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Luces Faulkenberry

the foodarrived then, the group began their meal.As dessert began Dr. Curtis Johnson, Professor of Electrical-Electronics Technology at theUniversity of Houston, began his talk on his adventures in Azerbaijan. Dr. Johnson was inAzerbaijan on a Fulbright Scholarship. His task was to set up a computer laboratory with accessto the World Wide Web. Dr. Johnson said that was not an easy task in a developing nation. Healso described the higher education system in that nation. The talk was interesting andinformative.Dr. Larry Brillhart, Associate Dean of Applied Technology at North Harris College, conducted adiscussion on topics of interest to the group. First, everyone introduced themselves to learn whowas there, where they were from, and what

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Tomás Gómez; Maria Velasco; Joséantonio Turégano

distorted picture.As an alternative, computers offer the possibility to perform graphics with a very precisecalculation of thermodynamic properties and to analyze them in a variety of contents within thecourse work of engineering thermodynamics. Page 6.1055.2 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering EducationII. Objective and main features of ThermografIn our initial studies exploring the educational potential of personal computers, we began byconstructing a set of laboratory simulations10 and tools11

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students entering the program each year, retention is a critical issuefor the viability of the program in a primarily “tuition-driven” budgeting environment. Threefull-time faculty members, with the support of a laboratory technician and a half-time secretary,teach all core courses in the ChE curriculum. Thus, the teaching load for faculty is 12 credithours per semester. No special allowances are made for laboratory or design courses. This loadis reduced to 9 credit hours per semester for the departmental chair.II. What Do I Do?As departmental chair, workday activities can be grouped into four major categories: teaching,mentoring, administrating, and consulting/research. This list is rank-ordered based upon timetypically spent on task. However

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being moreeffective for learning than non-project courses [2]. In fact, in Figure 7 the project courses areidentified separately from courses that include laboratories or the lectured based engineeringscience courses. As one might expect from the literature [3,4,5], the learning assessment rating isnearly always better for a project-oriented course versus a non-project course for the sameteaching evaluation rating. This gives some credence to the learning assessment rating as anindication of student learning. The authors are somewhat surprised that a similar observationcannot be made in comparing the courses that include laboratory experiences to the lecture basedengineering science courses.Student Drop RateOne piece of data that is often

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Laboratory. The completed arch exceeded their design load under actual testing to failure. (See Figure 2.) Figure 2 Testing to Failure of the 39-Foot Arch Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 6.679.5 Copyright ©2001, American Society for Engineering EducationIII. 1999-00 Project: Re-Design America’s First Water Powered WaterworksQuestions:* Where was the first powered waterworks in America?* Why wasn’t it in Boston, New York or Philadelphia?The answer to the first question is Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (5). The answer

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Sanjeev Khanna; Christopher Jenkins

bonding, crystal structure, elastic behavior, plastic behavior, fracture, etc., which haveprofound implications in the design of structures. Such an approach highlights the importance ofthe tension test, and the students can better visualize and apply the concepts to designingoptimum and reliable structures. After passing through the lectures covering the concepts shownin Figure 1 the students should be in a position to answers questions, a sampling of which isgiven in the section ‘Evaluation of Student Learning’.Laboratory experiments should be conducted and explained in the context of three importantbranches, namely mechanics, materials science, and design. Thus a suggested outline forteaching the three subjects in the context of the tension

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Ram Mohan; Siamack Shirazi; Ovadia Shoham; Mei Zhuang; Marilyn Amey; Krishnamurthy Jayaraman; Keith Wisecarver; George Chase; Ed Evans; Charles Petty; Andre Bernard

from nine laboratories at Michigan State University, The University of Akron, and theUniversity of Tulsa. The objective of the program is to teach undergraduate and graduate studentspractical use of multiphase computational fluid dynamics (CFD).The impact of multiphase flow research on solving practical engineering problems is an integralpart of the learning experience. Industrial participants in the project provide specific designproblems related to emerging technologies. Specific projects suggested by the industrial sponsorsfor the first cycle are: Performance of a large tank separator (Chevron), Optimization of designand operation of degassing tanks (Dow Chemical), Optimization and Comparison of hydrocycloneshapes (Krebs Engineers), Mixing

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William Saunders; Donald Grove; Charles Reinholtz

to a tangible end. Another response was that the mechatronics approach providedan excellent perspective of what is available in the laboratory for prototype development. Yetanother student pointed out that the mechatronics approach promoted greater interest of realworld applications of one’s knowledge. There were no real disadvantages noted.2) Why did you choose to work on a mechatronics project?The reasons students cited for wanting to work on a mechatronics project varied. One reason wasto increase their understanding of how the design project would actually function. Anotherreason was the hands-on implementation and creation of the prototype from a basic design. Onestudent cited that many of today’s mechanical devices were augmented by

