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Thomas Libert; A. G. Enright

roles:Information, Discovery, Interaction, and Administration. We show how many web pages are"static", and provide the student only with an information stream. Other pages that includeitems such as Java and CGI are "dynamic," and allow students to perform self-discovery oftopics at their own pace. Other web features such as e-mail and ftp allow the student andinstructor to interact more readily. One potentially useful item is to use these same features toadminister the course, posting assignments and answers, as well as to conduct business withcolleagues and students remotely.We present several examples from our own courses, which are part of a four-year ComputerScience program that stresses a closed-laboratory environment6. Yet, all four techniques

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E. H. Shaban

Session 2460 Electrical Engineering Education In Under Developed And Developing Countries E. H. Shaban Electrical Department, Southern University Baton Rouge, LA 70813 Email: eshaban@cluster.engr.subr.eduAbstract:Transfer of Technology in the classroom and/or the laboratory for engineering education inunderdeveloped and developing countries lags far behind developed and industrial countries.Personal computers, interactive multi user mainframe computers, engineering software forsimulation purposes

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J. W. Pierre; Robert F. Kubichek; Jerry Hamann

hand will most likely not learn very effectively or work very hard unlessthey see the application. Laboratories are an excellent way of having students do activeexperimentation, but unless the laboratory exercises are well written, the application may still behidden from the student. Many signal processing courses are complimented by a laboratory anda number of excellent signal processing laboratory books1,2,4,5,7,8 have been written. Yet notall DSP courses have a laboratory, and there is little discussion in the literature of homeworkexercises that reinforce active experimentation and concrete experience.Here we propose a number of audio signal homework exercises for signal processing whichinvolve active experimentation and concrete

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Winston F. Erevelles

Session 2263 Experiences in Integrative Research and Education Projects with Undergraduate Engineers Winston Erevelles Kettering UniversityIntroductionAcademic careers offer engineering faculty an array of activities that they are expected toparticipate in - these include teaching, research and publications, laboratory development,student advisement, accreditation documentation, committee work, and service to professionalorganizations, to mention a few areas of involvement. Time constraints, the diversity in the setof responsibilities, and

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, inductance and impedance À 3 hours Differential equations and electric circuits À 2 hours Transient response À 2 hours Steady state response À 2 hours AC circuit analysis À 9 hours AC power À 3 hours Transformers and three phase À 3 hours Tests and reviews À 4 hours Professional Component: This course prepares students with the basic skills of circuit analysis. This course includes engineering topics. Relationship of course to program objectives: This course addresses program objective A.One of the unique features of the Electrical Engineering Department at Texas Tech is thelaboratory structure.2-6 There are five 3-hour credit project laboratory courses not directlyassociated with any

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Enno 'Ed' Koehn

with a score below 15% in the high category. These include: probability andstatistics, general chemistry, structural materials laboratory, and procurement of work. Thisindicates that additional attention and departmental/university resources may be necessary inthese areas. However, approximately 40% of the undergraduates responding to the survey arerequired to enroll in at least one additional semester to complete their degree requirements. Thisincludes taking construction management and senior systems design. It is not unreasonable,therefore, to assume that many undergraduate students have not been exposed to the concept ofprocurement of work at a high level of intensity. Therefore, the ratings most likely reflect theincomplete background of

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Daniel M. Chen

to acquire the CAE skills , because a CAE software can provide very accurateresults without dealing with in-depth theories and complex mathematical calculations. Manystudents in engineering technology have already had the experience in this area. They havestarted taken the courses which incorporate CAE software. The purpose of this study is to assesstheir learning outcomes via the evaluation of classroom and laboratory performance.At Central Michigan University, the CAE course was originally developed eight years ago formechanical engineering technology majors. Nevertheless, more students in both industrialtechnology and computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM) today want to take this course even itis not required for their majors. Most of

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F. Andrew Wolfe; Christine M. LaPlante

stretched between twoboxes filled with soil. The students first used sand as the fill material in the boxes. The sand Figure 1. Laboratory One Set-Up Page 4.109.3 Figure 2. Laboratory Two Set-Uphad a low resistance to pull out of the geosynthetic. Next the students used a silty - claymaterial to anchor the geosynthetic. They packed the material above and below thegeosynthetic. This setup supported the seventy pound weight. The geosynthetic was thenloaded to pullout. It was possible to see the slip plane on the soil which gave the students abetter understanding of how the geosynthetics worked

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Michael J. Caylor; Bruce Chesley

