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Brian Nutter; Tanja Karp; Sunanda Mitra

. Electrical Engineering classes include Telecom Networks, DigitalSignal Processing, Advanced Telecommunications, Adaptive Pattern Recognition, ImageProcessing, Modern Communication Circuits, Computer Vision, and Statistical Theory ofCommunications. Within these elective classes, the TI DSK has been used for a variety ofshort- and long- term projects. Implementation of filtering, encoding, compression andreformatting of data streams are frequently assigned to students within the context of thatcourse material. Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Texas Tech University Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education

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Mohammed E. Haque; Salim Saherwala

materials include timber, plywood, and hardboard. Some of themost commonly used timber for concrete formwork are Douglas fir-larch, Douglas fir-South,Hem-fir, Spruce-pine-fir, and Southern pine. Plywood is commonly used for sheathing or liningforms because it gives smooth concrete surfaces.As technology rapidly changes, the importance of educating and training diverse populations ofcivil/construction engineering/science students becomes more critical. With the advances ininformation technology (IT) over the last decade, the traditional teaching format of having anindividual lecture to an audience has been supplemented, and in some cases, replaced by therapid development and implementation of new distance learning methods. Classroom use of ITfor

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Roman Taraban; Arne Weigold; Edward E. Anderson; M. P. Sharma

. Furthermore, the students filled out aquestionnaire in which they compared using the CD to using a textbook and notes,provided information about the comprehension strategies they used for the CD, textbook,and lecture notes, and made suggestions for improving the CD. IntroductionThe distribution of course materials in electronic formats is becoming popular ascomputer use and Internet access become more widespread, and as trends towardslifelong education and distance education continue to flourish. Furthermore, Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Texas Tech University Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationprogramming

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Shunmugham R. Pandian

andmechatronics. IntroductionEver since the Industrial Revolution, technological development has been at the heart ofsocio-economic growth of developed countries such as the United States. Many of thesymbols of national achievement in the US are engineering projects1. A strong universitysystem focused on producing engineers and technologists well trained in the variousengineering disciplines has been the basic infrastructure underlying this development.Sound training in engineering requires a strong background in mathematics and sciences.As technology-driven affluence is taken for granted among the younger generation, theperceived “difficulty” of math and science drives away many youth and school childrenfrom pursuit

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Carlton Prewit; Rafic Bachnak

Education References1. M. Naghedolfeizi, S. Arora, and S. Garcia, “Survey of LabVIEW technologies for building Web/Internet-enabled experimental setups,” Proceedings of the 2002 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 16-19, 2002 Montreal, CA.2. N. Swain, J. Anderson, M. Swain, and R. Korrapati, “State-space analysis of linear, time-invariant control systems using virtual instruments,” Proceedings of the 2001 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, June 2001, Albuquerque, NM.3. L. Sokoloff, “LabVIEW implementation of ON/OFF controller,” Proceedings of the 1999 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, June 1999, Charlotte, NC.4. R. Bachnak and C. Steidley, “An interdisciplinary

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Mr. Marcus Johnson; Dr. Mohan Ketkar

Texas Tech University Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education A • B = A ⋅ B ⋅ cosψ AB (2)which can be simplified further using vector calculus3 to obtain the ψΑΒ: cos ψ AB = sin θ A sin θ B cos φ ( B ) − φ A + cos θ A cos θ B (3a) and ψ AB = cos −1 (sin θA sin θB cos (φ B − φ A ) + cos θA cos θB ) (3b)If we preset the looking directions of the three detectors as (θ1, φ1), (θ2, φ2), and (θ3, φ3),respectively, then the angular distance, ψ between unknown direction (θx, φx) and eachdetector can be written as

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Paul Ruchhoeft

or they-who-use-tecnh, for that is who we are. We freed our hands by walking on our hind legs before we took up tool-making. When we made our earliest stone tools 2.4 million years ago, our brains were still fairly small. Our capacity for thought began growing after we began making sophisticated implements. Thinking and tool-making are wed to one another.”Further, the American Heritage Dictionary’s first definition of “technology”2 is: “Theapplication of science, especially to industrial or commercial objectives” which soundsmuch like their definition of “engineeing”3: “The application of scientific principles topractical ends as the design, construction, and operation of efficient and economicalstructures, equipment and systems

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Ms. LaQuasha M. Morgan; Ms. Faye Moore,; Dr. David A. Kirkpatrick

