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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

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2000 Annual Conference

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James Rehg; Jamie Rowe; Donald Lambing

Session 1620 Development of a Virtual Production Machine for a PLC Laboratory Don Lambing, James A. Rehg, Jamie Rowe Cambria Systems Inc./Penn State University Altoona College/ABB Robotics Inc.AbstractThe programmable logic controller (PLC) as become the de facto standard for control ofproduction machines, work cells, and flexible manufacturing systems. As a result, colleges anduniversities have added PLC systems in manufacturing and automation laboratories to teachmachine control using PLCs. In most implementations the laboratory has multiple studentstations, each equipped with a PLC system and computer for programming. This

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2000 Annual Conference

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Jacek Jarzynski; Sheldon M. Jeter

Session 2566 Development of an Innovative Engineering Sciences and Systems Laboratory Course Sheldon M. Jeter and Jacek Jarzynski Georgia Institute of Technology INTRODUCTION In the fall of 1999 Georgia Tech changed from a ten week quarter to a fifteenweek semester schedule. This change created the need and opportunity to revise theundergraduate mechanical engineering curriculum. An important overall curriculumchange was to discontinue the dual track curriculum that featured some concentration oneither mechanical systems or thermal energy and fluid systems. The curriculum

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2000 Annual Conference

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Richard L. Martin; Michael Morrow; Thad Welch

Session 3532 Development of an Instructor Station for Electrical Engineering Laboratories Richard L. Martin, Michael G. Morrow, and Thad B. Welch United States Naval AcademyAbstractAn individually laboratory-based Centralized Signal Distribution System has been developed toprovide known signals in labs for undergraduate core electrical engineering and technologycourses. The system consists of a general purpose PC running LABVIEW software whichcontrols three Arbitrary Waveform Generators. LABVIEW, a graphical programming language,allows easy programming of the instruments. The

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Debbie T. Brown; Masoud Rais-Rohani

Session 2520 Development of a Virtual Laboratory for the Study of Mechanics Masoud Rais-Rohani, Debbie T. Brown Mississippi State UniversityAbstractVirtual Laboratory for the Study of Mechanics (VLSM) is a Web-based educational tool beingdeveloped to support Statics and Mechanics of Materials instruction at Mississippi StateUniversity. It is designed to serve as an asynchronous tutorial tool with ten modules devoted totopics of interest in these two courses. A typical module consists of concise theoreticaldiscussions, interactive MathView® examples, a Java-enabled design modeling and analysis

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Kevin LaFerriere; John M. Spinelli

Session 2532 A Discovery Based Systems Laboratory using LabVIEW and MATLAB John M. Spinelli, Kevin LaFerriere Union CollegeAbstractThe development of a discovery based learning laboratory for Systems is described.Sophomore Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering students are introduced toconcepts such as linearity, time invariance, frequency response, transient response, delay,and filtering by analyzing "black boxes" containing unknown electrical systems.LabVIEW is used to control programmable function generators which provide inputs tothe systems and to

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Peter J. Shull

Session 2559 Formal Laboratory Reports Pros and Cons: An Interim Report Peter J. Shull Penn State University, AltoonaI. IntroductionEngineering programs have historically faced the major challenge of providing engineeringstudents with a solid foundation in written communication skills. In response, most engineeringcurricula include fundamental writing courses focused on developing and improving writtenperformance. With this emphasis in mind, the use of writing exercises in the classroom providesan opportunity for engineering

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2000 Annual Conference

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Greg Smith; Richard E. Pfile

Session 1526 A Fuzzy Logic Control Project For a Real-time Microprocessor Laboratory Richard E. Pfile Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis Greg Smith Cummins Engine CompanyAbstract An advanced microprocessor course was revised to use the new Motorola M-Core 32-bitRISC processor. A series of laboratories were developed for the course that implements fuzzylogic control of an inverted pendulum. The interface hardware was intentionally kept very simpleto force the

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Craig W. Somerton

Session 3268 Incorporating a Team Building Experiment into a Senior Level Laboratory Course Craig W. Somerton Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State UniversityI. IntroductionIn spring of 1995 Ford Motor Company established a continuous quality improvement (CQI)partnership with the colleges of business and engineering at Michigan State University. Toinitiate the program, Ford held workshops for the faculty and staff that focused on CQIprinciples and their implementation. During these workshops there was considerable interactionamong personnel from the two

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2000 Annual Conference

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Jeffrey A. Jalkio

Session 1359 Incorporating Design, Communications, Teamwork, and Modeling in a Controls Laboratory Experience Jeffrey A. Jalkio Department of Engineering University of St. Thomas St. Paul, MN 55105AbstractIt is now widely recognized that engineering education must include training incommunication and teamwork skills in addition to traditional engineering science anddesign topics. This paper presents a control laboratory experience designed to providesuch training in a realistic manner. This experience centers on the

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2000 Annual Conference

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Josue Njock-Libii; Hosni Abu-Mulaweh

