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material we wanted to cover.V. Hands on LearningThe task of fitting a large amount of material into a short span of time simply meant that we werenever going to get into depth in any one area. This was both disappointing and difficult. Inaddition, the first time this course was taught the students came from ten different majors. As afree elective, it was up to their academic advisers as to whether or not it fit their course matrix.The challenge was then how to describe some rather complex topics in terms which all wouldunderstand and develop meaningful laboratories which would re-enforce the material covered inthe lecture. There is not enough space in a conference paper to describe all of the methods usedin the course so I will highlight those

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Jeffery M. Saul; Rhett J. Allain; Duane L. Deardorff; David S. Abbott; Robert J. Beichner

Reproduction Service, ED 377038.13. Hake, R., (1998). Interactive-Engagement vs. Traditional Methods: A six- thousand-student survey of mechanics test data for introductory physics courses. American Journal of Physics, 66(1): p. 64-74.14. Hake, R.R., (1992). Socratic pedagogy in the introductory physics laboratory. Physics Teacher, 30: p. 546-552.15. Heller, P., T. Foster, & K. Heller. (Year). Cooperative Group Problem Solving in Laboratories. in International Conference Undergraduate Physics Education. of Conference.16. Hestenes, D., M. Wells, & G. Swackhamer, (1992). Force concept inventory. Physics Teacher, 30(3): p. 141-158.17. Holcomb, D., (1994). How will the introductory university physics

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Mark L. Smith; Kenneth E. Rowe; Carlos R. Morales; Rick L. Homkes

Session 3575 New Engineering Faculty For The New Millennium A/Prof. Rick Homkes, A/Prof. Carlos R. Morales, Mr. Kenneth E. Rowe, A/Prof. Mark L. Smith Purdue UniversityAbstractThree new faculty members team up to relate their experiences moving from industry toacademia. Major topics include teaching, laboratory development, service, publishing, and thebalancing of time among these areas. The teaching area includes incorporating industrialexperiences into classroom preparation and making the transition from industrial presentationsto academic teaching

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. Anexample of a software screen, for link length and position input, is shown in Figure 1. Theprogram is relatively easy to learn and use, and relates clearly to analytical concepts describedin the text, so it avoids the so-called "black-box syndrome," where "students will notunderstand or perhaps even care what it [the software] is doing." [Wankat, p.156] Figure 1: Simulation Software Page 5.275.3In addition to the increased emphasis on the software, a sequence of classes in a modulararrangement was developed which would address a concept in a lecture format (50 minutes,two days a week), followed with a laboratory (2

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Theodore F. Smith; Sharif Rahman; P. Barry Butler

Page 5.484.7To promote greater interaction between the lead engineers at the sponsoring companies andengineering educators at The University of Iowa, an interaction schedule was planned and is shownin Table 3. The schedule facilitated face-to-face meetings between these people over the one-yearduration of PEDE. The meetings allowed all individuals to keep each other up-to-date on the designprojects and to provide an environment for interaction so that all participants become aware of eachother’s activities. These meetings did not interfere, however, with the biweekly face-to-facemeetings between the students and design project engineers and the weekly meetings between thestudents and engineering educators.PEDE LaboratoriesTwo laboratories were

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GROUP B 8:30 am Plans for day 8:40 am Math Science 10:00 am Science Math 11:10 am Lunch (staggered) & group activity 12:40 pm Laboratory Computers 2:00 pm Computers Laboratory 3:10 pm Daily journals Page 5.49.3 3:30 pm Depart for home Visits to local industrial firms where participants observe engineers/ scientists at work, and see the application of the ideas learned, will replace some sessions. Some sessions are double length to allow the time needed for

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Frances S. Johnson; Carlos C. Sun; Anthony J. Marchese; Heidi L. Newell; John L. Schmalzel; Roberta Harvey; Ravi Ramachandran; Paris von Lockette; Kevin Dahm

students in all fourdisciplines [1]. The hallmark of the Rowan engineering program is the multidisciplinary, project-oriented Engineering Clinic sequence and its emphasis on technical communication. TheClinics are taken each semester by every student. In the Engineering Clinic, modeled afterthe medical school concept, students and faculty from all four engineering programs workside-by-side on laboratory experiments, real-world design projects, and research. Thesolutions of these problems require not only proficiency in the technical principles, but asimportantly, require effective written and oral communication skills and collaborativeabilities [1]. The Sophomore Engineering Clinics specifically serve the dual purpose ofintroducing

