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Terrence L. Chambers; William E. Simon

An Extension Service Approach to Industry-Sponsored Senior Design Projects Terrence L. Chambers, William E. Simon Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Louisiana at Lafayette AbstractThe Mechanical Engineering (MCHE) Department at the University of Louisiana atLafayette (UL Lafayette) has recently made the commitment to focus its Senior Designcourse more toward solving real-world engineering design problems for local industrythrough the Manufacturing Extension Partnership of Louisiana (MEPoL), rather thantoward entering design competitions. The benefit of this change is that the

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

Improving Undergraduate Retention through Tailored Use of the Infinity Project SM Daniel Waters, Armando Mora, Lizette Zounon, J. Carter Matheney Tiernan Computer Science and Engineering Department University of Texas at Arlington AbstractThis paper addresses the issue of using the proven Infinity Project program as a foundation to SMbuild computer science and engineering students’ knowledge of software as well as hardwareand to create an expectation of what they

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Geoffrey Orsak; Betsy Willis

The Infinity Project – Engineering for the High School Classroom Geoffrey Orsak Director, Infinity Project Southern Methodist University Betsy Willis Director, Student Programs and Outreach, School of Engineering Southern Methodist University AbstractIn response to the low numbers of high school students pursuing degrees in engineering, theInfinity Project was developed to introduce students to engineering in high school. The InfinityProject makes math and science relevant in today’s high-tech world

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Richard Bannerot; Ross Kastor

created a new course number ECE4334 and joined the existing INDE/MECE 4334 capstone design course, required of allstudents in the Departments and Industrial Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.This paper describes the changes that have occurred in the new combined courseECE/INDE/MECE 4334, the interdisciplinary capstone course for three departments andprovides a description of projects from spring, 2002. IntroductionThe capstone design course in the Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME) at theUniversity of Houston has proven to be one of the Department’s most successful courses.In one form or other it has been around since the early 1960’s. It has existed (untilrecently), more or less, in its present

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

. IntroductionThe field of Engineering Graphics has been greatly impacted by the use of computers over thelast twenty-five years. Traditionally, engineering designs were conveyed in a 2-D drawing thatused orthographic projection and drafting standards. Engineers in the past had to learn thesecommon graphical practices as part of their formal education. With modern computer tools, theconveying of design ideas now begins with the development of a 3-D solid computer model.The model not only creates a visual image that allows the designer to see the geometry, but italso creates a 3-D digital data base that can be applied to all phases of the design process. Thefreshman “Engineering Design and Graphics” course at the University of Texas at Austin reflectsthis

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A. C. Rogers; Amir Karimi

design projects such as those involving cooling towers, heatpipes, convection test systems, cross and counter flow heat exchangers, a solar powered car, afurnace camera cooling system, flow network automation and control system, engine thermalcoatings, an engine test stand, and testers for thermal contact conductance and fluid viscosity. IntroductionThe mechanical engineering BS degree program at the University of Texas at San Antonio(UTSA) has placed into practice an emphasized process by which students gain experiencetowards implementing their academic knowledge towards the design and development ofoperational devices and systems. Such experience is associated specifically with the fields ofheat

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Geoffrey Orsak; Betsy Willis

The Institute for Engineering Education at SMU – Answering the Shortage of Tomorrow’s Engineers Geoffrey Orsak Executive Director The Institute for Engineering Education at SMU Betsy Willis Director, Student Programs and Outreach, School of Engineering Southern Methodist University AbstractTo help combat the projected shortage of engineers, the Institute for Engineering Education atSMU was founded in 2002 with funding from the national government. The Institute developsengineering

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Khosrow Behbehani; Kevin D. Nelson; Robert C. Eberhart

hours of graduate course work with a GPA ≥ 3.0 may elect to participate in theinternship program. The interns work at industrial sites, either part- or full time. A facultymember serves as the advisor for the student and interfaces with the supervisor of the student atthe firm. The advisor verifies that the assigned project provides the student with meaningfulindustrial experience and also monitors the student’s progress. Participating students register forinternship credit hours and receive a letter grade based on their performance. Participation in theinternship program is optional and the accrued internship course credit hours are not appliedtoward the graduate degree course requirement. That is, they may not be substituted for

