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International Case Studies, Interactive Learning, Student Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Reza Sanati-Mehrizy; Afsaneh Minaie

only: • CNS 4260 Digital Simulations • CNS 4380 Adv/High-performance Computer Architecture • CNS 489R Undergraduate Research Project • EENG 2750 Circuit Theory • EENG 2740 Digital Design I • EENG 3740 Digital Design II • EENG 3750 Signals & Systems I • EENG 3770 Signals & Systems IIComputer Engineering area of specialty takes a minimum of 15 credits from the following:(minimum of 6 credits must be EENG) • EENG 4750 Digital Signal Processing • EENG 4760 Semiconductor Devices • EENG 4730 Embedded Systems • CNS 3400 Software Engineering • CNS 3520 Database Theory

Conference Session

Web Education II: Hardware/Examples

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Carl Steidley; Rafic Bachnak

acquired data for laterprocessing. The implementation of a digital video camera that offers real time images onthe published front panel was also described. Employing the video camera to monitorexperiments enhances the learning process. In the current experiment, for example,students can actually see the LED in the lab turning on when the measured temperaturegoes over a high temperature limit. The system is functional using either Netscape orInternet Explorer.AcknowledgementThis project is funded in part by the Air Force Research Office, award # F49620-01-1-0557. References[1] I. Gustavsson, “A remote laboratory for electrical experiments,” Proceedings of the 2002 ASEE Annual Conference and

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Innovative & Computer-Assisted Lab Study

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Walsh

laboratory exposures at best pedantic and at worstexercises that abrogate the fundamental purpose of laboratory-based learning experiences. Suchtreatments obfuscate critical information, and perpetuate erroneous mindsets as there are few, ifany, processes or applications operating at elevated temperatures where thermal gradients are absentand where heating and cooling rates are not critical.Well-developed and well-conceived laboratories are a key component in student learning,underpin subsequent independent project based learning and support the development ofengineering judgment. Laboratories provide alternative means of developing understanding forthe ever-increasing variety of learning styles represented in our classrooms. The contrast

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Humann

Industrial Design Clinic in Mechanical and Materials Engineering. The Clinic has processedover 70 different industrial projects, with sponsorship form a diverse range of industries of all sizes-from the verylarge like the Boeing Co. to small start-up firms. He is the recipient of numerous teaching awards, most notablybeing declared a Marion Smith Finalist.M. GRANT NORTON is Associate Professor in the School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering and Chair of theMaterials Science Program. He has won several awards for teaching including the ASEE Outstanding Teaching Page 9.210.12Award for the Pacific Northwest in 1996. Dr. Norton

Conference Session

Assessment & Evaluation of Graphics Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie Petlick; Alice Scales

Selecting an Appropriate Statistical Test for Research Conducted in Engineering/Graphics Education: A Process Alice Y. Scales, Julie H. Petlick North Carolina State UniversityAbstractIndividuals in institutions of higher education who are involved in research on teachingengineering graphics, and other projects, are frequently confounded by the process of selectingthe appropriate statistical test to analyze the data they collect. Research studies are usually only aportion of faculty member's work, and they generally only have taken one or two requiredcourses in statistics during their graduate work. For these reasons, they either have to consultwith a

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

J.W. Bruce

, where aworkday is defined as eight person-hours of effort, development costs per LoC are computedassuming a hourly rate of $75/hour, and a code quality measure is computed as number ofidentified defects per thousand LoC. Data collection is facilitated by forms for recording timespent in each activity, recording details of defects found, and summarizing inspection findings.A spreadsheet is provided to compute all measures by individual, team, and design task.Example data collection forms and spreadsheets can be obtained by contacting the author.2.3 Use with Design Project in [1]At several points during the semester, design teams are required to forward their measures datato the instructor. Individual and team data is disseminated to the class

Conference Session

IE Accreditation and Program Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Palmer; Terri Lynch-Caris; Matthew Sanders

associate professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering program atKettering University. He received his Ph.D. from Texas Tech University and both BS and MS from Indiana State Page 9.1384.8University. He led the Industrial Engineering Program assessment activities for 2003 ABET visit. His interest is insystems management and systems design and has extensive consulting experience in cost related projects. “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alene Harris; Chad Washington; Patrick Norris

import/export: Data should be able to be imported to, or exported from, the system in a variety of standard formats. 7. Report archive: All reports generated by the system should be archived and accessible for future use.A number of different technologies were considered for development in light of thesespecifications, including use of “platform neutral” languages such as Java (Sun Microsystems),or a completely web-based application utilizing PHP (open source) or .net (Microsoft) scriptscoupled with a database. Given resource constraints for this project, the most efficient solutionwas to implement the VOS Data Manager in Excel macros utilizing the Visual Basic forApplications (“VBA” - Microsoft) language. While this choice did not