Session 3226 Integration of Boiling Experiments in the Undergraduate Heat Transfer Laboratory Hosni I. Abu-Mulaweh, Josué Njock Libii Engineering Department Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, IN 46835, USAAbstractThis paper presents three boiling experiments that can be integrated in the undergraduate heattransfer laboratory. The objective of these experiments is to enhance the understanding ofboiling process by undergraduate mechanical engineering students. These experiments

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Ben Humphrey

Session 3226 Using Material Safety Data Sheets to Teach Laboratory Safety Ben Humphrey Parks College of Engineering and Aviation of Saint Louis UniversityModern life thrives on, but is also threatened by, the constant development and use of chemicalconcoctions. Many are benign. Some are very dangerous. A few are deadly. But moredangerous than the chemicals we contact every day is the rampant ignorance of their hazards. Itseems to be a firmly entrenched trait of human nature to ignore the risks involved in substancesto which we are in constant contact, especially if those substances are provided for

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2000 Annual Conference

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Victor F. Medina; Valarie Akerson; Nina Wang

Session 3551 Using Research Projects to Enhance Environmental Engineering Laboratory Course Victor F. Medina, Valarie Akerson Washington State University, Tri-Cities Nina Wang Merrimac SystemsAbstractThe current paper describes a qualitative research study of an Environmental EngineeringLaboratory Course taught to a group of graduate students in the Spring of 1999. Thecourse structure was changed from a traditional mode of instruction to a project-basedcourse that allowed students to design and carry out a

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Thomas Hall

Session 3547 Using Simulation Software for Electronics Engineering Technology Laboratory Instruction Thomas M. Hall, Jr. Northwestern State University of LouisianaAbstractTo determine the effectiveness of offering electronics engineering technology laboratory courseson-line, computer simulations were compared with hands-on laboratories. Quantitative researchon the achievement of students in each laboratory environment showed no statistically significantdifferences. Nevertheless, quantitative analysis of the students’ attitudes revealed a statisticallysignificant

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Tor Fjeldly; Raymond Berntzen; Michael Shur; Kjetil Smith; Jan Strandman; Hong Shen

Session 3532 Advanced Internet Technology in Laboratory Modules for Distance Learning Kjetil Smith, Jan O. Strandman, Raymond Berntzen, Tor A. Fjeldly, Michael S. Shur, Hong Shen Physics Department, Oslo University, Norway/ UniK-Center for Technology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway/ ECSE Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180-3590AbstractWe describe user-friendly and efficient technologies for interactive, on-line operation oflaboratory experiments over the Internet. The objectives are to utilize the most recent

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2001 Annual Conference

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Jeffrey Nadel; Dan Walsh

Session 1520 Advanced Technology Laboratories: A Crucible for Technology Enhanced Learning Jeff Nadel, Dan Walsh College of Engineering California Polytechnic State UniversityAbstractA partnership among industry, academia and government has led to the construction anddevelopment of a facility which provides a capstone experience for engineering students. Thepurpose of the ATL is to provide a vehicle that enables partnerships between industry, faculty, andstudents. This partnership is designed to produce

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2001 Annual Conference

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Susan Creighton; Edward Young; Jed Lyons

Session 1526 Assessing the Effectiveness of a Racecar-Based Laboratory Course Jed Lyons, Edward F. Young and Susan D. Creighton University of South CarolinaAbstractA new capstone mechanical engineering laboratory course was recently institutionalized at theUniversity of South Carolina. The course is based upon an integrated sequence of laboratoryexperiments on a Legends-class racecar, chosen because it involves many fundamentalmechanical engineering principles. It's also exciting to the students. As the students progressthrough the series of experiments, they are increasingly involved

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Jr., Vernon Lewis; Carol Considine

Session 2647 Assessment Methods for Virtual Laboratories in Civil Engineering Technology Carol L. Considine, Vernon W. Lewis, Jr. Old Dominion UniversityAbstractOld Dominion University has developed an extensive distance learning system that includes 40remote sites. A majority of the sites are located at community colleges. There are 30 sites inVirginia, three sites in North Carolina, one site in Washington State and one site in Arizona. Inaddition, there are four sites at Higher Education Centers in Virginia and one site at a localindustrial

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Susan Sharfstein; Patricia Relue

Session 1413 Biotechnology and Bioprocessing Laboratory for Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering Susan Sharfstein, Patricia Relue University of ToledoIntroductionWith the revolutions in cell and molecular biology of the last three decades and the impendingtransformations that genomics and proteomics will bring, there has been increasing interest inincorporating biology and particularly biotechnology into the engineering curriculum.Bioengineering has often been considered only biomedical engineering; however, as describedby Beth Panitz in ASEE

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Victor L. Paquet; Ann Bisantz

Section 1526 Case Study Based Laboratories for an Undergraduate Human Factors Engineering Curriculum Ann M. Bisantz, Victor L. Paquet Department of Industrial Engineering University at Buffalo, State University of New York Amherst, NY 14020 bisantz@eng.buffalo.eduAbstractThis paper describes the ongoing implementation and evaluation of a set of design-orientedlaboratory exercises for two undergraduate Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE) courses,which draw