,and practice and offers a 60/40 mix of theory and laboratory experience. Programsinclude specialized technical courses that emphasize rational thinking and applyingscientific principles to find practical solutions to technical problems, as well as courses inapplied redesign, mathematics, and science. Prairie View A&M University is known forthe nation’s top producers of African-American engineers in a diverse student body. InASEE’s (American Society for Engineering Education) Profiles of Engineering andEngineering Technology Colleges 2002 Edition, Prairie View A&M University is listedas the 31st highest enrollment in Engineering Technology and tenth in degrees awarded towomen. The department of Engineering Technology at PVAMU has

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Mario G. Beruvides; Terry R. Collins; Elliot J. Montes

upon the field. The strong tie to industry allows both the education and research to beclose to “where the action is.”. The applied nature of the research has led to some fantasticresearch which is both sound in nature and useful in practice. By noting that much research inEM is applied in nature does not say that good theoretical work is not being done. The futurethen lies in continuing to develop and mature the field. There is a great need for more EM Ph.D.programs. Texas Tech University’s Industrial Engineering Department is specifically addressingthis issue. The IE department established a Systems and Engineering Management (SEM)masters (MS) approximately five years ago. The program has been very successful withphenomenal growth. The IE

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Ronald Barr; Marcus Pandy; Anthony Petrosino; Barbara Austin

. The major lecture topics covered in the course have included: 1. Musculoskeletal Physiology and Anthropometrics; 2. Analysis and Simulation of Human Movement; 3. Biomechanical Systems and Control; 4. Computer Graphics Modeling and Simulation in Biomechanics; and 5. Experimental Techniques in Biomechanics. Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Texas Tech University Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education In the Fall 2003 semester, theclass was used for testingeducational materials as part of amuch larger educational

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Eyad Masad; Dan Zollinger

deformation of wood loaded indifferent directions with respect to the fibers. These measurements are used to enforcethe concepts of anisotropy and creep in wood. New experiments have also beenintroduced where students use the rotational viscometers to measure the viscosity ofasphalt at different temperatures and rate of loading. The data analysis enforces therheological properties of asphalt binders to support the discussion in the lectures. It isalso at this stage that field trips are used to further educate students on the factorssurrounding the use, environment, and manufacture of materials in everyday application.SummaryThe laboratory course curriculum on materials for civil engineers at Texas A&MUniversity fits nicely into a learning cycle

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M-A Demuynck; D. E. Edwards; M. M. Holt; R. H. Cox

. Student feedback and observations from faculty are used to identify curricularimprovements to the TWU undergraduate program and the TTU graduate program to make the transitioneasier. Those have now become a primary focus of the TWU, TTU, and TI partnership. Materialsdeveloped at TWU will also be beneficial to other mathematics and computer science students, and evennon-majors, at TWU. The ProgramThe goal of this project is “to provide opportunities ensuring that all students have access to supportive,excellent undergraduate education in science, mathematics, engineering and technology, and all studentslearn these subjects by direct experience with the methods and processes of inquiry”23. The

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Julian H. Kang; Narendra Nigudkar

San Mateo CountyRehabilitation Center campus expansion project10. The 4D CAD tool used at CIFE wasfurther modified and developed as Common Point 4D by Common Point Technologies, Inc.Common Point 4D was used as a tool for visualization, communication, and coordination,for the construction of the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, designed by Frank O.Gehry3.Balfour Technologies LLC’s fourDviz was used by National Aviation TransportationCenter for several projects including the LaGuardia Airport Rail Access project, and theHuntsville International Airport in Alabama11. In another research at the CIFE to study theeffect of 4D model on construction planning, Common Point 4D was used for constructionplanning of the Ray and Maria Stata Center

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N. N. Sarker; M. A. Ketkar

the functions used for the cells willcompute all blank cells automatically. In each case, the last column computes the averagefor each student. The average values are automatically updated into master table in Figure1a. Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Conference Texas Tech University Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education Filling in the Blank CellsFigure 1 contains the Excel cell references (alphabets at the top of the spreadsheet andnumbers at the leftmost column). A function is written for a blank cell and copied to restof the cells for similar operations.Mid Term AverageRaw scores for the three mid term tests

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Rafic Bachnak; Korinne Caruso; cody ross

-on laboratory activities,and science and technology exhibits1 [9]. Specifically, the program involves attracting11th grade students to attend a two-week Science and Technology workshop. Theworkshop is designed to introduce students to job opportunities in the food industry and1 This project is funded in part by the CSREES-USDA, award # 2002-38422-12160 “Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Texas Tech University Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education”agriculture, expose them to college life, involve them in hands-on activities, andencourage them to pursue science and engineering careers. Students are recruited toparticipate in a follow-up

