Conference Session

Achieving the Civil Engineering Body of Knowlegde

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Conley, U.S. Military Academy; Decker Hains, U.S. Military Academy; Scott Hamilton, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

, based on theirobservations of what is being done in colleges and universities with ASCE student groups today,and not based on a dreamed of future vision.Recommendation 3 of the NAE committee should be heavily considered in every program. Atour own institution, we conduct a fairly common civil engineering capstone experience, whereall of the seniors work on the same project. Being members of a combined civil and mechanicalengineering department, we also have seen for years the successful mechanical engineeringcapstone experience where the seniors are broken into groups to work on different projects. Bothof these activities satisfy the ABET Professional Component (criteria 4) in 2006-2007 andcriteria 5 in 2007-2008. Many of the projects that are

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum & non-Technical Skills

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Asgill, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

(ECET) 7 3 3 4 BMET Elective* 8 3 3 4 BMET Capstone Project/Internship* 8 3 3 4 *Indicates added Biomedical ET course Table 2. EET courses vs. proposed BMET courses. EET BMET Biological Principles I (3) Principles of Chemistry I (3) Introduction to Biomedical ET (3) Survey of Electric Machines (3) *Health Care Safety (3) Signal and Systems Analysis (4) Probability and Statistics I (3) Differential Equations (3

Conference Session

Ocean, Marine, and Coastal Engineering Topics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Wood, Florida Tech; Brian Howell, Western Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

EDUCATION AND TRAININGAbstractCombining teaching, research, and engagement has always been a goal of EngineeringTechnology faculty. Finding “real world” applications which can be implemented at theundergraduate level has always proved challenging as well. One method of achieving thisis to define an application area which can be managed by responsible faculty and whichcan be broken into small enough tasks to be suitable for completion by succeeding yearsof undergraduate students in their capstone design activity.At Western Carolina University and Florida Institute of Technology, a project has beenundertaken which is achieving many of these goals. The Kamikaze AutonomousUnderwater Vehicle (AUV) is currently under continuous

Conference Session

Manufacturing Processes

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Carlisle, Sinclair Community College; Charles Winarchick, Sinclair Community College

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

”1 state: “It is said that there is nothing so practical as goodtheory. It may also be said that there’s nothing so theoretically interesting as goodpractice.” Marquardt2 in his “Harnessing the Power of Action Learning” states “...allforms of action learning share the elements of real people resolving and taking action onreal problems in real time and learning while doing so.” This is what our educational approach to engineering technology education has been allabout. To address these issues, we create laboratory problems, institute engineering coopprograms, and do capstone projects, all to get students exposed to “real world problems”.These are all excellent approaches and should be applied wherever practical. There areproblems associated

Conference Session

Construction ET/Technology Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Behling, Purdue University; Mark Shaurette, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

selective demolition and remodeling course, and a“capstone”-style course in demolition and reconstruction management are planned to round outthe specialization. These three courses provide an opportunity to further address areas that cannotbe adequately covered in an introductory course. The addition of more case studies and field tripswill be beneficial and could be incorporated into the capstone course which likely will include aformal laboratory session. The inclusion of detailed case studies in the capstone course willallow students to gain insight into the information and challenges an owner or developer mustsift through and overcome while generating a pro forma for a project. A significant portion of thecapstone course would be devoted to

Conference Session

IP and Supporting Student Startups

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Silvernagel, University of North Dakota; Richard Schultz, University of North Dakota

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

great interest within academia is the ownership of student-generated intellectualproperty (IP), particularly in an era when entrepreneurship and innovation are being stressedacross academic disciplines. Students involved in engineering capstone design projects, businessplan courses and competitions, and research activities have immense potential to conceive andprototype product, process, system, and service concepts within the university classroom andlaboratory environment. Faculty members serving as mentors and liaisons to industry partnersgenerally facilitate the innovation process in the context of their employment as universityprofessionals. The research questions addressed in this project focus on who actually owns theintellectual property

Conference Session

Biology in Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark McConkie, Utah State University; Timothy Taylor, Utah State University; David Britt, Utah State University