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plot of the release profileof drug from their lozenge is created. Finally they determine the parameter necessary to apply amodel to their system, and they compare their experimental release profile to that described bythe model.IntroductionRowan University is pioneering a progressive and innovative Engineering program that usesinnovative methods of teaching and learning to prepare students better for a rapidly changing andhighly competitive marketplace, as recommended by ASEE[1]. Key features of the programinclude: (i) multidisciplinary education through collaborative laboratory and course work; (ii) Page 5.405.1teamwork as the necessary

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Chi-Wook Lee

measurements, signalconditioning, and signal processing. The measured mechanical properties through lab exercisesinclude temperature, pressure, strain, and frequency of dynamic systems.Since the outputs of the sensors/transducers used for the lab exercises are voltages, a digitalmultimeter or an oscilloscope is utilized as a readout device. Then, students convert the basic labexercises to computer-based data acquisition systems using their own LabVIEW programs tomeasure and calibrate the sensor/transducer outputs. LabVIEW is short for LABoratory VirtualInstrument Engineering Workbench. LabVIEW programs are called virtual instruments (VIs)and a VI has three main parts: (1) the front panel for the interactive user interface, (2) the blockdiagram as

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on • Apply the general analysis procedure to analyze stress, strain, and deformation on structural members subjected to axial, torsion, bending, and combined loads. structural members subjected to axial, torsion, bending, and combined loads. • Apply the design process to designing structural members subjected to axial, • Apply the design process to designing structural members subjected to axial, torsion, and bending loads. torsion, and bending loads. • Perform the simple tension test and pure torsion test on engineering materials in • Perform the simple tension test and pure torsion test on engineering materials in the laboratory and construct the associated stress-strain curves

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W. Ed Howard; Stephen Rather; Joseph C. Musto

process. These included: • Decubing: This involves the removal of excess material around the basic part, which is a function of the rapid prototyping process. Simple tools, such as screwdrivers and hobbyist knives, are required. Figure 3 details this process. • Sanding and Sealing: The decubed parts would eventually be painted and decorated by the students. A necessary preliminary process involved a light hand-sanding operation, followed by the brush application of an acrylic sealant. These hands-on activities allowed the students to experience the hands-on laboratory component to the engineering profession, while also allowing the students a chance to work and socialize in an open environment. 2. Internal

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Ronald A. Cox; Richard Grieve; Jeffrey Mohr

as a liaison to ISU faculty and laboratories, by offering training workshops at regionalcommunity colleges, or by referring clients to outside resources, including federal labs,consultants, etc. Approximately 400 projects with manufacturers are completed each year. Adistribution of projects by category is displayed below. Page 5.255.1 Project Distribution Quality Systems Product Development Business Systems Category Process Improvement Marketing

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Albert B. Grubbs; Michael R. Kozak

. Page 5.272.1According to Gerhardt4, university research is both a process and a product that serves to createan environment that enhances classroom teaching in terms of relevance so students can gainimportant insight into research as applied to real life problems. Some universities are starting toestablish Internet connections to instruments in laboratories so that students can access realresearch data that relates to their courses5.As the need for graduate education increases, the need for qualified faculty also increases. Agood teacher is often the most active researcher and an increasing number of educators areintegrating research into teaching. Research is traditionally conducted by graduate faculty whobring research grants to the

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Walter J. Gomes III; Rulph Chassaing

adigital signal processor evolved during a 1998 NSF-supported workshop given at the University ofMassachusetts Dartmouth. The continued support of Texas Instruments is also appreciated. Page 5.299.6Bibliography1. W.J. Gomes III and R. Chassaing, “Real-Time FIR and IIR Filter Design Using MATLAB Interfaced with the TMS320C31 DSK,” in Proceedings of the 1999 ASEE Annual Conference.2. R. Chassaing, Digital Signal Processing-Laboratory Experiments Using C and the TMS320C31 DSK, J. Wiley, 1999.3. TMS320C6201/6701 Evaluation Module User’s Guide, SPRU269, Texas Instruments, Inc., 1998.4. TMS320C62x/C67x CPU and

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Ronald W. Garrett; Paul L. Stephenson III

the product changed from what they saw,2. describe the production facility they saw at the industrial sponsor (explaining theirobservations on the sights, sounds, and smells of a production facility),3. pick a specific machine area (work space) and describe the flow of materials and someof the efficiency issues for that area,4. identify at least four quality concerns associated with the sponsor’s products,5. discuss how human fatigue or neglect might contribute to quality problems, and6. describe some of the costs associated with assuring quality.Additional details regarding how the industrial partners are providing their productionfacilities as an on-line quality control laboratory are provided in a companion paper byGarrett and Stephenson

