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New Developments in Teaching Electromagnetics and Related Topics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Michael Petersen, Grand Valley State University, Graduate School of Engineering; Bogdan Adamczyk, Grand Valley State University

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2011-967: LABORATORY DRIVEN EMC EDUCATION - DESIGN OFA POWER SUPPLYThomas Michael Petersen, Grand Valley State University Graduate School of Engineering Thomas Petersen received his M.S.E. degree with an emphasis in electrical engineering from Grand Valley State University in 2010 and his M.B.A. degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1991. He is currently a consultant to the electric power generation industry. As a recent graduate student his electrical interests include electromagnetic compatibility, and his business interests include project management, quality management, and process optimization.Bogdan Adamczyk, Grand Valley State University Dr. Adamczyk has developed EMC laboratory at GVSU to support EM

Conference Session

Automation Subjects in Manufacturing Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher M. Greene, Rochester Institute of Technology; Scott J. Anson P.E. P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology

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Manufacturing

AC 2011-2759: RESTRUCTURING THE ROBOTICS LABORATORY ANDENHANCING THE ROBOTICS CURRICULUM AT RITChristopher M. Greene, Rochester Institute of Technology Assistant Professor in Manufacturing & Mechanical Engineering Technology. Dr. Greene’s primary areas of research are in manufacturing systems, quality engineering, engineering education and the electronics manufacturing domain. Dr. Greene has also participated in several funded engineering education pro- grams aimed at advancing opportunities in Alabama’s Black Belt. Dr. Greene worked previously as a manufacturing scientist in the Micro-Electronics Division of IBM.Dr. Scott J.. Anson, P.E. , Rochester Institute of Technology Dr. Anson is the Manufacturing

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Xuemin Chen, Texas Southern University; Lawrence O Kehinde P.E., Texas Southern University; Yuhong Zhang, Texas Southern University; Shahryar Darayan, Texas Southern University; David O. Olowokere, Texas Southern University; Daniel Osakue, Texas Southern University

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NSF Grantees

AC 2011-914: USING VIRTUAL AND REMOTE LABORATORY TO EN-HANCE ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY EDUCATIONXuemin Chen, Texas Southern UniversityProf. Lawrence O Kehinde P.E., Texas Southern UniversityProf. Yuhong Zhang, Texas Southern UniversityShahryar Darayan, Texas Southern University Dr. Darayan received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from University of Houston in 1993. He is currently a professor and the program coordinator of Electronics Engineering Technology program at Texas Southern University. His research area applies to electromagnetic and instrumentation, computer hardware and software design, progarm assessment, and laboratory development.David O. Olowokere, Texas Southern UniversityMr. Daniel Osakue, Texas Southern

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Krupczak, Hope College; Kate A Disney, Mission College

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NSF Grantees

AC 2011-1127: LABORATORY PROJECTS APPROPRIATE FOR NON-ENGINEERS AND INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERINGJohn Krupczak, Hope CollegeKate A Disney, Mission College Engineering Facutly, Mission College, Santa Clara, CA Page 22.997.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011Laboratory Projects Appropriate for Non-Engineers and Introduction toEngineeringAbstractMany engineering programs are facing unfamiliar challenges in the area of curriculumdevelopment and course offerings. Some engineering departments are working with a newconstituency of students through newly offered courses on engineering and technological topicsfor non

Conference Session

Rethinking Engineering Writing

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven R Walk, Old Dominion University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #7282Using Learning through Writing Pedagogy to Improve Laboratory LearningOutcomesMr. Steven R Walk, Old Dominion University Steven R. Walk, PE, is Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology at Old Dominion Uni- versity, Norfolk, Virginia. His research interests include power electromagnetic phenomena, energy con- version systems, technology management, and technological change and social forecasting. Mr. Walk is owner and founder of Technology Intelligence, a management consulting company in Chesapeake, Virginia, and conducts management workshops introducing innovative strategies for business and

Conference Session

Epistemic Research

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erick Jacob Nefcy, Oregon State University; Edith Stanley Gummer, Education Northwest; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2012-3231: CHARACTERIZATION OF STUDENT MODELING IN ANINDUSTRIALLY SITUATED VIRTUAL LABORATORYErick Jacob Nefcy, Oregon State University Erick Nefcy is a doctoral student in the School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering at Oregon State University. Through his undergraduate studies, he has held multiple internships at Intel Corporation. He is currently studying the growth of self-forming barrier layers in copper thin films, as well as investigating the student teams’ use of models during completion of the Chemical Vapor Deposition Virtual Laboratory project.Dr. Edith Stanley Gummer, Education NorthwestDr. Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University Milo Koretsky is a professor of chemical engineering

