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2000 Annual Conference

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Donald D. Carpenter

laboratory instructors so they get significantlecture experience, but usually are still lacking in their development since they do not writesyllabi or exams. Despite these deficiencies, they are working towards a career in academia.Typically, their graduate student responsibilities do not fully prepare them for their future facultypositions.Normally, when recent graduates start their first academic jobs, they have immediate jobpressures. They are expected to quickly learn the inner-workings of their new department,school, and university, while adjusting to life in a new city, starting a research program, servingon a committee, advising students, and, time permitting, teaching. This can be a daunting taskfor someone straight out of graduate school

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2000 Annual Conference

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Oguz A. Soysal

, spreadsheet, and presentation software; gainhands on experience in workshop activities. Throughout the course, they experience differentphases of product development. In the same time, the course gives a general idea about differentaspects of the engineering profession and helps students test their abilities, strengths, andweaknesses, in order to make the correct decision in selecting their major.AcknowledgmentsLaboratory and workshop sessions of the described course were taught and supervised by ScottPfeiffer and Frank Meneghini from Allegheny Ballistic Laboratory. The author appreciates theirhelps in all phases of the course, and their contribution to the motivation of students. The authoralso appreciate the enthousiasm and hard work of the ENES

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2000 Annual Conference

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Robert Lynn Mueller

Session 1359 Inexpensive Re-Configurable Process Simulator for the Feedback Control Lab Robert Lynn Mueller The Pennsylvania State University New Kensington CampusAbstractA variety of control concepts and techniques must be covered in a comprehensive course onfeedback controls. This need for variety imposes severe demands on laboratory facilities if theyare to demonstrate an appropriate range of practical control exercises using all or most of thetechniques. This problem has been minimized through the development of a re

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2000 Annual Conference

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Russell D. Jamison

to total enrollment in the two colleges.It may be viewed in this regard as a learning laboratory whereby the understandings of cross-disciplinary education and interdisciplinary teams developed through our experience with thestudents in this program, can be translated into pedagogical tools and programs for students intraditional engineering and business curricula.Bibliography1. Panitz, Beth, Evolving Paths, ASEE Prism, September 1996, pp. 23-28.2. Restructuring Engineering Education: A Focus on Change, NSF Report 95-65, 1995.3. Bennett. Jerry, Blending Technology Education with Management, Proceedings of the Portland International Conference on the Management of Technology and Management, 1999.4. Young, Edmund J., The Integration of

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Daniel M. Chen

part. Students encountered this situation quite often, because a large number of FEA problems assigned had parts with the symmetry condition. The difficulty was how to apply the correct restraints to allow the displacements on the symmetry plane of the half model to be identical to that of the entire model. Although the experience from prior coursework helped, it was very common for even a good student to make mistakes in this part of process. This matches the instructor’s laboratory observation, that is, very few could correctly handle the restraints required for the symmetry condition at the first trial. However, by dealing with these symmetry conditions, students could understand better on how the models would react

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2000 Annual Conference

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Madhu Gourineni; Badrul H. Chowdhury

]. Bragg, J.A. Knight, C.D., and DeWeerth, S.P., “Java Programming for Engineers: Developing Courseware for a Computer-Enhanced Curriculum,” Proceedings of the 1997 ASEE Annual Conference.[7]. Zhou, G.T., and Lo, H-J. “Developing Java-Based Virtual Laboratory Tools for an Undergraduate Random Signals and Noise Course,” Proceedings of the 1997 ASEE Annual Conference.[8]. Jayanetti, P., Olcott, J., Johnson, J., and Patton. J., “A Java-based Authoring Tool for Developing Power Systems Labware,” Proceedings of the 1997 ASEE Annual Conference.BADRUL H. CHOWDHURYBadrul H. Chowdhury obtained his B.S degree in Electrical Engineering from Bangladesh Univ.of Engr. & Tech., Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1981. He obtained his M.S. and Ph.D

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2001 Annual Conference

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Micheal Parten; Heath Keene

systems along withthe high frequency of transmission makes it difficult to develop undergraduate laboratories that can beused to teach the needed concepts. Some teaching systems exist but cannot be easily tied to existingcommercial systems. Equipment to test and characterize these new commercial communicationsystems is complex and expensive.To overcome some of these problems, student projects can be developed using a PC-based system forsimulation and application. The PC-based system used in this example is LabVIEW, or LaboratoryVirtual Instrument Engineering Workbench, a graphical programming language developed by NationalInstruments. It is used extensively for data acquisition, instrument control and analysis.4 In thisexample, a communications

