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Faculty Development Toolkit
Collection
2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Maher Murad, University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown; Andrew Rose, University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown
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New Engineering Educators
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Conference Session
Energy Learning through Simulation and Analysis
Collection
2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Timothy Skvarenina, Purdue University
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Energy Conversion and Conservation
, generator G2 is at its hard limit for Page 11.94.5providing reactive power and the bus voltage has dropped from the desired 1.0 to 0.97 pu.Table 3. System Parameters and Modeling Information Generator Information Transmission Line Ratings G1: 100 MVA, 13.8 kV, X” = 0.12 pu, z1 = (0.08 + j 0.5) Ù/km; X2 = 0.14 pu, X0 = 0.05 pu z0 = (0.2 + j 1.5) Ù/km; G2: 200 MVA, 15.0 kV, X” = 0.12 pu, y1 = 3.3(10)-6 S/km X2 = 0.14 pu, X0 = 0.05 pu Maximum MVA = 400 for all lines Generator neutrals are solidly grounded L1 = 15 km
Conference Session
Progress on Raising the Bar
Collection
2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Jeffrey Russell, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Thomas Lenox; Stuart G. Walesh S.G., Walesh Consulting; Richard O. Anderson; Gerald E. Galloway, University of Maryland-College Park; Craig Musselman; Wayne R. Bergstrom; James K. Nelson, University of Texas-Tyler; James O'Brien
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Civil Engineering
Accomplishments:• The Accreditation Committee continued its internal communications activities with bi- weekly telephone conferences.• The committee updated its membership in 2005 to maintain a roster that includes a key member(s) from each of the following groups: o CAP^3 o ABET Board of Directors o Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) o Committee on Curricula & Accreditation (CC&A) of ASCE’s Educational Activities Committee (EdAC) o Department Heads Council Executive Committee (DHCEC) of ASCE’s EdAC. o Body of Knowledge Committee of CAP^3 o Curricula Committee of CAP^3 Page
Conference Session
Computers in Education Poster Session
Collection
2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Lisa Jones, Southwest Tennessee Community College; James M. Northern, Southwest Tennessee Community College
Tagged Divisions
Computers in Education
techniques.AcknowledgementThe authors would like to thank Hewlett-Packard for the HP Technology for Teaching Grantwhich provided the wireless tablets used in this study.Bibliography[1] "Looking at the Freedom to Learn program through different lenses. (1 to 1 Computing)." T.H.E. Journal (Technological Horizons In Education) 32.8 (March 2005): S1(2).[2] Harless, S. & Harthun-Reed, A. "Laptop initiative creates equal educational opportunities. (Case study: Bear Lake Middle School)." T.H.E. Journal (Technological Horizons In Education) 32.8 (March 2005): S6(1).[3] Barton, C. & Collura, K. "Catalyst for change (Feature)." T.H.E. Journal (Technological Horizons In Education) 31.4 (Nov 2003): NA(6).[4] Willis, C. & Miertschin, S. “Mind Tools for
Conference Session
BME Curriculum Development
Collection
2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Thomas Harris, Vanderbilt University; Sean Brophy, Purdue University; Robert Linsenmeier, Northwestern University; Alene Harris, Purdue University
Tagged Divisions
Biomedical
Cycle format used in lesson module design. • Leaders and participants worked through an abbreviated Legacy Cycle module to experience the process, including using technology for formative feedback and for lesson development. • Leaders examined other examples of Legacy Cycle modules. • Participants applied HPL to the participants' own selected course(s) Revisited course objectives to determine acceptable evidence and plan the assessment(s) to be used (formative and summative) Designed effective challenges to engage students with the content Identified appropriate learning activities
Conference Session
Student Teams and Design Skills
Collection
2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Gül Okudan, Pennsylvania State University; Madara Ogot, Pennsylvania State University; Girish Rao, SPRINT
Tagged Divisions
Educational Research and Methods
3 3 5 5 5 Statement External Search 10 6 6 9 10 4 6 8 10 S S S S Benchmarking 10 8 8 10 10 8 9 7 8 Dissection 10 8 8 9 9 2 9 8 9 Concept Generation 10 5 9 5 9 4 9 8 10 T T Concept Selection
Conference Session
ChE: Innovation in Existing Courses
Collection
2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Richard Zollars, Washington State University; Jim Henry, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
Tagged Divisions
Chemical Engineering
systems, their written comments revealed that they had actually learned manyvaluable lessons about what is needed to adequately instruct another person as well aswhat to expect from real systems and data.Bibliography1 A. Selmer, M. Goodson, M. Kraft, S. Sen, V. F. McNeill, B. Johnston, C. Colton, CEE, Summer, 2005, p. 232.2 J. Henry, R. Zollars, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Nashville, TN, 2003.3 J. Henry, R. Zollars, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Salt Lake City, UT, 2004.4 J. Henry, R. Zollars, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Portland, OR, 2005. Page 11.872.9ChE 441