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Shantanu Bhattacharya; Jordan M. Berg; Darryl James

, familiar phenomena such as fluidmixing behave counter to the intuition developed by students in a standard engineeringcurriculum. We present a laboratory project designed to stress this point to students taking a first-year graduate introduction to microsystems. The pilot group found the results surprising andcounter-intuitive. It appears that the project was instrumental in clarifying key concepts inmicrofluidics. IntroductionAfter several decades in which microsystems research mainly addressed electromechanicalsystems [1], the focus has begun to shift to fluidic systems. This shift is driven primarily bypotential application of microsystems to chemistry, biology and medicine [2]. An introductorycourse in

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Chu–Chen Chen; Chun Ling Huang

thirty (30) credit hours for coursework and six(6) credit hours for an engineering project. All students in the MEng Program will provide Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of Texas at Arlington Copyright @ 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationspecialized training and a solid foundation in areas such as statistics, numerical methods,engineering managements, and advanced computer applications, which are illustrated in Table A.In addition, the program will require students to take six (6) technical elective courses (18 hours)in a specialty option, leading to an engineering project. The choice of technical electives

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Richard Bannerot

and design faculty would benefit greatly from a gooddose of creative design as practiced by our colleagues in the Arts. The paper will provideevidence of how two aspects of “creativity” are missing from most engineering students. IntroductionWith some exceptions, engineering design as we know it today is a relatively recentmanifestation of the evolutionary development of the current highly science-basedengineering curriculum. In many ways today’s engineering technology programs mirrorthe pre-1950’s engineering programs and today’s engineering programs appear, in somerespects, to be programs in applied physics. So how did we get to this point?The myth is that the Manhatten Project, one of the most

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Jerry K. Keska

pushes students to their creative limits through the use of open-ended projects in which realistic, complex, challenging state-of-the-art problems are investigated. This new approach will increase student enthusiasm and provide closer alignment of classroom topics with today’s standard industry practice. This paper will deal with a unique application of the research/teaching method used at the undergraduate level, using a hands-on laboratory approach in conjunction with classroom lecture. The approach can be tailored to all levels from introductory freshman to senior-level classes. An open-ended project is utilized, requiring a creative approach for its solution. Faculty and students are both learners and investigators, formulating and solving

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W. Conway Link; Carlos G. Spaht

challenge students at a timewhen they are particularly vulnerable to nonacademic distractions. LaPREP, which takesplace on the LSU-Shreveport campus seven weeks a summer over two consecutivesummers, emphasizes abstract reasoning, problem solving and technical writing skills,mainly through mathematics enrichment courses and seminars. Class assignments,laboratory projects and scheduled exams are integral parts of LaPREP. The faculty isdrawn from LSU-Shreveport and the local school system. Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of Texas at Arlington Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationLaPREP targets bright students who

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Farrokh Attarzadeh

Collaboration with Collaboration with Collaborative projects Museums community possible Sources of income for the Improve imaginations Empowering students just dept. from the sale/auction before their graduation of gadgets Can be used as a model for Can be started as a pilot Learn about environmental other ET programs course issues Learn about electronics Learn about standards Funding possible recycling Publications possible Students enjoy taking the Will bring

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

teachers. This paper presents a summary of the experience and lessons learned.The goal of the fabrication workshop is for the students to develop an awareness of the processesinvolved with the creation of objects they encounter daily. There are mechanical and electricalsegments of the workshop. During the mechanical segment the students are introduced to asmall milling machine and lathe that are capable of machining a variety of materials rangingfrom plastics to mild steels. Emphasis is placed on safety and proper machining techniques.Through a variety of machining projects, the students also learn how to drill and tap a hole, howto make accurate measurements using calipers and a micrometer, and gain an appreciation for thecosts associated with

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

use. Convergent bestpractice pedagogy is optimized in the convergent classroom to allow problem-based learning,objective based learning, cooperative learning, project based learning, accelerated learning,visual learning, constructivism and Socratic learning. The classroom is designed to optimize thefive basic types of thinking: cognitive, memorative, convergent, divergent and evaluative - toproduce the creativity and idea generative capacity often missing from conventional classrooms.The design and operation of the convergent classroom will be discussed, as well as how it isbeing used to optimize chemical engineering education. IntroductionThe convergent classroom is a relatively new descriptor of the