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Projects and Applications

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Border, Bowling Green State University

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Engineering Technology

Conference Session

Improving the Pedagogy of Laboratory Courses

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sriram Sundararajan, Iowa State University; LeAnn E. Faidley, Iowa State University; Terrence R. Meyer, Iowa State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2012-5155: DEVELOPING INQUIRY-BASED LABORATORY EXER-CISES FOR A MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUMProf. Sriram Sundararajan, Iowa State University Sriram Sundararajan is an Associate professor of mechanical engineering at Iowa State University. He is currently the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Programs and oversees curricular and program matters including assessment and continuous improvement efforts. His research areas encompass scanning probe microscopy, multiscale tribology (friction, lubrication and wear), and surface engineering. More recently, he has focused on atom scale mapping of thin film material systems using 3D-atom probe microscopy. He has authored over 50 articles in peer-reviewed journals and

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering: Curricula and Courses

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benita M. Comeau, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Rohit Karnik, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Sang-Gook Kim, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2012-3392: DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF AN UNDERGRAD-UATE MICRO/NANO ENGINEERING LABORATORY COURSEDr. Benita M. Comeau, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Benita Comeau is a Technical Instructor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Mas- sachusetts Institute of Technology, where she teaches a laboratory course on nano/micro engineering. She is a Chemical Engineer and received her B.S.E. from the University of Michigan and her Ph.D. from the Georgia Institute of Technology. She was an NSF Research Fellow and a member of the Georgia Tech Student and Teacher Enhancement Partnership (STEP) GK-12 program. Before graduate school, she worked as a Product Engineer for Procter & Gamble and Agere Systems

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering: Trends and Tools

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vincent Capece, University of Kentucky

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2012-5274: DEVELOPMENT OF A WRITING WORKSHOP FOR AMECHANICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY COURSEDr. Vincent Capece, University of Kentucky Vincent R. Capece is an Associate Professor of mechanical engineering. Capece received his B.S. de- gree in mechanical engineering from Tennessee Technological University in 1980, M.S. in mechanical engineering from MIT in 1982, and Ph.D. from Purdue University in 1987. Page 25.459.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Development of a Writing Workshop for a Mechanical Engineering Laboratory

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Remote and Network-based Laboratories

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael E. Auer, Carinthia Tech Institute, Austria; Danilo Garbi Zutin P.E., Carinthia University of Applied Sciences

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2012-3678: A GRID OF ONLINE LABORATORIES BASED ON THEILAB SHARED ARCHITECTUREProf. Michael E. Auer, Carinthia Tech Institute, Austria Since 1995, Michael Auer is professor of electrical engineering at the Systems Engineering Department of the Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Villach, Austria and has also held teaching positions at the universities of Klagenfurt (Austria), Amman (Jordan), Brasov (Romania), and Patras (Greece). He was invited for guest lectures at MIT Boston and Columbia University and technical universities of Moscow, Athens, and others. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and member of VDE, IGIP, etc., author or co-author of more than 180 publications, and a leading member of numerous national

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suhas Ranganath, Arizona State University; Jayaraman J. Thiagarajan, Arizona State University; Karthikeyan Natesan Ramamurthy, Arizona State University; Shuang Hu; Mahesh K. Banavar, Arizona State University; Andreas S. Spanias, Arizona State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Undergraduate Signal Processing Laboratories for the Android Operating SystemAbstractWe present a DSP simulation environment that will enable students to perform laboratoryexercises using Android mobile devices and tablets. Due to the pervasive nature of the mobiletechnology, education applications designed for mobile devices have the potential to stimulatestudent interest in addition to offering convenient access and interaction capabilities. This paperdescribes a portable signal processing laboratory for the Android platform. This software isintended to be an educational tool for students and instructors in DSP, and signals and systemscourses. The

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jon A. Preston, Southern Polytechnic State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

design engages students by using familiar graphics and informationdesign. The use of familiar aesthetics aids in increased learning comprehension and peaksinterest in the course material.  The effectiveness of this approach is measured using quantitativeand qualitative analysis and compared to student performance in the traditional physical Page 25.1417.2laboratory. Two methods of summative evaluations are employed: learning evaluation andusability evaluation. The direct outcomes of this project will be the delivery of three virtual 3Dsimulated laboratory exercises for use in Strength of Materials courses. Based upon the creationof the 3D

