Conference Session

Sustainable Energy Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Keith L. Coogler, Sam Houston State University; Ayhan Zora, Deere & Company

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2011-1230: AN UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROJECT: THE DE-SIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF AN ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY HY-BRID BOATFaruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State UniversityKeith L. Coogler, Sam Houston State University Mr. Keith L. Coogler is an instructor of industrial technology at Sam Houston State University. He re- ceived a BS in Design & Development and holds a MA in Industrial Education and is pursuing an Ed.D. in Higher Education from Texas A&M University Commerce. His primary teaching area is Construc- tion Management. Research interests include: automation, electronics, alternative energy, and ”green” construction.Ayhan Zora, Deere & Company

Conference Session

Graduate Education and Undergraduate Research in ET

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Afsheen Mozammel, Purdue University, Calumet; Lash B. Mapa, Purdue University, Calumet; Susan Scachitti, Purdue University, Calumet

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Engineering Technology

AC 2011-604: APPLICATION OF LEAN SIX SIGMA IN HEALTHCAREA GRADUATE LEVEL DIRECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCEAfsheen Mozammel, Purdue University Calumet Afsheen Mozammel is a graduate student at Purdue University Calumet in Engineering Technology. She has three years of corporate experience in Supply Chain Management in Telecommunication field. She is also an instructor in Organizational Leadership & Supervision and Engineering Technology departments. She is working as a process improvement analyst in Lean Six Sigma at a major retail organization and has joined Purdue University Calumet as limited term lecturer .Lash B. Mapa, Purdue University, Calumet (Tech) Lash Mapa have worked in industry as a Process Control

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stacy S. Wilson, Western Kentucky University; Mark E. Cambron, Western Kentucky University; Michael L. McIntyre, Western Kentucky University

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2011-432: ASSESSING AND IMPROVING A CAPSTONE DESIGN SE-QUENCE WITH INDUSTRIAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUESStacy S. Wilson, Western Kentucky University Stacy S. Wilson is a professor in the Electrical Engineering Program at Western Kentucky University. Her research interests include controls, system identification, and wavelets. She is actively involved in the assessment process.Mark E Cambron, Western Kentucky UniversityMichael L. McIntyre, Western Kentucky University Page 22.230.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Assessing and Improving a Capstone Design

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2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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James G. Steuber

The Machine Component Design Manual Project and Other Tools for Teaching Mechanical Design James G. Steuber, Ph.D. Arkansas Tech UniversityAbstractThe difficulties in teaching and learning the design of machine components and the assessmentof a students ability to do so are addressed in this paper. Teaching and learning machine designis hindered by the inexperience of students and an instructors’ inability to motivate students tolearn this sometimes ambiguous topic. Students are often intolerant of the ambiguity that showsup in the iterative nature of design, full of decisions, and conceptualization. The assessment ofdesign ability is

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Suzanne Keilson

Elements of Visual Literacy and Presentation Design from First Year Student Projects Suzanne Keilson SKeilson@loyola.edu 323 Elements of Visual Literacy and Presentation Design from First Year Student ProjectsABSTRACTA problem solving project has been given to first year students in an introduction to engineering classover a number of years. The students present their work including their process and method andproposed solutions at the end of the semester. These projects can vary from improved laundry oreating facilities to improved lighting on cars. The focus is on the problem solving process. Typicallystudents create presentations in software

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Jennifer Van Donk; Justin Lekos; Sarah Baker; Kevin Yamauchi; Adam Paicely; Brian P. Self; A. Matthew Robinson

30    Developing a Low Cost Prosthetic Foot for the Vida Nueva Clinic: A Multidisciplinary Senior Design ProjectJennifer Van Donk, Justin Lekos, Sarah Baker, Kevin Yamauchi, Adam Paicely,Brian Self and A. Matthew Robinson*California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo/*Hanger Orthotics & ProstheticsAbstractIn Spring 2010, five Cal Poly students joined to form the Piernas de Vida senior project team.Our intention was to address the growing need for low-cost prostheses in developing countries.In conjunction with

