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Women in Engineering: Faculty/Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alice Pawley

history, or the history ofindividuals”28 to philosophy and literary criticism, what is often called “science and technologystudies” is growing in reach and depth, and considers the topic of gender in science from manymore angles than simply women's underrepresentation.Feminist science scholars question who benefits from how science is practiced, how scientistsproduce theory about the natural/cultural/political/social world(s), how scientists determine whatis worthy of study and what is not, and who does not benefit from these investigations.Simultaneously, they are concerned with what remains “unsaid” in science: along with manyother scholars, Harding28, 29 has written extensively about the androcentric bias in biology andthe social sciences, as

Conference Session

Curriculums in Transition

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nathan Klingbeil

-Piana, C. K., 1999, "CircLES: A Retention Program for Entering Students in Engineering, Mathematics and Science," Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, Vol. 3, 13d8-2.4. Richardson, J., Dantzler, J, 2002, "Effect of a Freshman Engineering Program on Retention and Academic Performance," Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, Vol. 3, S2C/16-S2C/22.5. Kellar, J.J., Hovey, W., Langerman, M., Howard, S., Simonson, L., Kjerengtroen, L., Stetler, L., Heilhecker, H., Arneson-Meyer, L., Kellogg, S. D., 2000, "Problem Based Learning Approach for Freshman Engineering," Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, Vol. 2, F2G-7-F2G-10.6. Howard, B., 1999, "Enough of This Science and Mathematics, Let's Do Some

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The Best of Interdisciplinary Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

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William Rossi; Herbert Ingley; Erik Sander; Dow Whitney; Marc Hoit; R. Keith Stanfill

. building and working in a multidisciplinary business team 5. business planning and plans 6. marketing in an entrepreneurial environment 7. financing models (fundraising) 8. financials (income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement).ITV teamsIn the pilot offering, three virtual companies were formed. At least two ITV teams will beformed in each subsequent program year. Each ITV team consists of the following:• a technology development team composed of four to six undergraduate engineering and business students coached by an engineering faculty “coach”• a two- to five-person market research and business plan development team composed of MBA students coached by a CEI faculty member, the engineering faculty inventor(s

Conference Session

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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2004 Annual Conference

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Scott Danielson; Al Post; Bradley Rogers

/Fuel_Cells_for_Houses.pdf (Accessed January 2004.)4. Larminie, J. and Dicks, A., Fuel Cell Systems Explained, Wiley, 2000.5. Fuel Cell Handbook, 6th Edition, U.S Department of Energy, November 2002.6. Mehta, V and Cooper, J. S., Review and Analysis of PEM Fuel Cell Design and Manufacturing, Journal of Power Sources 114, pp 32-53, 2003. (Recommended)7. Fuel Cells: Green Power, S. Thomas, M. Zalbowitz, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, August 2003 http://education.lanl.gov/resources/fuelcells/fuelcells.pdf. (Accessed January 2004.)8. Barbir, F. - Technical Challenges in PEM Fuel Cell Development, Energy Partners, Inc., http://www.powerpulse.net/powerpulse/archive/aa_071299b1.stm.9. Bar-On, I., Kichain, R., Roth, R. – Technical cost

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Computed Simulation and Animation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Abul Azad

X Flexible Link ( t."E."I, L ) w*x ,t+ x Y0 Y s*t+ O X0 v Rigid Hub ( Ih ) Figure 1: Schematic representation of the flexible manipulator system.A schematic representation of the manipulator is shown in Figure 1, where X o OYo and XOYrepresent the stationary and moving co-ordinate frames respectively. The axis OX coincideswith the neutral line of the link in its undeformed configuration, and is tangent to

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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Joseph J. Rencis; Hartley T. Grandin

for a rigid beam and the sixth stepintroduces the elasticity of the beam. The Appendix shows that 20 independent equations arerequired to solve this problem. The equations are input into an engineering equation solverprogram, of the student’s choice, in the form and order of their derivation from basic principles.No attempt is made to isolate a variable on the left-hand side, and there is no algebraiccombining of the equations. This type of complex problem is rather difficult to solve by hand!There are 20 coupled equations since the problem is statically indeterminate. L S Elastic Uniform Beam of Weight W

Conference Session

Novel Upper-Level Materials Curricula

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Roylance

subject 3.913) is one of MIT's principal graduate subjectsin polymeric materials. It is a core subject in the doctoral Polymer Program of the Department ofMaterials Science and Engineering, and also in the MIT interdepartmental Program in PolymerScience and Technology (PPST). 3.91 was developed originally by Prof. F.J. McGarry in the1960's, and has been offered continually at MIT ever since. Prof. D. Roylance has co-taught thesubject since the mid-1970's, and became the sole instructor with Prof. McGarry's retirement inJune 2002.As its name implies, 3.91 is aimed at presenting the concepts underlying the response ofpolymeric materials to applied loads. These include both the molecular mechanisms of theresponse and the mathematical description of

