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Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ahmad Pourmovahed

(such as hydrogen) occupies22.41 liters and consists of 6.022 x 1023 molecules (Avogadro’s number, Na). The charge on oneelectron is e = 1.602 x 10-19 C. For each kmol of hydrogen that reacts, 2 electrons are released.The electric charge produced is 2 Na e = 2F = 192,970 C. Therefore, a hydrogen volumetric flowrate of 22.41 liters/s (at STP) corresponds to an electric current of 192,970 C/s (or Amps). Toproduce 1 Amp, the minimum volumetric flow rate of hydrogen at STP is 22410/192970 =0.11613 ml/s = 6.97 ml/min ≈ 7 ml/min.For every oxygen molecule, two hydrogen molecules are needed. This will result in a 2:1 ratiofor hydrogen/oxygen volumetric flow rates. If air is used instead of pure oxygen, since air iscomprised of 21% oxygen and 79

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Interdisciplinary Approaches

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Olufemi Omitaomu; Adedeji Badiru

for the analysis of such projects. Hence, it does not prepareengineering graduates for the challenges of evaluating IS projects. The inclusion of informationsystem economics in engineering economy curriculum will help to place engineering students ina more competitive position for their future career goals. It will also enhance research forintegrated models for evaluating such projects.Bibliogr aphy 1. Alter, S. (1999), "Information Systems: A Management Perspective," Third Edition, Addison Wesley Longman, Reading, Massachusetts. 2. Alter, S. (2002), "Information Systems: Foundation of E-Business," Fourth Edition, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ. 3. Ambler, S., (1999

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K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Caroline Cochran; Kanthasamy Muraleetharan

followed by “No” and “Yes” checkboxes and lines for “If so, are youinterested in a particular career? Please list career(s).” Page 10.689.5Do you know what will happen to an earth dam during an earthquake? Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. Copyright À 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationThis question was likewise followed by “No” and “Yes” checkboxes, and if yes, lines wereprovided for explanation.Can computers be used to accurately predict how an earth dam will behave in an earthquake?This question had boxes similar to the one

Conference Session

Innovation in Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Louise Green; Barbara Quintiliano; Andrea Welker

education and be reinforced often, with assignments ofincreasing complexity. Consequently, six modules, which are placed throughout the students’time in our department (Sophomore through Senior year), were developed and will be described.These modules build upon one another and are discipline/course integrated.Student OutcomesIn the mid 1990’s, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) adopted anew set of criteria for the evaluation of engineering programs in the United States. These newcriteria formalized the concepts of continuous curriculum improvement and outcomes-basededucation in engineering. Since the adoption of these new criteria, engineering programs acrossthe US, including Villanova, have been re-evaluating their

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Troy McBride

. Tigist G. Ruben T. David S. Wayne H. Kaitlin H. Chris H. Mark D. Amlan B. Lauren S. Matt S. Curtis F. Arindam K. Jeremy D. Adam B. Ben C. Doug F. Taylor J. Corey N. Jason P. Juan Pablo R. Brent L. Mitch D. Gianfranco V. Ermias M. Ruth A. DETAILS Rules: 1) Vehicle must carry one person

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Afshin Ghajar; Ronald Delahoussaye

calculated ateach state depending on its temperature at that state. Constant specific heat assumption simplifiesthe calculations however the calculated results could be considerably different than results basedon variable specific heat. Figure 2 illustrates the individual processes in a turbojet cycle on a T-s diagram. Thestates 0-5 on the diagram correspond to the states shown in Figure 1. The states on the diagramlabeled with the letter ‘a’ are actual states, and the states labeled with the letter ‘i’ are idealstates. The subscript ‘t’ refers to the stagnation or total state. Page 10.448.3 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Virgilio Gonzalez; Ahmed Musa; Mehdi Shadaram

& Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”References[1] N. K. Swain, M. Swain, and J. A. Anderson, "Integration of virtual instruments into an EET curriculum," Firenze, Italy, 2004.[2] C. Rosenberg and S. G. M. Koo, "Innovative and easy-to-deploy communication networking laboratory experiments for electrical and computer engineering students," Como, Italy, 2002.[3] D. K. C. Chan and A. Richter, "CAD-supported university course on photonics and fiber- optic communications," Cahrlotte, NC, United States, 2001.[4] B. Chapman, "Virtual experiments in electronics: Beyond logistics, budgets and the art of the possible," vol. 3894, pp. 118, 1999.[5] Z. Nedic

