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Robert Lindsay Wells; Alan Morris; Christine E. Hailey

, Engineering and Technology," http://www.nsf.gov/od/cawmset (15 Dec, 2002).4. Calkins, D.E., Davis, D.C., Crain, R.W., Trevisan, M.S., Gentili, K.L., "TIDEE: The First Year of a Design Engineering Educational Partnership for Washington State," Proceedings of the 1996 Frontiers in Education Conference, IEEE/ASEE, pp. 1374-1378. Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of Texas at Arlington Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education5. Mountain, J.R., Wells, R.L., "Engaging K-12 Students and Teachers Using Competitive Interactive Design," Proceedings of the 2002 Frontiers in Education Conference, IEEE/ASEE, pp. T3C

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William E. Simon; Dr. Terrence. L Chambers

,” i.e., essentially conducting informal qualitative assessments by talking toemployers, alumni, students and others interacting with the educational process. However, thisdata was for the most part not properly documented, and often the instruments of measurementwere not clearly defined and certainly not used in an optimal fashion.To properly satisfy EC-2000 criteria, an indepth review of each program’s mission and programeducational objectives is required at the outset, which then results in a set of program outcomesselected to measure the viability of the program. Once program outcomes are defined, anassessment and measurements process can be developed to measure the degree of achievementof these outcomes. Beginning with the constituents of a

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Geoffrey Orsak; Betsy Willis

Infinity Technology KitThe Infinity Technology Kit was developed in conjunction with Texas Instruments andHyperception to turn ordinary PCs into easy-to-use, high-tech engineering workstations. Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of Texas at Arlington Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education Hyperception Texas Instruments Visual Application Builder DSP Hardware Board with graphical component-oriented DSP TMS320C31 Digital Signal Processor PC powered speakers PC

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David L. Cocke; John L. Gossage; Emrah Alicli; Beytullah Misirli; Kuyen Li

accessing a variety of assessment data. Online assessmentsystems can provide teachers and students with detailed information on individual or groupprogress in easy to read reports, charts and graphs. Information from these reports can be usedwhen making decisions about individualized learning activities. Thus, BPP learning based on‘educational technology’ is no longer predominantly teacher-led, but rather is student-centeredlearning guided by efficient assessment. Educational technology explores and facilitatesinnovative and effective uses of technology in teaching and learning. Using the definition of theAssociation for Educational Communication and Technology, educational technology is acomplex, integrated process of people, procedures, ideas

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Daniel Waters; Armando Mora; Lizette Zounon; J. Carter Matheney Tiernan

may be able to achieve in the future. The InfinityProject is a nationally recognized partnership between leading research universities, industry,government, and educators that has created innovative educational approaches to modernengineering that are both fundamental and fun.1 The development of the Infinity Project materialwas spearheaded by the Electrical Engineering (EE) faculty at SMU along with engineers atTexas Instruments (TI), makers of the DSP components used in the Infinity VAB kit, andHyperception, Inc., the software developers for the VAB software to control the DSP. TheInfinity Project is designed around hands-on experiments that demonstrate the basic concepts ofelectrical engineering. Each experiment utilizes real-time DSP

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Farrokh Attarzadeh

, proceed to next question. $_______ to $________Why? Please give a brief comment.8. Your additional comments are encouraged. Please let me know what you think about thisidea, thanks. Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of Texas at Arlington Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education Appendix B Samples of Students CommentsQuestion 3 1. It would be a good creative outlet using knowledge and technology I already know about. 2. It is something different. Since the curriculum is so structured in all of our other classes, a class where

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Daniel Bankston; Allen Battles; David Gurney; Edgar N. Reyes

University of Texas at Arlington Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education 3. Applications of Hyperbolic Geometry to Data StructureIn an earlier paper2, Reyes and Steidley discussed how hyperbolic geometry could be used toorganize and graphically represent huge amounts of information, as seen in Figure 3. Note,the root of the tree shown is placed at the center of the Poincare disk. The nodes and leavesof the tree represent links to web pages, URL addresses, or databases. Figure 3. The catalog at the Library of Congress from the Inxight Company3.Hyperbolic transformations are useful when analyzing such trees. They can be used

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Ronald E. Barr; Justin Cone; Robert J. Roselli; Sean P. Brophy

slide lecture. 4.48 7. The CPS system technology was easy to understand and use. 4.74 8. The CPS system could be used for taking on-line quizzes in class. 3.77 9. The CPS system is a better way to present the material than regular chalkboard 3.30 lectures. 10. The CPS system would be useful in many of my other engineering classes. 3.70 Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of Texas at Arlington Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education CPS Survey

