minimizing the energy lost between the generation site andthe location where the energy is used.Basic ConceptsStudents need an understanding of two basic concepts to appreciate why high-voltage electricaltransmission and distribution systems are necessary: (1) power delivered to a load is the product Page 10.692.1 Proceedings of the 2005

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Cooley; Terrence O'Connor

/airmixture. The second plate contained a series of peripheral channels, creating a venturi thatintroduced and blended propane into the incoming air stream. This design then provided ameans to accurately control fuel/air mixture for experimental purposes, as required.The spark ignition system differs from a typical small engine in that it supplies multiple sparksper stroke rather than the single spark from a magneto input. The system sparks continually at arate of approximately 1 kHz when triggered by the input sensors. The spark system is describedin more detail in the authors’ previous paper1. After initial testing, this spark system was alteredby adding a second reflective sensor on the camshaft. The original version had only a singlereflective

Conference Session

Energy Program and Software Tools

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammed Fahmy; Recayi Pecen; Faruk Taban; Ayhan Zora

industry, the Society of Automotive Industry and U.S. Department of Energy Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education(DOE) organized a joint meeting to determine critical research and development areas forminimizing off-highway vehicle emissions while improving system performance [1].Companies are expected to run numerous tests on prototypes to validate their products beforeselling them to customers. “In general, prototype testing is an expensive tool for design as thereare many applicable component configurations as well as a large number of physical variablesthat need to be measured during testing

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ganapathy Narayanan

MATLAB commands are: a) Blocks Reduction Commands; b) Time-History Commands; c) Frequency Domain Plots-Creation Commands; d) Second Order Control Design Command; e) Other Control Related Commands.In this paper, to save paper space, the MATLAB output figures are not shown. These canbe obtained easily by the reader or the student on a computer.Blocks Reduction CommandsThese commands are: 1) Series Command: 2) Feedback Command 3) Parallel CommandThe ‘series’ command allows two or four blocks in series to be combined into a singleblock. The ‘feedback’ command reduces a closed loop of an open block with a feedbackblock into a single open block. The ‘parallel’ command allows two or four blocks inparallel to be combined into a single

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Haig Vahradian; Veekit O'Charoen; Teresa Hall

is incompatible across multiple operating system platforms) can limit its use bystudents4. ToolTRAIN© Plus addresses these issues and was developed to use with Windows2000 and XP (tested on both versions), and the user interface was developed for ease of use.ToolTRAIN’s instruction system contains four main units: (1) Modular Fixturing; (2)Components; (3) Implementation; and (4) Quiz. A hierarchy diagram of tutorial content isshown in Figure 1. The lessons are delivered in a step-by-step format that allows students torepeatedly review the modular tooling concepts in each unit until they have achievedunderstanding. The sublevels of the courseware are intuitive and navigation is straightforward5

Conference Session

Integrating Mathematics and Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shane Palmquist

author hoped that students wouldcome to understand and appreciate the benefit of solving problems in terms of variables.The class project involved a preliminary hands-on inspection of a local steel truss bridge.College Street Bridge is a four span, steel, truss structure which crosses the Barren River inBowling Green, Kentucky. An elevation view of the structure is shown in Figures 2 and 3.Spans 1 through 3 are through trusses, and span 4 is a pony truss. The historic bridge was builtin 1915 and presently serves as a pedestrian bridge. Page 10.252.2 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Wei Lin; G. Padmanabhan

A Middle School Program to Attract Native American Students to STEM Higher Education Wei Lin1, Luther Olson2, G. Padmanabhan1, and Carol Davis2 1 North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, USA 2 Turtle Mountain Community College, Belcourt, North Dakota, USA ABSTRACTA 3-year collaborative project between the Turtle Mountain Community College, NorthDakota and the Department of Civil Engineering and Construction, North Dakota StateUniversity, “A Reservation Collaboration Initiative for Pre-college Excellence inScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (RECIPE)” funded by NASAcompleted two years and is in

Conference Session

IP, Incubation, and Business Plans

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Solt; Ashbjorn Osland; Anuradha Basu

profile: African American 4%, American Indian/Alaskan 0.5%, Asian 31.7%, Filipino 7%, Mexican American 9.5%, Other Hispanic 3.6%, Pacific Islander 0.6%, White 26.3%, and not stated 16.8%.1 • 92% of the 5,774 College of Business students were undergraduates.1 “ SJSU is ranked 10th nationally in the number of bachelor’s degrees awarded to minority students in 2002-03,according to a "Top 100" list of colleges and universities compiled by Black Issues in Higher Education (June 3, Page 10.705.22004) and based on data from the U.S. Department of Education. In addition, SJSJ ranked 7th nationally in

Conference Session

Pedagogy

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Musa Jouaneh

project. To determine if the learning styles have anycorrelation to the performance of the team, a correlation analysis was performed on combinationof many variables some of which are exam grade, project grade, and composite learning scorefor the team. The results show that the competence level of the team as measured by the examgrade has the most influence on the team performance, while the learning style makeup of theteam has a less pronounced effect.Introduction Methods of forming student teams in project-oriented courses are an area of activeresearch and a topic that generates a lot of discussions among faculty members. Many facultymembers at different institutions [1, 2] have reported that team functionality improves if teammembers