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Richard Bannerot

Who Are the Good Team Players? Richard Bannerot Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Houston AbstractWorking in teams, especially on multidisciplinary projects, is becoming more and morecommon in engineering as well as in other work environments. However, despite theimportance of “team-work” in engineering design, there is little data on thecharacteristics of “good” and “poor” team players. This paper presents preliminaryresults from an ongoing, horizontal study of this issue in two engineering design courses,one at the sophomore level and the other at the senior level

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Mohammed E. Haque

/construction/architectural engineering especially in SC areas. As anexample of a graduate project, this paper demonstrated an ANN and GA based knowledge modelwhere the customer’s preferences regarding comfort and safety issues in a large residentialmultistory flat housing scheme was studied. Architecture/engineering is an applied science wheremany lessons can be learned from existing structures, their successes and failures, andincorporating them to find out new techniques for a better structure. This implies that thedesigner should be able to derive from each previous design some qualitative values, especiallyon user’s approval regarding building’s safety and comfort quality as to assure a successfuldesign. Architects/design engineers are quite often

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Tariq A. Khraishi

The University of Texas at Arlington Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationIn the field of mechanics education, which tend to offer relatively hard classes such as statics,dynamics, and strength/mechanics of materials. PBL is not the only method to enhance students’learning. Indeed, educators have experimented with novel approaches (mostly computer-based)to try to do just that5,6,7,8. However, as mentioned above, PBL is generally considered a morerigorous approach that is proven to enforce concept learning in students. In mechanics courses,this is usually done by assigning design project(s) to groups of students9,10. Such design projectsare by definition open-ended and have no unique answer or

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Raymond W. Flumerfelt; William Sherrill; Hamid Parsaei

economic development of theregion.Two years ago the Cullen College of engineering began the development of its program,the Engineering Leadership and Entrepreneurism Program. Integrating aspects of thebusiness school model, this program has a technical base, and emphasizes product andtechnical service development. Led by Engineering, it involves faculty from bothengineering and business, as well as individual and business leaders. The program notonly addresses Entrepreneurism, but Intrapreneurism, an aspect critically important toengineering graduates in corporate structures.Students form into enterprise teams and then develop and operate their enterprise in thistwo -course, project- based program. Specific enterprise milestones are developed

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William Jordan

prime mover behind getting the grant, and he had a greater apparent need for the money.People who believe in a utilitarian theory could argue for either decision. Smith should take themoney for he has a greater need for it and he is the main person on the project. Alternatively,Smith should not take the money for if he was exposed it would hurt his career. A potentiallyruined career is not worth a month of salary support.Duty theories could also argue the point either way. Some would say that Smith has a duty toprovide for his family. Others would argue that Smith has a greater duty to be honest withBrown and tell him about the salary support.People who believe in rights theories would probably criticize a choice by Smith to keep themoney

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Bill Elmore; Stan Napper

prime mover behind getting the grant, and he had a greater apparent need for the money.People who believe in a utilitarian theory could argue for either decision. Smith should take themoney for he has a greater need for it and he is the main person on the project. Alternatively,Smith should not take the money for if he was exposed it would hurt his career. A potentiallyruined career is not worth a month of salary support.Duty theories could also argue the point either way. Some would say that Smith has a duty toprovide for his family. Others would argue that Smith has a greater duty to be honest withBrown and tell him about the salary support.People who believe in rights theories would probably criticize a choice by Smith to keep themoney

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Ali Abolmaali

been announced for Konqueror (Linux browser) 28. 2. Enough hardware resources may be required to display VRML results – the authors have successfully done the project and viewed results on a standard (or lower-end) Pentium 200 Megahertz, 128 Megabyte Random Access Memory system. The results have also been viewed on Windows 98 and Windows 2000 systems. 3. Windows environment is required – ActiveX controls are now supported on Konqueror browser for Linux. 4. A plug-in is required for VRML, which is available at no cost to users. 5. The client must have a (hard) disk with label “C”, which is very common on most computers. The authors made the Visual Basic program generic to the extent that it tests for the