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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David Ahlgren

all four of the ExpertDivision tasks (Figure 3). DJA-1.5’s four-wheel differential drive system uses two Page 10.961.4Intelligent Motion Systems NEMA 17 High Torque integrated stepper motors and drives(www.imshome.com). DJA-1.5 uses sensor-based mapping to navigate through theunknown maze. The drive system allows precise dead-reckoning operation whennecessary. This robot uses a Hammamatsu Model R286 UV flame detector for detectinga candle flame from a distance as well as focused, crossed IR detectors for preciselylocating a nearby flame. The sensing, motor control, and mapping tasks are complexprocesses that require considerable computational power

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Project Management and Team Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra Furterer; Lesia Crumpton-Young

Escrow ed Loan Percent 60 E Loan S tatus 50 40 30 20 10 5 E DE 1 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 Standardized EffectBenchmarking: [20]Benchmarking is a powerful tool that organizations can use to identify best practices andunderstand how their organization compares to these best practices. The College of Engineeringand Computer Science (CECS) at the University of Central Florida implemented a pre-application process for students interested in applying for a graduate program in

Conference Session

New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Howard Evans; Shekar Viswanathan

members. In addition,the status meetings help the instructor know that each team is making steady, consistentprogress towards completing the project.Grading Policies Upon completion of the Capstone Course, students will receive a grade designationof "H,” "S," or "U." as described below:H = Honors Equivalent to a “B” or better.S = Satisfactory Equivalent to a "C,” i.e., student met all requirementsU = Unsatisfactory Equivalent to a "D" or less, student did not meet requirementsIncomplete ("I") will only be granted to students who meet National University’srequirements for an "Incomplete" designation ("due to uncontrollable and unforeseencircumstances"). An "Incomplete" must be removed no later than the second

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa Anneberg; Ece Yaprak

in students throughInternet searches to find the most appropriate freeware program(s) to complete a givenexercise, to compare programs against one another along various criteria (speed, cost,ease of installation and use, etc.) and to develop insights into needed programcapabilities in solving a particular networking problem. Finally, all of the products (andbyproducts) of the work is posted on the web to help disseminate these experience indeveloping and teaching through networking freeware. Freeware is already in use in various commercial networking environments inserving various needs, for example, in monitoring and troubleshooting a network,providing toolkits of programs to use when problems arise, and so on. However, thereis a need in

Conference Session

Integrating Mathematics and Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kelly Torres; Aimee Mostella; Alexey L. Sadovski; Carl Steidley

, Ray Bachnak, Steve Dannelly, Patrick Michaud, Alex Sadovski, "Image and Data Logging Systems for Environmental Studies and Research", Proceedings of the ISCA 12th International Conference on Intelligent and Adaptive Systems and Software Engineering, pp 31-36, San Francisco, CA, July 2003. Page 10.840.9 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education 9. Steidley, C., W. Lohachit, R. Bachnak, P. Michaud, S. Duff, and J. Adams, "A Remotely Operated

Conference Session

TYCD 2005 Lower Division Initiatives

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2005 Annual Conference

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Edward Tackett; Cheng-Hsin Liu; Ken Patton

email iskpatton@saddleback.cc.ca.us.References1. Burns, M. Automated Fabrication: Improving Productivity in Manufacturing. PrenticeHall, 1993.2. Kai, C. C., Fai, L. K., and Lim, C. S. Rapid Prototyping: Principles and Applications inManufacturing. 2nd Edition, World Scientific Publishing Company, 2003.3. Jacobs, Paul F. Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing: Fundamentals ofStereolithography. Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 1992.4. Jacobs, Paul F. Stereolithography and Other RP&M Technologies: From RapidPrototyping to Rapid Tooling. Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 1996.5. Pham, Duc Truon, Pham, D. T., and Dimoy, S. Rapid Manufacturing: The Technologiesand Applications of Rapid

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Javier Kypuros; Thomas Connolly

on improving theirunderstanding of the fundamentals. All listed the virtual system activity and the MATLABexercises as their top 2 preferences. Furthermore, more than 80% of the students surveyedagreed that the virtual system animations improved their ability to visualize physical responses.When asked to suggest improvements, many students suggested incorporating more virtualsystems with MATLAB-facilitated analysis to improve their understanding. Measurable % of Correct Answers Question Concept(s) Improvement Outcome(s) Pre-Quiz Post-Quiz

Conference Session

New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Adam Cavender; Saeed Foroudastan

has the capability of eliminating unwanted noise of manysorts. Commonly referred to as noise cancellation, after the company who has pioneeredthe technology, Noise Cancellation Technologies, Inc., it is proving useful in a widerange of applications. Testing has been underway since the late 1980’s, but thetechnology has not yet found its way into the automobile industry on a large scale. Theuse of noise canceling devices on automobiles, specifically diesel transportation vehicles,could result in significant reductions of environmental noise in urban/rural interfaces.With a renewal of this information throughout topics taught in the classroom, studentswill be able to pursue goals that are enriched with technologies that extend past what

