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International Engineering Education II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Burton, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology; Sanjay Kumar, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology; Dinesh Kumar, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

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International

2006-1290: QUASI INTERACTIVE VIDEO: AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TOTHE DELIVERY OF LABORATORY CLASSESPeter Burton, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Peter C. M. Burton is Senior Lecturer in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at RMIT. He has also taught extensively and worked in the microelectronics industry in the United States. A background and strong interest in video production, coupled with an appreciation of difficulties faced by some first year tertiary students has been the impetus for this current work.Sanjay Kumar, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Sanjay Kumar is a Research Associate in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. His background is in

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Bean, Paul Smith's College; James Carroll, Clarkson University; John P. Dempsey, Clarkson University; Andrew H. Strong, Clarkson University; William R. Wilcox, Clarkson University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

2006-2251: ADDING A HANDS-ON LABORATORY EXPERIENCE TO THEFRESHMAN ENGINEERING PROGRAMMING CLASS AT CLARKSONUNIVERSITYJohn Bean, Paul Smith's CollegeJames Carroll, Clarkson UniversityJohn P. Dempsey, Clarkson UniversityAndrew H. Strong, Clarkson UniversityWilliam R. Wilcox, Clarkson University Page 11.158.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006Adding a Hands-On Laboratory Experience to the FreshmanEngineering Programming Class at Clarkson UniversityAbstractClarkson University received a grant from the National Science Foundation to effectcurriculum reform by adding more hands-on experiences in engineering classes. The firstclass for attempted reform was the freshman

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Innovative and Computer-Assisted Lab Studies

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Bloomquist, University of Florida; Michael McVay, University of Florida; Scott Wasman, University of Florida; Clinton Slatton, University of Florida

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

2006-2363: A HYDRODYNAMIC WHEATSTONE BRIDGE FOR USE AS ATEACHING TOOL IN INSTRUMENTATION LABORATORY COURSESDavid Bloomquist, University of FloridaMichael McVay, University of FloridaScott Wasman, University of FloridaClinton Slatton, University of Florida Page 11.56.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A HYDRODYNAMIC WHEATSTONE BRIDGE FOR USE AS A TEACHING TOOL IN INSTRUMENTATION LABORATORY COURSESAbstractUndergraduate engineering students often find systems composed of electrical circuits difficultto grasp because variables such as current, voltage, resistance, capacitance, and inductance arenot easily visualized as their

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NEW Lab Experiments in Materials Science

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathleen Stair, Northwestern University; Buckley Crist, Jr, Jr, Northwestern University

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Materials

2006-2264: USING HANDS-ON LABORATORY EXPERIENCES TOUNDERSCORE CONCEPTS AND TO CREATE EXCITEMENT ABOUTMATERIALSKathleen Stair, Northwestern University Kathleen Stair was awarded a B.S. in Engineering and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Northwestern University. She spent seven years as a Research Engineer with the Amoco Technology Company in Naperville, Illinois, where she was responsible for growth of GaAs-based materials using Molecular Beam Epitaxy. She has been a senior lecturer in Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern since 1996, and is responsible for many of the undergraduate laboratories.Buckley Crist, Jr, Northwestern University Buckley Crist was

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Information Technology in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Prashant Jain, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; James Stubbins, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; Rizwan Uddin, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

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Nuclear and Radiological

2006-2354: BROADCASTING NUCLEAR ENGINEERING LABORATORIES -VIDEO AND DATA - IN REAL-TIME OVER THE INTERNETPrashant Jain, University of Illinois-Urbana ChampaignJames Stubbins, University of Illinois-Urbana ChampaignRizwan Uddin, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign Page 11.290.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Broadcasting Nuclear Engineering Laboratories—Video and Data—in Real- Time over the InternetAbstractA real time, distance lab module is developed and implemented in the Department of Nuclear,Plasma and Radiological Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Thisinternet based system allows remote personnel to

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Topics in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar, Idaho State University; Michael Lineberry, Idaho State University; Karen Leibert, Idaho State University; Anne Mollberg, Idaho National Laboratory

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Nuclear and Radiological

2006-2656: THE 2005 WORLD NUCLEAR UNIVERSITY SUMMER INSTITUTE: ANEW FOCUS ON INTERNATIONAL ISSUES IN NUCLEAR ENERGYEDUCATIONMary Lou Dunzik-Gougar, Idaho State University Dr. Dunzik-Gougar is an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering at Idaho State University. She holds a joint appointment with the Idaho National Laboratory as an Affiliate Research Scientist. She was part of the Idaho organizing team for the Summer Institute and had key responsibility for the Summer Institute Proceedings.Michael Lineberry, Idaho State University Dr. Lineberry is Director of the Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering for Idaho State University, University of Idaho and Boise