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Futuristic Planning

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mert Bal, Miami University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2012-5038: VIRTUAL MANUFACTURING LABORATORY EXPERI-ENCES FOR DISTANCE LEARNING COURSES IN ENGINEERING TECH-NOLOGYDr. Mert Bal, Miami University Mert Bal received his Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the Eastern Mediterranean University in Cyprus in 2008. He was a postdoctoral Fellow in the University of Western Ontario and a Visiting Researcher at the National Research Council Canada, London, Ontario, Canada in 2008-2010. He has worked on several research projects in the areas of virtual reality, intelligent integrated manufacturing, and wireless sensor networks. He has authored or co-authored various journal and conference publications related to the applications of virtual reality in manufacturing

Conference Session

Development of Manufacturing Engineering Laboratories I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Y. Chiou, Drexel University; Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University; Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Bret Alan Davis

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Manufacturing

cell surfaceroughness measurement laboratory for student learning experience in the emerging field ofrenewable energy. Renewable Energy science and technology stimulates discoveries anddevelopments that promise to sustain a wave of new technological and economic innovationsthroughout the world. It is likely that the use of renewable energy will become an increasingnational priority that will affect the next generation of college students. This system is comprisedof several subsystems and elements that are together utilized to automate the gathering andprocessing of solar cell roughness data. While a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) is usedfor controlling the I/O between the robots in the workcell and the Laser Check system, aLabVIEW program

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Victor P. Nelson, Auburn University; John Y. Hung, Auburn University

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2012-3915: STRUCTURING A SYSTEM DESIGN LABORATORY COURSETO FACILITATE OUTCOMES ASSESSMENTProf. Victor P. Nelson, Auburn University Victor P. Nelson is a professor and Assistant Chair of electrical and computer engineering at Auburn University. His primary research interests include embedded systems and computer-aided design and testing of digital systems and application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs). He is co-author of the textbook Digital Logic Circuit Analysis and Design and a tutorial book on fault-tolerant computing. He has been Chair of the ECE Curriculum Committee, Coordinator of the ECE Graduate Program, and served one year as Associate Dean for Assessment in the College of Engineering. He is a

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2001 Annual Conference

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Harold Peddle; Daniel Wong

Session 3432 System Approach for Design and Construction of PLC Training Laboratory Daniel Wong, Harold Peddle College of the North AtlanticAbstractProgrammable Logic Controller (PLC) technology is undergoing rapid technological changesas a result of the advances in control and instrumentation technology, and the associated fieldsof computing and communications. This paper describes the approach used for planning,design and construction of a PLC training laboratory by College of the North Atlantic. Thispaper highlights the importance

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2001 Annual Conference

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Ryan Wicker; Connie Della-Piana; Bill Diong

Session 1526 Taking Dynamic Systems and Controls Laboratories One Step Further Bill Diong∗, Connie Kubo Della-Piana♣ and Ryan Wicker† The University of Texas at El PasoAbstract The past decade has been a time of significant changes for many fields of engineering,including control systems engineering. Firstly, a paradigm shift has been occurring with regard tothe kind of engineering graduates needed by today’s fast-paced global economy. Secondly, theprice to performance ratio of computing power has been rapidly decreasing. As a

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2001 Annual Conference

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Sheldon Jeter

Session 2526 Teaching the Principles and Practice of Uncertainty in the Undergraduate Laboratory Sheldon M. Jeter Georgia Institute of TechnologyINTRODUCTION Uncertainty is the estimate of the confidence interval for a measurement. Somereasonable estimate of the uncertainty is almost always necessary. For one example, an estimateof the uncertainty is necessary to assess the reliability of measured data for use in design oranalysis. An uncertainty estimate is also needed to evaluate the confidence interval when themeasured value is to be compared

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2001 Annual Conference

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William Jordan; Debbie Silver; Bill B. Elmore

Session 2326 Using Laboratories to Teach Engineering Skills to Future Teachers William Jordan, Debbie Silver, and Bill Elmore Louisiana Tech UniversityAbstractDuring the 1999-2000 academic year, the authors created and offered to elementary and middleschool pre-service teachers a course on engineering problem solving. This course was designedto build the knowledge base and strengthen the confidence of future teachers when working withscience, engineering, and mathematics principles using laboratory-based activities as thefoundation for learning.Using the theme “Our Material World

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2001 Annual Conference

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Kathleen Kramer

Session 2793 Using MATLAB-based Laboratories to Demonstrate Wireless Communications Systems Principles Kathleen A. Kramer University of San DiegoAbstractThe usefulness of mathematical simulation to study complex communications concepts,combined with the preparation it provides students for continuing work in the field, make theinclusion of computer simulation exercises or laboratories very appropriate for augmentingundergraduate student learning in these areas of communications. A series of three suchlaboratories have been developed within a

