Conference Session

Curriculum Development in MFG ET

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mitch Keil; Sam Ramrattan; Jorge Rodriguez; Alamgir Choudhury

© 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationmade. As well, based on the initial mass of a specimen and the mass after thermal distortiontesting, a percent degradation loss of specimen can be determined.Methodology The defined testing methodology consists of four major steps, which are described in the nextparagraphs. It is important to note that all specimens preparation and testing needs to beperformed in a controlled laboratory environment. Temperature was controlled at 23.9±1.1°C,and relative humidity was controlled at 50±3%. The four steps are: • Preparation of Disc Shaped Specimens • Scratch Hardness Testing • Thermal Distortion Testing • Testing Methodology1. Preparation of Disc Shaped Specimens

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Lin; Harold Broberg

of descriptions of physical phenomena, results from experiments, demonstrations, and solved problems. • Use of physical analogies and demonstrations to illustrate the magnitudes of calculated quantities. • Experiential learning in laboratories • Collaborative learning for laboratory exercises Page 8.981.6 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education” Should be used more in Engineering Technology Education • Use of collaborative learning in the classroom

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito

students and at the same time to make it as a symbol of strength andpower. It has been carefully studied and analyzed to cause an impact in the schools and in thestudents. The goal has been achieved once it has been pointed out as the symbol of the program.The implementation of the program started in February of 2002; it has been dimensioned to serve10 thousand students per year, including the qualification of teachers and technical staff for thenext four years.7. Physical and material aspects of the ProjectThe physical infra structure of the project counts with 16 laboratories with 20 points of networkeach, in according to the international pattern EIA/TIA 568-A, where each lab contains one Rackwith key and the local network active element

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Walden Rio

. Theother problem is the fact that the visiting faculty may not be knowledgeable on the educationalprogram of the Philippines. Whatever knowledge he or she may share, may not be needed by theinstitution. It is therefore very important that a careful process be done to identify the needs ofthe school and what the visiting professor can deliver. Another way of answering the need of the faculty to undergo advance training is to sendthem abroad for short durations of at least two to three months. There is a distinct advantagewhen a faculty is sent abroad and exposed to Engineering education in a first world country as theUnited States. He will not only learn from the lecture and laboratory classes he or she attends butalso observe how each

Conference Session

Global Issues in Engineering Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wim Ravesteijn; Erik DeGraaff

Education • they worship a single god • they believe in the immortality of the soul and the happiness of life after death, and • while they believe fully in their religion and are convinced of its truth, they would abandon it for one that could be proved better(source: http://athena.english.vt.edu/~jmooney/renmats/more.htm )Bacon was the first philosopher to suggest the improvement of society through theapplication of science and technology. In his New Atlantis the House of Solomon – a kind ofobservatory and laboratory - was designated to realize this ideal. The high goal of thisinstitution was to keep order and harmony; to keep the people happy. This goal was to beachieved through extraordinary scientific advances that made it

Conference Session

Course and Program Assessment

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Kozak

total program evaluation. An adequate CGI program can be equally applied toSouthern Association Commission as Well as TAC of ABET self study practices.ABET AccreditationABET accreditation is shifting from auditing to learning outcomes of students. 1 Learning takesplace through hands-on activities that represent the application of real life problems. To providean environment of learning by doing, a series of activities must be carried out that achieves adesired outcome.2Learning strategies establish relevance and applications for all course material, balance concreteinformation with abstract concepts and use a variety of delivery modes. Learning strategiesinclude lectures, in-class demonstrations, laboratory experiences, consultations

Conference Session

Abroad Educational Opportunities in Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jo-Ann Murray; Urbain DeWinter; Solomon Eisenberg

sophomoreengineering undergraduates at Boston University. The program enables engineeringundergraduates to incorporate a study abroad experience in their undergraduate degree programswhile continuing to make normal progress toward their degrees. Prior exposure or facility withGerman is not expected before starting the program, but students must participate in an intensiveGerman-language course while in Dresden. The TUD was chosen as a partner in developing thisprogram because Boston University already had a small program and a resident directorestablished at this site. In addition, the TUD had appropriate faculty and laboratory facilitiesavailable to teach the requisite science and engineering courses in English. While in Dresden,students take three of four

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeff Will; Doug Tougaw

courses should becombined together and the teams integrated across disciplines.During the summer of 2000, a committee composed of faculty from each department metfor two weeks to discuss the desired features, format, and policies of the new coursesequence. Since the ECE department previously had a three-semester capstone designsequence and the ME department had a two-semester sequence, some substantialcompromises had to be made. At the same time, the decision was made to increase thelevel of structure in the course and to provide a high level of support for the studentteams. This support took the form of dedicated laboratory space, increased availability offaculty resources for advising and consulting with teams, and increased project

