Conference Session

Best Practices in Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kari Clase, Purdue University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

239 100% 136 100% 18 100% 40 100% 433 100% Page 12.505.5The entrepreneurial program was integrated with the Entrepreneurial LearningCommunity (ELC), a four-year program that embraces entering freshmen with an interestin entrepreneurship in addition to their chosen academic degree objective. These studentslive together in a residence hall located near the ----Center for Entrepreneurship, enjoyextra access to entrepreneurship-related activities and speakers, and share courses withinthe entrepreneurial program. Initially, there was a high participation of managementstudents within the Entrepreneurial Certificate

Conference Session

IE Program Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica Matson, Tennessee Technological University; Jacqueline Mozrall, Rochester Institute of Technology; Diane Schaub, University of Florida; Patrick Patterson, Iowa State University

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Industrial Engineering

IEEE Computer Society andACM Joint Task Force on Computing Curriculum – Computer Engineering (CCCE) havedefined the computer engineering body of knowledge10.Industrial Engineering Body of KnowledgeCan industrial engineers agree on a Body of Knowledge or at least on outcomes that distinguishindustrial engineering (IE) from other engineering disciplines? The ABET program criteria2 forindustrial engineering state only that “The program must demonstrate that graduates have the ability to design, develop, implement, and improve integrated systems that include people, materials, information, equipment, and energy. The program must include in-depth instruction to accomplish the integration of systems using appropriate analytical

Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Graduate Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University; Stacey Breitenbach, California Polytechnic State University; Robert Crocket, California Polytechnic State University

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Graduate Studies

also the solution tothe social challenges confronting us on local and global scales.BS Engineers - Birds in Gilded CagesThe plight of engineers with BS degrees is viewed as enviable by most other college graduates.As engineers we know it is an earned situation. BS engineers command high salaries vis-a-vistheir counterparts in other majors. The engineering curriculum is usually more extensive andmore intensive than other curricula, and the BS engineer provides an immediate and valuableservice to their employer. Graduates in most other disciplines are aware that furthering theircareers, to their own and their employers benefits, will require that they go on to a professionalor graduate school of some sort. Only engineers are thrust into the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ian Papautsky, University of Cincinnati; Erik Peterson, University of Cincinnati

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

introduced in the beginning of some lectures.The students commented that the quizzes provided direction by highlighting key concepts andcritical vocabulary. Quizzes also led to more engaging discussions in the classroom.ConclusionsThere is a clear need to convey the necessity for multidisciplinary education early in theengineering curriculum, so that students do not wait until their senior year to take courses inbiology. A good BioMEMS textbook that integrates fundamentals with applications would betremendously helpful to addressing the challenge of teaching the multidisciplinary topic ofbiomedical microsystems to engineers. Overall, the results of this three-year pilot program are

Conference Session

Teaching Ethics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan; Trevor Harding, California Polytechnic State University; Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; Matthew Mayhew, New York University

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Engineering Ethics

AC 2007-2446: ACADEMIC INTEGRITY AMONG ENGINEERINGUNDERGRADUATES: SEVEN YEARS OF RESEARCH BY THE E^3 TEAMCynthia Finelli, University of Michigan Dr. Cynthia J. Finelli is Managing Director of the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching North and Associate Research Scientist of Engineering Education at the University of Michigan (U-M). She joined U-M in April 2003 after serving as Founding Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Richard L. Terrell Professor of Excellence in Teaching, and Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Kettering University. Dr. Finelli earned a B.S.E.E. degree (1988), an M.S.E. degree (1989), and a Ph.D. degree (1993) in Electrical

Conference Session

FPD11 -- Multidisciplinary Experiences

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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W. David Harding, University of New Haven; Pauline schwartz, University of New Haven; Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven; Agamemnon Koutsospyros, University of New Haven