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P. S. Shiakolas; R. VanSchneck; D. Piyabongkarn; I. Frangeskou

An Educational Environment for Reinforcement of Dynamic System Modeling and Controls Concepts Utilizing MATLAB, xPC-Target and a Hardware in the Loop Magnetic Levitation Device P. S. Shiakolas, R. Van Schneck, D. Piyabongkarn and I. Frangeskou Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX 76019 AbstractEngineering education and especially hands on experience has been the focus of manystudies. The experience and benefits associated with hands on experience using real hardwarecomponents as compared to virtual analysis using computer simulation

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Richard D. Wynn; Chun Ling Huang; Samuel Ibekwe

moreaccurate than those previously made using only fluid velocity. For example, operatingthe cold air flow model with a 60 kg/h air mass flow rate, its fluid velocity adjustedequivalent in the FBR with superheated steam would have to flow at 16.5 kg/h (Figure 4).Remember, this is without considering the steam’s viscosity, density or the sanddiameter. When these factors are included in the calculations using Reynolds number,the FBR’s superheated steam’s mass flow rate would be 48.2 kg/h, which is 52.83%closer to the air flow rate in the model. Educational ApplicationIncluding the Cold Air Flow Model into a Fluid Mechanics course can provide studentswith a greater learning opportunity. The Southern University College of

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Brandon D. Pitt; Tristan J. Tayag; Mendy L. Nelson

An Algorithm for the Digital Demodulation of an Interferometer Brandon D. Pitt, Tristan J. Tayag, and Mendy L. Nelson Department of Engineering Texas Christian University AbstractAs mechanical technology proceeds into the microscopic realm and sub-wavelength motionbecomes a concern, interferometers, which are highly sensitive, non-invasive measurement tools,are finding increasing applications. The scope of this paper extends to the measurement ofsystems experiencing vibration, including applications in transducer calibration, acousticsensing, and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) characterization. We

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Mohammed E. Haque

 2003, American Society for Engineering Education An Example of ANN and GA’s ApplicationDuring the last decade, there has been a tremendous growth in interest in information systemtechnology17, 18 and the application of soft computing techniques to engineering and constructiontechnology. Information technologies are used in various disciplines to address issues such asinformation processing, data mining, knowledge modeling, etc. Its final goal is to providenecessary aid to professionals during decision-making process. Design professionals are oftenconfronted with soft data, which they somehow need to interpret and finally integrate intodesign. The architectural task is one such example having linguistic qualities as priory

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Kuldeep S. Rawat; Gholam H. Massiha

Designing Telemetric Data Acquisition System For Clinical Studies Kuldeep S. Rawat, and Gholam H. Massiha Department of Industrial Technology University of Louisiana at Lafayette AbstractThis paper presents a systematic approach to design a PC-based telemetric data acquisitionsystem for clinical studies. This involves understanding signal characteristics, signal pick-updevices, mechanism to transfer signal telemetrically, and other data acquisition hardwarecomponents. Most of the clinical studies involve capturing and processing biological signals likecough, sneeze, snore, and pain. A PC

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Pauline Melgoza

faculty. Librarians can assist the faculty toidentify useful sources, and suggest ways to incorporate them into the classroom and keep themabreast of the rapidly changing library environment. Since on-line resources change frequentlylibrarians can be valuable resources to instructors. IntroductionTechnology is a boon for educators, freeing them to focus on teaching. In the past teachingfaculty spent countless hours writing and organizing documentation. Currently instructors cansimply edit last semester’s or last year’s syllabi for this semester. Many engineering faculty areputting their syllabi on-line to facilitate access. Libraries, just like technology, can offer facultymethods to enrich course content

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James M. Gregory; Xuepeng Xie; Susan Mengel

development oftools to improve engineering education and student success in college. Dr. Gregory is a registeredProfessional Engineer in Texas.XUEPENG XIEMr Xie is currently a graduate student in the Department of Computer Science at Texas Tech University.He has obtained a M.Sc. in Chemistry from Zhejiang University, P.R.China and a M.E. in MaterialsEngineering from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.SUSAN MENGELDr. Mengel is an Associate Professor in Computer Science at Texas Tech University. She is active insoftware engineering education research having developed a software process for students to use in theundergraduate and graduate software engineering courses. She is active professionally serving on the IEEEComputer Society Board of