-semester sequence of courses in spacecraft engineering. Throughout the sequence, students andfaculty from multiple disciplines and academic departments play key roles in the developmentprocess. In addition, we receive support from several other capstone design projects to addressspecific needs of the small satellite program.As with any major curriculum effort, operating a small satellite program with undergraduatestudents can be a formidable task. In particular, our program requires a substantial commitmentof faculty expertise, laboratory resources, external consultants, and funding. These strategicassets must be managed carefully to achieve program objectives. Nonetheless, overcoming thesechallenges allows for substantial student learning to

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James Devault

Session 2220 Robot Stories: Interdisciplinary Design with Autonomous Mobile Robots James E. DeVault Electrical and Computer Engineering Kansas State UniversityAbstractOver the past seven years, interdisciplinary teams of engineering students have designed mobilerobots to compete in an annual robot contest. Open to all students that have completedengineering physics, the mobile robotics course requires teamwork, project management, and amixture of theoretical understanding and laboratory skills. Mobile robots are

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Ralph A. Dusseau; Kauser Jahan

. Rowan Hall has 92,000 sq.ft. space with multifunctional laboratories and classrooms suitablefor interactive learning. Mr. Rowan is the founder and the CEO of Inductotherm, Inc. which is the world’sleading induction melting equipment manufacturer.The Rowan engineering program addresses use of new innovative methods of teaching and learning to preparestudents for entry into a rapidly changing and highly competitive marketplace (2,3,4). The major hallmark ofour Rowan engineering program is a unique common class known as the engineering clinic. The engineeringclinic class is integrated throughout the entire curriculum for eight semesters. All four engineering departmentsof Chemical, Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering have this common

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Robert P. Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

upper and lower level engineering, technology and scienceinstruction as well as having a secondary impact in the preparation of future teachers. One workshop washeld in July 1998 and another one is scheduled for July 1999. Participants will gain experience in processengineering through hands-on laboratories, industry experts, and interactive demonstrations. Throughindustry involvement from 10 process engineering companies, faculty were given an initial networkingbase. Companies contributing industrial speakers include Sony Music, Inductotherm, DuPontEngineering, Chemical Industry Council of New Jersey, Cochrane, Tasty Baking Co., DuPontPharmaceuticals, DuPont Nylon, Hyprotech, and Mobil Technology Co. Participants use the givenmethodology to

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Michael Swedish

. IntroductionThe purpose of this paper is two-fold:- To illustrate the incorporation of the capstone design experience into the development oflaboratory equipment.- To describe the capabilities and operation of the psychrometric test chamber.II. Engineering Design and the Energy Laboratory at the Milwaukee School of EngineeringThe Energy Laboratory at MSOE serves undergraduate students in the Mechanical Engineering,Mechanical Engineering Technology, and Architectural Engineering programs. The Lab is acollaborative arrangement between MSOE and Johnson Controls, Inc., which operates a largeHVAC system for training purposes.The philosophy behind the continuing development of the Energy Lab is to allow theundergraduate students themselves to design and

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Mark Tew

education, IEEE Transactions on Education, May 1996,Vol. 39 Issue 2.2. de los Santos Vidal, O., and Iskander, M. F. Multimedia Modules for Electromagnetics Education, ComputerApplications in Engineering Education, Vol. 5 Number 4, 1997.3. Al-Holou, Nizar. Development and Delivery of an Electroscience Curriculum for the Greenfield Coalition,Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 87 Number 5, Supplement 1998.4. Elsherbeni, A. Z., Tew, M. D., and Mokaddem, A. Applying Multimedia Technology to UndergraduateEngineering Laboratories, Computer Applications in Engineering Education, Vol. 3, No. 3, 19955. Elsherbeni, A. Z. and Tew, M. D. “Introduction of Multimedia into Electrical Engineering Laboratories”, NSF ILIgrant # DUE-9351751, 1992-1994.6

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Jawa Mariappan; Anthony J. Marchese; James A. Newell; John L. Schmalzel; Beena Sukumaran; Ravi Ramachandran

project, students evaluate the use of Kevlar (poly p-phenylene terephthalamide) fiber as a unique potential replacement for steel in highway bridges.Students perform tensile testing on Kevlar fibers and perform statistical analyses to propose a setof treatment conditions that will produce the optimal fiber for the proposed bridge. The civilengineering module focuses on the design of a sheet pile wall. Using laboratory experiments,students are introduced to the concept of flow nets and a seepage tank is used to demonstrateseepage flow around a sheet pile wall. Students perform a numerical simulation of fluid flowwith MS Excel utilizing the finite difference approach and the numerical solutions are comparedto actual values measured in the