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First-Year Programs

(EAS120) the group of disciplinesrepresented in the development phase included chemistry, biology, and relevant engineeringfields. This new course was developed to balance the requirement to incorporate relevant newcontent into the curriculum with the need to limit curriculum overload. This course wasdesigned to satisfy these constraints by integrating the relevant biological science materials intoan existing chemistry course. Since the new content represented about forty percent as muchmaterial as was included in the existing course, some of the existing content needed to beremoved. An additional constraint was then to make sure that content needed to prepare studentsfor follow-up courses was retained. This could be accomplished in two ways

Conference Session

How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Hanus, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jeffrey Russell

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Civil Engineering

’ desire to engage more in an active learning environment was expected;however, their desires to integrate the topics and provide a contextual application wereunexpected. To meet this challenge, a set of three lessons was designed with interactiveexercises and discussions, integrated across the TDLC skills, and scheduled early in the semesterto provide an opportunity for use by the student teams in the course projects. The new TDLClessons were included in the fall 2005 semester curriculum. A full course survey wasadministered following the third lesson. The students were asked four questions related to theTDLC lessons: 1. Were we effective in integrating the four skills: Teamwork, Communication, Diversity, and Leadership across the lessons

Conference Session

Software and E-learning in the ME Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Autar Kaw, University of South Florida

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Mechanical Engineering

instructional technologies, integrating research in classroom, thermal stresses, computational mechanics, and mechanics of nonhomogeneous nanolayers. Page 12.869.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 INCORPORATING A RESEARCH PROBLEM IN A NUMERICAL METHODS COURSE FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERSAbstract This paper presents an example of incorporating a research problem in a course -Numerical Methods for Mechanical Engineers. In bascule bridges, the fulcrum is assembled byshrink-fitting a trunnion into a hub. In one case, the trunnion cooled in a dry-ice/alcohol mixturefor

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education in Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jinwen Zhu, Missouri Western State University; Virendra Varma, Missouri Western State University

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Engineering Technology

at partner university HVI Lecture / lab (virtual) Lab Intensive internship at partner university Page 12.1250.6 HSI Lecture / lab (simulation) Lab Intensive internship at partner universityDesigning an innovative curriculum for nanotechnology in engineering technology is a complextask and requires a high level of integration. The students, the faculty, collaborating labs andparticipating institutions, must all work

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Braun, California Polytechnic State University

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2007-922: WEB-BASED DESIGN AND ANALYSIS PROJECTS FOR A JUNIORLEVEL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS COURSEDavid Braun, California Polytechnic State University David Braun is a Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. He worked at Philips Research Labs in Eindhoven, the Netherlands from 1992 to 1996, after completing the Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at U.C. Santa Barbara. Please see www.ee.calpoly.edu/~dbraun/ for information about his courses, teaching interests, and research. Page 12.1599.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Web Based Design

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shonda Bernadin, Georgia Southern University

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Electrical and Computer

. Page 12.85.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 A Paradigm for Assessing Student Learning in an Introductory Digital Signal Processing CourseAbstractThis paper presents research on designing and incorporating assessment measures for evaluatingstudent learning in an introductory digital signal-processing (DSP) course. We teach Electricaland Computer Engineering (ECE) students the first two years of their engineering curriculum inan engineering studies transfer program. One of their required courses is an introductory DSPcourse, which our students take during the second-year of their program. Due to themathematical intensity of this course, traditional ECE programs offer the first signal

Conference Session

Mathematics in Transition

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sandra Linder, Math Out of the Box; Donna Gunderson, Math Out of the Box/Clemson University

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Mathematics

AC 2007-557: IMPACTING INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE THROUGH THEIMPLEMENTATION OF AN INQUIRY-BASED ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICSPROGRAM: A SINGLE-SITE COLLECTIVE CASE STUDYSandra Linder, Math Out of the Box Sandra Linder is a graduate student at Clemson University working on her PhD in Curriculum and Instruction. Her research focuses on the pedegogical practices of early childhood and elementary educators.Donna Gunderson, Math Out of the Box/Clemson University Donna Gunderson is currently a research associate and curriculum developer at Clemson University for Math Out of the Box, a standards-based K-5 math curriculum

