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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Kimberly H. Henthorn

participation, and feedback to theinstructor and students. In 2006, the 3-hour lab block associated with the course was reorganizedinto 3 1-hour problem solving sessions. This modification greatly increased students’ retentionand understanding of the material by efficiently utilizing class time, which resulted in anoticeable improvement in overall course grades.CollaborationOne of the most important and hardest skills to teach students is collaboration. Many youngerstudents in engineering were at or near the top of their high school and freshman college classesand have learned that they work most effectively by themselves. However, the problem-basedcourses they encounter in engineering are very different and many students who do not learn towork

Conference Session

Emerging Technologies in Manufacturing Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Salil Desai, North Carolina A&T State University; Devdas Pai, North Carolina A&T State University; Jagannathan Sankar, North Carolina A&T State University

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Manufacturing

andplanned non-residential summer camp. Students were introduced to the micro and nano conceptswith a presentation. They were assigned homework task to list miniaturized components that gointo devices being used in their daily life. Further the authors coordinated a laboratory visit toCAMSS and demonstrated micro-drop fabrication with assistance from graduate students.6. Evaluation of Micro and Nano Course ModulesThe micro and nano lecture modules were evaluated based on two measures namely; (1) Pre andpost learning surveys and (2) NCA&TSU teaching evaluations for the two courses. The learningsurvey included a total of 7 multiple choice questions. The surveys were administered for apopulation size of 25 students from the INEN 324: Computer Aided

Conference Session

Learning Needs and Educational Success

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carolyn Skurla, Baylor University; Steven Eisenbarth, Baylor University; Richard Campbell, Baylor University

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Minorities in Engineering

described previously in the Long-Range Plan section, a variety of innovative changes weremade in the laboratory component of this course to increase the hands-on nature of the laboratoryexperience and to teach the iterative nature of the engineering design process. Those changeshave been presented previously 14. These hands-on laboratory exercises posed the greatestchallenge in the development of a distance-learning version of EGR1301. The laboratoryexercises needed to be portable and needed to fit into a small box for shipping and, at the sametime, needed to deliver a quality learning experience similar to that which our students oncampus were exposed to. Considerable development time was allotted to this task, andbrainstorming sessions were held

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wagdy Mahmoud, University of the District of Columbia

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Electrical and Computer

involved in using continually-evolving system-level design tools and theefforts made to reduce their learning times.IntroductionABET 2000 requires providing students with a significant hands-on design experience.Graduating electrical engineering students should have the ability to develop system-leveldesigns for a variety of applications, implement these designs in functional hardware, and test thehardware in real-life operating conditions. To achieve such professional competence, studentsshould be required to participate in a sequence of hardware design experiments and projects.These laboratory exercises aim at: a) sharpening students’ abilities to design complex digitalcircuits and systems, and to interface these designs to peripheral devices, b

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dorin Patru, Rochester Institute of Technology; Daniel Phillips, Rochester Institute of Technology; Eric Peskin, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)

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Electrical and Computer

accepted into a graduate course of study focusing on biomedical ultrasound at the University of Rochester in 1992 and received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 1998. He served as a scientist and an assistant professor of research in the Diagnostic Ultrasound Laboratory of Dr. Robert C. Waag at the University of Rochester from 1998 until 2000 at which time he was accepted into a tenure track teaching position in the Electrical Engineering Department at the Rochester Institute of Technology where he received tenure and a promotion to Associate Professor in 2006. His interests include biomedical applications of electrical engineering including signal processing and embedded systems

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tarek El Doker, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; David Lanning, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Justin Gigliotti, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Computers in Education

around the senior design project. While the Aerospace Engineeringdepartment has been active in increasing design and laboratory content throughout thecurriculum, certain courses have changed little over the many years they have been taught. SolidMechanics is one of these courses.Solid Mechanics, typically taken during the second semester of the sophomore year byengineering students, has been taught to aspiring mechanical, civil, and aerospace engineers fornumerous decades, and the course content has changed little over that period of time. SolidMechanics may be considered the first course in engineering structures (perhaps this could beargued, depending on how one views the prerequisite course Statics), and involves computingthe stresses and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Scott Moor, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne; Polly Piergiovanni, Lafayette College