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Reid Vander Schaaf; Ronald Welch

• Assistant Project Manager • Construction Representative • Field Engineer • Project Officer In the second program, USMA civil and mechanical engineering majors who will beentering their junior or senior year are invited to participate in the US Air Force Academy’s(USAFA) Field Engineering and Readiness Laboratory (FERL). FERL is a hands-on classroomtype program that receives three-semester hour academic credit. The lab introduces the students Page 8.1259.1to the basics of civil engineering practice and it consists of three blocks: Surveying,Construction Methods, and Construction Materials. The three-week program

Conference Session

K-12, Teamwork, Project-Based Scale Models

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito

each school) connected in a network, with Internet access.The implementation of the program started in February of 2002; it has been dimensioned to serve10 thousand students per year, including the qualification of teachers and technical staff for thenext four years.7. Infra Structure of the ProjectThe project physical infra structure counts with 16 laboratories with 20 points of network each,in according to the international pattern EIA/TIA 568-A, where each lab contains one Rack withkey and the local network active element (Switch 24 doors 10/100 MBITS).The whole project is compounded by: 320 Celeron computers 800 MHZ/ Disk of 20GB and 128MB RAM/ Colored monitor with 15”/ CDRom/ Stabilizer; Supply of 32 printers, 2 for each lab;Large b and

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hosni Abu-Mulaweh

refrigeration system instructional experimental apparatus, shown in Figure 1, was designed,developed and constructed for the undergraduate mechanical engineering laboratory at IndianaUniversity-Purdue University Fort Wayne. The purpose of the instructional experimentalapparatus is to demonstrate thermodynamics processes and systems which are fundamental tounderstanding the basic concepts of thermodynamics, such as the first and second laws ofthermodynamics. In addition, this apparatus demonstrates a vapor compression refrigerationcycle. A number of thermodynamics experiments that can be performed in which the first andsecond law of thermodynamics are employed to determine the heat gained by the refrigerant inthe evaporator, the heat rejected from the

Conference Session

Experience with Experiential Learning

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Patterson; C. Richard Helps

. The competition also hasto be structured to help ensure its success. Some recommendations for competition include: • Group the students into teams that are balanced in ability so that the competition is fair. • Make sure that the objective is well matched to the engineering technology concept being taught. • Maintain and encourage contact with the students. • Encourage cooperation among the students. • Give prompt feedback to the students. • Emphasize planning and time management. • Maintain an appropriate balance between classroom and laboratory time so that the students are able to work productively in the laboratory. • Encourage students to respect and benefit from each others diverse viewpoints

Conference Session

Innovations in Learning by Doing

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Wood; David Hansen; Brian Self

, or could be used in arecitation section. Some examples include a model rocket launch, a catapult project, and aCharpy test demonstration. Details of these projects (Self and Redfield, 2001) as well asdifferent assessment techniques (Self et al, 2003) have been previously reported. During the pastyear, we added a LEGO® car competition laboratory to help students understand the fundamentalconcepts of rigid body kinetics.LEGOs® aren’t just your children’s simple playthings anymore. Educators are using advancedmechanical products to teach students about compound belt drives, gearing, and pulleys(www.lego.com). LEGO® Mindstorm includes a programmable “brick” that is being used toteach robotics (Klassner, 2003), chemical engineering concepts

Conference Session

Math Software Use in Engineering

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Ryan

, Inc., Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 2000 3. COSMOSWorks Online User’s Guide, COSMOSWorks 2003 SP1.2, Copyright 1997-2003, Structural Research & Analysis CorporationRobert G. RyanRobert Ryan received his PhD degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California at Los Angeles.He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at California State University,Northridge. He is the coordinator for the department’s Measurements Laboratory and Thermo-fluids Laboratory. Page 9.1348.11 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shakil Akhtar; Alaa Aly

A Course on Computer Networks Based on CC2001 Shakil Akhtar and Alaaeldin A. Aly College of Information Technology UAE University {s.akhtar, aly}@uaeu.ac.ae Abstract cryptographic algorithms and security protocols. It isThis paper presents the laboratory contents of an updated noted that because of the difficulty of both cryptographiccomputer networks course offered at the undergraduate algorithms and security protocols and also the need forjunior or senior level. The

Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Rennels; Stephen Hundley; Patricia Fox

laboratories, etc. In this section, the survey did not change considerably from the 1999survey. In 2003 of the 37 four-year schools that responded, 79% reported that they are known asa university. Interestingly, 79% of the respondents in 1999 also said they were called auniversity. The next most used name is college at 13%. Table 1. Type of Institution for Four-Year Schools 1999 and 2003. 60 79% 50 40 79% 30 20 10

Conference Session

Professional Ethics in the Classroom

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Meade

profitability. I spent two class periods describing our businesspractices. I will briefly review the business issues as described to the students because thebusiness aspects were essential to the ethics instruction.Our mock firm must bill our clients and collect funds totaling a certain amount each month or wewill not be able to cover our operating costs. We did an approximate calculation of our revenueneeds for our firm based on a multiplier of 3. For that specific period I assigned a position toeach class member such as project engineer, laboratory supervisor, technician, drill rig operatorand helper. I assigned typical salaries to each position, totaled them and multiplied by 3 to covertaxes, insurance, retirement, health benefits, and office and

Conference Session

Real-World Applications

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Weissbach; David Loker; Ronald Krahe

programming language that was usedfor data acquisition. The senior telecommunications systems course emphasizes voice and data "Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education"communications techniques. There are approximately seven laboratory experiments coveredwithin this course. Each of the experiments utilizes LabVIEW and typically requires two weeksto complete. As part of the course requirements, students complete a group project in place oftaking a final exam. Students select the team members and the project. Four team memberschose to work on this remote sensing project.A detailed listing of the

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Somnath Chattopadhyay

-on experience. Accordingly they try to address the practical aspect in more detail.This is more in line with the philosophy adopted in a majority of engineering technologyprograms in the United States. However in the opinion of the author the instruction forthe course in mechanical design needs to be a balanced mix of theory and practice.Within the US, as already noted, the curricula are divided as to whether to deliver thecontent of the design of machine elements primarily as a lecture format, or to have acombined lecture laboratory format. In the laboratory sessions (typically 3 hours aweek), the students work in groups on a detailed design project in various areas ofmachine elements, usually culminating in the design of machineries, such

Conference Session

Assessment Issues II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Stewart; Carole Goodson; Susan Miertschin; Luces Faulkenberry

number of the course offerings are taught by full-time faculty.1.7 Class sizes at an appropriate level.1.8 Innovative instructional approaches incorporated into the classroom, as appropriate.Goal 2 – Physical FacilitiesEnsure appropriate physical facilities.2.1 The academic department provides students with adequate information regarding department equipment and facilities.2.2 Students are satisfied with general purpose classrooms, computer laboratory facilities, and support.2.3 Faculty members are satisfied with general purpose classrooms, computer laboratory facilities, and support.2.4 Equipment and technology in support of research is

Conference Session

Web Education II: Hardware/Examples

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Heinz Erbe; F. Wilhelm Bruns

investigation to the internal dynamics of the rest. In laboratory work this principle isused to construct reproducible experiments, but also mentally it is used to think about systems inhypothesis and mental experiments. Today laboratories, being more and more penetrated bycomputers, a free and easy distribution of a system between reality and virtuality has someadvantage. Certain well known aspects of a system can be represented in a formal way byalgorithms in the computer, others to be investigated in more detail are represented in reality, butcoupled to a dynamic surrounding. This allows completely new forms of easy experimental workand learning. Here hyper bonds come into play.In order to provide arbitrary boundary conditions, we must have a

Conference Session

Instructional Technology

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shahnam Navaee

Session 2615 Alternate Approach in Analyzing Structures Utilizing LabVIEW Shahnam Navaee Georgia Southern UniversityAbstractIn the presented paper a new approach for investigating the behavior of structures subjected to loadsis proposed. In this unconventional and interesting method of analysis, classical theoretical methodsin analyzing structures are formulated using the programming features of LabVIEW to yield thedesired output. The LabVIEW software tool is primarily developed by National Instruments, Inc. toaid the investigators in controlling laboratory

Conference Session

Lighting the Fire: REU

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Roth; Kristen Sanford Bernhardt

, including but not limited to laboratory research, case studies, and tutorials on advancedtopics. If a faculty member is willing to supervise the student project, the student must prepare aproposal for the project and submit the proposal to the department head. The independent studyproposal should include a statement of the problem to be addressed or topic to be investigated inthe independent study, an overview of the proposed research plan or a syllabus, any deliverables,and a timeline for the project. All students who take an independent study are required to presenta seminar to faculty and students and prepare a final paper on the results of their work. A copyof all final papers is kept by the department.HonorsLafayette College specifies that