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T. Michael Keinath; Sara B. Soderstrom; Christian D. Lorenz; Trevor Harding

present at the session. This perspective was helpful forfaculty and staff to identify specific need of the GSIs in their department. The final componentis the Teaching Fellows Pilot Program. This is a program called for experienced GSIs to submitproposals for innovative approaches to team teaching a course with a faculty member. Theseproposals should have included a description of the teaching innovation, a description of theassessment techniques used, and identification of the role the mentoring faculty member wouldplay. A selection committee awarded the fellowship to an experienced GSI from the Departmentof Civil and Environmental Engineering to implement computer-based laboratory exercises in anexisting introductory hydraulics course. The

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Mike L. Rioux; Bruce Segee

methoddoes not meet a satisfactory level of accuracy. A system was developed by theUniversity of Maine Instrumentation Research Laboratory comprised of a network ofbarcode scanners and decoders to solve this problem. Unique barcodes are assigned tooperators, tools, operations, products etc. Information is gathered via a series of barcodescans as work is performed. This information is then translated, concatenated with aunique station ID, and transmitted to a PC via the network. We have designed a VisualBasic program designed to be a general-purpose data gathering application that runs onthe PC. The application performs all the necessary data processing and, through the useof Open DataBase Connectivity (ODBC) drivers, is able to communicate with a

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implement the data transfer and handshaking has been developed and is now Page 5.393.1included in selected laboratory exercises. This way one can extend the interfacing options in the course, take advantage of a wider range of I/O devices such as push buttons, LCD displays, multi- channel ADCs etc. and provide a direct link to earlier micro-processor courses. Student projects can also take advantage of this technique.II. Microprocessor Hardware The DSP course uses the ADSP-2181 based EZ-Kit Lite, an inexpensive yet versatile development system from Analog Devices. Incorporated onto the EZ_KIT Lite is a 16-bit fixed point, 30ns ADSP-2181 processor

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S. Hiranniah; N. W. Scott; B. J. Stone; M. A. Mannan

Page 5.594.7 phase. (This diagram has been truncated to fit)added. The basic material contained in the pages has been used for over 10 years as a set ofHypercard notes on a Macintosh for students enrolled in an advanced vibration course but whohave had little or no exposure to vibration. The students (without exception) have been able tocatch up by using those notes. It is expected that the WWW version will provide the samehelp. However there is far more information in the WWW version and it is hoped that thesenotes will find a use in many and diverse courses.Bibliography1. Li, X., and Stone, B. J., 'The Teaching of Vibration by means of Self-teach Computer Programs and Laboratories' Experimental and Theoretical Mechanics

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Robert Sumrall; Nuggenhalli S Nandagopal; Gilbert J. Groendyke

. S. Nandagopal is also the coordinator of the piping program at UH-D. His interactions with the SPED Board of Directors provide him with valuable input for the piping degree program. His activities related to SPED provide him with opportunities to learn about the status of the piping industry and its future trends. Page 5.69.2• SPED shares a percentage of its net income with the Engineering Technology department. The department has used this resource to fund various activities like equipping laboratories and faculty development. In addition to sharing of the net- income, SPED has contributed towards scholarships for students

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Nickolas S. Jovanovic

to "close" students taking courses that meet in traditionalclassroom settings. A third viewpoint is that "close" students are actually distance students mostof the time, since even they should do most of their learning outside of the classroom; this modelhas the advantage of encouraging lifelong learning. This paper describes some of ourexperiences over the last three years while offering web-based course supplements, designed anddelivered with World Wide Web Course Tools (WebCT) software, at the University of Arkansasat Little Rock. One benefit of web-based course supplements for engineering (as well as other)programs is that they can permit more class time to be devoted to interactive classroom activitiessuch as laboratory experiments and

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John T. Bell; H. Scott Fogler

", HITL Technical Publications, B-94-1 ( 1997 Revise ) 1994.5. Pimental, Ken and Kevin Teixeira, Virtual Reality: Through the New Looking Glass. Second Edition, Windcrest Books, 1995.6. Staff, "Immersive VR Tests Best", CyberEdge Journal, 4(6), November / December 1994.7. Youngblut, Christine, "Educational Uses of Virtual Reality Technology", Technical Report IDA Document D-2128, 1998.8. Bell, John T., "Virtual Reality in Chemical Engineering Laboratory Web Site", http://www.engin.umich.edu/labs/vrichel.9. Bell, John T. and H. Scott Fogler. "Virtual Laboratory Accidents Designed to Increase Safety Awareness". Proceedings of American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Charlotte, NC

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Meagen Marquardt; Joshua U. Otaigbe; Brad Tischendorf