; Simulation in the ClassroomAbstractProcess control is a difficult subject for students to grasp. Student difficulties includeunderstanding how to apply what they are seeing in the classroom, how to connect it to othermaterial they have learned, how to design a control system and how to understand the unsteadystate nature of control problems. It can also be a difficult subject for faculty to teach particularlyfor them to include both analysis and synthesis, both transfer functions and equipment.Often separate laboratory sessions and simulation assignments are used to help studentsunderstand the application of what they are doing and to gain an appreciation for non-steadystate operation. However these effective approaches do have limitations. The

Conference Session

Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Instruction

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Gerhart, University of Evansville; Andrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Bruce Cain, Mississippi State University

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Mechanical Engineering

engineering at Lawrence Technological University. He is actively involved in ASEE, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Engineering Society of Detroit. He serves as Faculty Advisor for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Student Chapter at LTU and is the Thermal-Fluids Laboratory Coordinator. He is on the ASME PTC committee on Air-Cooled Condensers.Bruce Cain, Mississippi State University Bruce L. Cain is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Mississippi State University. He teaches courses in laboratory techniques and experiment design, and traditional courses in energy conversion, system dynamics and automation, and materials engineering. His

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

R. Barat; G. DiBenedetto; T. Boland

the laboratory, with the remaining time devoted to the computer software instruction. Agraduate student teaching assistant helps the students in the lab and typically provides the instruction inthe computer software in a dedicated department PC facility.In the lab, students working in pairs design and construct a complex, bench-scale piping system thatmimics a pilot scale air/water packed tower system used in our capstone unit operations laboratory. Thischallenge introduces the notion of scale to the students. The groups are provided with only a very generalschematic, along with guidelines, objectives, and constraints. The construction and operation of thesystems occur throughout the entire semester

Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Experiments and Labs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afshin Goharzadeh, The Petroleum Institute; Peter Rodgers, The Petroleum Institute; Christian Mandel, The Petroleum Institute

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

experimental characterization of multiphase flow phenomena. Page 12.895.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Innovative Fluid Mechanics Experiments for Modern Mechanical Engineering ProgramAbstract One of the primary objectives of the Petroleum Institute (PI) is to prepare futuremechanical engineers to assume successful career paths in the Oil and Gas industry.With this in mind, a state of the art core measurement laboratory represents an importantfacility for teaching use within a Mechanical Engineering Program. Such a facility hasbeen developed at the PI, and is utilized at undergraduate level

Conference Session

Simulation and Virtual Instrumentation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Uhlig, National University; Shekar Viswanathan, National University; John Watson, National University; Howard Evans, National University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

students can participate in real-time hands-on physical experiments remotely, • Blogs/wikis – these tools may substitute for threaded discussion, and • Podcasting – several universities have augmented on-line courses by offering podcasts of discussions or lecture. Pertinent details such as ways to incorporate lecture, assignments and laboratory exercises are summarized. We distinguish between synchronous and asynchronous on-line teaching. The results of our research show that on-line, Page 12.579.3 with some scheduled real-time voice conferencing compares favorably with

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Bigelow, University of North Dakota

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Electrical and Computer

Engineering Focus program that was developed required that five additionalcourses be inserted into the curriculum. These courses are provided in Table 1. Although thesecourses are specific to our institution, there are similar courses at other institutions that could beadded if a similar program were to be implemented.Table 1: Courses added for the biomedical focus program. Course Name Number of Credits General Biology 1 (w/ Laboratory) 4 General Biology 2 (w/ Laboratory) 4 General Chemistry 2* (w/ Laboratory) 4 Anatomy 3 Human Physiology (w/ Laboratory