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Ahmed Musa; Virgilio Gonzalez

Engineering Educationcommunication engineers capable of new ideas and implementing systems that arefeasible to maintain and operate is more relevant than ever. Often electrical engineeringcurriculums offer students one or two theoretical communication courses; however this isnot enough to train communications engineers in the proper background of the newertechnologies. The traditional courses and laboratories are focused on the foundations ofcommunications theory. The equipment needed to implement laboratories with thenewest technologies is expensive and changes constantly. This makes it difficult tocontinuously upgrade such laboratories. Consequently, employing a computer basedlaboratory with different software packages dedicated for communication

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M-A Demuynck; D. E. Edwards; W. J. Zimmermann

Education[14] Rudner, L.M. 2000. Bayes’ Theorem: An Old tool Applicable to Today’s Classroom Measurement Needs.[15] Shah, H., and A. N. Kumar, 2002. “A Tutoring System for Parameter passing in Programming Languages,” 2002 Proceedings 7th Annual SIGSCE Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, 170-174.[16] U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The Condition of Education 2001, NCES 2001-072 Washington D.C. US Government Printing Office 2001. Bibliographical InformationMARIE-ANNE DEMUYNCKDr. Demuynck currently serves as an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the Texas Woman’s University.Her research interests

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William E. Simon; Terrence L. Chambers

truly be a win-win situation for students, employers and the dedicated faculty who mustcarry the burden of ensuring continuous improvement in engineering education. References1. “Criteria for Accrediting Programs in Engineering in the United States,” ABET Criteria EC-2000, Engineering Accreditation Commission, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc., Baltimore, MD 21202, December 26, 2000.2. “Assessment and Measurement Innovations for Continuous Improvement in Engineering Education,” by William E. Simon and T. L. Chambers, 2002 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference, Paper IIC2, Lafayette, LA, March 20-22, 2002.3. “Continuous Improvement of the Assessment and Measurement

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Luciana R. Barroso; Jim Morgan

1.5 seconds). a) Write the second-order differential equation for this system .. . m x+ c x+ k x = F as a system of 2 first-order differential equations. (Individual and Team) b) Utilizing the same initial conditions as for Part 1, solve for six cycles the response of an unforced system given by the following critical damping values: ζ = {0, 0.01, 0.025, 0.05, Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Texas Tech University Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education 0.1, 0.25,0.5,1.0}. Use numerical integration such as

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Mohammed E. Haque; Murtuza Aluminiumwalla

complicating issues thatmake it impossible to rely on site visits. Most importantly, the instructor cannot control theavailability of a project at the necessary stage of completion. In addition, visits of larger groupsto construction sites may not be welcome, involve risk, and are unpractical. Finally, the high costof site training is a further impediment to its extensive use for construction education. Generalcomputing and information technologies, and simulation in particular, have the potential to act asa priceless complement to construction engineering and management education.This paper demonstrated a virtual tour of a reinforced concrete building construction using 3Danimation and walkthrough. It will help construction engineering or management

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H. Dwayne Jerro; Chun-Ling Huang; Nikhil Gupta; Patrick Mensah; Ajay Aripirala

in engineering education. Concept mapscan be developed to create or illustrate structures, to communicate complex ideas indifferent ways and viewpoints, to aid learning by allowing one to see relationships,contradictions, and gaps in the material, and to encourage creativity and discovery.Several mechanical engineering courses such as thermodynamics, dynamics, and fluidmechanics can effectively use this technique to build the subject concepts and solvenumerical problems in class. The present paper discusses and describes possible ways ofusing concept mapping in a thermodynamics course. Possibilities of developing acomputer based system for interactive problem solving are also discussed. Some uniqueadvantages of a computer based system

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Bonnie Boardman; Lynn Peterson

committee felt that while the benefits of a common course were many, there were problemsas well. For retention purposes, it seemed vital that engineering freshman be involved classroomparticipants. To ensure that students were not merely bystanders in their educational experience,thought-provoking, entertaining lab exercises needed to remain a part of the freshman courseexperience. Additionally, each department had department specific content that was necessaryfor their students to be successful in their academic careers. This content varied from departmentto department. There was not time in the semester to give all content to all students.New FormatDescriptionThe format which resulted from this process is a hybrid, using a one-credit-hour

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Mark Hamner; M. M. Holt; Ebony McGee; Diana Dickey-Davis