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

programs will face as they attempt to redefine themselves and emerge from an existing discipline in which they are firmly, and perhaps necessarily, rooted. The question, however, must be raised as to whether the specialty courses exist within the biological engineering program, or should students simply be directed to a different department to gain focus and specialization? A similar question arises as to the research opportunities for capstone design projects. At USU we have been bringing required courses into the Department (such as Thermodynamics and Modeling) in order to provide the necessary “bio” focus.• Absence of specialization. Trying to work outside of the department’s core expertise

Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rashmi Jain, Stevens Institute of Technology; Anithashree Chandrasekaran, Stevens Institute of Technology; Bernard Gallois, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

V) or thestudent’s capstone design, which may include multidisciplinary projects (Design VI to VIII).In this paper the authors report on a pilot experience to design, develop, and implement changesto the first course of the design spine (Design I or E121), aimed at introducing the first elementsof a comprehensive approach rooted in “Total Design,” with implementation of other elements inother courses to follow. Total design9 is the systematic activity necessary, from the identificationof the market/user need, to the selling of the successful product to satisfy that need – an activitythat encompasses product, process, people and organization.Rationale for Total Design Engineering education is, by necessity, mostly concerned with the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Esteban Rodriguez-Marek, Eastern Washington University; Min-Sung Koh, Eastern Washington University; Claudio Talarico, Eastern Washington University; William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Thomas Griffith, North Seattle Community College; Michael Brzoska, Eastern Washington University

challenge students. Since this is a first year class, the service learning project will be combined with the senior ENGR 490 Design Capstone class (see item 4 below). ENGR 490 students will act as mentors for ENGR197 students, engaging them as an integral part of the design and implementation process, while exposing them to team-based interaction. 2. Microcontroller Systems I (ENGR 260). The experience-based learning concept is newly incorporated into a traditional microprocessor class for sophomore level design. This class will provide students with hands-on experience for community or industry. Faculty members will choose a project appropriate for sophomore students from those supplied by the

Conference Session

Improving ME education: Broad Topics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Schuster, California Polytechnic State University; Andrew Davol, California Polytechnic State University; Joseph Mello, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

besteducational results for the students while alleviating safety concerns.The advisor can influence the scope of the design, the project management, and other details.How much they influence the design can have a significant influence not only on the results atcompetition, but also on the experience gained by the students. In addition to directly advisingthe team, institutional changes may also be necessary. For example, to reduce the load on anindividual advisor, we are experimenting with two-year design cycles and subsystemdevelopment using our senior capstone design class. Time will tell what improvements result.The competition organizers establish the allowable development time, event timing, and designassessments. They may also want to consider

Conference Session

ECE Curriculum Innovations

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Plett, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs; Rodger Ziemer, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs; Michael Ciletti, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs; R. Dandapani, University of Colordo-Colorado Springs; T. S. Kalkur, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs; Mark Wickert, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

? Reflective Observation (Watching) Active Experimentation (Doing) Open-ended problems/ laboratories Role playing/ journal writing Capstone/ design undergraduate research Field trips/ simulations Group problem solving/ project reports Motivational examples/ stories Think tanks/ student lectures Interactive discussion/ lecture Problems prepared by students Class/group discussion Homework problems/ guided

Conference Session

ECE Curriculum Innovations

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Bunting, Oklahoma State University; Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University; James West, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

teamwork and communication, and is not effectively taughtby lecture, cookbook labs, or emphasizing analytical solution techniques. To communicateconcepts and skills requires students to both develop an understanding of concepts and to testthat understanding by applying the concepts and skills. Application serves as formative Page 11.1424.2 1 This work is funded by the National Science Foundation under grants: 0230695 & 0311257.evaluation. VECTOR is a project-based approach to EM in which student teams develop andevaluate their grasp of concepts through application in a complete project design-build-test cycle.The introductory EM