Conference Session

Capstone Projects and Experiential Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tianrui Bai, Southwest Jiaotong University; Jinwen Zhu, Missouri Western State University; Virendra Varma, Missouri Western State University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2007-1755: CHARACTERISTICS OF CAPSTONE DESIGN PROJECTS ATUNIVERSITIES IN US AND CHINA: AN ANALYSISTianrui Bai, Southwest Jiaotong UniversityJinwen Zhu, Missouri Western State UniversityVirendra Varma, Missouri Western State University Page 12.353.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Characteristics of Capstone Design Projects at Universities in US and China: An AnalysisAbstractThe objectives of the capstone or other integrating experiences in the engineering andtechnology curriculums are to: 1. Pull together the various diverse elements of thecurriculum, and 2. Develop student competencies in problem-solving utilizing bothtechnical and

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Delivery Modes in Nuclear Engineering

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erich Schneider

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Nuclear and Radiological

some institutions, thisauthor found that no up-to-date text – one that draws upon very recent work by theAdvanced Fuel Cycle Initiative, Global Nuclear Energy Partnership, Organization forEconomic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Nuclear Energy Agency and others –is available. Therefore, a curriculum that draws upon recent works by these programsand agencies, using their publications in lieu of a textbook, was prepared. An extensivebibliography of these papers and reports is presented.Objectives and Approach Page 12.99.2The course objective was conveyed to the students via the following text, which appearedon one of the first slides presented: Many

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil and Architectural Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vladimir Genis, Drexel University; David Spang, Burlington County College; Alexander Genis, G I I, Inc.; Tony Midora, PMT, Inc.

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Engineering Technology

College. The outcome of the proposed project will bea hands-on laboratory course in which NDE techniques of parts and materials will be presentedand applied through real-life problems. NDE curriculum will be designed to fulfill Levels I andII NDE in theory and training requirements, according to American Society for NondestructiveTesting (ASNT ) Recommended Practice No. SNT-TC-1A (2001). Once fully developed, theNDE laboratory will serve as a training center for engineering technology students, as well as forthe workforce of local companies, such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and PECO Energy, withwhom Drexel has a rich history of partnership in terms of internships and researchcollaborations. Such educational laboratories are nearly non-existent in

Conference Session

Aspirational Visions of Civil Engineering in 2025 & Policy 465

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Ressler, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 An Aspirational Vision of Civil Engineering in 2025— The Role of AccreditationBackgroundDuring the summer of 2006, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) hosted theSummit on the Future of Civil Engineering, bringing together leaders from across the professionto develop an aspirational vision for the year 2025. Summit participants attempted to envisionthe challenges that humanity will face two decades from now, and then articulated a vision forthe civil engineer’s role in meeting those challenges. Integral to this vision is a “Profile of the2025 Civil Engineer,” which describes the attributes—the knowledge, skills, and attitudes—thatwill be required

Conference Session

FPD10 -- Pre-Engineering and Bridge Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michele Grimm, Wayne State University

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First-Year Programs

first year of the program, it was identified that many Bridge students lacked some basicskills in areas of Internet usage, technical problem solving, and study skills. Therefore, forstudents entering the program in Fall 2005, an additional course “Skills for Success inEngineering” (BE 0991) was added to the curriculum. This course was developed in cooperationwith the academic advising staff of the College of Engineering along with the University’sAcademic Success Center. Lectures focused on the use of university academic systems (e.g.Pipeline and BlackboardTM); development of an academic plan of work; time management, note Page 12.206.5taking

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil and Architectural Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vernon Lewis, Old Dominion University; Carol Considine, Old Dominion University

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Engineering Technology

on this issue during our fall 2006meeting. The members reviewed the information above and recommended that we promoteminors in areas other than MET and ENMA. The consensus of the committee was that thestudents should be encouraged to take the minor in Business Administration. Some membersalso recommended the minor in Occupational Safety since safety is integral to the constructionprocess. Others had an interest in language; in consideration of the large number of productiveSpanish-speaking workers currently is the construction workplace.Feedback from StudentsThe subject of the choice of minor is often discussed during advising sessions. In past advisingsessions prior to the tabulation of the requirements for alternate minors shown in Table 2