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Mohammad N. Amin; Pradip Peter Dey; Bhaskar Raj Sinha; Gordon W. Romney

13   Investigation of a Masters Research Project for Validation of Program Goals and Student Learning OutcomesMohammad N. Amin Pradip Peter Dey Bhaskar Raj Sinha Gordon W. Romney National University National University National University National UniversitySan Diego, California San Diego, California San Diego, California San Diego, California mamin@nu.edu pdey@nu.edu bsinha@nu.edu gromney@nu.eduAbstractBrowsing on the web

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Bradley A. Hyatt

104 Effectively Utilizing Industry Members to Assess Student Learning Outcomes in a Senior Project Course Bradley A. Hyatt, P.E., LEED AP California State University, Fresno Fresno, CAAbstractThe purpose of this case study was to develop methods to effectively utilize industry members inthe assessment of student performance in a senior project course. The primary approach was tocreate tools that allow industry partners to sponsor, participate, and ultimately assist inassessment of student teams in these courses. The

Conference Session

Effective Projects and Experiments in Instrumentation and Control

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Tyler Schecklman, Savannah Technical College

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Instrumentation

infrastructure already exists and hence there is no need to install a medium forthe data to travel. This paper will present the home automation project designed/developed bythe students based on a socket connection functions from the Java.net library. Themicrocontroller and network connections in conjunction with sensors are used to control devicesin a typical home. For simplicity this paper will explore only three outputs from themicrocontroller and two analog inputs. The analog inputs will be used to measure temperatureand humidity. This system could be extended to run a whole home automation suite.IntroductionThe sensor network is a technique for implementation of ubiquitous computing environment. It isan environment that enables communications with

Conference Session

Effective Projects and Experiments in Instrumentation and Control

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chao-Chia Cheng, National Central University; Lee king-lien, Department of Electro-Optic Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan 542, R.O.C.; Chih-Hsiung Ku, National Dong Hwa University

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Instrumentation

, the integration ofthis measurement apparatus can be divided by four parts: “system design”, “optical systemintegration”, “data acquirement”, and “data analysis”. Students from Physics Department andDepartment of Optics and Photonics had been participated in this project in their “Special TopicsStudy” course. In this paper, we would like to share our approach to realize the physical conceptwith the community in the hope that this selected topic will be helpful for teaching the principlesand methods about index characterization.Measurement principle and resultAs shown in Fig-1, one laser beam is incident on a prism of apex angle . The first air-prisminterface which laser beam enters is regarded as “entrance face” and the one which laser

Conference Session

Effective Projects and Experiments in Instrumentation and Control

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Akram Hossain, Purdue University, Calumet; Md. Rasheduzzaman, Purdue University, Calumet

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Instrumentation

Applications Department of IEEE/IAS. He authored more than 25 refereed journal and conference publications. In 2009 he as PI received NSF-CCLI grant entitled A Mechatronics Curriculum and Packaging Automation Laboratory Facility. From 2003 through 2006, he was involved with Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL in developing direct computer control for hydrogen pow- ered automotives. He is also involved in several direct computer control and wireless process control related research projects. His interests are in the area of industrial transducer, industrial process con- trol, modeling and simulation of Mechatronics devices and systems, wireless controls, statistical process control, computer aided design and fabrication

Conference Session

Outreach Projects: Promoting Energy Efficiency and Education in General

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ahmed Cherif Megri, University of Wyoming

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

at UW, he was an assistant professor and the director of Architectural Engineering Program at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). He was re- sponsible for developing the current architectural engineering undergraduate and master’s programs at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). During his stay at IIT, he taught fundamental engineering courses, such as thermodynamics and heat transfer, as well as design courses, such as HVAC, energy, plumbing, fire protection and lighting. Also, he supervise many courses in the frame of interprofessional projects program (IPRO). In few months, Dr. Megri will defend his ”Habilitation” (HDR) degree at Pierre and Marie Curie Univer- sity - Paris VI, Sorbonne