Conference Session

Engineering Education; An International Perspective

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Holger Dahms; Stefan Bartels; John Gassert; Jens Thiedke; Owe Petersen

(Design of Radar Systems) and Bosch/Blaupunkt (Chip-Design for RF-Receivers). He received the Dipl.-Ing. (U) and Ph.D degrees from the University of Hannover in1984 and 1991, respectively.HOLGER DAHMSDr. Dahms is Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Fachhochschule Lübeck since 1991. He received the Dipl.-Ing (U) degree from the Technical University of Darmstadt and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Dortmund.He has held research positions with AEG-Telefunken (control structures of switching systems) and Nixdorf(teletraffic problems in modern PABX systems and communications).JENS THIEDKEHerr Thiedke is a laboratory engineer at the Fachhochschule Lübeck (FHL), since 1994. He graduated from theFHL in 1994 with the degree of Dipl.-Ing. (FH

Conference Session

A Potpourri of Innovations in Physics

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

G. Burbach

Modeling Laboratory at NC A&T. As notedabove, both the undergraduate students continued to work on the gold mine resistivity dataduring the following semester, and one, along with another student from the Summer 2002program, is still pursuing that research. These two students (one from 2001 and one from 2002)are both planning to enter graduate school and continue in geophysical research. The otherundergraduate student from the Summer 2001 program graduated in Spring 2002 and is now agraduate student working with us in development of our Seismic Physical Modeling Laboratory.ConclusionsThe North State Gold Mine Project was a great success from several different perspectives. Itwas good for the property owner because he got a geophysical survey

Conference Session

ET Design Projects

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Burbank

sequential digital circuits course, after thestudents had taken a linear circuits course, both at the junior level. For most students, this wastheir first exposure to mixed digital-linear circuits, and the first circuit that they had to reverseengineer. The directed design approach is used as a prelude to the senior design projects. Whilethe circuit is straightforward, it serves to reinforce the students’ knowledge of linear and digitalcircuits, their ability to analyze and design simple state machines, and their schematic captureand laboratory skills.IntroductionA key tenet for engineering technology is hands-on experiential learning. For ElectricalEngineering Technology (EET), this most often translates into building, testing, andtroubleshooting

Conference Session

The Biology Interface

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Raj Mutharasan

Page 8.1077.4reviewed journals, the video and course materials and submitted a report analyzing various Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationfactors of evaluation. From the student perspective she came to conclusions similar to ours,namely: biological terms were new and confusing, a sense of unease with the lack of a textbook,increased comfort level as course progressed, a supportive Teaching Assistant and outsidetutoring were of great help. Student suggestions for improvements included: Use of a textbook,addition of a laboratory, reviews to tie topics together, learning through more problem

Conference Session

ET Distance Learning

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Sauer; Mark Moore; Amin ul Karim; Ahmed Khan

Consortium (GWEC) wireless curriculum modules. These modules,designed through a collaborative effort of academia and industry and totaling 46 modulesat present, are revised regularly to maintain currency. Furthermore, industry membersprovide instructional tools to GWEC academic affiliates. This paper describes therevision and enhancement process of wireless technology lecture/laboratory courses byincorporating existing GWEC modules and industry tools at DeVry University, Dupagecampus. Page 8.146.1 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American

Conference Session

Instrumentation Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Bittle

prototype of the future TexasInstruments TLV5651, 10-bit, 125 MHz communications DAC. This high-speed DAC will beused in cellular telephone base stations to assist in reducing saturation of base station circuitsduring peak periods. The THS5651IDW DAC has a diagonal pattern for its segmented currentarray. The author made a study of this pattern to determine if there were major problem areasassociated with using a diagonal pattern to overcome output differences in adjacent current cells.Texas Instruments provided 36 THS5651IDW DACs and the use of their laboratory facility.LabView® software was used for instrument control and data acquisition. MATLAB softwarewas used for calculations and plotting data. Calculations were made for all 36 DACs

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research and New Directions

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Daphne Chang

contents can potentially be highly mathematical and run into the same problems ofbeing disconnected from the real world. Therefore, a complementary laboratory session is added tointroduce limited hands-on experience for the class. The laboratory engine is based on Mathwork’sMatlab/Simulink package and consists of the following topics: • Introduction to Matlab • Matlab Differential Equation Solvers • First and Second Order Linear Systems • Introduction to Simulink • Common Nonlinear Systems and Simulation • Simulating Chaotic systems • Computer Animation • Project DevelopmentThe homework assignments comprise of simpler problems that can be hand calculated so that thestudents can focus on the concept and