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Steven Schneiderman

indicators of future environmentalimpact.TEXTComprehension of environmental modeling is a reasonable expectation stemming from auniversity education in engineering or technology. And though neither employers norgraduate schools anticipate specific software expertise, confidence toward skillfulutilization of company-wide programs, whatever the source, whatever the operatingsystem, will enhance a graduate’s prospects. Therefore, the task facing educators, usuallywithin the context of one semester, encompasses three phases. These are; first: the abilityto foster maximum impact from the most ubiquitous software; second: the ability toderive and program models based upon mathematical tenet. In environmental technologyphase two includes laboratory

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Justin Pniower; Michael Ruane; Bennett Goldberg; Selim Unlu

Session 3232 Web-Based Educational Experiments Justin C. Pniower, Michael Ruane, Bennett B. Goldberg, M. Selim Ünlü Boston UniversityAbstractWeb-based educational experiments allow remote users to conduct laboratory explorations usingphysical experimental apparatuses in real time over the World Wide Web. Web-basedexperimentation is evolving rapidly and offers students convenient and repeated access to limitedlaboratory resources. The immediacy and accessibility of web-based experiments can also assistnew student outreach and faculty teaching effectiveness.Many web-based experiments can be

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to some degree) that these physics related courses can beimproved by including multimedia technologies, including some Web based materials, thatenhance the student learning environment by providing virtual laboratories and lectures.Although these technologies can potentially provide an enhanced learning environment, they areexpensive to establish and maintain, and, therefore, are not readily available. In addition, aspointed out by Wallace and Mutooni1, merely presenting the material using WEB based learningdoes not guarantee students will use it effectively. Therefore, it is imperative that we not onlymodify the content of these physics related courses but we must modify the learningenvironment to make the courses both challenging and

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S. A. Chickamenahalli; M. Bolepalli; Chih-Ping Yeh; Venkateswaran Nallaperumal

meaning of phase sequence and direction ofrotation. They help students understand meaning of poles and rotating MMF. They also helpstudents observe flux distributions due to changed number of poles. They also enable studentstart and actuate motor operation. The stepper motor visualizations illustrate half, full andmicrostep modes of operations by utilizing a cross sectional view of the motor stator and rotors. Page 4.219.2All animations are developed using Authorware and Flash.Videotaped demonstrations of some Hampden controllers for ac and dc motors, evaluated as partof the NSF-GC project serve as laboratory illustrations for the manufacturing

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Shreekanth A. Mandayam; John L. Schmalzel; Ravi Ramachandran

college. The sizeof the college has been chosen to provide specialization in small departments and permit thecreation of a multidisciplinary curriculum in which laboratory/design courses are offered to allengineering students. The hallmark of the Rowan program is the interdisciplinary, projectoriented clinic sequence. This 8 semester long sequence is taken by all engineering students.The Engineering clinic is based on the medical school model and involves side by sideinteraction among students and faculty for performing laboratory experiments, design projects Page 4.237.1and research. Multidisciplinary design projects and laboratory experiments at

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Christopher Ibeh

trend in theindustry appears to be the focus of changes in undergraduate curricula. Some of the notablediscussions and efforts in this area are presented under this section.Braham, J., “Where are the Leaders?” Machine Design, October 10, 1991, Page 58-62. JenniferChalsma, Staff Editor at Machine Design, after interviewing some practicing engineers fromFortune 500 companies, concludes that “Readers call for more practical, “real world” coursesand less theory.” Suggestions for improving engineering and technological curricula include: theuse of Co-ops and Internships, and increasing the number of laboratory courses and projects.Hiles, K. E., “A Project-Based Freshman Engineering Design Experience-FIRST,” ASEEAnnual Conference Proceedings

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T. Scott; John P. O'Connell

Session 1613 Experiments to Accompany a First Engineering Thermodynamics Course T.C. Scott, J.P. O’Connell University of VirginiaAbstract Engineering Thermodynamics is a challenging subject to learn and teach. Often bothstudents and teachers loose sight of the subject’s physical motivations and connections. Webelieve these can and should be brought into courses to enhance learning. To this end, we havedeveloped and use a series of laboratory, computer workshop and field trip exercises for the firstsemester Engineering

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J. A. Murden; K. P. Brannan

overall student enthusiasm3. As the courseevolved, a wide variety of teaching techniques was incorporated, including traditional lectures,cooperative learning, hands-on activities in the computer laboratory with “electronic workbooks”developed by the authors, lectures and demonstrations in a multimedia classroom, and individualwork sessions. Additional variety was achieved by rotating lecture responsibilities between thetwo professors or by creating a classroom setting with both professors interacting. Moreindividual attention was possible with two professors to answer questions during work sessions.When the authors began team-teaching the course, three tests and a final examination were givenduring the semester. Later, the testing frequency was

