Conference Session

Capacity Building: Engineering for Development & Megatrends

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hsiao-Shen Tsao; Belle Wei

tour into three groups and have eachgroup work on a project starting with their pre-trip activities through the culminatingdebriefing presentations to the entire College of Engineering. Through a thorough studyof the host organizations during the pre-trip activities, we plan to request more in-depthpresentations and collaborations during the visits. We plan also to broaden our scope ofvisits so as to make it more relevant to all engineering students of the College.A major new skill required to succeed in this global era is the ability to work in multi-function teams. To further improve the program, we will include three business studentsand one humanities student to provide to our students firsthand experience in working insuch teams. These

Conference Session

BME Technical Modules and Laboratories

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Alan Sahakian

students in class. Theinstructor briefly summarized the components of the NMR apparatus and their functions.In this summary, each component and the associated parameters in relation to othercomponents were described. The instructor simultaneously projected the camera towardthe components he was referring to. Each component was shown one-by-one, its functionand relation to the other components were stated.Evaluation instrumentTo explore the effectiveness of the NMR demonstration, we designed an NMRdemonstration student questionnaire. The questionnaire comprised four items written inLikert-scale and open-ended type.The first item was intended to assess the extent to which students think the NMRdemonstration a) made the listed concepts visible to

Conference Session

What's New in Engineering Economy

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

H. Jean Russo; Joseph Hartman

production is expected to last for 10 years with each pound costing $5.50 toproduct but generating $12 in revenue. Clean up and remediation costs are estimated at $25million at the end of production. What is the present worth of the project assuming a MARR of18%? Page 10.1439.2 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright • 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Session 2639These two examples illustrate how we intend to infuse “real problems” into

Conference Session

Integrating Mathematics and Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

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Todd Johnson; Eric Key, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez; Dale Buechler, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

Design,”Journal of Engineering Education, Apr. 2000, pp. 167-175.[8] Mary Besterfield-Sacre, Cynthia J. Atman, Larry J. Shuman, “Characteristics of FreshmanEngineering Students: Models for Determining Student Attrition in Engineering,” Journal ofEngineering Education, Apr. 1997, pp. 139-149.[9] Carole Morning and Jacqueline Fleming, “Project Preserve: A Program to Retain Minoritiesin Engineering,” Journal of Engineering Education, Jul. 1994, pp. 237-242. Page 10.461.9 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Hunter

class on leadership traits presented in ISE 3910, EngineeringLeadership and Project Management, offered by the Department of Industrial and SystemsEngineering at Tennessee Technological University. After a brief lecture on the history of thebattle of Agincourt, the students took roles and acted out a portion of Act IV of Henry V duringclass. After the student performance, the corresponding scene with the “Band of Brothers”speech from the Kenneth Branagh version of the film Henry V11 was shown for comparison.This introduction generated good class discussion of leadership traits.Vignette Example #3: The Wreck of the Old 97This vignette includes the history of an actual train wreck and some music history about thecountry ballad that resulted from

Conference Session

Measuring Perceptions of Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Christine Cunningham; Cathy P. Lachapelle; Anna Lindgren-Streicher

guide the field [4-6].One of stumbling blocks that has been identified is that scholars have not yet come to consensuson the specific concepts and process understandings that comprise technological literacy [7].More clarification at the national, state, district, or project level could provide some guidelines.However, we have chosen to begin to investigate conceptions at a much more basic level;specifically, what do students think engineering and technology are? One could argue that forany person to be technologically literate, s/he must first have some idea of what engineering andtechnology are. Though they are surrounded by the products of engineering in our everydaylives, students and the general public generally don’t understand what

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gabe Garcia; Ian Leslie

art technologies and skills• Advance the state of knowledge and practice in pedagogy in engineering and computer science and publication and dissemination of the results• Provide more effective support to group-based educational activities, especially with regards to retention of a diverse student population• Provide a rich environment for new hardware/software projects with wireless technologyAt the same time the HP Mobility Grant was awarded to NMSU the Mechanical EngineeringDepartment finished construction of a computer classroom which contained 52 windowsbased machines. This essentially reduced the demand for a wireless classroom because theresources were now available to students through the newly constructed computer classroom.At

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Dick Blandford

can "see" the bits interacting with the hardwareprovides a vehicle for teaching what microprogramming is all about. The software described inthis paper runs under the Windows XP operating system and is used in several projects in asophomore-level electrical engineering class on logic design. It allows students to microprograma simulated 8-bit computer and to visualize such architectural features as pipelining, the storedprogram, and the arithmetic and logic unit (alu) loop.II. Characteristics of the simulated machineThe simulated machine is loosely based on the Intel 8080 8-bit cpu that dates back to the midseventies. This machine has roughly the same register set, accumulator-based architecture, andALU functions. It is however

