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Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Derek Yip-Hoi; Zbigniew Pasek

LEGO FACTORY: AN EDUCATIONAL CIM ENVIRONMENT FOR ASSEMBLY Zbigniew J. Pasek, Derek Yip-Hoi University of Michigan / University of British ColumbiaABSTRACTThis paper describes a general concept for a computer integrated manufacturing (CIM)environment intended for the design and assembly of “products” built out of Lego blocks. These“products” are conceptualized and designed within a Lego CAD System from a small set of themost commonly used Lego building blocks. Process planning and trajectory planning software isused to determine the build sequence and robot program for assembling the model directly fromthe 3D CAD model. The robot program is fed into a cell

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Electrical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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AHAMAD FARHOUD

Session 1347 An Educational and Entertaining Senior Capstone Design Ahmad M. Farhoud Engineering Technology Department University of ToledoAbstractThe renovation of Lucas County’s Winter Wonderland Christmas exhibit presented a uniqueopportunity for students to become involved and use their knowledge to design new displays.The project presented herein represents an ideal learning experience. It was an occasion forstudents to have fun, while demonstrating their technical knowledge. At the same time, studentsexperienced some of

Conference Session

Experiences with Experiential Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

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Walter Bankes; Michael Eastman; Anthony Trippe; Jeffrey Lillie; George Zion

Students Sharing Their Co-op Experiences Mike Eastman, Anthony Trippe, Walt Bankes, Jeff Lillie, George Zion Rochester Institute of TechnologyAbstractAs a mechanism for providing students with a meaningful oral presentation experience, theComputer Engineering Technology program at RIT has instituted a new requirement for eachstudent to meet. The requirement is related to their co-operative education assignment. Studentsreturning from co-op are required to create a PowerPoint presentation and a poster describingtheir co-op experiences in order to receive a passing grade for their co-op assignment. Theserequirements are in addition to the employer’s and student’s co-op evaluations

Conference Session

Transitioning to an Academic Career

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2005 Annual Conference

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Michael Gregg; Tamara Knott; Jenny Lo

Transitioning from Adjunct to Tenure Track Jenny L. Lo, Tamara W. Knott, and Michael H. Gregg Department of Engineering Education Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityAbstractThree faculty members in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech discusstheir successful transitions from adjunct faculty to tenure-track faculty. One faculty member hadindustrial experience, worked as an adjunct in a community college before becoming tenure-track faculty, and is now a tenured faculty member. The second faculty member had experienceas a university researcher, worked as an instructor in one department and as an adjunct in

Conference Session

ABET Issues and Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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Shih-Liang (Sid) Wang

Enhancing Capstone Design with an Industry Sponsored Project Center Shih-Liang (Sid) Wang Department of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering North Carolina A&T State University Greensboro, NC 27411, USAMechanical Engineering Capstone DesignSenior capstone design courses have become a critical component of undergraduate engineeringeducation, as mandated by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).The Mechanical Engineering Senior Capstone Design at North Carolina A&T State University(NC A&T) is a two-semester project course. The course allows students to take design projectsfrom conceptual

Conference Session

Teaching Experiences in OME

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2005 Annual Conference

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Robert Dullanty

Practical Design Considerations for Large Marine Structures in South Carolina Robert E. Dullanty Sr., P.E. Principal Engineer Schneider & Associates, Inc.AbstractCriterion 3 of ABET 2004-2005 Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs requires that allengineering programs seeking accreditation manifest that their graduates have an ability to“function on multidisciplinary teams.” Students should be able to serve as both a team leader anda contributing member of a design team. This paper presents a case study of two heavy marinestructures in the Charleston, South Carolina. Heavy marine

Conference Session

New Endeavors

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2005 Annual Conference

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Vivian Bergel; Jean Fullerton; Troy McBride

wheelchair ramps, a jig set to perform life skills, a dollhouse forvictims of abuse, a vertical maze for a children’s display, and a handrail system for a walkingbridge. In the Fall of 2004, 36 students worked on ten projects including a wheelchair ramp,proximity sensors for a power wheelchair, toy-boxes for families in transitional housing,basement access for a community center, CAD and GIS map work for a neighboring boroughand two dollhouses for a fundraising auction. These projects are well suited to first yearengineering students, as they generally do not require skill-sets developed in upper-level scienceand engineering courses. Yet, these projects are genuine, have real clients, and are able toaddress many important topics in the Introduction