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2001 Annual Conference

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Robert Fithen

is an assistant professor at Arkansas Tech University. He received his B.S. in MechanicalEngineering from Louisiana Tech University, M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&MUniversity, and his PhD in Engineering Mechanics from Virginia Tech University. He spent four yearsworking at General Dynamics, Fort Worth and a total of five years working in the research division ofWright Laboratories in Dayton, Ohio. Further information may be obtained at http://mengr.atu.edu Page 6.248.8Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering

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1998 Annual Conference

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Todd Nocera; Martha Cyr; John McDonald; Chris Rogers

instrument, the students operated a Kundt’s Tube demonstrator. This demonstration has a speaker energizing the air above a pool of kerosene in a long tube. The antinodes have enough energy to kick up kerosene droplets and allow the students to see where the nodes and anti-nodes are in the tube. 7. Digital recording and aliasing Students recorded their whistle, sampling it at different frequencies to hear the effect of undersampling when they played it back (undersampling drops the whistle frequency). They also identified the frequency of their whistle using a spectrum analyzer. Figure 1: Seven Laboratory

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1998 Annual Conference

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Dr. Martin Pike

. Again, the more specific the definition of the Page 3.192.3requirement, the lower the student and instructor frustration level. Be specific as to the sectionsof the reports and what each section should contain. Give suggestions on the process of creatingthe report. For formal laboratory reports, the author suggests that the students write the body ofreport before writing the abstract. Some instructors include a sample report to use as a guide.This is very helpful to freshman students who may never have had to do a report of this naturebefore. Third, what does the instructor consider a “professional quality” to be? The authorrequires all

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1998 Annual Conference

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Susan L. Miertschin; Carole E. Goodson

when required. The goal was to make this communication direct and simple to understand.ImplementationStudent enrollment was completed in a traditional manner, and prior to the first class daystudents were required to attend an orientation session on campus. In addition to the initial visitto class for orientation, students were required to come to campus for a minimum of one classmeeting during the semester (this is a requirement of the Texas Higher Education CoordinatingBoard). The instructors used on-campus meetings for examinations but also to enable students touse the computer laboratories and specialized software. Tutoring was available in person, via e-mail or on the phone. One useful technique was to set up telephone office hours so

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1998 Annual Conference

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Ahmed El-Antably; Richard E. Pfile; Maher E. Rizkalla

technology that ranges from Power Electronics, ComputerSimulation, Data Acquisition, DSP, Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic, Electromagneticsand Energies, and Microprocessor Control. Normally these topics are covered in details inmore than fifteen credit hours, while using "only as needed" philosophy, we can cover whatwe need from these materials that serve an important application: Electric Vehicles. Thepaper details the contents of the course, the laboratory components utilizing an actualpropulsion system as donated from Delphi E. Inc, a subdivision of GM, and the role ofLabView as a data acquisition system. The course was offered in a senior project formatand the student satisfaction is reported here. In addition, the course is offered officially

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1998 Annual Conference

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Dongmei Gui; Jens Jorgensen; Joseph A. Heim

realistic dataabout product design and manufacturing. If a professor in an engineering college wanted to adda benchmarking module to a class in product design, they could search the web site databases todiscover other faculty-developed classroom/laboratory course content relating to benchmarking.This would help the students understand the purpose and methodology of benchmarking. Usingother Internet tools, they could solicit case studies and examples from several companies in orderto compare and contrast benchmarking activities within different organizations.We recognize that there are proprietary and competitive issues that might limit the type andamount of information that firms could provide. However, the opportunity to draw upon actualindustrial

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1998 Annual Conference

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Melody Ivory; Kathleen Luker; Kathleen Coppock; Erol Tutumluer; David Hill; Christine Masters; Amelia Regan; Alkim Akyurtlu; Eric Matsumoto; Sandra Shaw Courter; Sarah Pfatteicher

-Class Participation and Connecting with Students— small group discussions and “ombuds” people Kathleen Coppock, Instructor Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin at MadisonAfter EESP I had the opportunity to teach a summer laboratory capstone course for graduatingseniors in which students are divided into six-person groups to conduct a series of formalexperiments. I thought this was an ideal opportunity to turn the traditional "lecture" part of thecourse before lab work into a participatory environment where the students could discuss thetheory related to their experiments. I notified each group the day before the lab that we would bediscussing the material as a

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1998 Annual Conference

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Parviz F. Rad; David M. Woodall

management education to practicingengineers at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL)and elsewhere, the university began the planning and development of a Master'sdegree in Engineering Management. The program was carefully constructed toinclude all the skills that practicing engineers need as they make thetransition from engineers to technical managers. The program was implementedtwo years ago and is offered to local students in Moscow, Boise, and IdahoFalls; and to outreach students practically anywhere. This program signals apioneering effort in remote delivery of a graduate program. The programstructure benefits the students by increasing the availability of courses andthe exposure to a variety of teaching

