Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Alford

create course materials for students and faculty. Thesetools can be categorized into four general categories: (1) HTML and XML-based tools, (2) texttools, (3) calendar tools, and (4) programming tools.Computing EnvironmentAll 4,200 students at the United States Military Academy are required to purchase a personalcomputer and, beginning with the graduating class of 2003, a personal digital assistant as well(see Figures 1 and 2). Handheld and desktop computer purchases are centrally managed, andwith very few exceptions all students within the same graduating class own the same computer,PDA, and software applications. Students purchase their personal computer and PDA prior to thebeginning of their freshman year, and they receive initial training in

Conference Session

Multimedia Engineering Education: Distance & Service Learning, Web-based Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Koichi Iwasaki; Kazuo Morita; Chi Thai

computer andInternet resources such as gigabits network, video conferencing and remote control software. Butwe found that it could be adapted to minimal IT resources such as cable modem at 1 Mbps andaudio-only feedback between teacher and students. System performance and student feedbackfor the first 7-week class period are reported herein. IntroductionOne of the thrusts in the UGA/Biological & Agricultural Engineering Department curriculum isto enhance the experiential learning aspects for our engineering students during class lectures aswell as during laboratory experiments needed for the course. Based on Student Technology feesand departmental funds, the Collaborative Distance Education (CDE

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Barker; David Hall

III. The primary purpose of these coursesis to provide early engineering experience to accompany the math and science courses. Thesecourses aid the students in determining proper academic major selection. The content of thesecourses includes an introduction to selected engineering topics closely related to or integratedwith the content of the math and science courses.1 These topics include elementary problem Page 9.1186.1solving, statistics, electrical circuits, material balance, mechanics of materials, and 3D modeling.The students also gain experience using software tools such as Excel, MathCAD, and Solid Edge Proceedings of the 2004

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Alford

fire from Apache attack helicopters, receiving or sending operation orders, submitting information on battlefield surveys, etc. The Army’s current HTU costs approximately $18,000 and weighs 8.6 lbs. PDA’s, on the other hand, weigh less than 1 pound and cost less than $200 each. This project was conducted in coordination with the Program Manager, Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System. • Controlled Parafoil Descent. This team contained electrical engineering, computer science, and mechanical engineering students. The Controlled Parafoil Descent project created an unmanned aerial vehicle that was capable of autonomously navigating itself to a pre-designated location. The computer science team was

Conference Session

The Best of Interdisciplinary Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Rossi; Herbert Ingley; Erik Sander; Dow Whitney; Marc Hoit; R. Keith Stanfill

commercialization. Program success will be measured in terms of studentlearning objectives, completed prototypes, business plans, and the spin-off of new ventures. Thefall 2003 pilot implementation of ITV occurred less than six months after programconceptualization. This rapid program deployment was possible due to the following factors:1. strong institutional support2. a multidisciplinary implementation team from the Colleges of Engineering and Business, and the Office of Technology Licensing3. the resources of the existing University of Florida Integrated Product and Process Design (IPPD) and Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI) programs4. the generous support of the Economic Development Administration (EDA), the Lemelson Foundation

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rahul Kulkarni; Wajiha Shireen

to know the state of the art motor controlmethods that are being used in the context of exciting new applications. DSP based systems havebecome an indispensable part of many modern equipment and industrial processes. Thehardware and software aspects of a Digital Signal Processor (DSP) based controller presented inthis paper for ac induction motors will make educators aware of the present trend in motorcontrol and help them incorporate changes in the curriculum that will better prepare the studentsfor the current industrial environment.III. Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation (SVPWM) A three-phase voltage source inverter shown in Figure 1, consists of six power switchingdevices. For the three phase inverter, there are eight

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Case Studies

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alice Trussell

information skills training needed to be embedded across the curricula; an incrementalimplementation on a grade level basis can achieve specific competencies through progressiveassignments.16Library and engineering faculty can begin to list the kinds of topics that are important forstudents to address. Possible topics for discussion and instruction could begin with, but not belimited to, these kinds of issues: 1. What is academic research? 2. How are academic (or library) resources distinguished from other Web resources? 3. How is thoroughness—finding ‘both sides’—an ethical responsibility? 4. What acquired information needs to be cited? 5. How do you cite information? 6. Define plagiarism. 7. What do

Conference Session

Teaching with Technologies

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Orth Wright; David Robinson; Carol Mullenax

