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David S. Cottrell

registered Professional Engineer and has taught courses in statics and dynamics, mechanicsof materials, graphic communications, and construction planning, scheduling, and cost estimating. Page 6.250.7Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright Ó 2001, American Society for Engineering Education

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Nicholas Cain; Julia McLees; Jason Bara; Gary Wnek; Bradford Crosby; Gary Huvard

a debate concerning whether problem solving,critical thinking, and creativity are innate or learned skills. Either way, there is ample evidencethat the development of these skills requires practice - and lots of it. For students given aproblem to solve, Rugarcia1 et al. tell us “they should be equipped to identify the goal and put itin context; formulate a systematic plan of attack that incorporates a suitable blend of analysis,synthesis, evaluation, and problem-solving heuristics; locate sources of information; identifymain ideas, underlying assumptions, and logical fallacies, and evaluate the credibility of theidentified sources; create numerous options and classify and prioritize them; make appropriateobservations and draw sound

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Jahan Kauser; Carlos Sun; Ralph A. Dusseau; Jess Everett; Joseph Orlins; Beena Sukumaran; Douglas Cleary

Design ProjectThe Civil Engineering Design Project is the culminating design experience for the graduatingseniors. The Design Project is a sequence of two 2-credit hour courses during the senior year.The senior civil and environmental engineering students work in teams of 4 or 5 students to solvean open-ended design project. Local engineering firms provide the projects and representativesfrom these firms participate in the evaluation process. The projects are either projects the firmsare currently working on or are projects they have already completed. Students must prepareengineering plans, specifications, cost estimates, and written and oral project reports. Becausethe course extends over two semesters, an attempt is made to place issues such

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1998 Annual Conference

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Marcus Huggans; Halvard E. Nystrom

3management, teaming and communications, strategic and technical planning, enterprisemodeling, managing technical organizations, management of productivity and quality intechnological operations, technology forecasting, applied knowledge systems, legal aspects oftechnology management and high technology marketing. OTHER COURSES Mean(0) Standard Deviation (σ) Content 3.5 1.1 Emphasis 3.5 1.1 Scope 2.9 1.1 Method 3.3 1.1 Physical 1.9 1.1

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Susan L. Miertschin; Carole E. Goodson

. They also invite you to peruse their course web sites at http://web.tech.uh.edu/classes. Resources Page 3.198.4The following sites can assist you in the planning and development of your own Web Page. 41. HTML Goodies http://www.htmlgoodies.com/Search through balls, lines, buttons, icons, and arrows that can be used on your own pages.In addition, there are hotlinks to at least 50 different topics ranging from simple backgrounds to advanced

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Jack Zecher; Kenneth Rennels; Douglas Acheson

occur duringthe latter half of 1998, no quantitative evaluation of its affect is presently available. However,the focus groups who have reviewed the CD-ROM have responded with very positive Page 3.202.5evaluations. Since it is anticipated that department recruiting efforts will center around this tool,plans are in place for a continuing effort to kept the CD-ROM current and incorporate newmultimedia technology as it becomes available.The five students involved in this project have benefited substantially. They have been able togain valuable experience with elements of the latest multimedia technology, knowledge theycould not have gained

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S. A. Chickamenahalli; Rutledge Ellis

Control circuit (a) Development of the algorithm to derive the converter device switching patterns (b) Programming of the DSP to address DSPLINK and 8255 PPI (ii) Testing to insure DSPLINK - 8255A interface and converter operation Traditional DSP serial ports are configured in Transmit/Receive model. However, thisapplication [8] used the serial port (0 and 1) register lines in general input/output mode. Thisconsisted of elaborate outputting to the serial port registers in order to produce the requiredsignals for the single-phase converter devices. To eliminate this procedure and provide futureexpansion to three-phase signal generation, Parallel Expansion (DSPLINK) was planned [10]. The DSPLINK is a

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Paul H. King

: We will continue to use the web in these courses, as it has proven to be of valueas a communication tool. A chat section will be added to help elaborate on student andinstructor expectations, a calendar section will be added to assist students in meeting theinstructors’ deadlines. We further plan to add formal exercises in applications such asuse of the web to enable database input and data access. The use of the web forpresentation of real-time (patient or process) information will additionally be developed.The use of the web for other real-time information transfer, such as video and audio Page 3.207.4information, will also be implemented