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jeffrey Newcomer

An Ergonomics Course for Manufacturing Engineering Technology Students Jeffrey L. Newcomer Engineering Technology Dept. Western Washington UniversityIntroductionErgonomics has become an important part of manufacturing process design, for even without anOSHA standard in the area, the potential savings of having an ergonomics program in place aresignificant. As such, it is important for students in a Manufacturing Engineering Technology(MET) programs to be versed in the basics of ergonomic process design. To address this need,the Engineering Technology (ET) Department at Western Washington University

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Saeid Moslehpour

Session 2548 Distance Computer Architecture Laboratory Saeid Moslehpour, Patrick Keene, Thomas Eppes and Peter Schuyler University of HartfordAbstractWorking in a laboratory environment is vital for students to master the technological concepts inscience and engineering. Besides re-enforcing what is covered in lecture, lab time allowsstudents to engage in experience-based learning. The educational community largely uses onsiteexperimentation for electronics/computer engineering laboratory experiments. How can we offerdistance laboratory activities in computer engineering technology? The objective

Conference Session

BME Introductory Courses

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2005 Annual Conference

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Samantha Richerson; Daniel Cavanagh

Session XXXX Vertical Laboratories: Within Biomedical Engineering Courses and Across the Curriculum Samantha J. Richerson, Daniel P. Cavanagh Biomedical Engineering Program & Department of Electrical Engineering / Biomedical Engineering Program & Department of Chemical Engineering Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PAPurpose:In an effort to enable our students to further build their knowledge base experimentally, a newvertical laboratory method is currently being developed and implemented into the Introduction toBiomedical Engineering class at Bucknell

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Stacy Wilson

Using Western Kentucky University SWE Members in the Recruitment of Middle School Girls Stacy S. Wilson, Elizabeth L. Shoenfelt Western Kentucky UniversityAbstract For the past three years, the Ogden College of Science and Engineering has hosted a Girlsin Science Day. This program is a day long event in which middle school girls are invited oncampus to participate in a variety of hands-on engineering and science activities. Typically, theclasses are taught by WKU faculty using WKU students as assistants. This past year the WKUSWE members taught two different engineering classes for the middle school students. Thispaper will describe the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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James Giles; Donald Roberts; David Mitchell; Anthony Richardson

Using Robotics Competitions to Teach Teamwork Principles And Fundamental Engineering/Computer Science Concepts James Giles, Anthony Richardson, Donald Roberts, David Mitchell University of EvansvilleAbstractAll freshmen in the electrical engineering, computer engineering, and computer scienceprograms at the University of Evansville take a common “Introduction to Engineering” courseduring their first semester. The course is focused on exposing students to team-based,multidiscipline, and project-oriented learning. Two robotics contests are used to teachfundamental principles in electrical engineering, computer engineering and computer science.The contests have also been very

Conference Session

IE Enrollment/Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Wheeler; Robert LeMaster

various evaluative instruments are presented along with adiscussion of some of the practical issues associated with creating and maintaining this particularinstructional delivery system. A brief background on the development of the courses ispresented along with a sampling of comments from student evaluations of the courses.BackgroundThe Bachelor of University Studies (BUS) degree originally was offered as an area ofconcentration within the University of Tennessee at Martin’s School of Arts and Sciences. As aresult of reorganization of the academic units in 2000, this program was developed into anindependent degree program under the direction of the Assistant Vice-Chancellor of AcademicAffairs. The BUS is an individualized degree program. It was

Conference Session

Increasing Enrollment in IE/IET Programs Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Wheeler; Robert LeMaster

various evaluative instruments are presented along with adiscussion of some of the practical issues associated with creating and maintaining this particularinstructional delivery system. A brief background on the development of the courses ispresented along with a sampling of comments from student evaluations of the courses.BackgroundThe Bachelor of University Studies (BUS) degree originally was offered as an area ofconcentration within the University of Tennessee at Martin’s School of Arts and Sciences. As aresult of reorganization of the academic units in 2000, this program was developed into anindependent degree program under the direction of the Assistant Vice-Chancellor of AcademicAffairs. The BUS is an individualized degree program. It was