Conference Session

Programming Issues for Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Friedman; Jerri Drakes

learning that encompass this aspect and supportthe informal learning approach and activity we are describing here.Attitudes and perceptions: The fifth graders participating in the development of the NegroLeagues software had a genuine interest in the success of the software program in that theyparticipated in the design, development, testing and installation of the program. They had apositive attitude in every aspect of learning about both baseball and the software developmentprocess. When they visited the Yogi Berra museum to view baseball artifacts and other hands-onexhibits, they listened to retired baseball players describing the atmosphere of night gamesduring the 1930’s. When the programmers had interface design and functionality questions

Conference Session

Potpourri of Engineering Mathematics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Feodor Vainstein; Mark Rajai

have presented our experience in teaching Theoretical Issues in Computer Engineering. Westrongly believe that there is nothing more practical than a good theory. We suggested a list oftopics to be included and emphasized the importance of both high mathematical level ofcoverage and rich variety of practical examples.Bibliography1 Kenneth H. Rosen “Discrete Mathematics and its Applications”, 2002, McGraw-Hill.2 Morris M. Mano, Charles R. Kime “Logic and Computer Design Fundamentals”, 1999, Prentice Hall.3 Serge Lang “Algebra”, 1993, Addison-Wesley.4 F. S. Vainstein "Low Redundancy Polynomial Checks for Numerical Computations," Applicable Algebra inEngineering, Communication and Computing, vol. 7, No. 6, pp. 439-447, 1996.5 F. S. Vainstein

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rafael Niyazov; Mahmoud Ardebili

Session 1526 Laboratory Component for Engineering Mechanics Course Rafael S. Niyazov and Mahmoud K. Ardebili Engineering Science Program Borough of Manhattan Community College / CUNY New York, NewYork10007 Abstract The Engineering Mechanics class at Borough of Manhattan Community College has recently integrated a laboratory component. The lab is designed to give students a hands-on experience with the theoretical concepts covered in the lecture. New laboratory exercises covering topics such as

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Yi Min Huang; Michael Trevisan

Session 1793 Evaluation Issues in the Renewal of Engineering Education: Lessons from NSF-Funded Projects Michael S. Trevisan Washington State UniversityAbstractThe field of engineering education is in the midst of reform. Support for these change efforts isavailable through competitive programs within the National Science Foundation (NSF). Therequirement to evaluate funded projects, particularly for program improvement, is an expectationacross agency programs, and critical for program development and attainment of programoutcomes. Three NSF

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International Case Studies, Interactive Learning, Student Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Boucher; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy; Afsaneh Minaie

: RMB 1 Tri-State Data ReadU3: RMB 1 Tri-State Data ReadLASTU4: RMB 1 U4's Contents On Last ReadLASTU3: RMB 1 U3's Contents On Last ReadXBIT: RMB 1 Used With Don't Care States ORG $B600* This Subroutine does an Init to the System.INIT: LDS #STACK Set the Stack Pointer LDAA #$0C Set PD2 and PD3 to High STAA PORTD Store in PORTD LDAA DDRD Get Data Dir for D ORAA #$0C Make PD2 and PD3 Output STAA DDRD Store New Directions CLRA A=$00 STAA PORTA Strobes to Zero

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ECE Laboratory Development & Innovations

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2004 Annual Conference

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Jay Adams; Faramarz Mossayebi

deals with the concept of sampling andreconstruction. Although in the previous experiments students actually sampled andreconstructed signals, they had not been exposed to underlying foundations. Thus, thelecture portion of this lab introduces the student to the concept of Nyquist SamplingCriterion. The knowledge that they have gained in determining the frequency content of asignal is tied to the choice of sampling frequency; sampling frequency, f s , must begreater than twice the maximum frequency content, f max , of the signal. This will ensurethat the signal can be reconstructed without the occurrence of aliasing. Aliasing is adistortion in a signal that is caused when higher frequency components of the signaloverlap with the lower frequency

Conference Session

Technology, Communications & Ethics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Silliman; Leo Hubbard McWilliams

collected anonymously using the radio-frequency ARSduring lectures. With respect to engagement and increasing the value of the lectures, one of the objectives ofusing the ARS was to keep the students awake and active during lectures. Hence, students wereasked to respond to a series of questions, during the lecture, within groups of 3-4 students.Typical questions utilized were of a form similar to: “Within your group, what do you think willbe the most important area(s) of contribution in engineering in your lifetime?”, “How do we gettotal work, W, from the previous equation for dW?”, or “For your project, are you going to need s2to solve ∫ dW = ∫ (|| F ( x) ||)(cos(θ ( x))d || x || ?”. These questions were followed by a series of