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Oerther, University of Cincinnati; Cinnamon Carlarne, University of Cincinnati; Eric Maurer, University of Cincinnati; Regina Lamendella, University of Cincinnati; Sarah Pumphrey, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

phosphorus from sewage using Tanzaniaas a model developing country.Course FormatThe year-long P3 project was performed under the umbrella of existing courses offered at theUniversity of Cincinnati, namely CEE 600/601 Chemistry and Microbiology of EnvironmentalSystems/Lab and the Environmental Capstone course, EVST 501.CEE 600/601 Chemistry and Microbiology of Environmental Systems/Lab brings togetherundergraduate and first year graduate students from the Department of Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering as well as senior students from the Environmental Studies Program. As aninterdisciplinary course involving environmental engineers and scientists, CEE 600/601facilitates the commencement of a year-long independent study by the student design team

Conference Session

ECET Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elaine Cooney, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

both analog and digital components. Some installations requirePLC programming, other installations require computer programming. RFID is a field where acomprehensive ECET education can be put to use.An RFID course is an appropriate capstone for an AS degree program for two reasons. First, itcan give students a chance to reach the “synthesis” level of learning. After taking introductorycourses in RF, computer networking, and controls, RFID allows students integrate these separate“silos of knowledge” into one system. The second reason for presenting RFID in the AS degreeis that the level of knowledge required is appropriate for sophomore ECET students. Because ofthe RFID manufacturers’ desire to make their equipment user friendly, a great depth

Collection

2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

José L. Torres; Vijendra Agarwal

grantsawarded to faculty and its own long-standing program of summer research fellowships. In thepast 6 years, the outcomes of these programs have been showcased in an annual UndergraduateResearch Conference. This paper discusses the details of this program, its impact onengineering and technology undergraduates and the outlook for the future.IntroductionWenzel (as cited by Merkel1) states in “Undergraduate Research: A Capstone LearningExperience” that CUR( the Council on Undergraduate Research) faculty and administratorshave defined undergraduate research as “an inquiry or investigation conducted by anundergraduate student that makes an original, intellectual, or creative contribution to thediscipline.”The involvement of undergraduates in research

Conference Session

Curriculum for Green Materials

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanne Keilson, Loyola College in Maryland; robert pond, Loyola College; william karasz, Loyola College; kyle bates, Loyola College; ryan christopher, Loyola College

Tagged Divisions

Materials

amount of copper in the crushed car during recycling. This was achieved with the useof inexpensive breakaway connectors at each point where the power line branched off toa component. Telephone conference calls with the industry professionals providedimportant context and background information for the project.This was a highly successful senior design project which can serve as a model in anumber of pedagogical areas including socially relevant design problems,interdisciplinary team building, interacting with industrial professionals and serving as anall around capstone experience to a student’s undergraduate engineering scienceeducation. Page

Conference Session

EM Program Trend and Development

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Merino, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

weight for these EM programs was higher than the proposed EMBoK.This is not surprising since all these topics are basic topics usually taught in undergraduateprograms. Capstones are a feature of and more prevalent in undergraduate programs. Page 11.425.6 5 of 8The three categories (1.B. Organizations; 2.B. Quantitative/Methodical; and 4.A. Project Mgt.)that were low are also not surprising since these topics are more advanced and taught in graduateprograms.Combining EM Graduate and Undergraduate Topic Weights.Exhibit 6 combines the graduate and undergraduate averages and then compares them to theweights

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado-Boulder

undergraduate studentscould earn. This would be similar to other certificate programs, such as the Certificate inInternational Engineering in German (http://engineering.colorado.edu/academics/german_faq.htm). The changes in the freshman course would be an opportunity to spark studentinterest in the EDC program. Many other courses have also incorporated international aspectsinto the curriculum. Sections of the three-credit Freshman Projects course emphasizeappropriate technologies for the developing world. Within the Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering degrees, lectures have been added to address water and sanitation appropriate forrural areas and developing communities. Since 2001, some of the capstone design projects havealso worked with international