Conference Session

Math and K-12-Freshman Transitions

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Jackson; Jesse Petway; Doreen Lawrence; Patrick Dessert; Barbara Oakley

students on themathematics section of mandated state tests (Michigan Educational AssessmentProgram—MEAP) and nationally normed tests is below that of students in surrounding,wealthy school districts such as Rochester and Avondale.1 To assist Pontiac in improvingtheir students’ mathematics skills, Oakland University teamed with Kumon, NorthAmerica, Inc. (KNA) to provide a supplemental mathematics program for approximatelytwenty minutes per day to each student in selected elementary schools. A “bottom up” Page 10.1117.1approach—improving mathematics first in the elementary school, rather than high school“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for

Conference Session

Faculty Reward System Reform

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Bertoline; Dennis Depew

Session 2155 Revisiting the Urgency for Reform of Faculty Reward Systems to Advance Professional Graduate Education for Engineering Practice and Technology Leadership D. R. Depew, 1 G. R. Bertoline, 1 M. J. Dyrenfurth, 1 A. L. McHenry, 2 E. M. DeLoatch, 3 P. Y. Lee, 4 H. J. Palmer, 5 J. W. Bardo, 6 D. D. Dunlap, 6 S. J. Tricamo, 7 D. A. Keating, 8 T. G. Stanford 8 Purdue University 1/ Arizona State University East 2/ Morgan State University 3 California Polytechnic State University 4 / Rochester Institute of Technology 5 Western Carolina University 6/ New Jersey Institute

Conference Session

Faculty Reward System Reform

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Bertoline

Session 2155 A Look at Representative Templates for Professionally Oriented Faculty Reward Systems in Other Service ProfessionsG. R. Bertoline, 1 D. R. Depew, 1 M. J. Dyrenfurth, 1 A. L. McHenry, 2 E. M. DeLoatch, 3 P. Y. Lee, 4 D. D. Dunlap, 5 S. J. Tricamo, 6 D. A. Keating, 7 T. G. Stanford 7 Purdue University 1/ Arizona State University East 2/ Morgan State University 3 California Polytechnic State University 4 / Western Carolina University 5 New Jersey Institute of Technology 6/ University of South Carolina 7

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kimberly Whelan; Sharon Jones

An Alternate Paradigm for Undergraduate Engineering: The Bachelor of Arts Kimberly A. Whelan, Sharon A. Jones Lafayette College Introduction The National Academy of Engineering (NAE), and the American Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE) are on record stating the problems associated with the prevailing paradigm for undergraduate engineering education in the USA.1, 2 Several of the problems stated refer to the need for a more liberally trained engineer who has mastery of the essential engineering principles, but realizes the social impact of technology and is well equipped with communication skills. Typical

Conference Session

Academic Standards & Issues/Concerns & Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Manhire

commodification and commercializa-tion of higher education in America.I. IntroductionOver the past four decades, grade inflation has become a hallmark (pun intended) of Americanhigher education. A significant body of literature now exists which suggests that grade inflationis a serious social problem; part of what Callahan calls The Cheating Culture.1 Nearly everyoneinvolved with higher education is now complicit in grade inflation one way or another, includingprofessors, administrators, governing boards (of trustees, regents, etc.), students and their parentsand their eventual employers, politicos and the public they serve. The immorality of this complic-ity speaks for itself and does not bode well for America.Its causes have been attributed to events

Conference Session

Security

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hua Xu; Ronald Glotzbach; Nathan Hartman

, American Society for Engineering Educationdevelopers write secure code. It helps security professionals conduct security review in a timelybasis. It also enables system administrators to secure Web applications across the multiple layersof the application infrastructure. The ultimate goal of this strategy is to protect Web applicationsin a proactive, systematic, and holistic way.1. IntroductionIn general, security concerns confidentiality, integrity, and availability of systems and data.Confidentiality refers to the ability to ensure that information is private to the authorized partiesand protected from unauthorized disclosure. Integrity reflects the accuracy of information andrequires technology and processes that prevent unauthorized parties

Conference Session

Academic Standards & Issues/Concerns & Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Burton

for use indistance education and for marketing and retention is also considered. Finally the future directionof video production at RMIT is discussed, which the author passionately believes couldtransform university education, especially in first and second year.IntroductionRMIT’s Teaching and Learning Strategy sets directions for the development of teaching andlearning at RMIT and the Teaching and Learning Group works with schools on course renewaland on developing effective teaching and learning tools. As part of this process, the author wasapproached in 2002 to produce some material that would capture his particular teaching stylewhile also updating and documenting the content of Electronics 1, a first year course. TheTeaching and Learning