Conference Session

Web-Based Instruction

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mukasa Ssemakula

Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education.computer-based tools become an important means of enhancing student learning and they havebeen taken advantage of in this course.In addition to its simulation capabilities, Excel’s computational power was also used extensivelyboth for straight instruction, and to help demonstrate solution procedures. Consider for examplethe issue of determining the internal rate of return (IRR) on an investment. The IRR is defined asthe interest rate for which the Net Present Worth (NPW) of a project is zero. When done byhand, determining the IRR value is a tedious task requiring an iterative computation of NPWvalues at different interest rates until an interest rate is found for which the NPW value is

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hilkat S. Soysal; Oguz Soysal

been offering four-year Electrical Engineeringprogram since 1997 in collaboration with University of Maryland College Park (UMCP).All introductory courses, upper division labs, and project courses are delivered by FSUfaculty in traditional format. Most of the upper level classes are offered by UMCPDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering via Interactive Video Network(IVN). Following the ABET Accreditation Committee visit in fall 2002, the “FrostburgCollaborative Electrical Engineering Program” has been accredited as a separate programof the University of Maryland’s Clark School of Engineering.Students are initially admitted to FSU through the regular admission process. If they areinterested in electrical engineering, they declare

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in MFG ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mitch Keil; Sam Ramrattan; Jorge Rodriguez; Alamgir Choudhury

systems used in the productionof cores and molds.The purpose of this project was to develop a process control tool for measuring thermaldistortion in chemically bonded sand systems. The objectives of this study were: 1) to develop athermal distortion tester (TDT) for use with the disc transverse specimen (DTS), and 2) to definethe protocol to follow in order to acquire useful information relating to thermal distortionproperties of chemically bonded sands.BackgroundIn 1966, the British Cast Iron Research Association (BCIRA) developed a Hot Distortion Testerfor Quality Control in Production of Chemically Bonded Sands.3 The heat source for this tester isa gas burner with no direct control over heat input. The open flame interacting with

Conference Session

TIME 3: Thermal Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Choate

& Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering EducationROBERT CHOATERobert Choate teaches thermo-fluid and professional component courses in Mechanical Engineering at WKU,including the Sophomore Design, Junior Design and the ME Senior Project Design course sequence. Prior toteaching at WKU, he was a principal engineer for CMAC Design Corporation, designing and verifying thermalmanagement solutions for telecommunication, data communication and information technology equipment. Page 9.116.7 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Program Delivery Methods & Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stuart Kellogg

isavailable at the master’s level only and is specifically designed to meet the needs of practicingengineers and technologists who need a theoretical foundation for quantitative decision-makingand modern management techniques. The program requires 32 credits of coursework coveringfour basic areas: management, finance, operations, and quantitative methods. Students areallowed to transfer up to 12 credit hours provided the hours are from an accredited university andare approved by the student’s committee. Program requirements may be satisfied through eithera thesis or an independent project option. The program was converted from engineeringmanagement in 1991 as a response to changing industry requirements and has since become apopular program of study

Conference Session

Integrating Math into Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Arlie Donaldson

illustrate comparison for the four cases treated.A major presumption in this approach is that the convective coefficient, the heat capacity, theemissivity and the resistance of the wire do not change substantially during the experiment. Theformer of these presumptions bears further examination on the part of the students; the latter wasstudied in an elective group project and found to be approximately valid, i.e., about 10%variation in electrical resistivity throughout the experiment was found. Consequence of variationin wire emissivity and heat capacity will be discussed later when analytical predictions arecompared to experimental measurements.In order to complete the integration of Eq. (1) for the latter three case, values for both theconvective

Conference Session

Entrepreneurial/Innovative Communication

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Gunn

Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”communication skill reinforcement comes in the form of their reading of the text and telling thewriter what they as simple readers of the text feel about its production. The simple things that Ihave reported in the text above are what they look for and report back to the writers. This is notmeant to be a massive “English” project. The graduate students are predominantly internationalso I am more interested in their role as fellow mechanical engineers who are giving theircomments to colleagues. I have found little problem if any in the evaluation of domestic studentsby internationals. In actuality, part of this work involves learning to