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Ifte Choudhury; Ricardo E. Rocha; Richard Burt

. Leaders in industry have stated that for nearly 50 years,the continuing weakness of graduating technical students has been their lack of writtencommunication skills 1.The inability to communicate effectively does little to enhance the image of a company.In fact, it proves to be detrimental. Good writing skills are necessary in order tocommunicate with clients, as well as with partners and co-workers. How successfully acompany communicates potential problems and issues will largely depend on the writingand communication skills of the company employees 3. In the construction profession,reading and writing are paramount to an individual’s performance in successfullycompleting a project 4.Every industry has an undefined list of terms that are

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Pradeep K. Bhattacharya

; STM) as tips are exclusively micro-machined usingsilicon nitride as a beam holding a fine nano-metric tip. Micro machining and nano-technologycan produce new enabling technologies by giving a new approach to existing problems.Recently, Texas Instrument has produced a micro-fabrication process to produce large arrays ofdigitally controlled mirrors in a single chip along with its dsp-digital signal processing hardware.These mirror arrays are needed for projection displays, rear projection television and higher than600 dpi color printers.In a recent graduating class of ELEN418-Device Processing, I asked the students, “What fieldthey would choose to develop if compelled to be an entrepreneur?” Most of them replied theywould like to form a sales

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Kuldeep S. Rawat; Gholam H. Massiha

Simulation In Technical EducationEngineers working in the area of robotics must have a well- structured understanding of whatexactly a robot is1,2,4 . Model driven simulation is a valuable tool for helping engineers in thisaspect. Most cour ses in robotics use the educational robots and simulation software. This is amulti-segmented curriculum-driven program designed to provide students with a broad base ofcompetencies in modern manufacturing technology. Its educational hardware and software arebased on actual industrial components and together emulate manufacturing environments. Thisincorporates hands-on lab experience with simulation, creative design projects, problem solvingand more. Students undergoing this program will learn the technical skills

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Robert Lindsay Wells; Alan Morris; Christine E. Hailey

disadvantage.Following a model established by engineering educators in Washington State4 the workshopswill develop transportable design materials and methods that can be shared in both two-year andfour-year introductory engineering courses. The modules will be constructed in such a way thattwo-year and four-year freshman students can work together on their design projects, includingperhaps competitions at the end of the semester, thus building a sense of comradeship among the Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of Texas at Arlington Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationstudents. Activities of this kind have already been

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Kevin M. Nickels; Mahbub Uddin

more extracurricular activities. Eventhough instructors attempt to spread their assignments and particularly exams and projectsthroughout the semester, students consistently report a non-uniform distribution of workthroughout the semester. If a course is not itself at a topic boundary, as indicated by an exam ormajor project or paper, a slight delay in coursework for that course is probably not detrimental.However, in some cases the student can see significant benefits to delaying routine reporting orproblem sets by as little as one class period. Consistently giving exceptions to deadlines whenasked, however, is easily abused and can even be viewed as capricious since it requires thestudents to attempt to justify their rationale for requesting

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Pauline Melgoza

Improving Access to Electronic Resources for Classroom Instruction Pauline Melgoza Texas A&M University Libraries Texas A&M University AbstractAs engineering faculty assign projects and homework, they can facilitate access for their studentsto electronic resources such as on-line books, journals, proceedings, etc. In many instancesinstructors can now include links in their on-line syllabi, web-based teaching tools, or coursereserves to current, critical, and creditable research resources. An academic library is a teachingsupport tool that is often overlooked by teaching

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Jeanne M. Gerlach; Bill D. Carroll

the design and production of systems.11. The beginning engineering teacher understands how students learn and develop engineering designand analysis skills and concepts, and uses this knowledge to plan, organize and implement classroominstruction and laboratory experiences to meet curricular goals.12. The beginning engineering teacher is able to create, guide, and manage classroom, field, andlaboratory activities to enable students to undertake quality hands-on project-based activities in a safe,creative environment. Table 2. Knowledge and Application Requirements for Standard 2The beginning engineering teacher integrates math, science, engineering, and other knowledgeto the solution of engineering problems.Knows and understands