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Ramazan Asmatulu; Mehmet B. Yildirim; Waseem Khan; Adebayo Adeniji; Humphrey Wamocha

nano-sized fibers thatconsist of higher physical properties (e.g., surface area, porosity and flexibility). In a typicalelectrospinning process, a jet is ejected from a charged polymer solution when the appliedelectric field strength overcomes the surface tension of the solution. The ejected jet then travelsrapidly to the collector target located at some distance from the charged polymer solution underthe influence of the electric field and becomes a solid polymer filament as the jet dries. Thiscommunication presents the fabrication and characterizations of nanofibers and devices forundergraduate and graduate students to enhance their hands-on laboratory experiences.KeyWords: Nanotechnology, fabrication and characterization of nanofibers

Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jesse Maddren, California Polytechnic State University

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Mechanical Engineering

with several unknowns and optimization problems with one ormore independent design variables. Over the years, the laboratory has been used to test othertypes of projects including longer term projects that are more applied, such as the design of asolar domestic hot water system for a dormitory and the design and construction of small thermalsystems, such as a soft drink cooler.This paper presents a survey of how thermal systems design is taught in mechanical engineeringprograms. The paper also outlines the author's personal experiences with teaching thermalsystems design, what has worked and what has not worked.BackgroundA brief investigation into different mechanical engineering programs across the United Statesshows that many programs offer

Conference Session

Engineering Without Borders: Programs Involving Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Myszka, University of Dayton; Scott Schneider, University of Dayton; Scott Segalewitz, University of Dayton

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International

Science in Engineering Technology degrees from both institutions.At UD, the Chinese students have been integrated into standard courses, including lecture,laboratory and blended format classes. In many cases, the classroom has nearly an equal balanceof Chinese and American students. The obvious differences of language and culture have beenevident from the start. Different techniques have been used to unite the two groups of students.This program has numerous learning opportunities, many challenges, and some limitations. Thispaper will review the pedagogical approaches and teaching techniques used to address the newmix in the classroom, specifically in the laboratory. Quantitative and qualitative performancedata of both groups of students will be

Conference Session

Perspectives for Women Faculty

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Birmingham, Grove City College

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Women in Engineering

away from theday-to-day research that draws us to the career in the first place. Satisfaction in teaching, whichis truly a passion of mine—was not to be found. I felt more like, and was, a person on stageattended by a cohort of TAs, speaking to an audience of 150 (sort of) interested students.Personal contact with students: to be avoided lest it take time from research, or more important,proposal writing. In a word (or three): what a mess.I felt a desire to focus more on personal scholarship, removed from the pressure of constantlyseeking money. I also enjoyed teaching, including working with more than 40 undergraduates inmy laboratory over the years at Michigan. This led to my search for positions in a smallerinstitution focused on teaching

Conference Session

Creating 'Materials' Awareness

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gukan Rajaram, North Carolina A&T State University; Devdas Pai, North Carolina A&T State University; Jagannathan Sankar, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

AC 2007-2288: EXPOSING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO THE ROLE OFENGINEERING AND ADVANCED MATERIALS IN DEVELOPINGALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCESGukan Rajaram, North Carolina A&T State University Gukan Rajaram is a Post-doctoral research scientist in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina A&T State University. His research is in the area of electrode and electrolyte synthesis and characterization for solid oxide fuel cells. He also teaches senior level mechanical engineering laboratory and actively involved in K-12 outreach activities.Devdas Pai, North Carolina A&T State University Devdas M. Pai is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Conference Session

Technology in the Physics Classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sabina Jeschke, University of Stuttgart; Olivier Pfeiffer, Technische Universitat Berlin; Thomas Richter, Technische Universitat Berlin; Harald Scheel, Technische Universitat Berlin; Christian Thomsen

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Engineering Physics & Physics

virtual knowledge spaces, and on the design of intelligent data analysis and validation schemes.Olivier Pfeiffer, Technische Universitat Berlin Olivier Pfeiffer received his M.Sc. in Mathematics at the Berlin University of Technology in 2002. His thesis in numerical mathematics investigated “Error Control using Adaptive Methods for Elliptic Control Problems in Matlab”. He has been working in several eLearning projects at the Berlin University of Technology, beginning as a student assistant in the Mumie project - a platform using new pedagogical concepts to support teaching of mathematics for mathematicians, engineers and natural scientists - at the Berlin University of Technology in

