Conference Session

Computer-Assisted Lab Studies

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julio Garcia, San Jose State University; Patricia Backer, San Jose State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2007-235: ASSESSMENT OF LABVIEW AND MULTISIM IN THE DELIVERYOF ELECTRONICS LABORATORY CONTENTJulio Garcia, San Jose State University Dr. Julio Garcia is a Professor in the Department of Aviation and Technology in the College of Engineering at SJSU. He teaches electronics and computer courses to undergraduate students and graduate classes in the MS of Quality Assurance.Patricia Backer, San Jose State University Patricia Backer is a Professor and chair of the Department of Aviation and Technology in the College of Engineering at SJSU. She holds a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from Rutgers University, a MA and MS degree from Tennessee Temple University, and a MA and PhD from

Conference Session

Innovation in Construction Engineering Education I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Hildreth, Virginia Tech; Michael Vorster, Virginia Tech

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Construction

AC 2007-419: LABORATORY LEARNING OF THE BENEFITS ARISING FROMDETAILED PRE-PLANNING OF CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONSJohn Hildreth, Virginia TechMichael Vorster, Virginia Tech Page 12.1000.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Laboratory Learning of the Benefits Arising from Detailed Pre- Planning of Construction OperationsAbstract Construction operations can be categorized as either routine and repetitive orunique and complex. The means of developing an understanding of operations in eachcategory differs. An understanding of routine and repetitive operations is best developedthrough analysis of field operations. Unique and complex operations by

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alireza Rahrooh, University of Central Florida; Roger Wood, University of Central Florida; Walter Buchanan, Texas A&M University

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International

, utilizing and integrating computers within loop isessential. Electrical power engineering has for many years been taught in a rather traditionalmanner. Laboratory equipment is based on large test sets using analogue instrumentation.Computerization of these teaching laboratories that allows data acquisition and display of datahas not been widely used. It should be noted that developing a fully functional high voltagePower Systems Lab that would cover all the various areas of power and their control systemswould require a large facility and hundreds of thousands of dollars and possibly into the millionsdollars1. A number of Universities work in conjunction with large power companies to subsidizethe cost of these larger laboratories2. An

Conference Session

Design of Lab Experiments I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Atin Sinha, Albany State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2007-189: ENGINEERING LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS – ANINTEGRATED APPROACH OF TEACHING THE INTRODUCTORYENGINEERING COURSEAtin Sinha, Albany State University Atin Sinha is the Regents Engineering Professor and Coordinator of the Engineering Program at Albany State University. He received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Tennessee Space Institute in 1984. He had worked in aeronautical research and industry (National Aerospace Laboratory-India, Learjet, Allied-Signal) for 12 years before moving to academia in 1990. He is also a Registered Professional Engineer in Oklahoma. Currently, he is engaged in motivating undergraduate students in inquiry based learning through

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Charles H. Forsberg

Use of Knowledge and Skill Builders (KSBs) in a Measurements Laboratory Course Charles H. Forsberg Hofstra UniversityKSBs (“Knowledge and Skill Builders”) have been successfully used in design activities formiddle and high school students. This paper discusses their use in a college level engineeringlaboratory course. Suggestions are also given for their potential use in other courses.BackgroundDesign activities greatly enhance the technological knowledge of students of all grade levels.A typical design process includes the steps of: Problem definition, including constraints;Research and investigation of possible solutions; Generation of alternative

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments and Programs Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lanny Griffin, California Polytechnic State University; Victor Yu, United States Military Academy

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

(nanoelectromechanical systems – NEMS), and smart materials (piezoelectric materials, shapememory alloys, and electrorheological fluids). In the biomaterials block of instruction, a newlaboratory exercise was devised and incorporated to provide the students exposure tocontemporary methods in measuring mechanical properties of biological tissue. Thus, thisexercise tasked the students to measure the elastic modulus of a cow femur using ultrasoundtechnology. The primary learning objectives of this laboratory exercise were (1) to determine theelastic constants of a biologic composite material using an ultrasonic method. (2) To gain anappreciation for why natural materials are nearly always composite, and (3) to discuss howmedical devices may influence the

Conference Session

Laboratories and Computer Simulation in BME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Thompson, Kansas State University; Steve Warren, Kansas State University

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Biomedical

Component Design Laboratory, and his research focuses on plug-and-play, wearable systems for telemedicine. Page 12.115.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 A Small, High-Fidelity Reflectance Pulse Oximeter David Thompson, B.S. and Steve Warren, Ph.D. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506, USAAbstractPulse oximeters have become standard equipment in both biomedical education and clinicalsettings. Since the operational principles of a pulse oximeter are straightforward, and since