Conference Session
NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection
2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Mark Yeary, University of Oklahoma; Tian Yu, University of Oklahoma; Robert Palmer, University of Oklahoma; Mike Biggerstaff, University of Oklahoma; L. Fink, University of Oklahoma; Carolyn Ahern, Ahern and Associates
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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies
). Page 11.52.2© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006A Hands-on, Interdisciplinary Laboratory Program andEducational Model to Strengthen a Radar Curriculum for Broad DistributionIntroduction Severe and hazardous weather such as thunderstorms, downbursts, and tornadoes can takelives in a matter of minutes. In order to improve detection and forecast of such phenomenausing radar, one of the key factors is fast scan capability. Conventional weather radars, suchas the ubiquitous NEXRAD (Next Generation Radar developed in the 1980’s), are severelylimited by mechanical scanning. Approximately 175 of these radars are in a national networkto provide the bulk of our weather information. Under the development for weather
Conference Session
Assessing Design Coursework
Collection
2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Asli Sahin, Virginia Tech; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech; Timothy Simpson, Pennsylvania State University; Steven Shooter, Bucknell University; Robert Stone, University of Missouri-Rolla
Tagged Divisions
Design in Engineering Education
) included in the case studies presented in Section2. During the design of the tutorial, the complexity of Case 1 was intended to be lower than Case2’s. This was achieved with integrating relatively less comprehensive product familydevelopment assignment in the first case study. A brief reminder of the contents of the cases, Page 11.68.14Case 1 involves product family architecture from the functional and component perspectives.Case 2 includes market segment needs in product family architecture. However, in the actualDEA model, the numerical value of the technical complexity has to be entered in a positivecorrelation with the outputs (see the DEA
Conference Session
Mechanical/Manufacturing ET Design Projects
Collection
2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Dugan Um, Southwest Texas State University
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Technology
anentire spectrum of research experiences from design, data collection, analysis, to charting,illustration, presentation of experimental results. Course surveys at the end of the 2005 springsemester revealed that majority of students desire to take a subsequent class focused more onadvanced semiconductor fabrication and MEMS technology.Bibliography[1] S. A. Vittorio, “MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS), Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, October 2001, pp 1-11.[2] M. Mehregany and S. Roy, “Introduction to MEMS,” 2000, Microengineering Aerospace Systems, El Segundo, CA, Aerospace Press, AIAA, Inc., 1999.[3] J. Dorsch, “MEMS: Tiny Parts Face Tough Technical Challenges,” Semiconductor Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8., August 2001.[4] S. Borini, M
Conference Session
NEW Lab Experiments in Materials Science
Collection
2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Glenn Kohne, Loyola College in Maryland; Steven O'Donnell, Loyola College in Maryland
Tagged Divisions
Materials
2006-410: DEMONSTRATION OF CIRCUIT DESIGN USING RANDOMNESS,EVOLUTION AND NATURAL SELECTIONGlenn Kohne, Loyola College in Maryland Glenn S. Kohne is currently associate professor of engineering science at Loyola College, Baltimore, MD. He received an M.E.S. from Loyola College in 1981 and a B.S.E.E. from the University of Maryland in 1970. His research interests include computer science, digital signal processing, and education.Steven O'Donnell, Loyola College in Maryland Mr. O’Donnell is a senior electrical engineering student at Loyola College in Maryland. He has studied abroad at Monash University in Melbourne Autralia. He has experience as a Hauber research grantee and as an intern at
Conference Session
Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session
Collection
2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Alan Fisher, MVCS Science Advisor
overall impact of such activities the MVCS club participated in is hard toquantify, but student feedback and graduation statistics show there has been some effect.On student surveys, a majority indicated that these activities had increased their interestin pursuing science or engineering fields after they graduated from high school. Manysaid just participating in such endeavors had at least made them aware of what thesefields were all about. As far as actually influencing students to go into college majors inthe science, math and engineering (S, M & E) areas, the following table shows on howmany of the student participants entered university programs after their graduation fromhigh school.Graduation data from MVCS over 10 years showing number
Conference Session
What's New in Dynamics?