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

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2005 Annual Conference

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David Cottrell

Session 3438 Hands-On Graphics Communications – Designing Commercial Properties in an Introductory Course: Innovative Teaching Strategies for Success David S. Cottrell Pennsylvania State University at HarrisburgIntroduction This paper describes the integration of design projects during the Fall Semester, 2004,into the curriculum of an introductory graphics communications course at Penn StateUniversity at Harrisburg. These projects served a double purpose of reinforcing topicstaught in the classroom as well as introducing students to the engineering design

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Thomson; Donald Orlich; Richard Zollars

Paper 2005-1689 Linking Middle Schools and High Schools with Engineering Programs Donald C. Orlich1, William J. Thomson2, Richard L. Zollars2 1 Science, Mathematics, Engineering Education Center 2 School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering Washington State University A problem facing the United States is the declining numbers of students expressing aninterest, or majoring, in engineering. Recently the American College Testing organizationreported that between 1992 and 2003 the percentage of high

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Robi Polikar; Maria Tahamont; Ravi Ramachandran; Linda Head

SESSION #: 1526 Integrating BME into ECE Curriculum: An Alternate Approach for Robi Polikar, Ravi P. Ramachandran, Linda Head and Maria Tahamont Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ 08028 Abstract: A time honored technique for introducing students to new and emerging topics is to offerelectives; however, there are a few major drawbacks to this approach: the topic must be very fo-cused, either depth or breath must be sacrificed, and in either case, only a very limited amount ofmaterial can be covered, and students who may not have prior

Conference Session

Lessons from Entrepreneurship Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

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Tony Casalena; Matt Weinstein; Borna Ghavam; Blake Robertson; Karen Thornton; David Barbe; James Green

Session xxxx Hinman CEOs Student Ventures David Barbe, Karen Thornton, James Green Tony Casalena, Matt Weinstein, Borna Ghavam, and Blake Robertson Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute Hinman CEOs Program University of Maryland, College ParkAbstractIn Fall 2000, the Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland, incooperation with the Smith School of Business, created a unique residentialentrepreneurship educational model - the Hinman Campus EntrepreneurshipOpportunities (CEOs) Program. The program is based

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum Developments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Renshaw

Internships: Lessons learned beyond the classroom. David Laxman, Michael Bright, Stephen Renshaw Information Technology, Brigham Young University1. IntroductionThis paper describes ways in which our internship taught us to use project development models,learn new technology, and communicate our ideas effectively with management. We provide alist of ten guidelines to effectively communicate as interns and describe how businesses canbenefit from internships.Our internship, provided by Central Utah Water Conservancy District (CUWCD), has helped usapply our IT education, gain real-world IT experience, and learn to communicate withmanagement. CUWCD hired us to produce a web-based

Conference Session

Teaching Outside the Box in Civil Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Hall

’ versus professional specifications (i.e.American Society for Testing and Materials [ASTM]) or American Association of StateHighway and Transportation Officials [AASHTO]); the use of pre-prepared test samplesversus field sampling; and the requirement for session-by-session ‘laboratory write-ups’versus the development of a professional materials-related or design report.Consequences of using an academic approach to laboratory experiences include engineersin the workforce who are not equipped to read, understand, and apply professional testingspecifications, and newly-graduated engineering interns ill-equipped to prepare aprofessional laboratory report. The University of Arkansas has conducted materialstesting training and certification programs

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Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Saeed Foroudastan

Session 1348 Student Projects: Hands-on Experience with Mechanical Engineering Technology Saeed D. Foroudastan, Ian D. Campbell Engineering Technology and Industrial Studies Department Middle Tennessee State UniversityAbstractFor several years, the Engineering Technology Department (ETD) at Middle Tennessee StateUniversity (MTSU) has sponsored a variety of student led competition vehicle programs. Theseprograms have enjoyed considerable success in competitions around the country, and havespawned a thriving research community at MTSU

Conference Session

BME Introductory Courses

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jendrucko; Jack Wasserman

Statistical Concepts – An early Introduction into a Biomedical Engineering Curriculum Jack Wasserman Richard JendruckoIntroduction This paper presents the results from an initial introduction of statistics to thebiomedical engineering students when they are sophomores based the seniors’ request toprovide this earlier experience. The testing results and student course assessmentsprovide additional information for the next time the course is taught. In the future, apaper will be presented on the trends in class performance over a five-year period and theresults of senior interviews about the utility of early introduction of statistics.Background As

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

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2005 Annual Conference

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Glenda Scales; Bryan Hey; Jason Lockhart