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gail H Keraga, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Tracy N Schierenbeck, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Linda McCloskey, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Richard Smith, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

ofengineering education would be required as part of the EC2000 requirements for ABETaccreditation. All engineering students began taking a course called Introduction toEngineering Design during the sophomore or junior year. One credit of that four-credit coursewould be entitled Professional Development I and would be taught by the Archer Center. Inaddition, the Archer Center would teach a culminating course, Professional Development III,for students who were simultaneously enrolled in the Capstone Design Course. (A third course,Professional Development II is taught at Rensselaer in the School of Humanities and SocialScience, and is completely independent of the Archer Center sequence. It will not be describedin the present paper.)The addition of these

Conference Session

Building Blocks for Public Policy in Curricula

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alison Tramba, University of Virginia; Edmund Russell, University of Virginia; P. Paxton Marshall, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

the bulk ofthe curriculum. ABET addressed this danger with a capstone-design requirement that combineseconomic, social, environmental, and other considerations realistically.15 If students are toexperience engineering in context, that context must be integrated into the overall experience,not offered as a series of separate issues.Understanding that policy and technology constantly influence and constrain one anotherbecomes significant in preparing engineering students for the conflicting problems andopportunities within our society. The immediate challenge lies in finding projects in which theoutcome heavily depends on both engineering development and attention to policy regulations.As a current and significant application, building energy

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gayle Elliott, University of Cincinnati; Cheryl Cates, University of Cincinnati; Brian Dansberry, University of Cincinnati; Louis Trent, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

International

country.Following a rigorous preparation program in the US, students use their technical, language, andcross-cultural skills in a capstone co-op assignment abroad. The combination of skills acquiredthrough the professional practice and language/culture programs creates a structure whichattracts highly-motivated students, and allows them to succeed in an international workenvironment1.About ten percent of all engineering students (over 200 to date) participate in the ICP. Thestrengths to the UC program are: 1) Students complete four co-op quarters in the US, prior to aninternational co-op assignment and 2) An intensive language program comprised of over 300classroom hours of German, Japanese or Spanish was created specifically for students preparingto live

Conference Session

Contemporary Instrumentation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seyed Allameh, Northern Kentucky University; Morteza Sadat-Hossieny, Northern Kentucky University; Paul Cooper, Northern Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

build bio-mimicked layered composites. Labview™ virtualinstruments (VIs) were developed to guide the robots, to actuate injectors, and to analyzeimages. The implications of this work for the projects assigned at the undergraduate levelas well as students’ capstone project will also be discussed.IntroductionIn the aftermath of the major disasters that claimed human lives and caused extensivefinancial losses, it is necessary to develop materials that resistant to powerful forces ofnature. Most buildings, especially in the third world countries are built from manuallylaid clay bricks (unfired or fired) in layered structures with mud or gypsum mortarinterlayers. In the event of an earthquake or other disasters that exert dynamic shearforces on

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education - A 10,000' View

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clifton Kussmaul, Muhlenberg College; John Farris, Grand Valley State University; Jana Goodrich, Pennsylvania State University-Erie; Susannah Howe, Smith College; Robert Weissbach, Pennsylvania State University-Erie

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

IBM, as well as owning a management consulting firm, Executive Education Services. Her research interests are in electronic marketing, multidisciplinary education, and entrepreneurial ventures.Susannah Howe, Smith College Susannah Howe is the Design Clinic Director in the Picker Engineering Program at Smith College. She coordinates and teaches the capstone engineering design course and serves as co-faculty advisor for entrepreneurial activity at Smith. Her interests include innovations in engineering design education, entrepreneurship education across disciplines at the undergraduate level, and durability and structural performance of cementitious and natural building materials.Robert Weissbach

Conference Session

Approaches to Emerging Topics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ron Madler, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott; Phillip Anz-Meador, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott; Karl Siebold, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

or full-time undergraduate students in Prescott. The topic of spacedebris was introduced in these classes and it was found that this field can serve as a veryelaborate example pool for applied orbital mechanics, mission planning, spacecraft design (busand payload), remote sensing and space surveillance, and classes in a traditional liberal artscurriculum such as history, policy, and law.Projects like the analysis of satellite fragmentations, interactive web based flux directionalitycalculations, and the long term effects of perturbations on a satellite’s orbit are a few exampleson how this important topic can be included in a university curriculum. Undergraduate studentshave been integrated into research projects in addition to the classes