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jefferey Froyd

Haskell Principle #2. Acquire some level of knowledge base in subjects outside the primary area Haskell Principle #3. Understand what transfer of learning is and how it works Haskell Principle #4. Understand the history in the area(s) that transfer is wanted Haskell Principle #5. Acquire motivation, or more specifically, a “spirit of transfer” Haskell Principle #6. Develop an orientation to think and encode learning in transfer terms Haskell Principle #7. Create cultures of transfer or support systems Haskell Principle #8. Understand the theory underlying the area(s) in which we want to transfer Haskell Principle #9. Engage in hours of practice and drill Haskell Principle #10. Allow time for the

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Education I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sze-wai Chan; Ming-yin Chan

involved in investigation of authentic problems.Group project learning was frequently incorporated in engineering curriculum since 80’s [1].The popularity of students working in small groups can be traced to the fact that group workprovides a number of benefits. It allows students to gain practical experience with genuinesetting of a building team. Team spirit can be developed during the course of projectexecution. Many problems will not be discovered in a classroom lecture, but it does happenfrom time to time in group-work. Communication skills, mediation and liaison technique canalso be developed in the design process. Despite all of the benefits of group work in building design process, the use of groupsis fraught with problems. The

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Pierre; Frank Tuffner; Robert Kubichek

suitable for transmitting digital data across a limitedbandwidth channel. The students next observe the effects of changing the line code pulse shapefrom rectangular to a smoother, raised-cosine shaped pulse. In particular, they observe theresulting significant reduction in bandwidth produced by raised-cosine pulses.The final portion of the lab investigates the transparency of each line code. Transparencydescribes the ability to distinguish individual bits in the waveform, especially if a long sequenceof all 1’s or all 0’s is transmitted. This is simulated using a sequence of four random charactersfollowed by 252 all-zero characters. The students focus on the long sequence of zeros and if

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electr-Mech ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Powers; Mary Fran Desrochers

controlprimarily because it allows us to focus on sensors and controls, not on the mechanics ofprogramming. It is also well accepted in industry and has led to job offers for our students.LabVIEW™’s integrated data acquisition and control environment includes excellent informationpresentation capabilities. This allows students to easily see what’s actually happening with anacquired signal and how applying various signal analysis tools affect it. This permits very rapidhands-on testing of signal processing routines to, for example, best reduce the effects ofelectrical noise on a desired signal.Why teach LabVIEW™ ?1,2,3 • It is fun for both the students and the faculty • It is an industry accepted standard that can translate into job offers • The

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sohail Anwar

: Nise, Norman S. Control Systems Engineering, Fourth Edition. Wiley, 2004. Please note that there is a Web site available for this course, at www.wiley.com/college/nise, which has some problem solutions and MATLAB files to help you understand the course material.Supplemental Reading List: • Dorf and Bishop, Modern Control Systems, 9th Edition, Prentice Hall, ISBN: 0-130-30660-6 • Dorsey, John F., Continuous and Discrete Control Systems with CD Rom, 2002, McGraw-Hill, ISBN: 0-072-50500-1 • Johnson, Curtis D., Process Control Instrumentation Technology, 7th Edition, Prentice Hall, ISBN: 0-130-60248-5 • Stefani, Shahian, Savant and Hostetter, Design of Feedback Control Systems, 4th Edition, Oxford

Conference Session

Trends in Nuclear Education II

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Tebbe

. Page 7.535.5 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”Conclusions Simulation has proven to be a valuable training and educational tool. This is perhaps moretrue for nuclear engineering where the opportunities for hands -on learning are limited andshrinking daily. While the sophistication and capabilities of full scope simulator s has increasedgreatly in the last decade the standard nuclear engineering classroom simulator (for knowledgebased learning) has not kept pace. This paper has presented initial research into updating legacyclassroom codes and the technological advancements that allow a

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Gehringer

of these said that the accepted practice was to use a course-management system (either WebCT or Blackboard) that required passwords, but instructors wereallowed to make material freely available if they chose. Such policies presumably tend to drawmore class materials into private areas because they provide support to teach instructors how touse tools that restrict access, while not helping them to make their materials public. Onerespondent said that there were rumors that his school would like to claim lecture notes as itsintellectual property. Table 1: Answers to Survey Questions 1–4 Question 1. Which of the following materials on your course Web site(s) are Number accessible to the general

Conference Session

Innovation in Design Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gul Okudan Kremer; Sven Bilen; Richard Devon