, lunches with faculty members, and site visitswith local engineering alumni mentors. Website users were divided into eight personnelclassifications: student (~220), faculty luncher (~25), mini-lab instructor (~30), alumni mentor(~25), departmental observer (~5), administrator/mini-lab instructor (1), administrator/faculty(1), and faculty/mini-lab instructor (~5). Similar, yet distinct, web interfaces were created foreach user type.The website concept was to emulate an e-commerce model, with the students registering for labs,lunches and plant visits by adding the events to their shopping/event carts. Ratings (1-5 stars)display for completed lab and plant visits, allowing students to make informed judgments whensigning up for subsequent activities

Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Reiman; H. Oner Yurtseven; Stephen Hundley; Patricia Fox

many other things. Professional schools,such as engineering and technology, must also adapt to a rapidly changing marketplace, defined Page 9.303.1 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education"by the unique, and sometimes contradictory, needs of business, industry, and governmentalorganizations.1, 2, 3 and 4 Faculty in engineering and technology face the daunting tasks of balancing teaching,research, and service activities, all while attempting to maintain currency in their

Conference Session

Instrumentation in the Classroom

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Emin Yilmaz; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

the tank was slightly higher than the commercialsolar panel tank water temperature. In conclusion it can be stated that a simple homemade six-pipe, black PVC solar panel is superior to an expensive commercial solar panel. Although watertanks were not insulated, water temperatures in them have reached to about 100 deg-F inSeptember. Such a system may be incorporated into one of the MET courses as a laboratoryexercise to demonstrate basic principles of passive solar heating, calculation of heat losses,optimization, manufacturing techniques, creativity, etc.IntroductionSolar water heating systems are extensively used for domestic hot water and swimming poolheating in warm climates [1-4]. Some of these systems even use heat collected in the attic

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael McGeen

school are not known at this time. Figure 1 showsthe SLA part and Figure 2 shows the cad file used to create the part. [Figure 1 Figure 2John Knowles participated in the MSOE REU program in the summer of 2002.Knowles’ research project was also a continuation of earlier work done in the REUprogram. Knowles’ research looks at modeling architectural components of buildingsusing stereo lithography and then testing those parts structurally using photo stressanalysis. The goal of this research was to verify the accuracy of photo stress analysis bycomparing the test results of an RP prototype with an FEA analysis and an actual

Conference Session

Design in Freshman Year

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anita Mahadevan-Jansen; Christopher Rowe

fundamental set of criteriaand deliverables, which include a grand challenge statement, a culminating activity/deliverable, aminimum of 3 assignments that apply the concepts of problem solving learned in module 1, oralpresentations, design and technical writing amongst others.Assessment and evaluation will be facilitated by surveys conducted of students and instructorsacross all sections to obtain feedback on the progress and efficacy of the course. Student-basedassessment shows that this course was beneficial toward student confidence in choice of majorand working knowledge of current events within that discipline. Instructor-based assessmentsshows that several improvements have to be made to better achieve the learning objectives of thecourse

Conference Session

IS and IT Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fanyu Zeng

Society for Engineering EducationThe Core courses will build students a foundation which will help them continue theirstudies in the following steps. At Indiana Wesleyan University there is a successful teamto build students a broad view of world, communication and management skill. AppendixD lists four categories of courses.The three-step program consists of:Step 1. Computer Information Systems FoundationsThese courses will help students build their foundations in CIS. Importantly, its goal is tohave the graduates be equipped to adapt to changes in this world and in computertechnology field.Step 2. Special Focus CoursesThese courses help students understand how to perform installation, configuration,maintenance, troubleshooting, and

Conference Session

Innovative Classroom Techniques

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nihat Gurmen; H. Scott Fogler

links.Introduction It has been well documented that instructional technology enhances studentlearning 6, and that on-line students perform as well or better than the students in a lectureformat 1,8,10,12. The effectiveness of the inclusion of web based instruction in bothasynchronous and synchronous courses has also been documented 2,7,9,11. Research has also shown that not everyone learns the same way. One of the morecited ways to classify the different learners is the Felder-Soloman Inventory of LearningStyles 4 as listed in Table 1, which is based on a learning styles model formulated byFelder and Silverman 3. Page 9.1416.1 Proceedings

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The Climate for Women in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Christine Anderson-Cook; Amy Bell; Steve Spencer