Collection
2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Jeffrey Hodgkins, University of Massachusetts-Lowell
Tagged Divisions
Mechanical Engineering
and Controls Laboratory while concurrently working on the NSF Engineering Education Grant. Page 11.479.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 DEVELOPMENT OF VISUALIZATION TOOLS FOR RESPONSE OF 1ST AND 2ND ORDER DYNAMIC SYSTEMSAbstractStudents often enter a Dynamic Systems course with no real background or exposure to many ofthe concepts used to define “non-static” systems. The material is often a significant departurefrom the previous material covered, and the vernacular/terminology is very new and unfamiliarto the students. Nomenclature and concepts such as poles, zeros, s-plane, and others cause
Conference Session
Software Engineering Curriculum Components
Collection
2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Donald Bagert, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
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Software Engineering Constituent Committee
Arlington, use senior projects to satisfytheir application domain requirement, with no additional courses specifically required. Auburnlists “wireless, artificial intelligence, database systems, compiler front-ends, and softwareengineering tools” among their project domain areas.3.1.2 Impact on Graduates All of the survey respondents agree that their application domain area(s) helps prepare thestudents for the workplace (one reports that it helps their graduates meet program outcomes).Another school reported higher salaries in its application domain area, and another reports anumber of graduates having gained employment in their domain area. Still, to date there is
Conference Session
Innovative Techniques in Graphics
Collection
2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Patrick Connolly, Purdue University
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Design Graphics
based interactive assessment and training program. The Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 64(1), 4-9. 5. Study, N. E. (2004). Assessing Visualization Abilities in Minority Engineering Students. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. 6. Miller, C. L. (1996). A historical review of applied and theoretical spatial visualization publications in engineering graphics. The Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 60(4), 12-33. Page 11.944.6 7. Sorby, S. A. (1999). Developing 3-D spatial visualization skills. The Engineering Design
Conference Session
FPD2 -- Highlighting First-Year Programs
Collection
2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Jeffrey Connor, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Kumar Mallikarjunan, Virginia Tech; G. Loganathan, Virginia Tech; Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech
Tagged Divisions
First-Year Programs
Further modify the object oriented programs and add behaviors as defined in an object oriented approach to the Cone classFor example, in the second week of the semester the following problem was assigned ashomework and was to be completed by hand. A pump is pumping water into a conical tank at a constant rate of 1.15 gal/min. The tank dimensions are: top inner circumference = 2.87 ft, bottom inner circumference = 2.60 ft, and inner tank length along the slanting surface = 1.47 ft. If the tank was initially empty, how long (in s) will it take to fill 80% (by volume) of the tank? Page 11.943.3The
Conference Session
Digital System Design
Collection
2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Ben Shaw, Youngstown State University; Faramarz Mossayebi, Youngstown State University
Tagged Divisions
Electrical and Computer
Test Bed Figure 1: FlexARM1 Design Flow Different test vector sequences simulate certain CPU operations. For instance, the fileForward.hex runs a series of FlexARM1’s single clock cycle data-processing instructions to testthe forwarding of the 5-stage pipeline and verify there are no data hazards found in theinstruction stream. The software development also includes the writing of test (application)programs for the synthesizable FlexARM1 core. These application programs ensure overallfunctionality and provide a demonstration of the FlexARM1 operating in hardware. We arepresently developing several application programs (which we hope to finalize and demonstrate at
Collection
2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference
Authors
James A. Sinclair; Kamal Shahrabi; Ali Setoodehnia
CD ROM drives.• Minimum 32 MB RAM (the program will still run with less then minimum RAM required, but you may not get the desired results in speed or video reproduction quality).• Any Windows Media Player programs, including the player that is always included in all standard MS Windows installations.• Any commercial speakers.Bibliography:Alessi, S. & Trollip, S. (1991) Computer Based Instruction: Methods & Development,2nd Edition. New Jersey: Prentice Hall Publishers.Arnold, S., Barr, N., & Donnelly, P. (1994). Constructing and ImplementingMultimedia Teaching Packages, Glasgow: University of Glasgow (TLTP).Blackmore, J. (1996) Pedagogy: Learning Styles [Online]. Available:http://granite.cyg.net/~jblackmo/diglib
Conference Session
Electrical ET Curriculum