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Projects and Applications

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

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Engineering Technology

output loads),electric motors and motor starters (switches heavy loads), and solenoid directional controlvalves (widely used, controls fluids).The junior level applied process control engineering course utilizes Allen-Bradleyprogrammable logic controllers and the accompanying RSLogix ® software. A dozenclusters are equipped for the controller programming and wiring. Each cluster iscomposed of a desktop computer linked to a Micrologix 1000 ® PLC module was alsodesigned and fabricated as a project of this class. An organized kit includes typicalindustrial inputs such as push button switches, limit switches, and both inductive andcapacitive proximity devices. The kit also includes typical industrial outputs includinglights, buzzers, motors, and

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Projects and Applications

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cheng Y. Lin, Old Dominion University

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Engineering Technology

to a PC for analysisthrough a data acquisition device (USB 6251) and Labview software provided by NationalInstrument (NI). Result shows that the machine can repeatedly generate an impact force up toeleven Gs. Demonstration of the project can be used as one of labs in the courses of Automationand Controls and Introduction to Robotics.1. IntroductionThe course of Automation and Controls offered in the Mechanical Engineering TechnologyProgram has the objective of teaching students: (1) Pneumatic components and pneumatic circuit designs. (2) Feedbacks from electrical sensors and related ladder diagrams. (3) Introduction to Programmable Logical Controllers (PLC) and PLC1 programs. (4) Integration of pneumatic, electrical, and/or hydraulic

Conference Session

Electromechanical Capstone and Design Projects in Engineering Technology

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chong Chen, Middle Tennessee State University

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Engineering Technology

was conducted as a graduate student project.Through this project, the involving graduate students not only leaned how to use the Maxwellsoftware for creating an electrical machine geometry, adding permanent magnet and current tothe machine, and interpreting the calculation results, but also got an in-depth understanding onthe linear alternator operation and design as well as what the machine may do in utilizingrenewable energy.Principle of Linear AlternatorFigure 2 is a cross section view of a single-slot single-phase cylindrical permanent magnet linearalternator. This alternator has two parts: a stator and a plunger. The stator consists of a statorcore, made of silicon-iron, and a circular stator winding embedded inside of the stator core

Conference Session

Electromechanical Capstone and Design Projects in Engineering Technology

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William C. Beston, Florence-Darlington Technical College; Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College

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Engineering Technology

Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology (EMET) or similar programs. Theinstructional modules, including an advanced certificate option for incumbent workers, can leadto certification as a Robotics Production Technician (RPT) and be aligned with theManufacturing Skill Standards Council’s (MSSC) "Certified Production Technician” credential,which is recognized by the federal National Skill Standards Board as the "Voluntary Partnership"for manufacturing.The project team has established the following goals: 1. necessary skills for RPTs will be updated and validated; 2. six instructional modules leading to certification as a RPT will be developed for on-line delivery; 3. completers will demonstrate “readiness” for industry- recognized

Conference Session

FPD X: First-Year Design with Projects, Modeling, and Simulation

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Naomi C. Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Cynthia M. D'Angelo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Golnaz Arastoopour, University of Wisconsin, Madison; David Williamson Shaffer, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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First-Year Programs

, 1993, pp. 196-202.4. Froyd, J.E., and Ohland, M.W., “Integrated Engineering Curricula,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 94, No. 1, 2005, pp. 147-164.5. Dym, C.L., “Teaching Design to Freshmen: Style and Content,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 83, No. 4, 1994, pp. 303-310.6. Dym, C.L., and Little, L. Engineering Design: A Project-Based Introduction, 2nd edition, New York, NY.: John Wiley, 2003.7. Schon, D.A., The reflexive practitioner: How professionals think in action. 1983, New York: Basic Books8. Schon, D.A. Educating the reflective practitioner: Toward a new design for teaching and learning in the professions. 1987. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.9. Shaffer, D.W., “Epistemic frames and islands of expertise: Learning