Conference Session

New Tools in Teaching and Learning Biomedical Engineering Concepts

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Crockett, California Polytechnic State University; Jon Whited, St. Jude Medical; Daniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University

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Biomedical

Engineering), M.S. (Biomedical Engineering) and Ph.D. (Materials Engineering) degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. Prior to joining Cal Poly, Dr. Walsh was employed by General Dynamics Corporation, as a principal engineer and group leader in the Materials Division. Page 12.1053.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 MEDITEC: An Industry/Academic Partnership to Enable Multidisciplinary, Project-Based Learning in Biomedical EngineeringIntroductionMEDITEC (Medical Engineering Development and Integrated Technology EnhancementConsortium) is an industry/academic

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Student Performance

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Watkins, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

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Engineering Technology

. Page 12.386.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Comparison of Three Unique Student Populations in an Engineering Technology Strength of Materials CourseAbstractThe Engineering Technology (ET) department at The University of North Carolina at Charlottehas historically been a plus two program, offering only the junior and senior years of the BSETcurriculum. In the fall of 2004, the department began offering all four years of its programs,accepting freshman students for the first time. That first freshman class has now matriculated tothe junior year, joining a new class of transfer students entering at the same point in thecurriculum.Four-year ET programs also opened the door to transfer students from the

Conference Session

Effective Learning Innovations in Civil Engineering Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert O'Neill, Florida Gulf Coast University; Chris Geiger; Kristine Csavina, The CORE Institute; Cindy Orndoff

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Civil Engineering

having an integrated lecture-labformat with continuous active participation of the students, immediate reinforcement of theengineering principles provided during lecture is offered. “Students learn best when they areactively involved in the process. Researchers report that, regardless of the subject matter, Page 12.1618.15students working in small groups tend to learn more of what is taught and retain it longer thanwhen the same content is presented in other instructional formats. Students who work incollaborative groups also appear more satisfied with their classes.”11Bibliography1. Vander Schaaf, R. and Klosky, J.L., “Show Me the Money!” Using

Conference Session

Software and E-learning in the ME Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Mohammadzadeh, Grand Valley State University

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Mechanical Engineering

for constraint motion were then utilized to arrive at the second orderdifferential equations of motion. SIMULINK, as a user friendly graphical interface, wasused to carry out the integration to obtain angular position, velocity, and acceleration ofthe designed mechanism.The project, though rigorous, is an excellent way to force students to practice theirknowledge of dynamics and numerical methods. The project, certainly, meets the ABETcriteria for implementing design in mechanical engineering curriculum. The authorreceived positive feedbacks from his students with regard to this project.Problem StatementStudents in kinematics and dynamics of machinery class were, first, asked to design afour bar quick-return mechanism to meet a certain design

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Fisher, Montana State University; Kevin Cook, Montana State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

of teaching methods; utilizing acombination of simple strategies, with the goals of re-emphasizing the communicationsaspect of engineering graphics, giving students improved tools and techniques fordrawing, modeling, and analysis, and increasing learning and retention of thosetechniques. The individual methods used in combination include: extending the graphicsexposure throughout the first three years of the curriculum, making the courses designproject centered - with the integrated physical production of the projects as an essentialpart of the learning process, adopting a “corporate work environment” in some portionsof the classes, emphasizing the use of reference materials in the design and drawingprocess so that students will learn to be

Conference Session

Curriculum Implementation of Materials Advances

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Santosh Kurinec, Rochester Institute of Technology; Surendra Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Materials

AC 2007-39: MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION FORMICROELECTRONICS AND NANOTECHNOLOGYSantosh Kurinec, Rochester Institute of Technology Santosh Kurinec is a professor and the department head of Microelectronic Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology. She has an extensive experience on integration of electronic materials in modern devices. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in microelectronics processing, electronic materials and solid state quantum mechanics.Surendra Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology “Vinnie” Gupta is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering, and the recipient of the 2000 Eisenhart Award for Excellence in