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Yeary, University of Oklahoma; Tian Yu, University of Oklahoma; Robert Palmer, University of Oklahoma; Mike Biggerstaff, University of Oklahoma; L. Fink, University of Oklahoma; Carolyn Ahern, Ahern and Associates

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

2006-203: A HANDS-ON, INTERDISCIPLINARY LABORATORY PROGRAM ANDEDUCATIONAL MODEL TO STRENGTHEN A RADAR CURRICULUM FORBROAD DISTRIBUTIONMark Yeary, University of Oklahoma Dr. Mark Yeary is an Assistant Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Oklahoma. He has many years of experience as a teaching assistant, lecturer, and assistant professor. Since January of 1993, he has taught many students in various laboratories and lecture courses, culminating in approximately 11 years of teaching experience. For the 1999-00 academic year, he received the Outstanding Professor Award, given by the Texas A&M student chapters of IEEE and Eta Kappa Nu, and IBM in Austin

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Innovative and Computer-Assisted Lab Studies

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Helgeson, University of Tennessee-Martin

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

2006-984: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY VIBRATIONS/STRUCTURAL DYNAMICSCOURSE FOR CIVIL AND MECHANICAL STUDENTS WITH INTEGRATEDHANDS-ON LABORATORY EXERCISESRichard Helgeson, University of Tennessee-Martin Richard Helgeson is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Engineering Department at the University of Tennessee at Martin. Dr. Helgeson received B.S. degrees in both electrical and civil engineering, an M.S. in electral engineering, and a Ph.D. in structural engineering from the University of Buffalo. He actively involves his undergraduate students in mutli-disciplinary earthquake structural control research projects. He is very interested in engineering educational pedagogy, and has taught a wide

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ChE: Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keith Lodge, University of Minnesota-Duluth

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Chemical Engineering

2006-1003: THE PROGRAMMING OF A MICRO-CONTROLLER AS THELABORATORY COMPONENT IN PROCESS CONTROL FORUNDERGRADUATES IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERINGKeith Lodge, University of Minnesota-Duluth Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering Page 11.1320.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 The programming of a microcontroller as the laboratory component in process control for undergraduates in chemical engineeringIntroductionNew funding generated by the College of Science and Engineering has financed enhancementsof courses with computer technology. Here I describe briefly an enhancement, or

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Information Technology in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kendra Foltz Biegalski, University of Texas; Victoria Pratt, University of Texas-Austin; Tomer Pintel, University of Texas-Austin; Sheldon Landsberger, University of Texas-Austin; Michael Whitaker, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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Nuclear and Radiological

suppression gamma-ray spectrometry and risk assessment in radioactivity handling.Michael Whitaker, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Michael Whitaker is the Manager of the Safeguards Group with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Nuclear Science and Technology Division. He coordinates the Oak Ridge technical support to the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of International Safeguards and to the United States Support Programme for IAEA Safeguards. Projects of current emphasis include addressing the effectiveness of international safeguards at uranium enrichment facilities, preparing the Page 11.1399.1

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Virtual and Distance Experiments

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Schuyler, University of Hartford; Tom Eppes, University of Hartford

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

technologist in industry.An examination of undergraduate programs offered in a distance education formatreveals that engineering technology programs are conspicuous by their absence. Webelieve this is because there are no established means to deliver the “hands-on”experiential or laboratory component remotely. While much progress has been made indistance laboratories (virtual and remote-controlled), they do not, as yet, represent anacceptable replacement.When faced with the need or opportunity for a distance engineering technology program,institutions have addressed this by creating hybrid courses. Delivery of the lecturecontent is typically done in a format similar to what other disciplines do, i.e. internet-based video (synchronous or asynchronous

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Digital System Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sin Ming Loo, Boise State University; Arlen Planting, Boise State University; Matt Murdock, Boise State University