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Joseph Cataldo

evaluate floodway enroachments may be evaluated by the steady flow systemcomponent of the program. Also, capabilities are available for assessing the change inwatersurface profiles due to the channel improvements, levees, and ice cover.Special features of the steady flow component include: multiple plan analysis; multiple profilecomponents; and multiple bridge and/or culvert opening analysis.The HEC-RAS computer model has a large number of options, such as mixed flow regimeanalysis, allowing analysis of both sub- and supercritical flow regimes in a single computer run,culvert and bridge routines allowing for multiple openings of different types and sizes, quasi 2-Dvelocity distributions, and x-y-z graphics of the river channel system.HEC-RAS

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Kassim M. Tarhini; Gerald R. Frederick; Benjamin Koo

composed of approximately seventeen organizations Page 3.230.4representing different countries whose main objective is to improve relations and create mutualrespect between international and domestic students. It is responsible for such programs as awelcome party, the ISA annual dinner, and other cultural and social events planned to make suchactivities integral and valuable components of the university experience.CONCLUSIONInternational students educated in the U.S., upon returning to their home countries, will carry withthem both engineering knowledge and cultural sensitivities. Accordingly, they will have a betterunderstanding of American

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Lang-Wah Lee; Tamer Ceylan

preliminary design where each studentteam would identify the objective, select the response, determine the design type and analysisstrategy, and devise an experimental matrix. After the preliminary design, the entire lab section wouldwork together to make an experimental schedule in which the task of testing would be divided amongthe teams. Test results from each team would then be pooled together so that each team would havea complete set of data for analysis and draw appropriate conclusions. The computer software(DESIGN EASE) is used to facilitate the planning and data analysis. 4) Testing of pressure relief valve of oil tanks. The task was to evaluate the flowcharacteristics of a pressure relief valve (provided by a local industry) for oil

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Eric N. Wiebe

when portions of an assembly is supplied to students as pre-modeled parts, theexperience of constraining them into assemblies and creating relations between them is a valuableexperience. Poor planning in the construction of individual parts often does not show up until theyare brought together in assemblies and required to be part of larger, networked interactions. Page 3.316.4References1. Leach, J.A. & Matthews, R.A. Engineering Design Graphics Journal 56, 5-10 (1992).2. Barr, R.E. & Juricic, D. Engineering Design Graphics Journal 56, 18-26 (1992).3. Batchelor, M. & Wiebe, E.N. in ASEE Engineering Design Graphics Division

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Priya Ragupathi; Eric Johnson; Dimitris Lagoudas, Texas A&M University; David Miller; Richard Griffin, Texas A&M University at Qatar

conditions.Conclusion A thermal conductivity experiment has been developed as part of a newsophomore engineering program at Texas A&M University. The experiment helps in theintegration of a materials science course and a continuum mechanics course. Theexperiment gives students an opportunity to make physical measurements and interpretthe data with respect to the theory they are discussing in the classroom.1 Everett, L.,"Experiences in the Integrated Sophomore Year of the Foundation Coalition at Texas A&M,"ASEE National Conference, Washington, D.C., June 1996.2 Griffin, R. B., Everett, L. J., Keating, P., Lagoudas, D., Tebeaux, E., Parker, D., Bassichis, W. andBarrow, D., “Planning the Texas A&M University College of Engineering Sophomore

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John P. Leschke; Susan Carlson-Skalak

show another example of designersrealizing the goals of sustainability through design. Through these activities, the students see Page 3.329.2that the goals of sustainability can be realized and are being realized by designers today. Theclass also attended a lecture on sustainability by Dean of the University’s School of ArchitectureWilliam McDonough, [8] an environmental designer and philosopher.In the Product Development module and leading to the Commercialization module, the studentsare introduced to the basics of costing, planning, budgeting, cash flow and life cycle costing. Inthe Commercialization Module, we discuss how to implement DFE

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Digendra K. Das; Atlas Hsie; Salahuddin Qazi

technological knowledge and planning perspectives in the critical area ofadvanced technologies in a competitive global environment [1]. The American Society for Page 3.89.1Engineering Education has endorsed the concept of a practice-oriented master's program. 1Another population to be served by this graduate program is faculty members at community andjunior colleges. Many of these colleges presently employ entry-level faculty in technicaldisciplines with only a bachelor's degree. These people are required to obtain a master's degree inengineering or engineering technology in order to be eligible for tenure

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Thomas G. Stanford; Donald Keating

as a byproduct of educationalpolicy for scientific research.3.1 Needs-Driven Model of Innovation and Technology DevelopmentAlthough the Bush plan has proven to be correct for excellence in scientific research andgraduate science education at the nation’s research universities to promote the nation’s scientificprogress, it is fundamentally in error for innovation and development of the nation’s futuretechnology and for the professional education of its graduate engineers in industry to promotetechnology progress to meet real-world societal needs. The Bush report, with all of its evidenceand rightful justification for national investment in basic scientific research, was only partiallycorrect. It misled the president and the nation because it