Conference Session

Electromechanical and Manufacturing Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahad Nasab, Middle Tennessee State University; SANTOSH KAPARTHI, Middle Tennessee State University

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Engineering Technology

forsimultaneous, bi-directional control of two small motors. The L293D comes in a standard 16-pin,dual-in line integrated circuit package, with built in fly back diodes to minimize inductivevoltage spikes. The L293 is limited to 600 mA, but in reality can only handle much smallcurrents about 200mA. It works on the principle of H-Bridge.H-BridgeH-Bridges allow forward and reverse motor control. To get a motor to turn in one direction,simply close an opposing pair of switches. For instance, as shown in Figure 4 by closing theswitches A and D motor turn in one direction and the B and C switch close with A and D open,then the motor turns to the opposite direction. To exhibit this action it has to control the switches.In some cases, 4 transistors will work

Conference Session

Computer Engineering Technology Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wangping Sun, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

paper, the author will introduce a new approach to administer programming practices of the students. The benefits and implementation steps of this new paradigm will also be discussed. Keywords: Computer Education; Computer Programming; Engineering Education; Professional Development; Software Development Cycle.1. IntroductionComputer programming is an essential and integral part of any engineering program 1.Engineering students must be able to use a variety of rapidly changing computing systems andtools to solve an ever-expanding range of problems across disciplines 2. Engineering schoolsoffer the computer programming course in freshmen or semaphore year in engineering orengineering technology program 3,4.In our

Conference Session

Computer Engineering Technology Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xuefu Zhou, University of Cincinnati; James Everly, University of Cincinnati; Max Rabiee, University of Cincinnati

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Engineering Technology

causedsignificant social and technological impacts. Despite its rising importance, wirelesscommunication and wireless networks are not commonly studied in an Electrical and ComputerEngineering Technology program. As a part of our curriculum continuous improvement plan,faculty members in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology department at theUniversity of Cincinnati felt it very important to teach students the current wireless and mobilecommunication technologies, and to let them gain hands-on experiences with the application ofwireless technologies. Thus, we proposed a new course to introduce wireless communication andwireless networks in 2006. The new course has been strongly supported by local industry as wellas the department's industrial

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum Innovations

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randy Shih, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

OregonInstitute of Technology (OIT) .A common vision that the OIT-MET faculty shared is the need to better prepare our graduateswith the skills to use modern engineering tools. This vision was also recommended in severalreports published by the National Research Council and the National Science Foundation. Andthis was also recognized in the ABET criterion that “graduates must have an ability to use thetechniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.”The first finite element analysis course developed, and offered as an elective, by the MechanicalEngineering Technology department at Oregon Institute of Technology was back in 1992. Twoyears later, the MET department decided to integrate the finite element analysis course

Conference Session

Electrical Engineering Technology Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rocio Alba-Flores, Alfred State College

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Engineering Technology

AC 2007-1359: LABORATORY ENHANCEMENTS FOR IMPROVINGEMBEDDED SYSTEMS EDUCATIONRocio Alba-Flores, Alfred State College Rocio Alba-Flores received her M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Tulane University. She is an Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering Technology Department at the State University of New York, Alfred. Her main areas of interest include control systems, robotics, digital systems, microprocessors, and signal and image processing. Page 12.998.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Laboratory Enhancements for Improving Embedded Systems

Conference Session

Computer Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Richard Helps, Brigham Young University; Janell Armstrong, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

all combined on a singlechip (SOC) or in a single integrated package (SIP). The intelligent control portion of the systemis often a microcontroller. The further integration of all the hardware for a complete system ontoa single chip has obvious advantages for mass production and also produces more reliable finalproducts. Design of such systems consists of designing with each of the modules in the systemand then combining them, all within an emulation environment. After the system is designed insuch an environment the actual chip can be specified and manufactured.3. Development SystemsEmbedded systems lack, almost by definition, keyboards and screens suitable for coding andusually lack sufficient memory and processing power for compilers