Conference Session

Effective Projects and Experiments in Instrumentation and Control

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohamad A. Mustafa, Savannah State University; Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Jeff Kesling

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Instrumentation

this project is to design a smart rod that will improve the accuracy of themeasurements of differential leveling over the currently used industry methods. The smart rodconsists of graduated rod that employs a tilt sensor (Parallax Memsic 2125 Dual-axisAccelerometer), transmitter (Parallax XBee 1mW Chip Antenna (XB24-ACI-001)), and ParallaxDiscovery board (Board of Education carrier board with BASIC Stamp 2 module). The tiltsensor is used to measure the rods’ angle with respect to the earth, and the transmitter wirelesslytransmits the angle data to an automatic level that is also equipped with a Parallax Discoveryboard (Board of Education carrier board with BASIC Stamp 2 module). The Parallax Discoveryboards are used to bridge the components

Conference Session

Outreach Projects: Promoting Energy Efficiency and Education in General

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Conference Session

Electromechanical Capstone and Design Projects in Engineering Technology

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael D. Johnson, Texas A&M University; Ram Prasad Diwakaran, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

Conference Session

Outreach Projects: Promoting Energy Efficiency and Education in General

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shiyoung Lee, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

systems. Where appropriate, these exercises should involve team-based work among students. Effectiveness and practicality of designs should be key components of the evaluation of students’ work.If design projects are used, students should be required to develop, follow, and periodicallyprogress report on their design developments. Evaluation should consider the quality of thepresentations and the professionalism demonstrated by the students.The proposed IPFC-IMD system, which is implemented mainly with discrete components,provides various teaching components to enhance EMET 325 Electric Drives course. It will beuseful for the practical dc and ac motor drive systems sections. Possible teaching topics and theirbrief explanations are listed

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Projects and Applications

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chandra R. Sekhar, Purdue University, Calumet ; Omer Farook, Purdue University; Jai P. agrawal, Purdue University Calumet; Essaid Bouktache, Purdue University, Calumet

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Engineering Technology

Signal Conditioning,2) Microcontrollers based Embedded System design,3) Embedded System Programming,4) Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) Design,5) Use of Graphical User Interface (GUI) and6) Final System Design Projects. Page 22.29.5 Table1. Learning Modules Time Coverage Learning Modules Lecture Hours Laboratory Hours 20 15* Bio signal, Transducers and *Some of the theory is also Signal Conditioning delivered in the labs

Conference Session

Outreach Projects: Promoting Energy Efficiency and Education in General

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ashley Banaszek, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Richard H Hall, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Mehdi Ferdowsi, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Page 22.168.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 An Evaluation of an Electric Drive Vehicle Program Based on Student Motivation and Learning Effectiveness Abstract Electric drive vehicles (EDVs) are becoming more and more prevalent in today’s marketplace. As such, there is a growing demand for engineers and mechanics that understand these specific types of systems. The U.S. Department of Energy recently awarded the Missouri University of Science and Technology and partners funding to develop a large-scale training project. The project includes the development of undergraduate and graduate curricula and programs at the university

Conference Session

Effective Projects and Experiments in Instrumentation and Control

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Bowker; Saleh M. Sbenaty, Middle Tennessee State University; Mark Newton Johnson, Equipass ID

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Instrumentation

Conference Session

Project-Based, Inquiry Guided, and High Performance Learning Environments: Effective Approaches

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph J. Biernacki, Tennessee Technological University

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Chemical Engineering

students (mostly freshmen) at TTU. The results suggestthat even freshmen claim to have some level of prior formal teamwork training and considerableexposure to teamwork through extracurricular activities. Their prior experiences with teamwork,however, appear to be rather neutral, though 83% reported having been involved in a “prior Page 22.1341.4successful team project.”To see how students at the sophomore level respond, an independent survey was given by theauthor, seeking information regarding prior teamwork exposure and experience with team-basedactivities. Somewhat consistent with Hunter, et al, student responses indicate that virtually