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Jerry K. Keska; Heechan Shin

realprocess locally is a virtual instrument (VI) using LabVIEW. The VI provides a complete interfacebetween the user and the real process. It is used to generate excitation signals and observecorresponding responses. The main concept of such an interface is to provide a general view of thereal process evolutions and facilitate full control of the operations. More detailed description of thesystem components are listed below in the system specification. Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of Texas at Arlington Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education Experimental Set-up

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E. H. Shaban

faculty to have full time or part time teaching assignments in the summer. If thenumber of courses offered are smaller than the number of qualified faculty, a problemmay arise. Sometimes some faculty members may be asked to teach courses that they donot normally teach during the regular academic semester or the courses that are offeredare outside the area of their expertise.The chairman of the department is responsible for the assignment of the summer loadsamong the faculty. Sometimes he (she) follows the approved summer policy in thedepartment and sometimes he (she) uses his (her) own discretion. Unfortunately, a fairand equitable faculty summer employment assignments have not been accomplished insome cases in the electrical engineering

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Geoffrey Orsak; Betsy Willis

significant growth and increasing demand. Adiverse population of students has been exposed to engineering, which has had a significanteffect on the number of those students pursuing engineering degrees. The Infinity Projectprovides a complete turnkey solution for schools including curriculum, technology, and teachertraining. Using a business model, schools must invest time and money upon acceptance into theprogram. The keys to Infinity’s success lie in its ease of implementation and fun curriculum. References1. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, “The 1998 High School Transcript Study Tabulations: Comparative Data on Credits Earned and Demographics for 1998

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Chun-Ling Huang

Self-efficacy in the Prediction of Academic Performance of Engineering Students Chun-Ling Huang Mechanical Engineering Department Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA 70813 AbstractAs a result of the eruption of technological advances, careers in the fields of engineeringhave become areas of high employment opportunities and this trend is expected to remainstrong in the future (National Center for Educational Statistics, 1996). Engineering skillsare now considered basic tools for acquiring knowledge, managing systems, and solvingcomplex problems in our society. The influence of

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Ifte Choudhury; Ricardo E. Rocha; Richard Burt

optimal relationships with vital customers.Project documentation is critical to the success of many companies. Understanding andlearning how to prepare a variety of construction documents is of the utmost importanceto construction professionals. This purpose of this study was to assess the skills of thestudents graduating with a major in construction. Along with assessing the writing abilityof the graduates, the study also attempted to rank the importance of certain constructiondocuments used within the construction industry.Research ObjectivesThe objectives of the research were to find out the views of members of the constructionindustry and faculty members of construction education programs: 1. About the need for construction science

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Robert R. Bittle; R. Stephen Weis; Becky B. Bittle; David Yale

Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Educationa couple of hours for available for free-form creativity using aluminum, which is easy to workwith and shines brightly when polished.Electronics projectThe electrical portion of the Introduction to Fabrication student workshops begins with adiscussion of how an electrical or electronic product comes to market. We review the sequence:idea => initial analysis => simulation => initial testing => breadboard circuit => printed circuitboard. We then explain that the students have not reached the point in their education to be ableto design a circuit but they can certainly understand the fabrication of a PC board andqualitatively understand the behavior of the circuit. We explain

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Chu–Chen Chen; Chun Ling Huang

notimplemented the use of energy efficient technologies in the past are: a) the budget constraints,and b) a shortage of skilled building energy managers and building engineers for operation andmaintenance of modern new systems. There is a strong demand for the new college graduatehighly skilled building energy engineers. New Master of Engineering at Southern University and A&M CollegeSince the spring semester of 2002, Southern University and A&M College, located in BatonRouge, Louisiana, has been granted approval to offer a new Master of Engineering (MEng)Program in the existing College of Engineering. The objective of this new MEng program is toprepare graduates for leadership positions in the engineering profession. Emphasis is placed

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Richard Bannerot; Ross Kastor

of Texas at Arlington Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education Sponsor: Robotics Laboratory – UH Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering Melvin Abraham (ECE), Robert Fisher (ECE), Wilson Mathew (ECE), Sanjay Shenoy (ECE), and Christy Varghese (ME). Region V of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) conducts an annual Student Robotics Competition. The objective was to design and build a robot that will navigate a maze autonomously, i.e., without the use of any remote control devices. The robot, named Homer, was built and successfully competed in the preliminary UH robotics contest, achieving first place. Homer has recently