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments and Programs Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samuel Lakeou, University of the District of Columbia; Tinh Dinh, University of the District of Columbia; Abiyu Negede, University of the DIstrict of Columbia

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2007-2485: PRACTICAL DESIGN PROJECTS UTILIZING COMPLEXPROGRAMMABLE LOGIC DEVICES (CPLD)Samuel Lakeou, University of the District of Columbia Samuel Lakeou received a BSEE (1974) and a MSEE (1976) from the University of Grenoble (Universite Joseph Fourier), and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the Ecole Nationale d’Electronique et de Radioelectricite de Grenoble of the National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble, France, in 1978. He is currently a Professor and Chair of the department of electrical engineering at UDC. He was formerly staff member at the New Products Laboratory of RCA’s Consumer Electronics Division in Indianapolis, IN (1984-86).Tinh Dinh, University of the District of Columbia

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Laboratories and Computer Simulation in BME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lanny Griffin, California Polytechnic State University; Robert Crockett, California Polytechnic State University

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Biomedical

taken at least one course in structured programming.The students are provided with a primer which introduces the Visual BASIC syntax, loopingstructures, conditionals and several detailed programming examples (One such programmingexample is provided in as an appendix). Excel Visual BASIC has a relatively short learningcurve and students do not realize how much functionality can be added by using the macrolanguage. Table 1: Course structure of numerical analysis for biomedical engineers. Topic Case Study Evaluation Type Linear Equations Laboratory and Joint reaction forces (Matrix Inversion

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Laboratory and Internship Innovations in IT/IS

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ed Crowley, University of Houston

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Information Systems

AC 2007-2819: DEVELOPING BASIC CRYPTOGRAPHY LAB MODULES WITHOPEN SSLEd Crowley, University of Houston Page 12.490.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Developing Basic Cryptography Lab Modules with OpenSSLPerceived topic: Innovative TeachingKeywords: Security, Cryptography, Open Source, Lab Development, NetworkingWhile there has been a recent proliferation of quality cryptography texts, there remains ashortage of quality applied laboratory exercises and related support materials. In part, thisis due to the cost and availability of commercial cryptographic software. In part, this isdue to the time and resource commitment required to develop laboratory

Conference Session

Laboratories and Computer Simulation in BME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shekhar Sharad, National Instruments

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Biomedical

Conference Session

Laboratory and Internship Innovations in IT/IS

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shelton Houston, University of Southern Mississippi; Billy Walters, University of Southern Mississippi; Tulio Sulbaran, University of Southern Mississippi

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Information Systems

Conference Session

Laboratories and Computer Simulation in BME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joe Tranquillo; Daniel Cavanagh

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Biomedical

troubleshooting,and had many opportunities to encounter open-ended problems that required a creativesolution. While these skills do not always come easily, in the authors’ experiences,students, when motivated, rise to the occasion. As the instructor, the sequence providedcountless teachable moments that would not have developed in a traditional course.ReferencesRicherson SJ and Cavanagh DP “Vertical Laboratories: Within Biomedical EngineeringCourses and Across the Curriculum”, Proceedings of ASEE 2005.Cavanagh DP and Richerson SJ, “An Integrated Lecture-Lab Approach for anIntroduction to Biomedical Engineering Course”. BMES 2004.Tranquillo, J, “Qualitative, Quantitative, Open-ended Design: A Progression inLaboratory/Lecture Learning”. Proceedings of ASEE

Conference Session

Bioengineering laboratories: Bringing research into the classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daphne Rainey, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute; Bruce Mutter, Bluefield State College; Lionel Craddock, Bluefield State College; Susan Faulkner, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute; Frank Hart, Bluefield State College; Martha Eborall, Bluefield State College; Lewis Foster, Bluefield State College; Stephen Cammer, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute; Betsy Tretola, Virginia Tech; Bruno Sobral, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute; Oswald Crasta, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute

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Biomedical

Conference Session

Laboratory and Internship Innovations in IT/IS

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Walters, Pennsylvania State University; John Bertoty, Blueroof Technologies, Inc.