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Reginald G. Mitchiner; John T. Tester

Plan of Study, James B. Francis College of Engineering, University ofMassachusetts, Lowell, 1997; web location: http://www.eng.uml.edu/Dept/Plastics/programs/index.html2 Plastics Engineering Technology Program, Engineering Technology Department, College of Arts and Sciences,Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, 1997; web location: http://www.wwu.edu/~techdept/pet.html3 Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Catalog, College of Engineering, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg,VA, 1997; web location: http://www.vt.edu/ugradCat/ucdME.html Page 3.376.54 General Electric Plastics Design Guide, GE Plastics, Pittsfield, MA

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Ali Behagi

of many local, state,and federal agencies are nearby, as are various museums, archives, and the state library.3.0 The Electrical Engineering Programs The Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) program at Penn State Harrisburg startedin 1967 and produced its first graduates in June 1969. Since then over 2000 students havegraduated with the BS degree in EET. Penn State Harrisburg also offers a Master of Engineeringin Electrical Engineering with about 40 part time students. A new BS degree in ElectricalEngineering is planned to start in 1998. Page 2.148.2 24.0 Course Material The

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Stephen P. DeWeerth; Clinton D. Knight

Supervisory Systems. IEEE ComputerApplications in Power. v7, #1, pp. 34-39.[8] Vollmann, T.E., et. al. Manufacturing Planning and Control Systems. Irwin: Chicago. 1992.CLINTON D. KNIGHT is holds BSEE and MSEE degrees from the Georgia Institute of Technology and iscurrently pursuing a PhD there. He is exploring methods to query and control physical systems via the Internet andWorld Wide Web.STEPHEN P. DEWEERTH received the M.S. degree in Computer Science and the Ph.D. in Computation and Page 2.14.7Neural Systems from the California Institute of Technology in 1987 and 1991, respectively. He is presently anAssistant Professor of Electrical

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Brian S. Mitchell

withappropriate corrections, plus the following additional information:& quality control guidelines and acceptance sampling plan for the final product& preliminary cost estimate for construction of a new plant, based on the flow diagram.Only one report is required from each group, and each student receives the same grade. Thedesign reports constitute 15% of each student’s overall grade. The progress and final reports aregiven equal weight, and are graded on clarity, accuracy of information, ingenuity and adherenceto the specified report format.The design report proves to be challenging for several reasons. First, the students must perform alibrary search to obtain reliability information (mean time to failure) for chemical

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James L. Neujahr; Herbert Seignoret; Gary Benenson; Ed Goldman

-oriented technology education class, whichwould combine design and fabrication of projects with teaching methods, and includeexperiences with shop tools and safety practices. At City College, this course will be developedby a team including college faculty and master technology teachers from the New York Citypublic schools, under support of the NYCETP. Under this plan, it will be relatively easy for an engineering graduate to obtaincertification in Technology Education, but many will also desire certificates in Math or Science.Approved programs currently exist at MIT and RPI which allow engineering graduates tobecome certified in these fields, with a minimum of additional coursework. In states which haveno certification in Technology, or

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1997 Annual Conference

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Jerry W. Samples; Robert Martinazzi

“ownership” has surfaced as a result of SUE having a Board of Directors. For the last several years that group has successfully planned and executed an “Annual Engineering Forum”. This three (3) day event brings to the campus a wide variety of speakers. Specifically invited are ET graduates who come and “tell their stories” and serve as role models for the current students. Also invited are other prominent engineers who add to the students understanding of the engineering profession.NOTE: Dr. Lowell Shaffer, Vice President of Student Affairs, hails this event as the most wellplanned, organized and executed student event at UPJ!• Students constantly give very high ratings to the “Peak Student Performance” segment. It is presented

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Raul Herrera

of nations withwhich the United States is going to compete. The conditions under which the trade competition isgoing to take place, will not be as favorable as they were in the post-World War II years.The United States must encourage a stronger trade activity among the countries of ourhemisphere, but at the same time we must support the rise of the standard of living of themajority of the Latin American countries.So far, the ideas on globalization have been applied only to trade. Education must also beincluded among the global activities planned for the XI Century.If we fail to include education in the globalization concept, we are taking the risk of dividing ourcontinent in two sections: One that will provide cheap labor and cheap raw