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Ronald E. Barr; Marcus G. Marcus G.; Anthony Petrosino; Lawrence D. Abraham; Tejas Karande; Bijal Patel

newgeneration of teaching materials and novel approaches for the education of bioengineeringstudents. The pedagogical motivation for the consortium is based on the widely publicized book“How People Learn” (HPL) by Bransford, et al. 2 The HPL teaching framework presents thelearning material as a series of challenges that are posed through a Legacy Cycle.3 The LegacyCycle (Figure 1) methodically marches the students through the challenged-based material. Keystages in the Legacy Cycle are: 1. posing the challenge, 2. asking students to generate ideas, 3.providing students with multiple perspectives, 4. making students research and revise, 5. testingstudents mettle, and 6. having them go public. Concepts learned during each cycle are used as‘legacies’ for

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William E. Odom; Edward S. Kolesar

 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationdeflection measurements of both actuator designs as a function of arm length and appliedelectrical power are presented. The electrothermal actuator designs were accomplished with theMEMSPro® software program, and they were fabricated using the MEMSCAP IntegratedMicrosystems Multi-User Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) Process® (MUMPs)foundry at the Microelectronics Center of North Carolina (MCNC). IntroductionNumerous electrically-driven microactuators have been investigated for positioning individualelements in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). The most common modes of actuationare electrostatic, magnetostatic, piezoelectric and thermal expansion

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Harold Smith; Madan Dubey; Pradeep Bhattacharya

,” i.e., essentially conducting informal qualitative assessments by talking toemployers, alumni, students and others interacting with the educational process. However, thisdata was for the most part not properly documented, and often the instruments of measurementwere not clearly defined and certainly not used in an optimal fashion.To properly satisfy EC-2000 criteria, an indepth review of each program’s mission and programeducational objectives is required at the outset, which then results in a set of program outcomesselected to measure the viability of the program. Once program outcomes are defined, anassessment and measurements process can be developed to measure the degree of achievementof these outcomes. Beginning with the constituents of a

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Alfred J. Jayachandran; Edward S. Kolesar

components can readily be accomplished using microelectro-mechanical systems (MEMS) technology. Numerous electrically driven microactuators havebeen investigated for positioning individual elements in microelectromechanical systems(MEMS) with the most common modes of actuation being electrostatic, magnetostatic,piezoelectric and thermal expansion [1]. Electrostatic and Magnetostatic actuators producerelatively small forces, which are insufficient to achieve large displacements. In order to achievelarge displacements due to larger forces, piezoelectric and thermal expansion actuators should beused. Unfortunately, piezoelectric materials are not routinely supported in the fabricationprocesses offered by commercial MEMS foundries, as a result, these

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Ronald E. Barr; Thomas J. Krueger; Ted A Aanstoos

Engineering Design Graphics Division of ASEE, Indianapolis, Indiana.10. Barr, R., Krueger, T., Aanstoos, T., and Juricic, D. (2003). Engineering and Computer Graphics Workbook Using SolidWorks 2001Plus, Schroff Development Corporation, Mission, Kansas.11. Engineering Accreditation Commission (2002). Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), Baltimore, Maryland.AcknowledgementsThe authors wish to acknowledge the following corporations who contributed to this educational researchpaper:a. Ford Motor Company and Applied Materials for sponsorship of the Project Centered Engineering Education (PROCEED) grants to the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Texas at

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Jiecai Luo; Pradeep K. Bhattacharya

, then go to step 6, otherwise, go to step 3 again; 6. I o = Final answer.The Matlab code based on the 6 steps above is developed as follow: % This Matlab code is used to solve nonlinear equation % Io=eta*Vt/R2*ln(Iref/Io) Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of Texas at Arlington Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education clear; I_ref=input('I_ref = (mA)'); R_2=input ('R_2= (k)'); R=0; I=I_ref; N=0; while abs (R_2-R) > 0.0001; de_I=I_ref/2^(N); R=0.025*log(I_ref/I)/I; I=I+sign (R-R_2)*de_I; N=N+1; end; disp('Number of Iterations N=') N disp

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H. Dwayne Jerro; Chun-Ling Huang; Patrick Mensah

thermal systems. He is an Associate Professor ofMechanical Engineering in SUBR. He is a member of ASME and ASEE.LYNN EVANSDr. Lynn Evans is Director of the Center for Faculty Development at LSU. She is an educational specialist andworks with college faculty and departments to enhance teaching and learning in a variety of higher educationcontexts. Her background includes education development work with the US Agency for International Developmentin Africa and Asia. Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of Texas at Arlington Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education