Conference Session

Our Future in Manufacturing

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Danielson, Arizona State University; Trian Georgeou, Arizona State University

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Manufacturing

with the 2007 data averaging of 23 new studentsper program as compared to the 13.6 students per program in 2005.The number of full time faculty primarily teaching manufacturing courses declined slightly overthe two surveys, from an average of 3.8 per program in 2005 to 3.6 per program in 2007, or adecrease of 5%. The number of laboratories devoted to manufacturing stayed essentially stableover the surveys, with an average 4.3 per program in 2005 and 4.4 per program in 2007.Industry ties or an industry focus were reported as a key to enrollment increases. Themanufacturing industrial base in the each program’s area of influence was reported as essentiallystable. The primary industries influencing MET programs were reported to be automotive

Conference Session

ChE: Innovations in the Classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Raymond, Bucknell University

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Chemical Engineering

the handling of corn/grain on a large commercialfarm.Class time not used for any of the above activities will again consist of a mixture of lectures andactive-learning components with each class linked to earlier classes and connected withinformation from other courses such as chemistry and physics. The variety of teaching methodsand styles incorporated by the instructor include traditional lectures, class activities, discussions,Socratic questioning, Powerpoint presentations, student instruction, cooperative and problem-based projects, demonstrations, discovery laboratories, online interactive simulations, etc. Byrotating though methods which appeal to visual, auditory, and tactile learners, every student isexposed to both their preferred

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyu-Jung Kim, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

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Design in Engineering Education

convenience. They are not just intended to replace handcalculations like some textbook specific programs but to learn various analysis procedures instep-by-step interactive tutorial fashion and to conduct large-scale design simulations for open-ended design problems. A couple of pilot studies were conducted with students at various levelsto test the effectiveness of the toolboxes in teaching and learning the fundamental mechanicscourses. It is suggested that use of such toolboxes in laboratory setting would be most effective.This paper will present experiences how the toolboxes have been developed and how they areefficiently used in teaching and learning the fundamental mechanics courses.Introduction The fundamental mechanics course sequence

Conference Session

Unique Developments in Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Richter, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2007-1518: INFUSING AN INTERDISCIPLINARY AUTOMATIONEXPERIENCE IN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION.Donald Richter, Eastern Washington University DONALD C. RICHTER obtained his B. Sc. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from The Ohio State University, M.S. and Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Arkansas. He holds a Professional Engineer certification and worked as an Engineer and Engineering Manger in industry for 20 years before teaching. His interests include project management, robotics /automation and air pollution dispersion modeling. Page 12.892.1© American Society for

Conference Session

NAFP Panel Discussion

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohan Aggarwal, Alabama A&M University; Benjamin Penn, NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center; Ravindra Lal, Alabama A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

your supplies and equipment as late as 2 to 3 months. Inthe beginning, an immediate problem was a lack of space for establishing research laboratories,thus added facilities were needed. This was circumvented by writing a proposal with the help ofthe administration and that grant made it possible to build another new building that wascompleted in the 1988 time frame. This relieved some congestion for the physics faculty.Roles and Responsibilities of Graduate FacultyGraduate faculty members are required to fulfill teaching duties, be abreast of frontiers of Page 12.1239.5knowledge, develop competitive research proposals, and publish research

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Russell, University of Hertfordshire

misconceptions.Blended learningAlthough many definitions exist for blended learning, they seem to converge around the ideaof synthesising on-line, (e) learning with the more traditional forms of teaching and learning.i.e. drawing together the e with the classroom, the laboratory, the seminar and the tutorialsetting. The synthesis being influenced by, but not limited to, items noted in Table 1.Table 1. Potential influences on blended learningThe teacher The learner o teaching philosophies o expectations o expertise o previous experiences o comfort zone o expertise o adaptability o comfort zones

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Daren R. Wilcox; Gerd W. Wostenkuhler