Conference Session

Technology, Communications & Ethics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert McLaughlan

rivers. The Forum activity specifically seeks to promotemultiple perspective-taking on a controversial science and technology public issue anddevelop conflict management skills, critical thinking and collaborative skillsTechnology Integration Report (60%) Task 3: In this component of the subject, studentsaddress issues surrounding the integration of Technology into a particular business or socio-political context. They produce a report which seeks to address the adoption, consultation orevaluation of a technology product, project, plan, policy or programme. The available reporttypes are an Impact Evaluation report, a Stakeholder Engagement Report, Product-ServiceEvaluation report and an Innovation Evaluation report.Structure of the Structured

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs and Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rasha Morsi

Page 9.129.9engineering, allowing students to learn more and at their own pace, to understand more deeply Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationthrough the interactive nature of the tool, and to enjoy their learning experience more withminimal frustration.AcknowledgmentsThe Karnaugh Map Evaluator was programmed by a group of four students (Joseph Shaw,Robert Kost, Nayda Caasi, and Jay DeGuzman), under the supervision of the author, as a seniordesign project for their Computer Engineering degree in the Electrical and ComputerEngineering Department at Old Dominion University.Bibliography[1

Conference Session

TIME 5: Solid Mechanics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Glenn Beltz; Marie Dahleh

in the major; some had previously taken Statics but wanted to earn abetter grade, and some were supposed to have taken Statics during an earlier quarter and wantedto get back on track with their peers. Obviously, when comparing the performance of thosetaking Statics in the Fall versus the Summer, one must bear in mind that the makeup of thestudent groups differs in these respects.About half way through the Statics course in Summer, 2003, the students were asked about theeffectiveness of the six-week versus a ten-week format. Although they had not taken Statics onthe 10-week format, they were asked to make this comparison by projecting their experiencewith Statics onto their past experience with other traditional, ten-week technical courses

Conference Session

Computer-Based Measurements

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Raymond Tavares; Anthony Duva; Mansour Zenouzi

Page 9.923.2education. In fact a minimum of 40 percent of a program’s technical contact hours must beProceeding of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Educationassociated with a combination of laboratory and project work over the entire baccalaureateexperience.During the 1960s the students were taught to operate an industrial power plant, using a three-story Erie City boiler located in the power plant of the main campus. The steam produced wassupplied to a GE turbine located in a thermodynamics laboratory adjacent to the power plantwith an accompanying condenser for the exhaust steam. Vacuum pumps operated the

Conference Session

Course/Program Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cottrell

. Professors develop individualcourse assessment plans identifying appropriate techniques for each outcome for eachcourse. Assessment practices are not limited to survey data, however, but may alsoinclude the following: Written or Oral Exams Individual or Group Exercises, Home Work or Projects Performance Appraisals Simulations Targeted Written Surveys and Questionnaires Exit Surveys and Interviews Focus Group Discussions External Examination by Another Member of the Staff and Faculty Behavioral Observations At the program level, program chairmen in consultation with their respective staff andfaculty will complete a comprehensive assessment of the program based on faculty

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Baumann

masteryof subject matter at Baylor University. 30 Although not completely unique, the new program atCCSU joins the small subset that integrates first-year experiences into its problem-solvingintroductory course. Additionally, the culminating team design project which uses several learnedproblem-solving principles and skill sets seemingly makes it special compared to programs in theliterature surveyed.II. First Year Experience Activities IntroducedInstructors for FYE sections of courses at CCSU receive training prior to their course offerings.This training imparts a better understanding of first-year students, provides a specific profile ofthe CCSU student, and reviews the results of surveys given to FYE student populations. Upontraining completion

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Silliman; Leo Hubbard McWilliams; John Uhran; Catherine Pieronek

-Year EngineeringStudents,” 2002 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 2002.2. The College Board, “Guidelines on the Uses of College Board Test Scores and Related Data,” College EntranceExamination Board, 2002.3. Pieronek, C., McWilliams, L.H, Silliman, S.E., “Initial Observations on Student Retention and CourseSatisfaction Based on First-Year Engineering Student Surveys and Interviews,” 2003 ASEE Annual Conference andExposition, Nashville, Tennessee, June 2003.CATHERINE PIERONEKCatherine Pieronek, J.D., has served as director the Women’s Engineering Program at the University of Notre Damesince 2002. She has worked as a senior systems engineer on NASA spacecraft projects at TRW Space & DefenseSector, and as