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1998 Annual Conference

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Stephen E. Binney; Andrew C. Klein

depth.Nuclear Engineering courses comprise 32% of the required 192 quarter credit hours. Otherengineering, mathematics, and science courses constitute 46% of the curriculum, with the Page 3.270.1remaining 22% being liberal arts related. Primary components of the nuclear engineering coursesinclude radiation physics, radiation detectors and instrumentation, radiation safety, radiationdosimetry, nuclear regulations, nuclear fuel cycle, nuclear reactor analysis and laboratory,thermal hydraulics, and nuclear system design.In contrast to the Nuclear Engineering curriculum, the undergraduate Radiation Health Physicsprogram is less math-intensive and focuses

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1998 Annual Conference

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James V. Masi

year, and either semester senior year. The studentsare first given a lecture on diffusion. The juniors and seniors should have already had alaboratory experiment on metallography and sample preparation. Safe laboratory practiceshould be observed at all times (eg. Goggles, gloves, aprons, etc.).Objectives:The objectives of these experiments are to show that the subject of diffusion is not reallyso hard to understand and that it plays an important role in our daily lives. Diffusion ofmolecules through the air can be determined using our sense of smell. Liquid diffusioncan be observed using a paper towel or ink in water. Solid diffusion can be observed bymeasuring the movement of the coloration of a dopant ion in a glass stirring rod or dyesin

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1998 Annual Conference

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Michael Khader

telecommunication fundamentals, networking, opticalfiber communications, wireless, are offered in the program. The specialization courses arefocused on industry practices, state of the art technologies, laboratory work, leadership as well asmanagerial skills. To keep the program focused and current, we had to balance two competing dynamics.One is how fast we need to change the curricula, and the second is making the program stable forboth faculty and students. Balancing these two forces is not always an easy task, but continuousre-evaluation seemed to give encouraging results. Re-evaluation is a continuous process of Page 3.290.2assessments and

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1998 Annual Conference

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Barry M. Lunt; C. Richard Helps

studyhabits, test-taking skills, taking notes, and campus resources. This section also brings in theopportunity to discuss those general things that senior students know and wish they had knownfrom the beginning. Students also learn simple laboratory skills such as breadboarding (by breadboarding asimple 1-stage audio amplifier), soldering (by building a circuit board with a simple blinkingLED circuit), and microprocessor programming (by modifying a simple melody program in amicrocontroller programmed in BASIC). A final effort to assist students in learning about engineering as a profession is providedin a class session known as “A day in the life.” In this session, students come to class dressed asthey would on the job. They engage in

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1998 Annual Conference

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Peter W. de Graaf; Michael J. Walker; Cameron Wright; Thad Welch

students focus on memorizing these facts and formulas and how to usethem to solve specific problems. The focus of their efforts tends to be the problems presentedthrough examples in assigned readings, homework, and laboratory exercises. They concentrateon learning very specific applications of the concepts and ideas presented in the course. Thisapproach to learning gives the students a very narrow view of the material presented in aparticular course.This problem is of particular concern in an environment where the student has a limited amountof time to devote to a particular course. In this case, the student will prioritize the focus ofhis/her study efforts to concentrate on those areas that seem most likely to appear on anexamination. In essence

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1998 Annual Conference

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Digendra K. Das; Atlas Hsie; Salahuddin Qazi

individual basis. An executive committee consisting of the dean of ISET, chairpersons ofeach departments and one faculty member from each of the three departments of electrical,mechanical and industrial engineering technologies run the program. The Dean is an ex-officiomember; the coordinator of the program chairs the committee.Although these three departments offer different areas of concentration at the undergraduatelevel, we selected only the areas which had some commonality and contained an element, whichmakes the program practice-oriented and integrated. The college supports a practice-orientedlearning environment with state-of-the -art laboratories in all primary areas of academicofferings.The program is currently offered only to part-time

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1998 Annual Conference

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Alice Swanger

as theoretical knowledge, it was determined that we would benefit from abenchmarking study of existing ways to grant credit for experienced based learning outside ofthe traditional laboratory or classroom. Five types of models were explored.Benchmark #1 Medical School -- ApprenticeshipThis model employs the learning methodology of coaching-mentoring by an expert. It is aknown and time honored model. It is also extremely time and labor intensive as well ashighly subjective. It generally is time based rather than competency based which leaves roomfor crucial gaps in knowledge. Nonetheless, we used the rotational aspects of this model inour own structure.Benchmark #2 Directed StudyIn this model, the Academic Dean of the CAT works with the