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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Rebeca G. Book; William Pfannenstiel

handbooks as:“The committee may impose one or more of the following sanction(s): -The imposition of a grade of ‘XF” with the addition of a permanent note on the student’s transcript indicating his/her participation in a serious act of academic dishonesty (such as taking an exam for another student) -Disciplinary probation -Suspension -Expulsion from the university”Professors should also follow up and point out in their syllabi, definitions of expected honestyand the consequences of dishonesty. To show priority of expected good morals, the handbookand class policies should be emphasized in a freshman course, introduction course, or a specialoffering through a seminar setting or library offering. The effectiveness

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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Troy Harding

for ET Department• SLOs for each academic program option (ET-CET, ET-MET, ETB-MET, ET-ECET, ETB- ECET, ET-CMST, ETB-CMST, ET-CWDT)• Chart summarizing the University, College, Department and program SLOs (one for each program option).• Chart matching program SLOs to TAC/ABET criteria• SLOs for each course• Tabular list and matrix of program SLOs vs. courses• Chart showing measurement methods, improvements, etc. for a selected academic program option (ET-CET, ET-MET, etc.)• Course cover sheet for each course showing which Program SLOs are addressed in the course• List of implemented program and process improvements. Query must include date ranges, program option(s).• List of suggested program and process improvements. Query must

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Malgorzata Zywno

Session 1793 Work in Progress: Development, Implementation and Evaluation of a Learning Object for Teaching Control Systems Malgorzata S. Zywno and M. F. (Frankie) Stewart Ryerson UniversityAbstractThis paper reports on a work in progress in developing an interactive Control Systems learningobject. The objective of the work is to enhance active learning and visualization, and to providestudents with improved formative feedback and review of the learned concepts despitechallenges of increased class sizes. The module is developed within a framework of the Co-operative

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Manhire

(Cartesian form) (12) Page 9.957.3 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education S 1 = S1 e j θ (polar form) (13) where: j = − 1 * and e is the transcendental number 2.71828…10The scalar magnitude (S1) of the (polar form) complex power is known as the apparent power11and is:† S1 = S1 = P1 + jQ1 = VrmsIrms (14

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

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2004 Annual Conference

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Yogesh Thakar; Vinay Kadekar; Todd Sparks; Ashok Agrawal; Frank Liou

. Student Group 1 Week 2 Ot h er 13 .3 3 % More h an d s on act iv it ies 40.00% Ch an g e Not h in g 46.67 % Figure 1 – Student Feedback from Week 2Based upon the feedback results, it was decided that the course material should berevised. The complex math was replaced with a history of the development of RPtechnologies and an overview of modern rapid prototyping technologies. The lectureportion of the workshop was streamlined and shortened to make room for moreactivities. In the third week, the teachers were given the opportunity

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Steif

Session 2468 Use of Simplified FEA to Enhance Visualization in Mechanics Paul S. Steif, Edward Gallagher Carnegie Mellon UniversityIntroduction and BackgroundMany recommendations have arisen from national reports1,2 which noted the increasingneed to improve undergraduate education in engineering. A central suggestion is that“Institutions of higher education should provide diverse opportunities for allundergraduates to study science, mathematics, engineering, and technology as practicedby scientists and engineers, and as early in their academic careers as possible”3. This isalso recognized

Conference Session

Nontechnical Skills for Engineering Technology Students

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Kozak

Women in a social and behavioral sciencecourse, taught by an engineering technology instructor, is one such small step.Bibliography1 AWSEM Gender Equity. (1997). Facts in Brief, 2 Mervis, J. (2000). Diversity: Easier said than done. Science, 289 (5478), 378-79.3 U.S. Census Bureau. (2000). Statistical Abstract of the United States, Washington: Author.4 Kozen, D. & Zweben, S. (March 1998). 1996-97 CRA Taulbee Survey: Undergrad Enrollments Keep Booming, Grad Enrollments Holding their Own, 5 Workman, J. K. (2001). Development of a K-12 Summer Program to Promote Women in Engineering and Technology. Conference Proceedings. Washington DC: American Society for Engineering Education.6 Jacobs, J. A. (1999). The Sex

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The Best of Interdisciplinary Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ralph Ford; Jana Goodrich; Robert Weissbach

Session 1654 Lessons Learned and Best Practices in Multidisciplinary Teamwork and Teaching of a Small Product Realization Course Robert S. Weissbach, Jana G. Goodrich, Ralph M. Ford Penn State Erie, The Behrend CollegeIntroductionThe Small Product Realization course has been offered for two semesters (Spring 2003 & Fall2003) at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. The course is 3 credits, meeting for 50 minutes3 times a week. In addition to the scheduled class periods, the students spend one weekend at thebeginning of the semester attending a seminar at an off-campus location. This weekend

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chean-Chin Ngo; Kurt Gramoll