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Francis W. Derby

students, responsibilities as graduate research faculty, and as an adviser to studentProceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. Page 6.80.3Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Education.organizations. Whereas the related activities may not bear direct relationship to classroominstruction, they contribute to the nurturing of students. It is advisable to briefly describe theseresponsibilities so as to provide some idea of the time spent in these activities. For example, ifthe faculty person is in charge of a research laboratory with several research assistants, adescription of

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Han Bao; David Dryer; Derya Jacobs; William Swart

, 4) provide experience for design of products in a virtual environment using 3D modeling and visualization, as well as planning, scheduling, control and implementation of a virtual product development project, 5) provide experience in constructing product prototypes, and 6) provide an understanding for the potential applications and limitations of current virtual product development tools.The course was offered as a 2 credit-4 hour laboratory course using tools and facilities availableat Old Dominion University. As part of an extensive distance learning capability, the Universityand the College use various distributed course delivery and communications tools withfunctionality including asynchronous message board, synchronous chat

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Julia Morse

grading strategies that promote student preparation andinstructor-led critical thinking in class can effectively increase student participation and ability topractice critical thinking in classroom discussion and on exams.Bibliographic Information1 Schrivener, S., Fachin, K., and Storey, G., “Treating the All-Nighter Syndrome: IncreasedStudent Comprehension Through an Interactive In-Class Approach,” Journal of EngineeringEducation, April 1994, p. 152.2 Lang, D., “Critical Thinking in Web Courses: An Oxymoron?”, Syllabus, Vol. 14, No. 2,September 2000, pp. 21.3 Agrawal, P. K., “Integration of Critical Thinking and Technical Communication intoUndergraduate Laboratory Courses,” Proceedings of the 1997 ASEE Annual Conference,Session 1213.4 Sharp, J

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Gay Canough; Linda M. Head; Ravi Ramachandran

specifications for the solar lantern that will be used by the local school children fordoing homework in the evening. These specifications prioritized reliability, ease of operation,rugged construction, portability and low cost. The resulting design was realized in a singleprototype. The design and construction of the prototype was completed as a student/facultyproject in the Junior Engineering Clinic course at Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ. It wasfunded and directed by ETM Solar Works, a NY based corporation.Introduction Rowan University’s College of Engineering is committed to providing their students withsignificant laboratory and design experiences throughout their full four years as engineeringstudents. In the Freshman year they are given

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❏F. The physical quality of the following facilities: 1. Computer Labs ❏ 2. Classrooms ❏ 3. Science laboratories ❏ 4. Engineering laboratories ❏ 5. Science and Engineering Library ❏G. How would you

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evolution of organisms over time, the continuity of life sustainedthrough reproduction and development, the dynamic equilibrium of organisms that sustains life,the dependency of plants and animals on their physical environment and the impact of humandecisions on the environment. In New York State the fourth-grade science test has two parts,an objective test (multiple choice) and a laboratory assessment where students makeobservations and record data to reach conclusions.The Benchmarks for Science Literacy (1993) is part of Project 2061, an effort to describe whatscience for all Americans should be, and it sets benchmarks for grades 2, 5, 8 and 12 in thefollowing areas: the nature of science, the nature of mathematics, the nature of technology

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Winfred K Anakwa; Scott Jones; Scott Garrett; Ron Rio; Li Chen; John Bush; Jixiang Sheng; George Anglin; Dion Thomas; Dale Green

alaboratory environment. Pneumatic actuation was chosen instead of hydraulicactuation to avoid the possibility of oil spill in the laboratory. The design,construction and the physical structure are presented in section II, and theassociated sensors and actuator electronics are covered in section III. The Page 5.211.1mathematical modeling, computer simulation and experimental validation of themodel are presented in section IV. The design of the digital control algorithm, itsimplementation on a Motorola 68HC16 microcontroller-based evaluation boardand experimental results are given in section V. Final conclusions aresummarized in section VI.II. Design and Physical

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Patricia Backer

session was organized into a one-week class with eight hours of class each day.Day 1 of the class was devoted to Unit 1 and Day 2 of the class was devoted to Unit 2. On therandomly assigned multimedia day, the students were sent to a computer laboratory where eachstudent was assigned a computer and given a CD-ROM with their module. Instead of attendingclass, they stayed in the computer laboratory and completed the multimedia. In lieu of their"regular" classwork, they completed the online class activities at the end of each section of themultimedia. Page 5.248.4The class consisted of nine women and five men. All but two of the students were in their