Conference Session

First-Year Design Experiences

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michelle Sabick; John Gardner; Patricia Pyke; William Knowlton; Amy Moll

materials and how it affects profits and process design • Turning a profit is difficult • The importance of planning • The importance of testing the process and how easy it is to overestimate the process • Ergonomics is important and affects the operators performance • The importance and difficulty of process and quality controlOne student commented, “There is a lot of engineering involved in making a simple peanutbutter cracker sandwich because our team spent a lot of time coming up with an original processthat would enable us to make a profit. I learned a lot from this project about quality and processcontrol, and I am even more motivated than ever before to get my degree in

Conference Session

A Renaissance in NRE Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Bennion; Jay Kunze; Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar; Michael Lineberry

schooled in the physical sciences, but desiring to have a better understanding of nuclear technology and related issues.• A cooperative research arrangement between the ISU Idaho Accelerator Center (IAC, on the Pocatello campus) and the INL has existed for nearly 15 years. The IAC has a dozen charged particle accelerators, most accelerating electrons, with peak energies in the MeV range, the highest energy unit being 50 MeV. Since the INL has no accelerators, research agreements were established in which INL engineers and scientists set up their research experiments at the IAC, and are provided office space and working space. The INL/ISU teams have worked jointly together on a variety of projects, and publish the results

Conference Session

Design of Lab Experiments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Dave Confer; Steven York; Michael Gregg; Jeffrey Connor

introduction to fuel cells in lecture, prior to any work in the lab.A worksheet (attachment) is provided that contains basic information specific to the fuelcells to be used, safety precautions and a set of pre-lab questions/calculations. The pre-lab questions are due prior to the start of lab work. Students are also referred to specificinternet sources for additional information if they wish to investigate further. Twoexcellent web sources on fuel cells3,4 are: • Smithsonian Fuel Cell Project. A very good overview of all fuel cell types written so that anyone may understand without prior knowledge on the subject. (http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/csr/fuelcells/basics.htm) • Ballard Inc. This site contains an excellent video

Conference Session

New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Xianfgu Zong; Marcia Fischer; Malgorzata Chranowska-Jeske; James Morris; Fu Li; Cynthia Brown; Agnes Hoffman

IIIST. PSU faculty andadministrators traveling to IIIST review facilities and equipment to ensure that they areappropriate for PSU instruction. IIIST provides classrooms, computers and software,internet connections, projection and other instructional equipment. PSU classroomfacilities on campus and the Distance Learning Center provide support for the program.Laboratories: Students at IIIST take required Electrical and Computer Engineeringlaboratory courses on the campus of Fudan University in Shanghai, through an agreementbetween IIIST and Fudan. PSU faculty have visited the lab facilities at Fudan, and reportthat the facilities and equipment are comparable to those at PSU. The equipment at Fudanis functionally the same as that at PSU, though

Conference Session

Mathematics Curriculum in Transition

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Kaplan; Kathleen Kaplan

. Modeling is the research part where the event is studied and arepresentation is formalized; simulation builds upon the model and creates an implementationwith respect to time over the given event. By using modeling and simulation, important data canbe obtained that would be a basis for making managerial or technical decisions9. Typicalexamples of modeling and simulation are aircraft flight simulators or electronic circuit Page 10.918.3simulators, and a specific example of a Markov Chain M&S project is weapon’s system andsoftware evaluation10. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth A. Stephan; Benjamin L. Sill; Matthew Ohland

Session Adapting Engineering Laboratories to Enhance Learning using Real-Time Sensors Matthew W. Ohland, Elizabeth A. Stephan, and Benjamin L. Sill General Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634AbstractClemson’s NSF-sponsored EXPerimental Engineering in Real-Time (EXPERT) project isdesigned to assess the efficacy of using real-time sensors connected to laptops in engineeringclasses. Earlier papers described the painstaking procedure used to develop parallellaboratories—one set of laboratories using sensors and another set of laboratories not usingsensors

Conference Session

Thermal Systems

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Smith; Ralph Volino

Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”their own convection experiment. While challenging, this was a rewarding experience for manyof the students and the instructors.AcknowledgementsThe authors are deeply indebted to Mr. Charlie Popp for his technical advice; and forconstructing and assembling the heat transfer benches. The quality of the final product was thedirect result of his organization and attention to detail. The authors would also like to thanksProf. Karen Flack for her encouragement, advice and direction towards more individual hands-onexperiments.References[1] Shawn Kim, H.W. “Improvement of an Undergraduate Thermal Fluid Laboratory Through Innovative Laboratory Design Project”, Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE

Conference Session

Lab Experiments & Other Initiatives

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Claydon; Betty Barr; David Shattuck; Stuart Long; Jennifer Ruchhoeft; Julie Trenor

season (i.e. semester)without losing eligibility. The key element of Redshirt Camp is the creation of a learningcommunity in which students collaborate in small groups on challenging exercises. Topics arenot only intended to strengthen students’ base knowledge in pertinent course-related content (e.g.units, vector calculus, and linear algebra), but are intended to help the students discover andpractice effective learning strategies such as time management and reading comprehension,which they can apply to future coursework, research, and work projects. All entering sophomores and incoming transfer students are invited to participate at nocost to the student. Since many of our students hold part time jobs and taking time off from workcould

Conference Session

A Renaissance in NRE Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Marc Garland; Abdel Bayoumi; Travis Knight

Dr. Saed Mirzadeh. His research interestsare in the production and use of radioisotopes in medicine, for both diagnostic and therapeutic applications.ABDEL BAYOUMI, Ph.D., is a Professor and Department Chair of Mechanical Engineering at USC with over 25years of teaching and research experience. Before joining USC, he was a Prof. of Mechanical and Aerospace Eng.at North Carolina State Univ., a project manager at Hewlett-Packard, and a Prof. of Mechanical and Materials Eng.at Washington State Univ. His research activities have been focused in mechanical behavior of materials, diagnosisand prognosis of mechanical systems, mechanical design, design for manufacturability, concurrent engineering,mechatronics, non-destructive testing of materials

Conference Session

Communication Skills in Aerospace Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Patric McElwain; James Helbling; Angela Beck

required course in Technical Report Writing devoted toengineering students, these students were still having difficulty mastering the organization,formatting, and technical style of lab reports and other professional genre. This paper introducesthe project and its academic context, describes the process by which the manual was composedand classroom tested, and outlines future plans for similar manuals at Embry-Riddle based uponthe success of the College of Engineering Style Manual. Sample entries from the manual areprovided in a set of Appendices as well.IntroductionThe following sections describe the development of the College of Engineering (COE) StyleManual at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) in Prescott, Arizona. The manualwas

Conference Session

Real World Applications

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Alberto Gomez-Rivas; Jorge Tito-Izquierdo; George Pincus

Copyright ©2005, American Society for Engineering Education”curing in determining the final quality of the concrete. The course is required for students of theStructural Analysis and Design major, but students of other majors, such as philosophy or otherengineering technology majors also register for this course, principally because of the practicaland hand-on nature of the instruction.The most important outcome of the Modern Concrete Technology course is the practicalexperience gained by the students in the development of the mix design, manufacturing, andmodern admixtures to obtain the type of concrete necessary for a specific project. The studentsalso develop a critical understanding of concrete behavior because they compare their resultswith

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven VanderLeest

solutions that may or may not be viable in other contexts.5.2 Curricular ApproachesThe curriculum can be adjusted to provide engineering students with a better introduction topostmodern thought. A greater emphasis on design projects with appropriate guidance to includenon-technical aspects can impel students to confront the ideas of postmodernism. However,students tend to quickly narrow in on the technical aspects, so it is usually necessary to makesome part of the grade contingent on a consideration of broader, non-technical aspects of thedesign, exploring how the design will impact society and how society informs the design.Sacks calls for the kind of breadth in engineering education that the liberal arts can provide as ameans to appreciation of

Conference Session

ME Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hakan Gurocak

theexample of how the partnership process worked over the past two years to create a uniqueprogram. Included in the discussion are streamlining of course content and creditsbetween the three institutions, mechanics of course transfer, admissions, enrollment, jointrecruitment and marketing efforts. The Institute opened its doors for the first time in Fall2004. The current enrollment in mechanical engineering, and in the Institute, projections,success stories, lessons learned and the feedback from the community are reported.III. The InstituteThe Institute is a public/private partnership and an inter-institutional partnership. Itsgoals are to provide: (1) Undergraduate programs giving access to high demand fields forthe citizens of southwest Washington

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ollis

(ASEE), October, 1997.9. Krupczak, J., “Reaching Out Across Campus: Engineers as Champions of Technological Literacy,” in Liberal Education in Twenty-first Century Engineering, (editors: Ollis, D.S., Neeley, K.A., and Luegenbiehl, H.C., Peter Lang Publishers, New York, NY, 2004, pp. 171-188.10. Krupczak, J., et al., “Hands-On Laboratory Projects for Non-Science Majors: Learning Principles of Physics in the Context of Everyday Technology,” J. Krupczak et al., ASEE Proceeding, June, 2000, St. Louis.11. Ollis, D. “Installing a Technology Literacy Course: Trials and Tribulations”, Proceedings of ASEE annual mtg., Salt Lake City, 2004, UT.12. Byars, N.A., “Technology Literacy Classes: The State of the Art,” J. Engineering Education