Collection
2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Steve Hsiung, Old Dominion University; Jeff Willis, Utah State University
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Technology
. The total design and development ofboth software and hardware was a two year evolutionary process.I. Introduction The 68HC11 EVB (evaluation board) was made by Motorola, Inc. in the 1980’s.9 Dueto the effort of Motorola University Support program, this EVB was very popular in most ofthe universities and community colleges microprocessor/microcontroller related courses andprojects designs. When Motorola spin off their microprocessor division to Freescale Inc., 5 the68HC11 EVB became very hard to obtain. The alternative EVB made by Axiom is moreexpensive. 1 Another draw back is that the alternative board has limited functions as comparedto the original Motorola 68HC11 EVB.1,9 In order to extend the use of the 68HC11 EVB and keep
Conference Session
Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session
Collection
2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Mysore Narayanan, Miami University
Instructional Defibrillator; Evidence-BasedTechniques in Teaching and Assessment. Herndon, Virginia : Stylus Publishing.Bloom, Benjamin S. (Ed.) (1956). Taxonomy of educational objectives : Theclassification of educational goals : Handbook I, Cognitive Domain. New York ; Toronto: Page 11.811.11Longmans, Green. 10Brookhart, Susan M. (1999) The Art and Science of Classroom Assessment: TheMissing Part of Pedagogy. Washington, DC : ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Vol.27, 87-96.Cambridge, Barbara L. & Williams, Anne C. (1998) Portfolio Learning. NewJersey : Prentice Hall
Conference Session
Curriculum Development and Applications
Collection
2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Alice Scales, North Carolina State University; Aaron Clark, North Carolina State University
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Design Graphics
. Page 11.852.2Engineers and technologists are important and vita to the profitability of the US economy. The U.S. Department ofLabor statistics reveal that 20% more engineers are needed over the next decade2 and that Engineering education hadits “peak” of student majors in the early 1980’s with over 450,000 students entering into some form of engineeringor technology program. But since that time, the nation has experienced a 25% drop in students majoring in a fieldrelated to engineering. Included in this downward trend, diversity continues to be a struggle as well. As of to date,consider the statistic that of the four million students graduating from high school each year, only two percent willearn an engineering degree, and only one percent of
Conference Session
Novel Measurement Experiments
Collection
2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Henrik Åkesson, Blekinge Institute of Technology; Lars Hakansson, Blekinge Institute of Technology; Ingvar Gustavsson, Blekinge Institute of Technology; Ingvar Claesson, Blekinge Institute of Technology; Johan Zackrisson, Blekinge Institute of Technology; Thomas Lago, Acticut Inernational AB
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Instrumentation
mounted in its holder as under normalconditions and the holder is rigidly attached onto a heavy steel construction in order toresemble the true case. P o w e r A m p lifie r H P 3 5 6 7 0 A d y n a m ic s ig n a l a n a ly z e r O u tp u t In p u t O u tp u t v e v e + - S o u rc e O u t C h 1 C h 2 C h 3 C h 4 S h a k e r C la m p in g
Conference Session
Learning from Entrepreneurship Programs
Collection
2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Nancy Clement, Purdue University; Edward Coyle, Purdue University; Joy Krueger, Purdue University
Tagged Divisions
Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation
elect to participate in the EEI, and specifically in the EPICS I2P® Competition,are required to have the permission of both their faculty advisor(s) and their project partner in thecommunity. This is necessary to ensure that the participation in the program is appropriate andadvances the goals of the project partner, not just those of the EPICS students that wish to pursuea commercialization opportunity.No additional academic credit is awarded to the members of EPICS teams that participate inentrepreneurship activities. This activity is considered to be within the scope of the EPICSprogram and to have engineering content because the focus is on product development for amarket. Furthermore, the product being evaluated for commercialization must
Conference Session
Mentoring Graduate Students
Collection
2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Heidar Malki, University of Houston; Michael Gibson, University of Houston; Enrique Barbieri, University of Houston; William Fitzgibbon, University of Houston
Tagged Divisions
Graduate Studies