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Electrical and Computer

reduce the number of problems that can appearduring laboratory sessions. The students are exposed to digital circuit design using discrete 74xx seriescomponents during the first four weeks of the semester. For the rest of the semester, all designs aretargeted at FPGA. The use of 74xx series components has been kept in the laboratory for two reasons.First, a 74xx series component might be all that is needed for a simple design. Second, the concept ofputting together a design utilizing multiple components (system-level design) can be introduced.Potentially, this encourages the students to optimize their designs so that wiring the digital circuit iseasier.Our findings through this introduction have all been positive. Students are eager to learn the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Menicucci; Betsy Palmer; James Duffy

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Hands-on Introduction to Chemical and Biological EngineeringSession 1526: We have revised our freshman seminar course by modeling it after RowanUniversity’s exemplary Freshman Engineering Clinic course which utilizes a hands-onlaboratory approach to introduce freshman students to engineering. Innovative laboratorymodules developed and published by faculty at Rowan under NSF funding were adaptedand implemented. These laboratories utilize common activities (such as brewing coffee,taking blood pressure, and delivery of medication) to teach fundamental engineeringprinciples, techniques for experimental measurement, data representation and analysis,and group problem solving and communication skills. Many of these laboratories aredesigned

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Internet and Distributed Computing

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Philip Lunsford, East Carolina University; Lee Toderick, East Carolina University; Daniel Brooker, East Carolina University

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Information Systems

. Defense assurancefocuses on appropriate ways to build and maintain systems that are less vulnerable toattack. Attack understanding focuses on strategies for attacking and how to defendagainst them. Curriculums that focus more on attack understanding can use isolated testbeds to provide laboratory experiences for the students to attack and defend networks. Ina face-to-face environment, the test bed isolation can be accomplished by excludingwireless, infrared, and EoP (Ethernet over Power) interfaces, disabling any removablemedia, and by having only power cables (i.e. no network cables) extend beyond the testbed.Unfortunately, the use of air-gap isolation is unsuitable in a distance education (DE)environment. Remote students must control equipment

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ECE Curriculum Innovations

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Huettel, Duke University; April Brown, Duke University; Leslie Collins, Duke University; Kip Coonley, Duke University; Michael Gustafson, Duke University; Jungsang Kim, Duke University; Gary Ybarra, Duke University

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Electrical and Computer

2006-1373: A NOVEL INTRODUCTORY COURSE FOR TEACHING THEFUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERINGLisa Huettel, Duke University LISA G. HUETTEL, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of the Practice and Director of Undergraduate Laboratories in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University. She is interested in engineering education and the application of statistical signal processing to remote sensing. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Duke University.April Brown, Duke University APRIL S. BROWN, Ph.D., is Professor and Chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University. Her research is focused

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On Pedagogy of Lab Courses and Their Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Euan Lindsay, Curtin University of Technology; Malcolm Good, University of Melbourne

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

2006-535: VIRTUAL AND DISTANCE EXPERIMENTS: PEDAGOGICALALTERNATIVES, NOT LOGISTICAL ALTERNATIVESEuan Lindsay, Curtin University of Technology Euan D. Lindsay is a Lecturer at Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia. He has recently completed a PhD in Engineering Education at the University of Melbourne, Australia, investigating the effects of remote and virtual access to laboratory hardware upon students’ learning outcomes. His research interests include engineering education, telecontrol (particularly internet-based telecontrol), animatronic puppetry, and technology-mediated interfaces for deaf-blind communication.Malcolm Good, University of Melbourne Malcolm C. Good received the

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Tricks of the Trade in Research

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura Genik, Wayne State University; Craig Somerton, Michigan State University

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New Engineering Educators

11.1213.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Teaching Labs: The Challenges and Practical Considerations for New FacultyIntroductionIt is very common for untenured engineering faculty to be assigned the responsibility forteaching and managing a teaching laboratory in their program. At undergraduate institutions thisis due to the relatively low numbers of faculty in departments, the faculty replacement process,and the desire for the program to update their laboratories. Similar reasons exist atgraduate/research intuitions, but, in addition, we might add the unwillingness of senior faculty tocarry out this task as a reason for the assignment of a new faculty member to this task. Thepurpose

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Approaches to K -12 Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Barrett, University of Wyoming; Jerry Hamann, University of Wyoming; Dennis Coon, University of Wyoming; Paul Crips, Laramie Middle School; John Pierre, University of Wyoming