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design projects ♦ Meet with instructor to select project ♦ Provide for project expenses: Parts, direct costs, lab fees ♦ Give technical assessment feedbackThe university instructor is responsible for accomplishing the teaching objectives for the designcourse, and these objectives include producing students who can: ♦ Create & implement feasible solutions to engineering problems ♦ Understand the iterative design process ♦ Use resources effectively: time, money, parts, lab equipment, information ♦ Learn “team” skillsV. Additional ResponsibilitiesExisting laboratory equipment can support some projects that require the use of softwaredevelopment systems. However

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Igor M. Verner; Jacob E. Mendelssohn; David J. Ahlgren

out a survey form that includedsix sections. The first section related to general data (name, state/country, company/institution,team and position), and the second section requested information about past experience inrobotics. Each respondent was asked to estimate his/her progress in a number of disciplinesgained by working on the contest project. The list of disciplines included electronics, computers,programming, mechanics, control, systems design, robotics laboratory, and teamwork practice.The senior division participants were asked to specify their prior knowledge in these areas.The third section of the questionnaire asked the respondents to specify their own activities in thefollowing project-related subjects: drive mechanisms, control

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Donna C.S. Summers

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY (IET)Dept. No. Course 1st Term 2nd Term First YearSET 100 Engineering Technology First-Year Seminar 1-0-1MTH 106 Mathematics for Engineering Technology 3-0-3MFG 108L Manufacturing Processes Laboratory 0-3-1MCT 110L Technical Drawing and CAD 0-6-2CHM 123 General Chemistry 3-3-4REL 103 Introduction to Religion 3-0-3SET 101 Enrichment Workshop 1-0-0 1-0-0ENG 101-2

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Qiuli Sun; Kevin Stubblefield; Kurt Gramoll

experimental apparatussuch as laser devices and robots, the virtual laboratory can be set up over the Web. Jackand Karlesky at Grand Valley State University developed a virtual manufacturinglaboratory, which allows students to access robots, CNC (Computer Numerical Control)machines, DAQ (Data Acquisition) cards and other equipment utilizing the Web [4].Students are able to transfer data to the apparatus, control the apparatus, and observe theprogress of the experiments using a live video link.Web-based SimulationAlthough it is generally agreed that the use of simulations in engineering education isbeneficial to students, simulations are not widely used due to relatively small target usergroups, the cost of development, and distribution problems. With

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Tze-Leong Yew; Kurt Gramoll

required Page 5.593.6software tools are installed on 20 workstations in the multimedia laboratory. The softwareprograms are licensed to the university at a cost of about $1,500 per workstation.Another problem is that different students have different computer expertise. However, the initialdifficulty involved in learning a new software tool diminishes with familiarity of the tool.Table 2 lists the software used in the "Multimedia in Engineering" course. The followingdescribes 10 software tools with several having overlapping capabilities. All of these tools arecross-platform and are available in both Macintosh and Windows versions except the

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Tracy L. Chandler; John A. Petersen; Janet M. Sharp

engineering and education in a one-week,workshop-type, summer course. They encountered a variety of engineering ideas includingcompression, tension, strength, load, and buckling11. Through a laboratory, hands-on approach,the teachers learned about these and other engineering ideas. As indicated earlier, how teacherslearn new ideas must be consistent with how they will one day teach these ideas.For one of the experiments in that course, the professor used a small, plastic (hobby-store) I-beam. The teachers tested the I-beam for its critical buckling load. For a different experiment,the professor used some latex rubber tubes. The teachers used those tubes to learn aboutYoung’s Modulus. In so doing, the teachers used mathematics (vectors) and science

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Nicole L. Hoekstra

industry is employing prototype tooling to manufacture parts for evaluationand testing2,3. One method of constructing prototype tooling is simply casting aluminum-filledepoxy over an RP model. To ensure that the parts produced from prototype tooling closelyresemble the final production part, much research is being performed to compare RP tooling tomachined steel tooling. In recent research, the properties of parts produced in an RP epoxy toolwere within 10-30% of parts produced in a steel tool4.Prior to the arrival of rapid prototyping equipment in the department, the laboratory portion ofthe course focused on the construction of tooling, using manual and CNC machining.Sometimes students only partially completed the assignment due to complications