Science Project (WISP), WEPAN Conference Proceedings, 1996, 289-294.[10] Santovec, M.L., “Campus Climate Affects Female Engineering Undergrads,” Women in Higher Education 8 (7), 1999, 5.[11] Carver, D.L., Research Foundations for Improving the Representation of Women in the Information Technology Workforce: Virtual Workshop Report, National Science Foundation, 2000, www.cise.nsf.gov/itwomen.html.[12] Garcia, O.N. and R. Giles, Research Foundations on Successful Participation of Underrepresented Minorities in Information Technology: Final Report from a Cyber Conference, National Science Foundation www.cise.nsf.gov/itminorities.html, 2000.[13] Camp, T., “Women in Computer Sciences: Reversing the Trend in

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Donald J. Bagert; Stephen V. Chenoweth

theSoftware Requirements and Specification course.The project deliverables (the requirements specification) from the fall of 2003 are now beingused to develop a project plan in an undergraduate Software Project Management course duringthe winter term; this plan will be implemented in other courses during the next several courses.Although this model was used in a software engineering class, the authors believe that it could beeasily adapted for use in other engineering disciplines, are more than willing to work with facultyin such disciplines to advise them in the development of such courses. References1. Ardis, M. A. and Ford, G. A., 1989 SEI Report on Graduate Software Engineering Education, CMU/SEI-89

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technology,fabrication process, device, or physical dimensions. VHDL is a powerful CAD tool thatcan be used to describe a complete system and facilitates the system simulation. If theresult of the simulation or the performance satisfies the project needs, then a VHDLschematic or component level program will follow. Otherwise alternative behavioraldescriptive VHDL programs or models can be suggested until a satisfactory model isaccomplished. VHDL provides an opportunity to experiment with different designconcepts than would otherwise be possible using a hardware testing facility [3]. Forexample, the following is an example of a VHDL program to describe the behavior for aNAND gate. This is for illustration purpose only and not necessarily the type of

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Puneet Bhatia; Dr. Terrence. L Chambers

Technology for Design ApplicationVariant CAPP was the initial stage of the Computer-Aided Approach (Stage III). This stage isbased on Group Technology (GT) coding and classification approach to identify a largenumber of part attributes or parameters. These attributes allow the system to select a baselineprocess plan for the part family and accomplish ninety percent of the planning work. Theplanner will add the remaining ten percent of the effort by modifying or fine-tuning theprocess plan. The base-line process plans are manually entered using a super planner concept,which is developing standardized plans based on the accumulated experience andknowledge of multiple planners and manufacturing engineers. There are three types ofcoding, hierarchical

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Tariq A. Khraishi

following, the lecture component). In either of the last two formats, the mainreason that the lab is an integral part of such a course is that materials engineering hastraditionally been a hands-on type profession that lends itself to easy visual understanding ofmatter around us. And the saying “seeing is believing” cannot be more true than in materialsscience/engineering education especially given the fact that experiments in this field are verywell established and relatively easy to perform provided average facilities/equipment at aninstitution. Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Texas Tech University Copyright © 2004, American Society for

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Kenneth Van Treuren

recognize and support the fundamental principle of the code of ethics to “uphold and advance the integrity, honor, and dignity” of the engineering profession. 14. I am able to use the computer effectively in all engineering functions where it is appropriate.Figure 1 shows the compilation of the results for these semesters for all graduates. A lowscore on the graph is a better score. Most scores are between 1.0 to 1.5 and clearly showthe students have a good perception about their education in the engineering program.Several EGOs had numbers close to 2.0: EGOs 8, 10, 11 and 12. EGO 8 is a subject thatis not explicitly taught in most traditional engineering programs. The responses wouldindicate that the students did not

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Stephan Wright; Amit Thakkar

mentoringprogram. Introduction The mission of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is topromote the engineering process of creating, developing, integrating, sharing, andapplying knowledge about electro and information technologies and sciences for thebenefit of humanity and the profession. In accordance with this mission, the IEEEMentoring Office program was conceived in the spring of 2002 by members of the UTA-IEEE Student Branch and IEEE faculty advisor Dr. Wei Jen Lee. Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Texas Tech University Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education

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Southern Methodist University (SMU), but discovered that the programwas skewed towards digital signal processing. Our new program complements and subsidizes theInfinity curriculum with laboratory exercises using the National Instruments ELVIS system thatintroduce the student to four fundamental areas of Electrical Engineering: logic, RLC networks,amplification and electromagnetics. The purpose of this course is to effect early engagement ofstudents into the field to enhance both recruitment and retention. Results of student satisfactionsurveys as well as faculty and lab assistant experience are reported. IntroductionThe State of Texas commissioned a statewide study for higher education, public colleges