Conference Session

ME Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Boyle

employed for the technique has been discussed in theseearlier papers. The present work extends the use of pseudographics to the kinematic analysis ofthe 3-D slider crank. The single driving crank angle solution for this mechanism is presented ina number of current textbooks, and the data from a typical problem8, as in Fig. 1, are used todemonstrate pseudographics. Fig. 1. The offset 3-D slider crank as utilized in the current work. The origin of the xyz axes is the lowest position of the slider B. Dimensions: OE = 250 mm, AB = 330 mm, AE= 80 mm. The driving

Conference Session

Math and K-12-Freshman Transitions

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerome Lavelle; Richard Keltie

GPA. Upon completion of these requirements, a student“matriculates” into one of the 18 undergraduate degree programs in the college. Therequirements for matriculation into an engineering program, and for graduation from anengineering program, are given below.6Matriculation Requirements: Includes a “course requirement” and a GPA “requirement.” Course Requirement: A student must complete the following courses with a minimum “passing grade” (C-); E 101: Introduction to COE and Problem Solving (1 credit hour) MA 141: Calculus I (4 credit hours) MA 241: Calculus II (4 credit hours) ENG 101: Academic Writing and Research (4 credit hours

Conference Session

Integrating Mathematics and Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerome McCoy; Leslie Keiser; Michael Kessler; William Potter; Peter LoPresti; Donna Farrior; Shirley Pomeranz

Enhancing Interdisciplinary Interactions in the College of Engineering and Natural Sciences: Year I Shirley Pomeranz, Peter LoPresti, Michael Kessler, William Potter, Jerry McCoy, Leslie Keiser, Donna Farrior The University of TulsaIntroductionA team of faculty members in the College of Engineering and Natural Sciences at The Universityof Tulsa (TU) has begun work on a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Course,Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Project (Proposal # 0410653). This projectuses Interdisciplinary Lively Application Projects (ILAPs)1 as a vehicle for strengtheningconnections among the science, engineering, and mathematics

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Carl Wick; Bradley Bishop

of the moststraightforward type. Students look at diagrams such as that shown in Figure 1 and determinethe fundamental nature of the response of the vehicle to appropriate stimuli. In Figure 1, thesimple differentially-driven vehicle responds to a single stimulus type in a straightforward Page 10.199.2manner. Each sensor is connected to one motor as shown. When the sensor reading increases,Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”so does the power to the motor in question (due to the + sign on the

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bradley Bishop

drivetrain) or multi-point turns with differential drive. Difficulties are encountered with skid steering in both structural integrity and dead reckoning. Figure 1: High-friction turn setupUneven Hill Climb: The second stage of the terrain challenge involves a traversal of a hill thatincludes snags and small irregularities. Locomotion Objective: Traction, power and stability (including heading control). Setup: 2’x4’ pegboard, inclined on a table edge, studded with ¼” bolts at various heights (depending on size of available wheels). Slope varies by material of both board and available tires. Typical solutions: Systems must have driven

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Harry Fox

own, Page 10.190.1with a suitable laboratory component. As a result, two new courses were approved by the Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationcollege faculty for the MET program: GET 430 Electrical Power, Controls, and Instrumentation;and, GET 431 Electrical Power, Controls, and Instrumentation Laboratory. Figure 1 shows thetopics that were proposed by the MET faculty for the new courses. electrical machines - 1 wk power electronics & motor

Conference Session

ME Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Wally Peters; Michelle Maher; Nadia Craig; Veronica Addison

Integrating Complex Systems Study into the Freshmen Mechanical Engineering Experience Nadia Craig*, Veronica Addison*, Michelle Maher**, Wally Peters* *Department of Mechanical Engineering/ ** Department of Educational Leadership and Policies University of South CarolinaIntroductionAccording to the president and a member of the National Academy of Engineers (NAE), WilliamWulf and George Fisher, “many of the students who make it to graduation enter the workforceill-equipped for the complex interactions, across many disciplines, of real-world engineeredsystems.”1 Unfortunately, the traditional engineering curriculum is a

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Radian Belu

Session Teaching Electrical Engineering by using Computer Algebra Systems. by Radian G. Belu¹, and Alexandru-Catalin Belu² 1) College of Engineering 2) Department of Mathematics Wayne State University. Detroit, Michigan, USA.AbstractIn the past 40 years Computer Algebra Systems (CAS) has been used extensively in research andindustrial applications. This growing use of “computer algebra” or “symbolic computation

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Vladimir Sheyman; Mulchand Rathod

Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationcurriculum with community college partners (Henry Ford Community College and MacombCommunity College) and an ideal articulation plan was devised where up to half the degreecredits (freshman and sophomore years) would transfer. An example of possible transferprogram with Henry Ford Community College is shown in Table 1. (iv) Created upper divisioncourses and related laboratories for the EGT curriculum. (v) Program launch of the modelBSET-EGT degree was delayed pending funding from external sources.ENERGY TECHNOLOGY BS DEGREE CURRICULUM It was important to design the BSET-EGT curriculum to satisfy the accreditationrequirements of the Technology Accreditation Commission of the