Conference Session

Pre-College and ECE Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Stirewalt

identifies distinctphases that are performed sequentially (Figure 1). Briefly, analysis produces a systemspecification; system design produces a system architecture that allocates responsibilitiesto major hardware and software components; detailed design develops (or reuses)interfaces for individual software modules; and implementation implements thesemodules.Each phase produces a tangible artifact; however the only executable artifact is the finalimplementation, and in real projects, software development may proceed for severalyears before a fully developed executable appears. Thus, much of the software-engineering body of knowledge includes principles, notations, and heuristic methods thatsupport these early phases and (to some extent) the

Conference Session

Materials Science for Nonmajors

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jamie Workman

Telecommunications Classrooms with an Emphasis on Soft Skills, www.nctt.org/experientiallearning 4. Workman, J. Siurek, A. Smith G., Development of a Multimedia Laboratory Supplement for an Introduction to Materials Course: A Computer Graphics Technology Senior Design Project, Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Montreal, Quebec, June 2002Biographical Information Page 9.891.8 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs and Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Feng Jao; Khalid Al-Olimat

-based instruction,” Computers & Education, 40, pp183-191, 2003.[3] R. A. Bartsch & K. M. Cobern, “Effectiveness of PowerPoint presentations in lectures,” Computer & Education, 41, pp 77-86, 2003.[4] S. M. Butzin, “Using instructional technology in transformed learning environments: An evaluation of project child,” Journal of Research in Computing Education, 33(4), pp 367-384, 2000.[5] M. H. Hopson, R. L. Simms & G. A. Knezek, “Using a technologically enriched environment to improve higher-order thinking skills,” Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 34(2), pp 109-119, 2002.[6] S. T. Marina, “Facing the challenges, getting the right way with distance learning,” Ed at a Distance, 15

Conference Session

Building Bridges with Community Colleges

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gordy Skattum; Clifford Mirman

Tech 302 Tech 496 - p:Tech265,302,395 Supervision in Ind - (f,s) Graphic Pres and Comm - (f,s) Industrial Project Mgmt - (f,s)as well as a 23 credit hour technical area of study. To satisfy the needs of the on-campusstudents, the Department offers technical areas of study in plastics, computer-aided-design,manufacturing, and safety. However, there is also a 23-credit special technical studies area thatallows the Department to transfer the technical Associates of Applied Sciences (AAS) degreesfrom the various Community Colleges. For the off-campus programs, students are instructed totake basic and fundamental courses and complete an AAS degree, in addition to the NIUmanagement/supervisory

Conference Session

ECE Education and Engineering Mathematics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Roland Thomas; Albert Rosa

solution to theproblem. In the early 1990’s the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)began emphasizing the importance of design in the curriculum. What ABET sought to influencewere programs wherein students had some experience with design before they attempted theircapstone design project. Although design was usually added to other than circuits courses, a fewbrave circuits instructors began to add some design content to their courses. Some circuits textsbegan to include some design problems. Today including design content in the first and/orsecond circuits course is still far from being universally adopted. Many students, especiallythose in non-electrical/computer engineering programs, view linear circuits as uninteresting

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Raviv

from sitting in a designated exit seat if they cannot speak, read or understand the instructions.”H) Activities for experiencing design basics and exercising the “more than one solution”approachTransportation projects. Several teams are formed to solve specific real-lifemultidisciplinary problems in intelligent vehicles. Each team (also called “E-Team”) isassigned a task. The teams use problem solving strategies to generate ideas, choose the bestsolution, complete comprehensive patent and marketability searches, and design prototypes.Examples for E-Team tasks that were suggested to the students:•Sensor fusion system for detecting obstacles•Smart bumpers to minimize collision effects•Advanced collision-warning system•Radar-based system

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in MFG ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shawn Strong; Scott Amos; Richard Callahan

first step inaddressing these issues. For example, students could be introduced to the sampling proceduresfor inspection by variables1. They could then be assigned a project that requires thedetermination of appropriate sample size and procedure. Additional assignments might involveappropriate data collection and recording procedures for control charts as described by theAmerican National Standard for Control Charts2.Gage Repeatability and ReproducibilityWhen collecting data for analysis, assuring that accurate gages and gaging methods are used is acritical first step. Incorrect use of common measuring devices such as calipers and micrometers

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gul Okudan Kremer

Visited: 9/25/03 Engineering Design Project II5 University of GE103 - Mechanical http://www.ge.uiuc.edu/crsinfo/crsdesc/ge103.ht Illinois–Urbana- Engineering Desktop ml Champaign Graphics and Site visited: 9/18/03 Design ME170 ProEngineer http://www.mie.uiuc.edu/content/asp/programs/c Computer Aided ourse_offerings/100_level_mechanical_engineer Design ing_courses.asp