Conference Session

Leadership and Administration in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tim Brower, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

department structure with two small programs than to have two small autonomous departments. 2. Sharing of resources between the programs. Both engineering and ET programs at OIT pride themselves on the hands-on nature of their curriculum which means lots of laboratories and laboratory equipment. With this much equipment, sharing of resources is a necessity. 3. Sharing of faculty between the programs. Faculty can specialize in the types of courses that they are experts in whether it is engineering or ET. Faculty is encouraged to associate with both programs. Enhanced interaction between engineering and ET students can lead to joint capstone projects which simulate real-life situations. 4. Sharing of common

Conference Session

Curricula of the Past, Present, and Future

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University; Robert Pangborn, Pennsylvania State University; David Wormley, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

-based teaching and learning. Clearly, implementing new processes ofassessment of outcomes for ABET is having a significant effect on our programs. We have beenfortunate to have other influences, as well, including good counsel from external advisory boardsand the resources from an endowed center for engineering education, both of which have beeneffective in fostering change.Over the last 15 years, these diverse drivers for change have nurtured nearly 50 major projectsfor which substantial funding was available. These 50 initiatives, however, do not begin torepresent the totality of the effort because many individual faculty and small groups of facultycarried out projects to improve what they are doing in their own classes without the benefit

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum & non-Technical Skills

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Hata, Portland Community College; Sohail Anwar, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

] describe a project initiated by Texas A&MUniversity to address issues in manufacturing at the nanoscale. The project will introducenanotechnology concepts throughout the undergraduate engineering curriculum. The curricularchange introduced by this project has four components corresponding to the four years ofundergraduate engineering curricula. At each level, concepts related to manufacturing at thenanoscale are introduced at the appropriate technical level.Alpert, Isaacs, Barry, Miller, and Busnaina [4] describe various nanotechnology educationinitiatives undertaken by University of Massachusetts, Lowell. One of the initiatives consists ofstarting a cross disciplinary graduate certificate in nanotechnology and nanoscience in Fall 2005.This

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion and Conservation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian Belu, Wayne State University; Alexandru Belu, Wayne State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

,updated and changed at regular intervals. The support system is designed and intended fortutorials, discussions, and/or collaborations among students. The laboratory experiments anddesign projects will be developed by using software packages, available in WSU College ofEngineering, such as MATLAB/Simulink, LabVIEW and Interactive Data Language (IDL)1-5.An important part of second course, dealing with HPS, will be included in capstone designprojects2-5.Courseware: The courseware outlined by chapters covers the basic principles of renewableenergy sources up to the more advanced sections including hybrid power systems, distributedgeneration, power electronics and control, energy management, and data analysis andprocessing. The courseware contains

Conference Session

Digital Communications Systems

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sven Bilen, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Radio1. Introduction This paper discusses the implementation of a course in software-defined radio (SDR)technology and systems. The course contains significant computer and hands-on project work inorder to implement working SDR systems. Focusing on SDRs provides a method to tie togethermany of the classes in a typical electrical engineering undergraduate’s curriculum: core coursessuch as Circuits and Devices, Signals and Systems, Embedded Microcontrollers, andEngineering Electromagnetics; as well as many of the popular elective courses such asCommunications, Controls, and Signal Processing. Building a functioning SDR system requiressome understanding of all of these topic areas. SDR is an emerging technology that promises to have a

Conference Session

Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Instruction

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Mueller, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

such as EES, TK Solver,CyclePad and FEHT.Students in this course were encouraged to use software to solve many of homework problems,as well as the projects. The approach used in this course was to present examples and solutionsin MATLAB and EXCEL because these packages are taught to students in our program in a“computer-tools” class. However, students were allowed to use any software package that theydesire. During one seventy-five minute lecture, two example problems were worked in detailusing the thermodynamic cycle analysis software CyclePad.6 A screenshot of the CyclePadinterface is shown in Fig. 1. Page 11.81.4 Figure 1. Screen