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

quality of undergraduate engineering students.Dennis Coon, University of Wyoming Dennis N. Coon received a BS in Ceramic Engineering from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 1979, an MS in Ceramic Science from the Pensylvannia State University in 1984, and a Ph.D. in Ceramic Science from the Pennsylvannia State University in 1986. He was employed at the Idaho National Environmental and Engineering Laboratory from 1985 through 1988 where his primary interest was in the devlopment of advanced materials for high temperature engines. He was a member of the development team that was awarded a R&D 100 award by Research and Development Magazine for development of

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Bowen, Rice University; Marcia O'Malley, William Marsh Rice University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Award in 2005. Additionally, she is a member of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Controls Division Robotics Panel, the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, and the program committee of the Haptics Symposium. Page 11.680.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Haptic Interfaces for a LabVIEW-based System Dynamics CourseAbstractToo often in undergraduate mechanical engineering courses, the content of laboratory exercisesis not well coordinated with course content, and the exercises are unrelated to each other. As aresult, students have a difficult time grasping the

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Multimedia and Distance Learning in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yongjin Kwon, Drexel University; William Brownlowe, Montgomery County Community College; Vladimir Genis, Drexel University

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Engineering Technology

journals. At Goodwin College, he is in charge of curriculum and laboratory development for the mechanical engineering track of the Applied Engineering Technology program. Page 11.1430.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Videoconference Teaching for Applied Engineering Technology StudentsAbstractThe development of a fully-interactive videoconference teaching facility for AppliedEngineering Technology (AET) students is described in this work. This facility will providegreater program delivery flexibility by offering a non-traditional educational approach

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2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Farouq Alhourani

Computer Aided Design & Graphics by teaching students with hands-on type of educational practices and laboratory exercises in the area of FMS. A MiniCIM 3.2 Amatrol has been selected as the equipment to teach FMS. This equipment is used to modify the curriculum and nine courses and labs in the IET department to enhance the students’ learning. The FMS project serves also as a starting point to accomplish a six-year development plan of the Manufacturing Laboratory in the IET department. The goal is to complete a fully Computer Integrated Manufacturing system in six years. The strategy used is aligning students’ class projects and/or students’ senior projects with the goals of the Manufacturing Laboratory. These class projects

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Innovations in Teaching Upper-Level Physics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Greg Mowry, University of St. Thomas-St. Paul

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Engineering Physics & Physics

the number ofcontact hours. An eighteen month investigation was conducted to address this challenge. Basedon the results of this study a modular pedagogy was developed that satisfied the ‘applied’mission objectives without significantly increasing the number of contact hours. The newmodular pedagogy combines state-of-the art laboratory metrology and analysis practices withenough theory to enable the students to understand the significance of their measurements. Aboutthree weeks are required to complete each module. Based on inputs from multiple professionalsources, applied modules were developed for the following topics: Mathematical foundation offield theory, E&M dynamics, transmission lines, antennas, and the use of finite element

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Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Theodore Heindel, Iowa State University

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Mechanical Engineering

2006-856: UPDATING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MEASUREMENTS ANDINSTRUMENTATION – A CASE STUDYTheodore Heindel, Iowa State University Ted Heindel is the William and Virginia Binger Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State University. He taught ME 370 at ISU from spring 2003 through spring 2005 and was responsible for major course modifications, including development of several new laboratory exercises. He is currently teaching thermal science courses, including fluid mechanics and heat transfer. He also has an active research program in multiphase flow characterization and visualization and gas-liquid mass transfer enhancement, and is the director of a one-of-a-kind X-ray

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Novel Measurement Experiments

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Henrik Åkesson, Blekinge Institute of Technology; Lars Hakansson, Blekinge Institute of Technology; Ingvar Gustavsson, Blekinge Institute of Technology; Ingvar Claesson, Blekinge Institute of Technology; Johan Zackrisson, Blekinge Institute of Technology; Thomas Lago, Acticut Inernational AB

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Instrumentation

vibration analysis.Ingvar Gustavsson, Blekinge Institute of Technology Ingvar Gustavsson is Associate Professor of Electronics and Measurement Technology at Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH), Sweden.Johan Zackrisson, Blekinge Institute of Technology Johan Zackrisson is a Software Engineer, responsible for realizing all the software used in the remote laboratories at Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH), Sweden.Ingvar Claesson, Blekinge Institute of Technology Ingvar Claesson is professor in applied signal processing at the dept. of applied signal processing, Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH), Sweden. His research are in Speech Enhancement in Noisy Environments, Mechanical Application

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Innovative Partnerships

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Abraham Michelen, Hudson Valley Community College; Gary Kardys, Hudson Valley Community College