Society for Engineering Educationcomposition (and ordering) of the 18 questions were as follows: 6 math, 2 electric circuits, 2statics, 2 chemistry, 1 thermodynamics, 1 dynamics, 1 material science, 1 computers, 1 ethicsand 1 engineering economics. In scoring the answers we separated the math questions from theengineering questions. Our previous studies demonstrated that the difficult math questions wererelatively easy for all of our participants.The participants were recruited to take part in the study through email and in-classannouncements. We only selected participants who indicated that they had a relatively highgrade point average (GPA) in engineering, and who stated that they were good in engineering(we refer to this as Q6) and that it was

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

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

Page 9.33.1 Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationIntroductionThe College of Engineering at the University of Notre Dame has devoted significant resources todeveloping and implementing a two-semester, six-credit-hour course sequence for first-yearstudents who intend to major in engineering as sophomores (engineering intents). Brockman etal.1 present the details of the motivation and development of this course. In addition, the courseweb site explains the basic structure and content of the course (www.nd.edu/~engintro). As partof the development of this course, the College has engaged in a thorough effort to evaluate theeffectiveness of the new courses, identified in Notre Dame’s system as EG 111/112

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanics Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Danielson

engineering and engineering technology students. It isa fundamental course prerequisite for other important courses like dynamics and strength ofmaterials. Success in these latter courses is directly correlated to success in statics.1 Page 9.834.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationDemonstrated proof of student learning and mastery of engineering concepts is now required inthe Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology’s (ABET) outcomes-basedenvironment2. Tools are needed for assessment

Conference Session

Assessment Issues II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Stewart; Carole Goodson; Susan Miertschin; Luces Faulkenberry

ofremembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating. [1]Among the foundational works which focused specifically on evaluation and assessment, thecontributions of Sanders [6] as chair of the Joint Committee on Standards for EducationalEvaluation, and Fox and Hackerman [5] for the Committee on Recognizing, Evaluating,Rewarding, and Developing Excellence in Teaching of Undergraduate Science, Mathematics,Engineering, and Technology of the National Research Council were especially important. Bothprovided valuable general and specific recommendations for evaluation and assessment.Sanders’ work also provided a set of usable standards including utility, feasibility, propriety, andaccuracy dimensions. Available guides that helped direct

Conference Session

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Danielson; Al Post; Bradley Rogers

: H 2 → 2H + + 2e − .The Nafion electrolyte layer is an ionic conductor for protons, but it does not conduct electrons.Consequently, the hydrogen ions (protons) from this half-reaction pass through the Nafionelectrolyte to the cathode and the electrons are directed through an external circuit, andeventually back to the cathode side. The cathode half-reaction is: Page 9.628.2 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education 1

Conference Session

NEE Potpourri

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Houston

initial period of course development and acclimation to the newenvironment can be overwhelming.This paper presents ideas to help the new educator develop systems to track all the daily, weeklyand semester requirements that he may face in the early part of his career. In addition, themethods used to collect and maintain information serve as an aid to the future refinement ofcourse materials in subsequent semesters. Suggestions are made from the writer’s personalexperiences and examples of sample spreadsheets are given to aid in the organizational process.Several topics pertinent to the new educator are examined, including 1) how to prepare for theinitial move onto campus, 2) developing a smooth transition from previous instruction, 3)building on

Conference Session

Potpourri of Engineering Mathematics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dale Buechler

education over the next decade provides numerous challenges. One of the biggestof these is the marked decrease in the mathematics proficiency of first-year college studentsnationwide. In 2000, nearly 15 percent of first-year engineering majors reported the need forremedial work in mathematics [1]. At the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (UWM), anurban thirteen school, we face a much bigger challenge. As part of our mission the college ofengineering and applied science at UWM is striving to further academic and professionalopportunities for all students including women, minority, part-time, and financiallydisadvantaged students. Our relatively low admission standards (top half of graduating class orACT score of 21) provide initial access to

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mesut Muslu

and designexperience. This is achieved by having design and laboratory experience distributedthroughout the curriculum rather than concentrated in a few courses. Hence, almost all coursesin the departments have design and laboratory components in them.We feel that the thought and decision making process involved in solving minimally-constrained, open-ended, and multi-objective problems are essential to an engineeringeducation. To stress the importance of this way of thinking, it is essential to incorporate thedesign process at every level of curriculum. Therefore, the concepts of engineering design aretaught throughout the EE curriculum. Hence, as listed in Table 1 and Table 2, all but three