Figs. 1 to 12). The web-based instructional modules that includeQuickTime (video animation software) movies created from video tapes of research results andmaterials processing operations that cannot be easily transported from the laboratory into theclassroom. The QuickTime software allows integration of video, animation, still images, digital Page 5.721.1sound into interactive audio visual computer presentations. The QuickTime movies developedare compressed and saved on portable computer zip drives or shared hard disk servers forstudents to access and playback using a remote personal computer. These innovative computerinstructional modules are

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Kenneth D. West; Craig W. Smith

to 30students. These classes were quite informal and were held in the laboratory to makedemonstrations more convenient. Students were encouraged to ask questions at any time.Although we presented the basic concepts in the lectures, we concentrated on the majorderivations and solving many example problems. We tried to invent cute practical problems thatwould keep the students’ attention. The students responded with interested faces and noddingheads. Lecturing was great fun.Although we were pleased with our lectures, we were especially proud of our labs. Our labspace had four work stations each equipped with an 8088 Zenith computer set up with Quattrospreadsheets. We would place teams of up to four students at each station so we would

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William E. Murphy; Jimmy L. Smart; G. T. Lineberry; Bonita L. Lykins

feature of the engineering programs at Paducah is that alllaboratory equipment for unit operation labs was purchased from off-the-shelf vendors. Since theengineering programs are for undergraduates only, there are no graduate students available toconstruct and test laboratory experimental equipment as in a traditional university environment.Purchase of the equipment was from a $1.1M start-up equipment allocation appropriated by theState over a 2-year period. Some of the equipment includes a packed distillation column, adouble-effect evaporator, CSTR and continuous reactors, gas adsorption apparatus, fluid flowapparatus, liquid-liquid extraction, process control trainer, and various type heat exchangers. Theliquid-liquid extraction apparatus is

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support of testing andintegration, coordination with DoD/NASA laboratories or universities for collaborative projects,and guides USNA Midshipmen through the DoD Space Experiment Review Board (SERB) flightselection process. The satellite development process is a multi-semester effort requiring the contributions ofMidshipmen from several consecutive graduating classes. Senior students in our AerospaceDesign course initiate the process in the spring semester with identification of the mission anddetermination of requirements, followed by development of the conceptual design. Students insubsequent classes will take the satellite through feasibility study, final design, construction,testing, and launch platform integration. Each spring

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Vincent Wilczynski

collecting experimental data to investigate physical phenomena and test engineeringhypotheses. With the exception of computer based data acquisition instruction in the course,the content of such courses is fairly standard1. These standard topics include experimentaldesign and techniques, transducers, signal processing, and data analysis. The topic of computerbased data acquisition is an essential component of modern engineering experimentationcourses and its incorporation in the course can serve as the backbone to explore other coursetopics.The engineering instructor’s challenge is to find a method for covering this material in aclassroom setting while simultaneously conducting meaningful laboratory experiments tocomplement the classroom instruction

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R. Sureshkumar; J. Sato

placed to the MEMC Inc., St. Peters, web site and to theacademic research laboratories that work on silicon manufacturing through CVD and non-CVDprocesses. This will enhance professional awareness and improve career prospects.Introduce experimental and software tools: Software tools will includeMaple/Mathematica/Matlab and special purpose software such as FIDAP, Fluent, POLYFLOWetc. This could complement the introductory course on computing (CS 265 at WashingtonUniversity). Similar introduction to applications of flow visualization [4] digital particle imagingvelocimetry (DPIV), infrared thermal imaging (IRTI), Rheometry etc. could also be given throughthe IRIMs.K-12 Education: IRIMs developed based on simpler illustrations of engineering target

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Andrew T. Rose

improve my chances at success if I could get a head start on mypreparations. Unfortunately I could not carry out my good intentions. Completing projects atmy consulting job, dealing with realtors, mortgage lenders, home inspectors and packing for themove were all deadline-based priorities that had to be completed before the semester began. Iwish now that I had left my consulting job several weeks earlier to set up my new office,organize my files and familiarize myself with the laboratory equipment. I believe these extrafew weeks would have made this semester easier and helped me be more efficient.To familiarize yourselves with a new area, it is suggested that you get a mail subscription to thelocal newspaper, and contact the local convention and

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graduation.Students are exposed to “real-world” practices, extending what they have learned in ourclassrooms and laboratories. They are aware that their professional success in their first years inindustry depends on how confident they feel about their technical abilities as well as their actualknowledge. Internships in industry serve both cases, expanding their knowledge and giving themthe confidence that they need to be successful. However, while everybody agrees that aninternship experience in industry is a key component in undergraduate education in engineeringand engineering technology, it certainly requires more planning and preparation than traditionalclasses. Some faculty may feel overwhelmed by the logistics involved in preparing an internshipwhich