TechAbstractElectrical engineering relies on students having a firm understanding of basic engineeringconcepts. Armed with these basics, they can then further investigate underlying principals aswell as explore similar hypotheses. The electrical engineering graduate modules presented in thispaper provide a dynamic visual representation of a complex topic: signal filtering. The purposeof these graduate modules is not only to develop a presentation aid to familiarize students withthe overall concept in a dynamic medium, but also to serve as an interactive study aid for visualand physical learners, who might otherwise be lost in the static mathematical representation. Thispaper will present an overview of these modules and discuss the results obtained from

Conference Session

Real World Applications

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rainer Fink

Session 2249 Teaching the Significance of Data Correlation in Semiconductor Testing Rainer J. Fink Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-3367 fink@tamu.eduAbstractTexas A&M University offers a two course sequence in mixed-signal semiconductor testing. Althoughmost educational institutions offer courses in the utilization of electronic devices, very few have the state-of-the-art

Conference Session

Web-Based & Distance Instruction

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Fred Weber

Securing Microsoft Windows® for On-line Testing Dr. Fred Weber Department of Chemical Engineering The University of TennesseeAbstractBeginning in fall of 2002 the Chemical Engineering department at The University of Tennesseerequired all sophomores to bring a laptop computer to class. One use of the computer was on-linetesting in the classroom. This paper focuses on techniques for securing the windows operatingsystem (NT or later) for on-line assessment.Criteria for the project included: • As secure as traditional paper and pencil testing • No additional applications installed on the student’s computer

Conference Session

Teaching Outside the Box in Civil Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas H. Miller; Susan Frey

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING INSTRUCTION: FROM THE OUTSIDE IN Susan M. Frey, Thomas H. Miller CH2M Hill/Oregon State UniversityWhy would an extremely busy structural design engineer, who works full time for a multi-discipline consulting firm, commit another 20 hours per week for 12 weeks a year to teaching auniversity level design class? Particularly, why, when normal office hours exceed 40 hours perweek, and family, volunteer, and professional society obligations demand time daily? Whywould an Oregon State University professor take time away from his own teaching and researchto help foster classes sponsored by industry and taught by local

Conference Session

Controls, Mechatronics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Pennell; Peter Avitabile; John White

andMathematics) material fits into all of their engineering courses. Because they have no clear-cutreason to embrace these concepts, the students hit the “reset button” after each and every course.This often comes back to haunt the students in subsequent upper level classes which require afirm understanding of this material.A new multisemester interwoven dynamic systems project has been initiated to better integratethe material from differential equations, mathematical methods, laboratory measurements anddynamic systems across several semesters/courses so that the students can better understand therelationship of basic STEM material to an ongoing problem. This paper highlights the overallconcept underlying the new approach. A description of the project

Conference Session

New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Cyrus Hagigat

Session 3662 Using Commercially Available Finite Element Software for Fatigue Analysis Cyrus K. Hagigat Engineering Technology Department College of Engineering The University of Toledo Toledo, Ohio 43606I: IntroductionFatigue analysis is a branch of the science of fracture mechanics. It is widely known that a metalsubjected to a repetitive fluctuating load will eventually fail at a load much lower than thatrequired to cause

Conference Session

Information Integration

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

George Moore; Jeffrey Richardson; Michelle Perry

The Effective use of Visualization in Delivering Microcontroller Fundamentals Jeffrey J. Richardson, George E. Moore, Michelle D. Perry Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Purdue University, West Lafayette, INAbstractThis paper introduces the concept of integrating custom animations that are an abstraction ofactual circuit operation with traditional lecturing techniques to enhance the learning experience,by allowing students to visualize the key concepts relative to embedded microcontrollers.Custom animation is used to visualize the dynamic behavior of digital subsystems in embeddedmicrocontrollers to a level not

Conference Session

Problem-Solving & Project-Based Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Elisa Linsky; Gunter Georgi

1004 Introduction toEngineering and Design.This paper offers suggestions for introducing presentation skills early in the engineeringcurriculum. ABET Criterion G, an ability to communicate effectively, includes the ability tocommunicate orally. This criterion has often been met by offering a traditional speech class.While these courses are very effective in providing an opportunity to practice and master theskills needed for competent public speaking, the set of skills required to deliver an effectivetechnical presentation is very different. They include: audience analysis, research, organizationof material, the selection of appropriate media, and the creation of effective graphics. In addition,emphasis must be placed on successful strategies