., Engineering Design: A Review, McGraw–Hill Primis Publishing, ISBN 0–07–281900–6.12. Lamancusa, J. S., J. E. Jorgensen, and J. L. Zayas–Castro, “The Learning Factory—A new approach to integrating design and manufacturing into engineering curricula,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 86, No. 2, April 1997, pp. 103–112.13. Ansell, H. G., “Professor-driven, student-driven, and client-driven design projects,” 1998 ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Tempe, AZ, November 5–8, 1998, pp. 149–154.14. Bilén, S. G., “Enhancing engineering education by harnessing the student-initiated design project,” ICEE 2001, Olso, Norway, 6–10 August, 2001.15. Clayton, J., Martin, D., and S. W. Martin, “Multi-level design teams: A success story

Conference Session

Use of Labs to Introduce Students to Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Lau; Sven Bilen; Elizabeth Kisenwether

Session 2426 Development of a Temperature Control System Laboratory and Design Module for an Introduction to Engineering Design Course Sven G. Bilén, Elizabeth C. Kisenwether, and Andrew S. Lau Engineering Design and Graphics Division The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802Abstract We have developed a half-semester design module that exposes first-year students tothe engineering design process by directing them through the development of a temperaturecontrol system. The module is used at Penn State in ED&G 100

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Bernhardt; Paul Imhoff; Michael Pearlman; Diane Kukich; Darren O'Neill; Michael Chajes

Session 2793 Integrating Professional Communication Into Civil and Environmental Engineering Curricula D. S. Kukich, S. A. Bernhardt, P. T. Imhoff, M. J. Chajes, and M. Pearlman University of Delaware D. M. O’Neill Delaware Department of TransportationAbstractThe University of Delaware’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has recentlyundergone major revisions to its two curricula. One important goal of both new curricula is toplace a greater emphasis on professional communication. This paper

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Bernal; Sheryl Duggins

, The Twelfth Annual Software Technology Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah.4. Curran, B. (October 22, 2001), "What is Software Engineering?" Ubiquity. Views, Volume 2, Issue 33. http://www.acm/ubiquity/views/b_curran_1.html5. Duggins, S. L. (March 2001) "Curriculum Impact of the Maturing Software Engineering Profession" in Proceedings in the 2001 ASEE Southeastern Section Conference.6. Duggins, S. L. & Thomas, B. B. (February 2002) “An Historical Investigation of Graduate Software Engineering Curriculum” in Proceedings of the Fifteenth Conference on Software Engineering Education & Training, pp. 78-87, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, California.7. Dupuis, R., Bourque, P., Abran, A., Moore, J

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International Engineering Education II

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bethany Oberst; Russel Jones

Session 3160 It’s Time to Re-think Engineering Education Conferences Russel C. Jones World Expertise LLC Bethany S. Oberst James Madison University Thomas J. Siller Colorado State UniversityAbstractThe annual meeting of SEFI (The European Society for Engineering Education), held inCopenhagen, Denmark, on September 12 – 14, 2001, provided a model for whatengineering education conferences should be in the future. If engineering education istruly

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Said Shakerin

strain gagereadout at zero wind speed. Flow was initiated and strain was recorded at manometer incrementsof 1/2”. A total of twenty manometer/strain data pairs were recorded from 1/2” to 10”corresponding to velocities of 13 to 58 m/s. The pressure was then increased above 11” andreturned to 10”. Twenty (20) more data pairs were recorded in decreasing increments of 1/2” andthe flow was stopped. This process was repeated once for a t otal of forty (40) strainmeasurements, 20 increasing and 20 decreasing, for each fin.This project can also be used as a laboratory demonstration, and can easily be reproduced indepartments elsewhere.3. Mathematical Relationships 2For a cylinder: Vdr

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Assessment of Biomedical Engineering Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Lisle Hites; Eric Nauman; Edgar O'Neal; Kay C. Dee; Glen Livesay

Session _____ The Tulane University Biomedical Assessment Instrument: Preliminary Validity and Reliability Data Lisle S. Hites, Jr. 1, Kay C Dee 2, Glen A. Livesay2, Eric A. Nauman 2, Edgar O’Neal1 1 Department of Psychology, 2Department of Biomedical Engineering Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118IntroductionAt present, there are no statistically validated and commonly used assessment instrumentsdesigned to evaluate the specialized content and student learning required in biomedicalengineering (BMEN) courses. Accordingly, rigorous assessment and

Conference Session

Innovation in Design Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robin Adams; Jennifer Turns

How many journal citations did the articles have? 120 Nu 100 mb er of 80 Pa per s 60 40 20 0 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40