-38855 Wernigerode, Germany +49 3943 659-322 gwoestenkuehler@hs-harz.deAbstractIn this paper, a curriculum for an introductory digital electronics course using VHDL based on a customdesigned development board is presented. The development board is centered on the ispM4A CPLD.The development of the CPLD teaching aid is the direct result of collaboration between engineeringfaculty at Hochschule Harz (University of Applied Studies and Research) in Wernigerode, Germany andSouthern Polytechnic State University in Marietta, Georgia, USA. The discussion that follows includesan overview of VHDL in engineering education, an overview of the ispM4A, a design review of theteaching

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd Morton, Western Washington University

AC 2007-1887: NEW DEVELOPMENTS FOR COURSES IN EMBEDDEDMICROCONTROLLERSTodd Morton, Western Washington University Todd Morton has been teaching the upper level microprocessor and digital courses for Western Washington University's Electronics Engineering Technology program for 18 years. He is the author of the text ’Embedded Microcontrollers’, which covers assembly and C programming for the 68HC12. He has also worked as a design engineer at Physio Control Corporation and has worked several summers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory as an ASEE-NASA Summer Faculty Fellow. He has a BSEE and MSEE from the University of Washington

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Student Performance

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Devine, University of Notre Dame - College of Engineering

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Engineering Technology

semester of the course bynot only traditional means common in many surveying courses and but also new assignments andactivities. The current textbook used in the course covers the subject matter in the secondchapter. An active classroom exercise is used to bring the experience of the subject matter intothe classroom when covering this chapter. Laboratory exercises for the course still utilize thesteel tape. Thus, error corrections for temperature can be used to reinforce the concept of error.An Internet investigation assignment is used to get students to search beyond the class textbookand reinforce the types of error that occur with EDM and GPS equipment. Level survey workboth in the classroom and laboratory always involve “closing the circuit

Conference Session

ChE: Bioengineering, nanotechnology, and systems engineering in the Classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Marlin, McMaster University; Andrew Hrymak, McMaster University; John MacGregor, McMaster University; Vladimir Mahalec, McMaster University; Prashant Mhaskar, McMaster University; Christopher Swartz, McMaster University

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Chemical Engineering

policy systems. Whilethe opportunities are unlimited, PSE is initially introduced with examples of greatest importanceto chemical engineering undergraduates, with course projects and enrichment readings providingextensions to other applications. The decision support methods we include in PSE are modeling (first principlesfundamental and data-based), simulation, process control, applied statistics, optimization,synthesis and design. These topics overlap with many existing courses in engineering,operations research and applied mathematics, so that much excellent teaching and learningmaterial is available. However, a great challenge exists in teaching them at the appropriateundergraduate level, linking to practical engineering applications

Conference Session

Optical and Wireless Communication Systems

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Neale, University of Waterloo; Jason Shirtliff, University of Waterloo; William Bishop, University of Waterloo; Cutberto Santillan Rios, University of Waterloo

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

afourth year technical elective course on antennas and wireless systems (ECE 476). To preparestudents for the elective course, the fourth laboratory study of ECE 471 examines antenna theory.The goal of this lab study is to measure, simulate, and calculate the antenna radiation patterns fora single half-wave dipole antenna with and without the presence of a metallic corner reflector.To prepare students for this laboratory exercise, the teaching team decided that an online,interactive simulation tool was needed. Such a tool could be used as a pre-lab exercise to helpstudents gain a deeper understanding of dipole antenna radiation patterns.After an in-depth online investigation, a limited number of potential simulation tools werefound2-5. However

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yong Tao, Florida International University; Yiding Cao, Florida International University

traditional teaching laboratory courses with design, build,and test (DBT) activities. In particular, the following principles and methods are adapted: ahands-on experience integrated to abstract concepts discussed in lectures, a clear linkage toindustrial applications, and Design Build and Test (DBT) projects. Specifically, two DBT coursemodules are developed: the heat exchanger and scaled building air-conditioning system. Theproject attempts to improve the relevance of the stand-alone ME lab course to the lecture coursesthrough the execution of DBT activities. This adaptation enhances students’ learning of thermalscience subjects by providing students an enhanced, open-ended design problem experience inthe mid-stage of the curriculum rather than