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2001 Annual Conference

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Charles Nippert

Session 2213 Using Web Based Supplemental Instruction for Chemical Engineering Laboratories Charles. R. Nippert Associate Professor Widener UniversityAbstractThe Virtual Chemical Engineering Laboratory (VCEL) was implemented as a supplement to theregular lab course during the fall of the 2000/2001 academic year. Successful completion of theon line experiments was required before students could perform the actual experiments.Comparison with the previous year indicated that the online experiments increased the students’abilities to perform and complete

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2001 Annual Conference

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John Hackworth

Session 2649 A Video-Taped Laboratory in Electrical Power and Machinery John R. Hackworth Old Dominion UniversityAbstractThe development and implementation of an upper-division (junior-level) electrical power andmachinery laboratory utilizing video taping of the machine operation is described. Thelaboratory course was developed to accommodate distance-learning students who have limited orno access to campus facilities. All students enrolled in the course have completed an associatedegree in electronics or electrical engineering technology and, therefore, have

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2001 Annual Conference

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John D. Cremin

Session 2526 Linking Laboratory Instruments for Simulation: Comma Separated Variable Files John D. Cremin Parks College of Engineering and Aviation Saint Louis UniversityAbstractThis paper describes two workhorse electronic instruments, the function generator andthe oscilloscope, and their use in recording and simulation applications in design andlaboratory electronic courses. The paper also discusses the application of the recordingand simulation techniques to performing experiments over the InternetThe oscilloscope used in the

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2001 Annual Conference

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Phillip J. Cornwell; Charles Farrar

Session 3268 The Los Alamos National Laboratory Dynamics Summer School – A Mechanics Motivator Phillip J. Cornwell, Charles R. Farrar Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology/Los Alamos National LaboratoryAbstractA unique summer educational program focusing on engineering dynamics has been developedand implemented at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The purpose of this summer school is toexpose a select group of students to the broad field of engineering dynamics with the hopes thatthey will be motivated to pursue this area of research in their graduate studies. The summerschool activities

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2001 Annual Conference

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Robert King; Joan Gosink

Session 2526 Meeting ABET EC 2000 Criterion 3 Outcomes with a Laboratory Course Drs. R. H. King and J. P. Gosink Engineering Division, Colorado School of Mines1 IntroductionColorado School of Mines (CSM) is a public research university devoted to engineering andapplied science that has distinguished itself by developing high-quality graduates andscholarship. The U.S. News and World Report Inc. rated CSM 26th in the Top National PublicUniversities and 50th in the Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs with Ph.D. Programs in20011. The school’s mission as written in the Colorado statutes

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2001 Annual Conference

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Timothy McLaren

Session 2663 A Microelectronics Fabrication and Packaging Learning Laboratory for Manufacturing Engineers Timothy S. McLaren Washington State University - VancouverAbstractWashington State University (WSU) has recently established a Manufacturing Engineeringprogram at its Vancouver campus. Included in a new laboratory building is a microelectronicslearning laboratory specifically for teaching this application of manufacturing engineering.Vancouver is located within the Portland, Oregon metropolitan region, sometimes referred to asthe “Silicon Forest” due to

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2001 Annual Conference

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Laura Genik; Craig Somerton

Session 2526 A Multivariate Calculus Approach to Uncertainty Error Estimation in Teaching Laboratories Laura J. Genik, Craig W. Somerton University of Portland/Michigan State UniversityAbstractIn the engineering profession, a key component of any experimental work and its results is thepresentation of the error associated with those results. Many undergraduate engineeringprograms have moved away from a standard instrumentation or measurements laboratory, andhave also eliminated the laboratory components of the basic physics and chemistry courses.These changes could lead

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2001 Annual Conference

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Nam Kim

Asession 3220 Process Control Laboratory Experiments Using LabVIEW Nam K. Kim Department of Chemical Engineering Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI 49931AbstractThe process control laboratory course in Chemical Engineering at Michigan Tech was recentlyrestructured to teach students how to operate cutting edge computer-based systems, and tointegrate this knowledge with process control theory. The laboratory equipment, as well as thestructure of the

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2001 Annual Conference

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Yarrow Nelson; Charles Tritt

Session 1109 Rabbit Season – A Battery Based Laboratory Exercise for Engineering Students Charles S. Tritt, Ph.D. Milwaukee School Of EngineeringA laboratory investigation suitable for college freshmen is provided (see Appendix A). In thisexperiment, students investigated the performance of ordinary consumer batteries underspecified discharge conditions. The discharge conditions were those described in a internationalstandard for battery performance.1,2 The experiment was intended to introduce students theimportance and utility of