basis.SummaryThis paper presented a multidisciplinary, technology-based Master of Technology degreeprogram. The program includes a multidisciplinary core, a technology-based concentration, andthesis/project practicum. The intent of introducing the program is to integrate different disciplineswithin the College of Technology and provide a degree program to integrate the knowledgecontent, skills, and experiences of today’s professionals.Bibliography1. Keating, D. A., Stanford, T. G. Dunlap, D. D., McHenry, A. L., DeLoatch, E. M., Lee, P. Y., Depew, D. R., Bertoline, G. R., Dyrenfurth, M. J., Tricamo. S. J., Palmer, H. J., Davis, I. T., Morrison, E. R., Tidwell, J. P., Gonzalez-Landis, S. J., O’Brien, J. O., Snellenberger, J. M., Quick
Conference Session
Integrating Research Into Undergraduate ECE Education
Collection
2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Georgios Anagnostopoulos, Florida Tech; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Ken Ports, Florida Tech; Richie Samuel, University of Central Florida; Melinda White, Seminole Community College; Veton Kepuska, Florida Tech; Philip Chan, Florida Tech; Annie Wu, University of Central Florida; Marcella Kysilka, University of Central Florida
Tagged Divisions
Electrical and Computer
Learning (ML) is a discipline that started evolving as early as the 60’s in the form ofArtificial Intelligence and that nowadays has permeated several aspects of high-tech applicationsas well as everyday life. Its charter is to study, develop and build models able to perform“intelligent” tasks that may be second nature for humans, but are well beyond the capabilities oftraditional computing paradigms. ML applications such as vending machines that recognize validpaper bills, document processing software that corrects our grammar and syntax in real time,voice-driven over-the-phone account management of credit, smart photographic cameras thatautomatically adjust their exposure and speed settings depending on the scene environment, aswell as
Conference Session
On Pedagogy of Lab Courses and Their Design
Collection
2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Euan Lindsay, Curtin University of Technology; Malcolm Good, University of Melbourne
Tagged Divisions
Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies
for the means of each mode are shown in Figure 3. 5.8 5.6 4.5 5.4 95% CI Crit_1 95% CI Crit_2 5.2 4 5 4.8 3.5 4.6 4.4 P R S P R S Mode
Conference Session
Energy Laboratory Development
Collection
2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Patrick Tebbe, Minnesota State University-Mankato
Tagged Divisions
Energy Conversion and Conservation
(4) * h exit ? h inlet / j s h inlet / h exit , s + (5) Ã 1 ÔÃ 60 Ô Torque ? m% r *h inlet / h exit +Ä ÕÄ Õ (6) Å N ÖÅ 2r ÖThe pressure loss through the condenser was specified at a constant value and the exit pressurewas found by subtracting the loss from the inlet pressure. In the actual condenser there is apossibility for the refrigerant exiting to still be superheated, saturated, or liquid. At this stage itwas assumed that the exit enthalpy of the
Conference Session
Digital Communications Systems
Collection
2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
David Border, Bowling Green State University
Tagged Divisions
Electrical and Computer
68HC11 processors. TheMC9S12DT256 features the core cpu along with a variety of ancillary components on the chip,such as: ADC(s), asynchronous serial port(s) (SCI), Motorola sponsored synchronous serialperipheral interface(s) (SPI), Pulse Wide Modulation interface (PWM) plus others.One of the Bluetooth3 devices used to define the communications channel of the project was theConnectBlue OEMSPA 13i serial module. It is mounted on a development kit board that allowsfor convenient prototype wiring. The module supports RS232 signal interfacing (TxD, RxD,plus handshaking) and direct UART signal interfacing (TxD, RxD, plus handshaking). Themodule has 64KB of SRAM and 512KB of flash. Resident on the device is a Bluetoothembedded host stack. The other
Conference Session
Attracting Young MINDs
Collection
2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Hamid Shahnasser, San Francisco State University; Wenshen Pong
Tagged Divisions
Minorities in Engineering
found that only 61% of the students who took ourfirst semester engineering course (ENGR 101) continued as an engineering major in thesubsequent year. We believe that many of those who left engineering after the first year wouldhave continued in engineering if they had a more encouraging, helpful, personal, and stimulatingfirst year experience. Many other universities have recognized the importance of the first yearexperience as well and have revamped their first year introductory engineering course(s) [1-5].The goals of this introductory course are to provide students with basic skills for success, toenhance their interest in engineering and to cultivate their sense of belonging. Because of therecent decline in engineering enrollments [6], this
Conference Session
Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Instruction
Collection
2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Andrew Foley, U.S. Coast Guard Academy
Tagged Divisions
Mechanical Engineering
concepts explained the following application of Reynolds transport equation is effectively the formulation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics :- Page 11.227.7 S%in / S%out - (m% s ) in / (m% s ) out - S% gen ? S%CV Second Law of ThermodynamicsNet Direct Entropy Transferred in(i.e. Via heat conduction) Net Energy accumulated in the control volume