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Information Systems

Conference Session

Bioengineering laboratories: Bringing research into the classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alvin Post, Arizona State University; Qiang Hu, Arizona State University; Milton Sommerfeld, Arizona State University

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Biological & Agricultural

Conference Session

Bioengineering laboratories: Bringing research into the classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rupa Iyer, University of Houston (CoE)

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Biological & Agricultural

elements of bioprocessing and biomanufacturing that follow thecloning of gene and expression of the gene product. Embedded in these processes are conceptsof engineering, technology, and computers that the students are required to master in order tounderstand the principles of bioprocessing. The course also does not go beyond immediateapplications to include advances in nanobiotechnolgy and its applications. The plan is to developan introductory section, which will be infused in this course that will survey the principles ofbioprocessing and it applications. This section will then be a foundation upon which the newcourses, “Biotechnology Manufacturing Processes” and “Biotechnology RegulatoryEnvironment” will be developed.The current laboratory

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments and Programs Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul Villeneuve, University of Maine

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bradley Rogers, Arizona State University; Dale Palmgren, Arizona State University; Dennis Giever, Indiana University of Pennsylvania; Mary Lynn Garcia, Sandia National Laboratories

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Liberal Education

AC 2007-826: SECURITY EDUCATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY: THE ROLE OFENGINEERINGBradley Rogers, Arizona State UniversityDale Palmgren, Arizona State UniversityDennis Giever, Indiana University of PennsylvaniaMary Lynn Garcia, Sandia National Laboratories Page 12.1259.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Security Education in the 21st Century: The Role of EngineeringIntroductionHigher education bears the primary responsibility for the development of the nation’s humanresources in all fields, and security is no exception. However, the development of educationalprograms in the security field is complicated by the fact that the practice of security does not

Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Graduate Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Farrar, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Michael Todd, University of California-San Diego; Phillip Cornwell, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

AC 2007-41: THE ENGINEERING INSTITUTE: A COLLABORATIVEGRADUATE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH PROGRAMCharles Farrar, Los Alamos National Laboratory Chuck Farrar has 25 years experience as a technical staff member, project leader, and team leader at Los Alamos National Laboratory. While at Los Alamos, he earned a Ph. D. in civil engineering from the University of New Mexico in 1988. He is currently working jointly with engineering faculty at University of California, San Diego to develop the Los Alamos/UCSD Engineering Institute with a research focus on Damage Prognosis. This initiative is also developing a formal, degree-granting educational program in the closely related areas of validated

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to ME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Rhoads, Michigan State University; Craig Somerton, Michigan State University; Brian Olson, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; Terry Ballinger, Lansing Catholic High School

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Mechanical Engineering

Applied Physics Laboratory Brian J. Olson received the B.S. (1999), M.S. (2001), and Ph.D. (2006) degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University. He is currently a senior staff engineer in the Air and Missile Defense Department of The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. His research interests include nonlinear dynamics and vibrations, application of stability and bifurcation theories to engineering systems, design of vibration absorbers, rotating flexible structures, coupled oscillators with cyclic symmetry, and vehicle dynamics. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and also the Society for Industrial and Applied

Conference Session

Research Infrastructure in STEM Disciplines

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Madhumi Mitra, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Rose Stoakley, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Tiara Turner, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Suraf Cherinet, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Gabriel Ladd, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Harsha Chalyam, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Christopher Hartman, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; James B. Burrows-Mcelwain, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2007-2433: RICH LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR MINORITYUNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS THROUGH INQUIRY-BASED PROJECTACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD AND LABORATORY SETTINGSAbhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore Abhijit Nagchaudhuri is currently a Professor in the Department of Engineering and Aviation Sciences at University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Dr. Nagchaudhuri is a member of ASME, SME and ASEE professional societies and is actively involved in teaching and research in the fields of engineering mechanics, remote sensing and precision agriculture, robotics, systems and control and design of mechanical and mechatronic systems. Dr. Nagchaudhuri received his bachelors degree from Jadavpur

Conference Session

Special programs and activities for minorities in engineering

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Stroot, University of South Florida; Bernard Batson, University of South Florida; BK Robertson, Alabama State University

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2007-2467: A NEW HYBRID LABORATORY COURSE CHRISTENS APIPELINE OF BIOLOGY STUDENTS FROM ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITYTO THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDAPeter Stroot, University of South Florida Assistant Professor Dept. of Civil and Environmental EngineeringBernard Batson, University of South Florida Mr. Bernard Batson has experience in higher education in the implementation of student peer mentoring programs, fellowship application workshops, retention programs, and the graduate school admissions process for students from underrepresented groups. He is the Program Manager of the NSF IGERT, NSF Bridge to the Doctorate, and Alfred P. Sloan Minority Ph.D. Programs at USF. Since Fall 2004, he has

Conference Session

Best Practices in Industrial Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathryne Newton, Purdue University; Edie Schmidt, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2007-1761: INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN SUPPORT OF ANENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SOFTWARE APPLICATION FOR ASUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY: AGRADUATE STUDENT PROJECTKathryne Newton, Purdue UniversityEdie Schmidt, Purdue University Page 12.905.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Instructional Development in Support of an Enterprise Resource PlanningSoftware Application for a Supply Chain Management Technology Laboratory: A Graduate Student ProjectAbstractThe XXX Program, within the Department of YYYin the ZZZ (ZZZ) at WWW University,has recently developed a Supply Chain Management Technology (SCMT) Laboratory.Supply chain