Conference Session

Mechanics, Machine Design & Mechanisms

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Nashwan Younis

has to fulfill only one, very importantrequirement, the light beam has to be parallel. The cost of equipment is less than $2000. Toachieve this property, the light source must have the essential features of a point source. Page 10.612.2Divergent light is used primarily to enlarge the caustic image. The direct recording of the Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationcaustics image is possible in transmission arrangements as well as in reflection arrangements.This was accomplished by projecting

Conference Session

Innovative & Computer-Assisted Lab Study

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rafic Bachnak

larger programs. The programming style is much like the C programminglanguage, however, actual code input is done graphically rather than typed with a texteditor. This makes it easy for non-programmers to quickly create and debug applications.The software integrates seamlessly with data acquisition and measurement products fromNational Instruments. When used with the SCXI system, the result is very quickdevelopment of powerful measurement and control applications.Perhaps the biggest benefit of the LabVIEW system is that it includes hundreds of VI’sthat are ready to use in a custom program. In the development of this project I took fulladvantage of ready-made VI’s for control, acquisition, and analysis.LabVIEW Software VI’sThe software is perhaps

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Anderton; Karim Salman

microprocessors and ciphering. Page 10.8.15 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”MICHAEL B. ANDERTON is a Graduate Assistant at Middle Tennessee State University where hereceived his B.S. in Engineering Technology. His undergraduate senior project involved work with theResidue Number System. His graduate research interest includes System-on-chip (SoC) technology. Page 10.8.16 “Proceedings of the 2005 American

Conference Session

Energy Program and Software Tools

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammed Fahmy; Recayi Pecen; Faruk Taban; Ayhan Zora

[4] Favate, S. MSC Software/Boeing – 2: Buys Model, Simulation Software. Dow Jones News Service. Newswires,201-938-5400.90, 2002.[5] Diaz-Calderon, A. A Composable Simulation Environment to Support the Design of Mechatronics Systems.Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, 2000.[6] Society of Automotive Engineers. Dynamic system development tool. (Boeing Co.’s Easy5x software)(Simulation products/applications). Automotive Engineering, 58. November, 1992.[7] Johnston R., “Equipping a Process Control Lab via Department Sponsored Senior Projects”, Proceedings of the2000 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Session 3432

Conference Session

Math and K-12-Freshman Transitions

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Jackson; Jesse Petway; Doreen Lawrence; Patrick Dessert; Barbara Oakley

single year period. Crofoot went from 0.0% ofstudents exceeding Michigan state standards in 2003, to a remarkable 58.1% exceedingstandards in 2004. Owen also showed substantive improvements.The research project, a joint effort between Oakland University’s School of Engineeringand the School District of Pontiac, reveals that supplementation with the Kumon methodas a partial replacement for a traditional mathematics program appears to result insignificant improvements in statewide Michigan Educational Assessment Program testscores for mathematics. BackgroundThe Pontiac School District is an inner-urban school district located near OaklandUniversity, in Oakland County, Michigan. The performance of Pontiac

Conference Session

Academic Standards & Issues/Concerns & Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Burton

. Page 10.1048.7 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”In 2006 a new program structure will be introduced, which will involve moving the analogmaterial in Electronics 1 from first to second year and expanding it. The digital material will beretained in first year with modifications. Since the existing video material is modularized, muchof it can still be used in these two separate courses. There will, however, be the need forsupplementary video material to be produced. DC Circuits, which will continue to be taught infirst year, will also be made available on video for 2006.Another project to be

Conference Session

ME Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Boyle

components. Thus noting that the angular velocity vector ω must beperpendicular to the spatial line AB gives the relationshipωx * cos(εx ) + ωy * cos(εy ) + ωx * cos(εz ) = 0 (2)The code for angular velocity analysis, Fig. A5, can be modified to suit other types of connectingrod constraint. For example, the ball and socket joint at B could be replaced by a clevis, and thenthe connecting rod would have zero angular velocity about an axis created by the projection ofAB onto a horizontal plane. Page 10.651.3 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Carl Wick; Bradley Bishop

avoiding obstacles.The ExperimentStudents are provided with the following as building blocks for their project.- LEGO Mindstorms hardware (blocks, wheels, etc.) and motors. (No sensors or RCX)- APEX PA26 power operational amplifier- LM324 low power quad operational amplifier chip- Various CdS cells (photoresistors)- Sharp GP2D12 analog ranging sensor- Resistors and potentiometers as needed- Battery packs: 4-cell “AA” size- NiMH AA batteries- Mini bread-boardsStudents design and implement an analog controller and mobile robot using these devices. Thesystem development (ideally) follows a logical progression:Step 1) Build a power supplyBefore any hardware testing or design may occur, students must build a power supply. Lookingat the power