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Two Year College Division

. Page 11.16.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A Collaborative Effort between a two-year College and a State UniversityAbstractIn this paper the authors will present the outcome of a two-year effort for the establishment anew AAS program in Semiconductor Manufacturing and Nanotechnology that is beingoffered by Hudson Valley Community College (HVCC) – a community college located inthe capital region of New York state – and the State University of New York University atAlbany (UAlbany). Because of the nature and the cost of the laboratories (clean rooms, andother expensive facilities) needed to support such a program that HVCC could not afford, itwas decided to seek a “partner universities

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Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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gregory zieren, Austin Peay State University

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International

like Thomas Edison or GeorgeCorliss. He focused his attention instead on the achievements of a corps of professionalengineers, and on the qualities of an educational system that had fostered suchexcellence.American engineering education had begun to enjoy world-wide renown by 1893. Prof.John Goodman, newly appointed to a chair at England’s Yorkshire College of Sciencequoted a senior colleague who advised him, “Now the very first opportunity you get, goover and see what the Americans are doing, and you will see there technical educationcarried out with the greatest efficiency.”3 What most impressed foreign observers werethe pedagogical possibilities of laboratory-based instruction in the engineering educationcurriculum. Laboratories gave

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2006 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Thomas O. Spicer; Edgar C Clausen

Creating Enthusiasm for Science in the High School Classroom T.O. Spicer and E.C. Clausen University of Arkansas Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical Engineering 3202 Bell Engineering Center Fayetteville, AR 72701 AbstractHigh school teachers are increasingly concerned with sparking and maintaining studentinterest in science, particularly as classroom laboratory activities have grown stale due totheir age. A limited number of high school biology, chemistry and physics teachers wereinvited to a one week pilot program at the University of Arkansas, designed to

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ECE Curriculum Innovations

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Holmes, AcuityEdge, Inc.; Hisham Massoud, Duke University; Steven Cummer, Duke University; John Board, Duke University; Kip Coonley, Duke University; April Brown, Duke University; Michael Gustafson; Leslie Collins, Duke University; Lisa Huettel, Duke University; Gary Ybarra, Duke University

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Electrical and Computer

computer architectures, cluster computing and parallel processing; ubiquitous computing. He received his D.Phil in 1986 from Oxford University.Joseph Holmes, AcuityEdge, Inc. Mr. Holmes has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Materials Engineering from North Carolina State University, an M.S. in Materials Engineering from North Carolina State University, and an M.B.A. from Duke University. He is the CEO of AcuityEdge, Inc., a consulting firm, and is also an adjunct faculty member in the Masters of Engineering Management Program at Duke University.Kip Coonley, Duke University KIP D. COONLEY, M.S., is the Undergraduate Laboratory Manager in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Virtual and Distance Experiments

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patrick Tebbe, Minnesota State University-Mankato

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

. Page 11.113.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A Review of the Current Status and Challenges of Virtual ExperimentationAbstractVirtual experimentation generates reactions of great enthusiasm and trepidation amongengineering educators. Many educators see wide ranging applications of these techniques withadvantages in terms of learning pedagogies, equipment costs, and online education. However,there are several well-founded concerns such as the realism of the data and the impact on studentoutcomes. This paper will review the history and several current examples of virtualexperimentation, including the author’s own experience developing a virtual refrigerationexperiment. Learning objectives for laboratory courses defined by the

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Programs for High School Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patrick Rousche, University of Illinois-Chicago; Michael Cho, University of Illinois-Chicago; Yang Dai, University of Illinois-Chicago; Hui Lu, University of Illinois-Chicago; J Hetling, University of Illinois-Chicago; jie liang, University of Illinois-Chicago; Susan McCormick, University of Illinois-Chicago; David Schneeweis, University of Illinois-Chicago; Richard Magin, University of Illinois-Chicago

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

industryfacilities. In camp year one (CY1), senior students were targeted. In CY2 and CY3,sophomores and juniors were targeted. Each day began with a special-topics lecture in amixed student/teacher setting. Lectures were typically followed by group tours of universityor commercial medical/bioengineering facilities. A group lunch for all participants includingthe camp faculty was provided each day. Mid-week, a separate lunch was arranged for thehigh school teachers and university faculty alone. In CY1 , students were assigned to a singlelaboratory to complete a project (a vote was used to try and match students to their preferredlaboratory). In CY2 and CY3, students rotated throughout the laboratories in small workinggroups of 4-8 students. Teachers were