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1998 Annual Conference

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Robert M. Koretsky

the sequence of courses presented to freshman, EGR112 normally comes in the Springsemester, following Fall semester classes EGR110, Introduction to Engineering, and EGR111,Introduction to Engineering Laboratory. The engineering graphics content of the Fall semesterclasses is supportive of the design content contained in them, but it was decided to put a majorityof graphic communication and visualization skills training into a specialized computer graphicsclass given in the Spring. The major curricular objectives of EGR112 are to:• make the beginning of learning engineering a positive, exciting, and pleasant experience. Page 3.90.2• amplify

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1998 Annual Conference

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Henry W. Kraebber

to develop the infrastructure andfacilities supporting the new Purdue degree program in Computer Integrated ManufacturingTechnology (CIMT). CIMT is an ABET accredited degree program following the criteria ofSociety of Manufacturing Engineers. The focus on the development of the CIMT laboratory Page 3.374.1facilities led to corporate donations of nearly $4 million supporting a unique teaching laboratoryfor manufacturing. During 1994 a team of undergraduate students helped make the equipmentcome to life to produce the first products from the CIMT model factory.During 1994 the number of students entering the last two years of the CIMT program

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1998 Annual Conference

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Reginald G. Mitchiner; John T. Tester

. Page 3.376.1† In the context of this article, we consider only thermoplastic products. Thermoset products are not within the scope ofthis discussion.Some thirty to forty years ago, most mechanical engineering programs (indeed the many of thepremier programs of the Midwest—Illinois, Ohio State, Purdue, Michigan State, among others)included significant metal castings and processing experiences in required coursework. Theseuniversities maintained extensive laboratories which provided practical as well as theoreticalexperiences for the student.Over the intervening years, however, we have lost the provision to the mechanical design studentof an integrated approach to mechanical structure design with the requisite considerations offormation. Many

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1997 Annual Conference

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V.J. Deleveaux; C.O. Ruud

facilities and administrativesupport that are at their disposal to conduct their projects. These include shop facilities,computer laboratories and software, and project administrators. In the seventh class meeting, thestudents must submit a written copy of their project proposal and present their proposal in theform of a talk to the class. Following this session, they are required to make a presentation to theindustrial sponsor's management at the sponsor's site. A copy of their proposal is also presentedto the sponsor.For the next three weeks, the students conduct their team project investigation interfacing mainlywith the industrial sponsor's liaison engineer and visiting the industrial plant site. Meetings withthe instructors are scheduled at

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1997 Annual Conference

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Nicole Washington; Mohamad Parnianpour; Jared Walkenhorst

allows theuser to proceed throughout the tutorial in the order he/she chooses. This hypermedia option isavailable throughout the tutorial so that the user is also able to navigate within each section ashe/she chooses.The Biomechanics Tutorial contains a mechanics review, a mechanics quiz, an anatomy review,an anatomy quiz, quiz results, examples of simulations, a study guide, and practicalbiomechanical simulations that are presented as laboratory exercises for students to explore andanalyze. Page 2.144.1A. Review SectionsThis section is designed to review basic engineering mechanics principles. It containshypertexted concepts

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1997 Annual Conference

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M. E. Parten; M. C. Baker

, November 1996, Salt Lake City, Utah Page 2.156.6Micheal E. Parten is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Texas Tech University. Dr. Partenhas conducted research and published in the areas of education, instrumentation, control, modeling andsimulation of a variety of systems, including semiconductor processing. Since returning to Texas Tech in1984, Dr. Parten has served as the Director of the Undergraduate Laboratories in Electrical Engineering.Mary C. Baker is an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at Texas Tech University. She has 10years of teaching experience and has done extensive work in the semiconductor, plasma

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1997 Annual Conference

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Brian S. Mitchell

, studentshave been introduced to linear regression, and graphical techniques and software in Design I.Design III and IV are unit operations laboratories, taught during the spring and summer semestersof the junior year, respectively. In addition to the tradition unit operations emphasis of these 3-credit lab courses, safety, ethics, report writing, presentation skills and career guidance areemphasized. Some of these topics have already been introduced in Design I. Ethics have beenintroduced during a lecture on quality control. Report writing is also emphasized in Design I.As in most chemical engineering curricula, the design sequence is finalized with the capstonedesign course, entitled “Process Design and Economics.” This first semester senior

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1997 Annual Conference

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James C. Wood

Material Fluid Optics C o m p u t e r s concepts and laboratory skills needed in the Wo r k p l a c e area of study. Then the team determined the R e a d i n e ss ET Concepts ET Concepts supporting science concept and math skills