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Stephan A. Durham; W. Micah Hale; Seamus Freyne

Distributing Course Materials Through Online Assistance Stephan A. Durham1, W. Micah Hale2, Seamus Freyne3 1 University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center / 2University of Arkansas / 3Manhattan CollegeAbstractOften times a professor encourages students to review lecture topics, book chapters, and papersprior to class. This preparation allows students to become familiar with the lecture subject andprovides opportunity for in-class discussion. It is also ideal in a laboratory setting to distributeexperimental data to the entire class with minimal effort. The author currently utilizes a web-based educational tool called Blackboard ™. This online

Conference Session

Integrating Mathematics, Science, and Engineering

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenna Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University

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Mathematics

their first two years, students often fail to make connections between related concepts intheir calculus and introductory science courses. This disconnect early in their curriculum canhamper engineering majors in their ability to understand how these courses relate to theirdiscipline and can serve as a “turn-off” for students who fail to engage in these courses. Here wepresent how we have tried to address this problem by integrating basic calculus concepts into theintroductory freshman and sophomore biology, chemistry and physics science laboratory courses.In this paper, we will feature a biology laboratory experiment where students examine a growthcurve for algae, a chemistry lab involving an instantaneous rate calculation for a rocket launch

Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ioana Voiculescu, City College of the City University of New York; Benjamin Liaw, City College of the City University of New York

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-1284: A NOVEL LABWORK APPROACH FOR TEACHING AMECHATRONICS COURSEIoana Voiculescu, City College of the City University of New York Professor Ioana Voiculescu received a Ph. D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Politehnica University, Timisoara, Romania, in 1997 in the field of Precision Mechanics. She finished her second doctorate in 2005, also in Mechanical Engineering, but with the emphasis in MEMS. She has worked for five years at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, in Washington, DC in the area of MEMS gas sensors and gas preconcentrators. Currently, she is developing a MEMS laboratory in the Mechanical Engineering Department at City College of New York. She is an IEEE

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Phillip du Plessix, University of Calgary; Graham Armitage, University of Calgary; Kara Chomistek, University of Calgary; Clifton Johnston, University of Calgary; Daryl Caswell, University of Calgary; Mohamed Nazir, University of Calgary; Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary; Diane Douglas, University of Calgary; Brigit Knecht, University of Calgary

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Design in Engineering Education

University ofCalgary, Schulich School of Engineering for the first year design and communication courses.These courses promote a hands-on, inquiry based learning environment where students build andtest a variety of projects in a dynamic, open-ended curriculum. To allow for a truly hands-ondesign experience, the laboratories are equipped with tool chests containing various hand andpower tools, available for student use during the construction and testing of their projects.Despite the fact that there have been few injuries in the design laboratories, it became clearthrough observations of students and instructors that many of the tools were being usedincorrectly. Allowing for student use of hand tools in the laboratory comes with inherent

Conference Session

Outreach Projects and General Energy Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Valentina Cecchi, Drexel University; Michael Kleinberg, Drexel University; Milo Tong, Drexel University; Bridget Kleinberg, Drexel University; Karen Miu, Drexel University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

students, were re-designed and adapted for outreach education. Aniterative design procedure was employed with the active involvement of and feedback from anon-engineer and a high school student. New laboratory manuals were developed and a new setof laboratory activities were selected. Assessment surveys were also created to evaluate theparticipants’ understanding of the material and the effectiveness of the hardware laboratoryexperience.I. Introduction In response to the general public’s increasing interest in power and energy systems,especially for non-engineering professionals that require education and training in electric powersystems, the power engineering community has responded with the development of severaleducational courses, e.g. [1

Conference Session

Design of Lab Experiments II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gerald Recktenwald, Portland State University; Robert Edwards, Pennsylvania State University-Erie

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

. Page 12.1562.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Using Simple Experiments to Teach Core Concepts in the Thermal and Fluid SciencesIntroductionThis paper documents the start of a research project involving laboratory exercises for coreundergraduate classes in the thermal and fluid sciences. Students perform experiments oneveryday technology such as a hair dryer, a bicycle pump, a blender, a computer power supply,and a toaster, or very simple hardware such as a tank of water with a hole in it, or a pipe sectionwith a change of area. The equipment is chosen because it is familiar to students, or at least thatthe physical principles of operation are easy to understand. The laboratory