Conference Session

Project-Based, Inquiry Guided, and High Performance Learning Environments: Effective Approaches

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne R. Minerick, Michigan Technological University

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Chemical Engineering

and implemented attwo different institutions. The course content evolved considerably from the first time the classwas taught to the second time the course was taught in order to capture the substantial gains intechnology and research approaches that have occurred over the two years between courseofferings. A description of the content in the first offering of this course and four class activitieswere discussed in a paper in Chemical Engineering Education3. In addition, the initialimplementation of HiPeLE inspired concept development projects were described in an ASEE-SE proceedings paper4. This paper describes and presents evaluations of the high performancelearning environment in the second implementation of this course.Course Structure

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Project-Based, Inquiry Guided, and High Performance Learning Environments: Effective Approaches

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Khairiyah Mohd-Yusof, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Syed Helmi Syed Hassan, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Mohammad Zamry Jamaludin, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Nor Farida Harun, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

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Chemical Engineering

’ thinking visible – it is no longer solely limitedto making content visible as in the traditional transmission mode.11 It is important to emphasizethat PBL is “not only about infusing problems into the class, but also about creatingopportunities for students to construct knowledge through effective interactions and collaborativeinquiry.”11Supporting and monitoring students’ learning in small groups by a floating facilitator can bechallenging in a typical class while implementing PBL. It is typical for students to resistworking in groups, be it in laboratories or class projects, because of negative prior experiences.17Therefore, the support needed does not only involve cognitive coaching at different PBL phases,guidance and monitoring to develop

Conference Session

Teaching Analog and Digital Communication: Novel Ideas for Lecture Courses, Laboratories, and Projects

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bruce E. Dunne, Grand Valley State University; Codie Wilson, Grand Valley State University

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Electrical and Computer

enrolled ECEstudents are engaging in projects which often include wireless communicationsubsystems.To meet this need, the course Wireless Communications Systems was developed anddelivered. This course is intended to help ensure our students’ competency in theemerging wireless communications field for now and into the future. The courseconcentrates on wireless physical layer communication and builds off of a traditionalcourse in communications. Laboratories and projects are a fundamental component of thecourse.In this paper, we present an overview of the course topics and describe the areas covered.We also discuss what was left out due to time and complexity considerations. We furtherdescribe the laboratory experiments and how they integrate with

Conference Session

Teaching Analog and Digital Communication: Novel Ideas for Lecture Courses, Laboratories, and Projects

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander M. Wyglinski, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Daniel J. Cullen

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2011-1869: DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS EDUCATION VIASOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO EXPERIMENTATIONAlexander M. Wyglinski, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Alexander M. Wyglinski is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Director of the Wireless Innovation Laboratory (WI Lab), and Director of the WPI Limerick Project Center. He received his Ph.D. degree from McGill University in 2005, his M.S. degree from Queens University at Kingston in 2000, and his B.Eng. degree from McGill University in 1999, all in electrical engineering.Daniel J. Cullen Page

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Teaching Analog and Digital Communication: Novel Ideas for Lecture Courses, Laboratories, and Projects

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lei Miao, The University of Cincinnati; Denis Fedorov, University of Cincinnati; James O. Everly, University of Cincinnati; Max Rabiee, University of Cincinnati

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Electrical and Computer

address the above two concerns. However, these services require either ahigh installation fee or a high monthly/yearly service fee.This paper presents a senior design project which utilizes cellular and microprocessortechnology to provide similar and better services at lower cost. The project alsoenhances the convenience features of motor vehicles. The outcome of the seniordesign project is a complete electronic system assembled on a printed circuit board,and it is ready to be mass produced for the unit price under $100. When the system isinstalled on an automotive, the following functionalities can be achieved: i) a usermay turn on and turn off the engine remotely; ii) the car may turn the engine offautomatically after the desired temperature is