Conference Session

Innovations in the ChE Laboratory

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Miller; Julia Williams

related to three majorsections of the required reports, as well as a fourth problem that emerged in every reportsection. These writing problems are categorized in Table 1 below. Page 9.717.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exhibition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationIntroduction Section Discussion of Conclusions Section Clarity and Results Section Conciseness1. Experiment 1. Data is “what 1. Stated 1. A global problemobjectives

Conference Session

Teaching with Technologies

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rocio Alba-Flores; Fernando Rios-Gutierrez

“Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”3.0 Software Package. In this section we describe the software applications that we developed to be used in theiPAQ handheld computer. In order to use and develop the applications for this package, we triedto make use of all the software tools already available in the iPAQ’s Microsoft® Windows forPocket PC operating system [2]. These tools include: iPAQ image viewer, Pocket Word, PocketExcel, Internet Explorer, Presentation Player, Sound recorder, etc. In Figure 1, we show the File Explorer’s main menu, that displays all the applications anddirectories

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Carol Considine; Paul Kauffmann

professional development/continuing education programs was developed as ateaming agreement between the Department of Engineering Technology (DET) and the Centerfor Continuing Engineering Education (C2E2), which is an organization responsible forprofessional and community education for the Batten College of Engineering and Technology atOld Dominion University. This agreement combined C2E2’s expertise for the organization ofprofessional development programs with the content and delivery expertise from DET. Theinitial agreement was for a term of two years and covered party responsibilities, extension terms,amendment terms, course offerings, revenue sharing formulas, training performance criteria andidentified program coordinators.Figure 1 below outlines

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Georgiopoulos

on the assessment and evaluation of the effectiveness of themodule by the students taking the class. Finally, based on the assessment results someconclusions will be drawn regarding the potential of the modules in attracting undergraduatestudents into research, specifically machine-learning research.1. IntroductionThis paper reports on the progress of a grant supported by the National Science Foundationunder the auspices of the program entitled Combined Research and Curriculum Development(CRCD). The title of the grant is “Machine Learning Advances for Engineering Education” andits purpose is to introduce Machine Learning research into the undergraduate science andengineering curriculum. Our proposal relies on two simple ideas to achieve its

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rhona Moore; James Strueber

given a “generic” structuredformat and examples to follow (see Figure 1). The review at a minimum included a description of themain topic of the paper, a summary of the results, and a personal evaluation of the quality or appropriate-ness of the article, looking at whether the work contributed to the general knowledge of the field andwhether the class should consider reading it.General guidelines were: the abstract was limited to one page in length, it was word processed, and thearticles and papers were to be selected from an approved list of journals with exceptions to be pre- Page 9.1429.3approved. No more than one article could be

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ramesh Narang

; Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationTeaching Lean ManufacturingGenerally lean manufacturing is taught as a stand-alone concept starting with any technique ofinterest to the instructor or depending on the needs of the industry. However, there exists anatural transition from basic inventory management principles and the development of theconcepts of lean manufacturing. There is model normally taught in undergraduate productionmanagement course, called Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) model. Details of this modelcan be found in any text production or operations management text book (Heizer and Render2004). Figure 1 gives a typical quantity versus time graph for this model. The EPQ is

Conference Session

How We Teach Problem Solving?

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Silliman; Leo Hubbard McWilliams; Catherine Pieronek

curriculum (e.g.,Brockman et al.1). Retention was not considered to be a defining concern in the original designof the course sequence. During the past three years, the course sequence has been modified inboth format and content with the primary motivation to improve the learning experience.Monitoring of retention statistics, student surveys and exit interviews has provided valuableinsight into the effectiveness of the course. Generally, these sources of data have shown thecourse to be a success in terms of the primary learning objectives. Among the challengesidentified based on data for the past two academic years, however, was the relatively highwithdrawal rate of students (above 10% - see Table 1) from the first semester course. This isviewed as

Conference Session

BME Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas Christensen

students each assemble an electrical circuit analog of the same system. With the models,they make measurements of pressure and flow for both healthy cardiovascular parameters andfor several common diseases.Introduction – We developed our two freshman biomedical engineering courses around three goals: 1) tointroduce beginning students to our Department and the field in general; 2) to teach basicconcepts and principles that underlie several specialties in biomedical engineering; and 3) tochallenge the students with real-world problems, giving them a chance to assess their interest andskill level early in their academic careers. The purpose of this paper is to describe how weaddressed these goals in the first-semester's class by incorporating