Engineering Education, Vol. 11, pp. 75-82, 2003.4. Ngo, C. C. and Lai, F. C., “Web-Based Thermodynamics Tables Wizard,” Computer Applications in Engineering Education, Vol. 10, pp. 137-143, 2002.5. Young, D. F., Munson, B. E., and Okiishi, T. H., A Brief Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, 2nd ed., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2001.6. Homsy, G. M., Aref, H., Breuer, K. S., Hochgreb, S., Koseff, J. R., Munson, B. R., Powell, K. G., Robertson, C. R., and Thoroddsen, S. T., Multi-Media Fluid Mechanics, Cambridge University Press, 2000.7. Liggett, J. A. and Caughey, D. A., Fluid Mechanics: An Interactive Text, American Society of Civil Engineers Press, 1998.8. Perlin, M., Schultz, W. W., Smith, M. K., and Foss, J. F

Conference Session

Lab Experiments in Materials Science

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Amy Hsiao

Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationlike an “S”. They then examine the area in the middle of the “S” with a magnifying glass. Thenew employee then repeats this exercise with a smaller-sized metal paper clip and records theobservations and differences between the two sizes. What is demonstrated here is elasticdeformation – a type of deformation in which the object returns to its original shape after theforces have been removed. This type of deformation is unique in the realm of mechanicalbehavior because all materials undergo elastic deformation. The new employee is also asked inthe new-hire document to address the following specific questions related to elastic deformationin their memorandum to

Conference Session

Technology and Tools for IE Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Leonard Perry

, American Society for Engineering Education”The data were first used to monitor daily assessment. SPC control charts were created andmonitored to determine if classroom instruction was “in-control”. The quality characteristicspreviously selected were monitored daily. An X-bar/S chart was created based on the samplesize and type of data. A control chart was created for each of the questions and monitored forany “out of control” points on the chart based on the Western Electric rules. A sample X-bar/Schart for question Q2.3 is displayed in Figure 5. Xbar-S Chart of Q2.3 9

Conference Session

Topics in Mechanical ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Saeed Foroudastan

, which he showed his Introduction to Engineering Fundamentals class. Thestudents, excited about simulating what the original NASA moonbuggy teamaccomplished in the 1960’s (and eager to do something outside of the everyday classlecture), agreed with their professor that this would be a great opportunity.Project responsibilitiesThe creation of a moonbuggy is a multi-dimensional task that allows the students tocomplete the cost analysis, design the product, fabricate almost everything from withinthe laboratory, and communicate with industry for advice. In MTSU’s case, if a specificpart cannot be created within the laboratory, the student may contact a particular industryto do it at their facility1. Although the students are responsible for more

Conference Session

Student Teams & Active Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Knecht

W om e n Ob s e r v a t io n s ( % o f t o t a l)observing 181 students (2165 observations), M ennearly 75 percent of the observations, shown 0. 2in Figure 1, were attributed to task functionswith an emphasis on initiating, followed by 0. 1an exchange of information. While only 25percent of the observations represented teamfunctions, emphasis was on compromising. 0. 0First-year men

Conference Session

ECE Capstone and Engineering Practice

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Constantinos Panayiotou; Yu Song; Venkatraman Atti; Andreas Spanias

users to attenuate audio signal components outside a specified frequencyrange. In particular, the peaking filter design introduces users to the concept of a band-pass filter.  1 + kqµ  (z − z 1 ). ( z − z 2 )  H (z) =     (4) pk  1 + kq  (p − p 1 ). ( p − p 2 )  co s(Ω c ) + cos 2 (Ω c ) − k q2 µ 2

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Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Pete Hanlon; John Hill; Bryan Goda; Lisa Shay

Session 2532 Outcome Assessment at the U. S. Military Academy Lisa A. Shay, Bryan S. Goda, Peter Hanlon, and John D. Hill Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY 10996 {lisa.shay/bryan.goda/peter.hanlon/john.hill}@usma.eduAbstract - The United States Military Academy (USMA) recently had seven of its programsfavorably reviewed by the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) and the ComputingAccreditation Commission (CAC) of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET). The favorable comments of the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rajan B Gujjarlapudi; Kaushik Hatti; Carl Steidley; Mario Garcia

Carbon, the experiment is demonstrated better defined since acetic acid (C6H4O2)is a carbon-carbon bond. The theory of vitalism, like many other scientific theories, disappearedslowly under the weight of accumulated evidence rather than as a consequence of any onebrilliant and enlightening experiment. Structural theory, which developed in the 1860’s, startedthe second major period of growth in the organic chemistry field. The development of a detailedpicture, by using pure reasoning of both atomic organization and the shapes of molecules standsas a great milestone of the development of human intellect. At almost the same point in time,Kekule in Germany, and Couper of Scotland suggested that atoms in molecules are fusedtogether by bonds. Their