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Charles W. Green; John Krupczak

“Scienceand Technology of Everyday Life (GEMS-151)” during the Fall 1998 semester. This course isintended for non-science and non-engineering majors. It was developed and first taught in theSpring 1995 semester. The course describes how things work, and examines the scientificprinciples underlying their operation9, 10. Science concepts are presented in the context offamiliar technological devices. Topics studied include: the automobile, the telephone, thephotocopier, television, radio, compact disk players, and medical imaging technologies. Theorganizational structure of the course is based on technological devices rather than naturalphenomena. Weekly hands-on laboratories are included. These involve such activities as takingapart a car engine

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William F. Reeve

solution of production problems where issuesof reliability and quality control are concerned8. Homework assignments that use several of the graphical techniques mentioned above,along with a laboratory activity that focuses on the frequency and kind of failures found in theALFRED units throughout the semester, provide opportunities to perform fault analysis. Open orshorted passive components, missing or bent pins on active devices or ICs, bad sockets, coldsolder connections, solder bridges between traces or pins of an IC, open jumpers, improperlyinserted devices, and incorrect devices illustrate the types of faults placed in the units. During thelab session each team of students compiles the data from several repair forms, completes a

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J. Michael Doster

Systems course, as well as a number of other undergraduate courses todemonstrate the effectiveness of the plants control and protection systems and illustrate transientsystems behavior during normal and off-normal operating conditions. The software has servedas the basis of a Simulation Laboratory within the Department with the goal of providing aconvenient, interactive platform for the design and analysis of reactor systems.IntroductionNuclear power plants are tightly coupled, complex systems. Changes in system parameters (e.g.flows, pressures, temperatures, etc.) at any location within the plant, can feed back affecting thebehavior of the reactor core as well as other system components. This is further complicated bydifferences in plant design

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Clark Colton; Bonnie D. Burrell

entrancequestionnaire concerning attitudes towards working on a team in the laboratory class; and (2) adocument in which the questionnaire responses are sorted and merged for each team, which werefer to as the “Initial Team Dialogues.” The dialogues foster introspection and immediatelyforce the students to deal with core behavioral issues, and they create an arena where themembers can examine the function of their team as a unit.I. IntroductionEffective communication between people has undoubtedly been an elusive goal ever sincehumans developed the ability for speech. The need for its attainment is especially critical in thedevelopment of high performing teams. Team building training is beginning to becomerecognized as an important element that

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Asad Yousuf

particular concern in the aerospace industry is the tendency of some PMCmaterials to become irreversibly damaged when exposed to elevated temperatures. This paperwill discuss fluorescence based imaging system capable of identifying regions of thermaldamage in polymer-matrix composites.In an effort to further understand the intervening functions assigned to the assessment of thermaldamages in polymer composites this paper will demonstrate a PC-based virtual instrumentationsystem using the Image Acquisition (IMAQ) Vision software with the General Purpose InterfaceBus (GPIB) controlled by the LabView (Laboratory Virtual Instrument Engineering Workbench)software.I. INTRODUCTIONSpectral imaging is the determination of spatially distributed and chemically

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Robert P. Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

industrially integrated NSF workshop on Novel Process Science andEngineering conducted at Rowan University. We believe that reaction engineering comes alivewith students conducting innovative experiments in a laboratory setting. Students are able to seethe catalyst; measure gas phase concentrations and flowrates; and use these measurements to Page 4.117.1examine at least 6 principles of reactor design.IntroductionThis experiment explores the area of heterogeneous catalysis using the automotive catalyticconverter which is the largest market for heterogeneous catalytic reactors. Autocatalysts havebeen placed in approximately 225 million of the world’s 400

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Robert Engelken

Undergraduate InstitutionsNonresearch or teaching-oriented institutes have characteristics that can hinder the scope or successof research efforts. This section discusses several of these.Lack of graduate programs and advanced course work, laboratories, and equipment is a majorlimitation in leveraging the expertise and management of the professor. Although undergraduateresearch assistants can be utilized6, their relative lack of knowledge, maturity, and commitmentcan be a hindrance. Also, there are often few, if any, faculty colleagues that share expertise andinterest in one’s particular narrow research field.Personnel such as technicians, technical writers, and even secretaries needed to support researchmay be in short supply. Such deficiencies will