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1997 Annual Conference

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Carlos Aldana; Winston F. Erevelles

of the system, wiring of the set-up,implementation of the ladder logic and development of the man-machine interface.Description of the work-cell The plan view of the basic layout of the workcell appears as Figure 1. The pickand place device is a PHD multi-motion actuator with two degrees of freedom. The baseof the actuator is a rotational joint with 180o of motion in the horizontal plane. Thesecond degree of freedom is provided by a linear actuator with a 4” stroke in the verticalplane. The actuators are equipped with magnetic bands on the pistons that activateexternally mounted Hall effect sensors. This helps to interface the actuator to variouslogic systems - an Allen Bradley SLC 5/02 PLC in this case. Using a collet adapter, oneend

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Gwan-Ywan Lai; Laura L. Sullivan; Winston F. Erevelles

design verificationand analysis, functional testing, as a tool for process planning, fixture design, tool design,prototype tooling. At GMI the process will continue with the prototype part being used as apattern for sand casting. Castings will then be poured in the foundry and machined in the CIMLaboratory. Once again the common geometry will be accessed by computers runningCAD/CAM software and toolpaths for the NC machining process will be generated anddownloaded to the CNC machines in the laboratory. The prototypes may be inspected using aCoordinate Measuring Machine to verify the accuracy of the tooling being used for the greensand casting process. Inspections may also be carried out on the finished product. Finishedproducts will then be

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Kevin S. LeBlanc; Bruce E. Segee

result is a software module capable of accessing and controllinghardware that can be easily integrated into a Windows application.3. ExamplesAutomation in the industrial environment requires considerable planning. First the necessarydata must be gathered. This may involve various hardware to provide the data such as pressuresensors or proximity sensors. Second, the data must be presented to the user in a meaningfulway. Third, the data may have to be stored for future reference or report generation. In all, thismay require a large software package involving several computers to accomplish the task.3.1 General ExampleAn example of this arrangement could involve one computer controlling material flow, anothercollecting and archiving data, and yet

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Sheng-Hsien (Gary) Teng

The common requirements for manufacturing engineers are the ability to react to theproblems quickly, their knowledge on the state-of-the-art technology, their ability to gatherinformation for problem solving, their ability to manage a project, and their communication skillsin coordinating activities and selling the improvement ideas. Lankard discussed three importantthings for students to obtain a job [1]. Basic skills provide students with job-keeping andinterpersonal skills. Technical skills allow students handle technology used on the job.Apprenticeship builds the bridge between school learned knowledge and the real-world work.Grossman and Blitzer suggested strategies for career survival which include an action plan,motivation, the

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Jon E. Freckleton

approach. They can generate a new design or document on existingdesign. The effectiveness for the latter approach was concerned in a very interestingpresentation at the 1995 ASEE Conference.@)Graphics SequenceThere are three required courses and plans for an optional upper level course. The requiredcourses:EMEM 211- a freshman course of fundamental graphics. It is a three credit lab course.Students complete large number of exercises from a workbook.EMEM 312- a second year course that concentrates on Geometric Dimensioning andTolerancing (GD&T). It is a two credit, project based lab course. Xerox, which has acopier design center in the Rochester area was an early leader in the US conversion toGD&T. Kodak, with a large presence in the area

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Brian Armstrong

evaluation report came back with 50%-70%success. All of the groups which achieved 100% performance invested heavily of their time,with some committing 100 hours or more. Page 2.12.55. Future Plans One aspect which is missing from the current project is any issue of robustness. In the nextiteration, we will introduce several plant-specification combinations with bounded parametricuncertainty. While a rigorous robustness theory is not part of the introductory two-semestercontrols sequence at UMW, robustness is a very practical issue, and verifying robustness bythe common method evaluation across the range of anticipated parameter variation is

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1996 Annual Conference

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K.A. Korzeniowski

. VII. Bibliography1. Cavicchi, T. J., Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering: Principles and Applications, Prentice Hall, Inc. 1993.2. Rizzoni, G., Principles and Applications of Electrical Engineering, Irwin Publishers, 1993.3. Wolf, S. and R.F.M. Smith, Student Reference Manual: for Electronic Instrumentation Laboratories, PrenticeHall, Inc. 1990.4. Wobschall, D., Circuit Design for Electronic Instrumentation: Analog and Digital Devices from Sensor toDisplay, Second Edition, McGraw-Hill, Inc. 1987.5. Dally, J. W., W.F. Riley and K.G. McConnell, Instrumentation for Engineering Measurements, SecondEdition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1993.6. Love, S. F., Planning and Creating Successful Engineering Designs: Managing the Design Process