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Massoud S. Tavakoli

terms ofsize and number of graduates. The Mechanical Engineering curriculum is highly laboratory-based with a unique feature where at the beginning of the Junior year, the curriculum branchesinto five possible tracks called “specialties.” Approximately 12% of the total 180 credits arededicated to a more in-depth coverage of a sub-field of engineering. The current specialties areAutomotive Engineering Design, Medical Equipment Design, Manufacturing Product Design,Machine Design and Plastics Product Design. Each of these specialties culminates into acapstone design course where students are ideally expected to: 1) learn the design process as an "holistic" interdisciplinary activity, and 2) practice the "complete" design cycle from problem

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Patricia L. Fox; Stephen Hundley

, number of courses with technical laboratories, sharing of faculty and spacewith other programs, and effectiveness of industrial advisory committees are provided in thefollowing paragraphs. Tables of the results from questions in the survey are also providedthroughout the paper.Of all the four-year schools that responded to the survey, 79% are classified as four-yearUniversities with very a small number responding as Community & Technical Colleges,Technical Institutes, Institutes of Technology, or Colleges as shown in Table 1. Table 2illustrates the responses of two-year schools to a similar classification question, which resulted in67% classified as two-year Community Colleges, 18% as Technical Institutes, and 13% asCommunity & Technical

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Kenneth A. Knowles; Carl E. Wick

used successfully to teach the architecture of the processors,assembly language programming, and debugging techniques. The laboratory and final examprojects for this course vary from year to year, but have historically been examples of stand-alone microprocessor based systems.In order to appeal to the professional aspirations of our student population we began a study ofpotential microprocessor based projects that could be seen to directly relate to their chosencareers. A particularly fertile area was seen to be in the use of networked embedded computers Page 5.710.1in modern weapons systems. Among current military projects in the area is on

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Margarita Takach; Yiyuan J. Zhao; Reza Langari; Ray Taghavi; Mehrdad Ghasemi Nejhad; Luigi Martinelli; Linda Ann Riley; K. Krishnamurthy; Janet M. Twomey; Degang Chen; David Radcliffe

curriculum redesign and considerindustry as a direct customer much the same as parents/students and state/federal governments;• Support faculty summer fellowship (similar to the Welliver program);• Encourage more faculty sabbatical/consulting in industry; Page 5.714.7• Support distance education classes from universities to industry and from industry touniversities;• Participate in university-industry-government joint research programs;• Create opportunities for industry and government in-kind support (i.e., equipment, data, etc.) toprovide hands- on laboratory and practical experiences;• Reward outstanding educators such as Boeing Outstanding

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Stephen Stafford; Rosa Gomez; Daniela Castaneda; Connie Della-Piana

academicprograms depending on their pre-college preparation, e.g. high school curricula, and theirgeneral orientation towards university studies. The problem of college preparedness maybe more acute on a commuter campus, where students may only remain on campus aslong as class hours and laboratories demand. UTEP’s student population is typical ofmajor urban universities, serving the academic needs of a regional, place-boundpopulation. Our students are also non-traditional from the standpoint that the majority areethnic minorities, first in their families to go to college, and balance their academic liveswith required part-time, and sometimes, full-time employment. Juggling so manyactivities often leads our students to minimize their time on campus, and

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Audeen Fentiman; Robert J. Gustafson; John Merrill; John Demel; Richard Freuler

, and a stronger emphasis oncommunication skills. To guide the program’s implementation and evaluation, a comprehensiveassessment plan was developed to ensure that sufficient tools and methods were in place toproperly evaluate the impact of the program. The program is now in its third year, and this plancontinues to be instrumental in evaluating the program’s effectiveness. This paper presents anoverview of the plan, including its tools, methods, and outcomes.1.0 IntroductionIn the Autumn Quarter, 1998, The Ohio State University College of Engineering implemented apilot program for freshman Engineering students with the express purpose of engaging students inan interdisciplinary curriculum that emphasized hands-on laboratory projects

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Richard Ciocci

had 90–minute classes for most of the academic courses. The students didn’t like the length of thoseclasses, so we did change most lecture classes to 45 minutes. Laboratories in CAD and scienceswere acceptable in longer time periods. Another area the students identified for improvementwas the workload expected. As can be expected these high school students have a limitedpatience for schoolwork in the summer. They did not often take kindly to homeworkassignments from the Institute. Most students were successful in completing assignments duringthe classes, but homework was another issue. We did have one negative comment from a student’s guardian, her grandmother, whofelt the students were given too much free time to wander about the