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1998 Annual Conference

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Ganesh V. Kudav

Session 2266 Development of Undergraduate Laboratories in Thermal-Fluids Area Through Student Involvement Ganesh V. Kudav Youngstown State UniversityIntroduction The undergraduate mechanical engineering curriculum at Youngstown StateUniversity (YSU) currently requires the students to take three experiment-oriented 1-quarter-hour laboratory courses from the areas in applied thermodynamics, stress-strain analysis, heattransfer, fluid mechanics, vibrations, acoustics, and advanced machine design. These labcourses are offered at the senior level and the

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1998 Annual Conference

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Alireza Rahrooh

Session 3548 Engineering Technology Feedback Control Laboratory at University of Central Florida Alireza Rahrooh University of Central Florida Abstract Closed-loop feedback control system is an important component of a well-roundedengineering technology program However, since feedback control systems tends to be a rathercomplex topic, students react positively to hands-on experiments that assist them visualize controlsystems in practical situations. and, in today’s technology, utilizing and

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1998 Annual Conference

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Robin Carr; Andrew Gregorowicz; Adam O'Donnell; Robert Quinn

Session 3659 Enhancement of Freshman Engineering Laboratory through Remote Web-based Experiments Robin Carr, Andrew Gregorowicz, Adam O'Donnell and Robert Quinn Drexel UniversityIntroduction - Three remote web-based engineering laboratories were developed andimplemented on a large scale - approximately 500 freshman engineering students participated.Before performing the remote labs, students become proficient in the use of a general purposeengineering workstation which includes a precision DMM, function generator, high-speedstorage oscilloscope, frequency counter, multiplexer

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1998 Annual Conference

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Ronald H. Rockland

Session 1547 Enhancing Communication Skills in a Laboratory Course through Computer Application Training Ronald H. Rockland, Ph.D. New Jersey Institute of TechnologyAbstractCommunication skills are essential in the development of an engineering technologist. To enhance theseskills, computer application training, involving word processing, spreadsheet analysis and presentationdesign was incorporated into an upper division engineering technology laboratory based course. Pre andpost assessments were performed to determine improvements in this

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1998 Annual Conference

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William F. Reeve

Session 1547 Graphical Analysis Applications in an Electrical Engineering Technology Laboratory William F. Reeve Purdue University Abstract Troubleshooting frequently focuses on the process of developing a systematic logicalapproach to the identification and solution of a problem. Identifying the problem, devising ahypothesis for its cause, postulating a test strategy that will identify the source of the fault,implementing tests to confirm the fault, and correcting the fault are some of

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1998 Annual Conference

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Edward C. Roche; David B. Van Dongen

Session 2213 An Industrial Approach To The Unit Operations Laboratory Course Edward C. Roche, Jr. New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ David B. Van Dongen Cultor Food Science, Inc. Ardsley, NYRepackaging of the two unit-operations laboratory (UO) courses has resulted in a dual studentlearning experience. The hands-on experience of applying the knowledges acquired in thechemical engineering lecture-recitation courses has been retained

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Michael Tarnowski; Sara Wadia-Fascetti

Session 1275 Integrating Problem Solving and Communication In the Structural Engineering Laboratory Sara Wadia-Fascetti and Michael Tarnowski Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115ABSTRACTThe Structural Analysis and Design Laboratory course (CIV 1226) first developed in 1986 hadthe objective to tie the concepts covered in the analysis course to laboratory models andexperimentation. In 1996 the course outline, syllabus, assignments, labs, quizzes, and computersoftware were outdated and did not

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1998 Annual Conference

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Peter Idowu

Session 1526 Intelligent Energy Conversion Laboratory for Undergraduate Power Engineering Education Peter Idowu, Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg,AbstractThis paper describes the development of the Intelligent Data-Acquisition and Control (IDAC)system -- a virtual instrumentation-based system for conducting experiments in the electricalmachinery laboratory at Penn State - Harrisburg. The system as developed departs from thetraditional approach in a power laboratory environment where measurements are manuallylogged from several meters, and followed by hours of

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1997 Annual Conference

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Carlos Aldana; Winston F. Erevelles

Session 1426 Implementation of a Laboratory Learning Module for Process Monitoring and Control Carlos Aldana, Winston F. Erevelles, IMSE Department, GMI Engineering & Management InstituteAbstract This paper describes the development of a laboratory module in automation thatpresents students with an experience in sensors, data collection and system control. Themodule features an Allen Bradley Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), a pick andplace device with two degrees of freedom and two set point control modules mounted onthe gripper and the rotary axis of the pick and place device, a chute

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1997 Annual Conference

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Ray Adams; Paul Duesing; Ajay Mahajan; David McDonald

Session 1559 Improving the Laboratory Experience with Modern Computer-Based Instrumentation David McDonald, Ray Adams, Paul Duesing, and Ajay Mahajan Lake Superior State University AbstractThe extensive use of modern, computer-based instrumentation in industry has created a clearneed to provide students with instruction in this technology. This type of instruction is bestaccomplished by integrating learning experiences in computer-based instrumentation throughoutthe curriculum. The instrumentation system is first introduced in technical