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Pete Hylton

entitledManaging Technical Risk,1 when he said “ The risks associated with science basedcommercial innovations are real and often hard to quantify and circumscribe. These risks Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual conference Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationcontribute to business failures, but more importantly to underinvestment in the earlystages of research and to opportunities foregone.” Although it is generally the high-techindustries that have begun to implement TRM processes, the benefits should beapplicable to any industry, regardless of level of technology. Early identification,assessment, and mitigation of

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Vanessa Svihla; Ronald Barr; Marcus Pandy; Anthony Petrosino

Session T4A3 Challenge-Based Instruction in an Engineering Technical Elective Course Ronald Barr1, Marcus Pandy2, Anthony Petrosino3, and Vanessa Svihla3 Department of Mechanical Engineering1, Department of Biomedical Engineering2, and Department of Curriculum and Instruction3 The University of Texas at Austin AbstractThis paper presents the methodology and results of teaching an engineering technical electivecourse using a challenge-based approach. The challenges consisted of eight

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Ross Kastor; Robert Askew; Richard Bannerot; Paul Ruchhoeft; Elena Poltavtchenko; Colley Hodges; Chad Wilson; Cari-Sue Wilmot

Session F2D1 Advances in Technical Communications in the Cullen College of Engineering at the University of Houston Chad Wilson, Director Technical Communications Across the Curriculum Paul Ruchhoeft, Assistant Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Ross Kastor, Lecturer Richard Bannerot, Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering Cullen College of Engineering Colley Hodges, Program Manager

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Wayne N.P. Hung; V. Jorge Leon

) project *ENTC 4xx: Micro/nano manufacturing (elective) ENTC 429: Project/people management TEEL xxx: Technical elective GEEL xxx: General elective Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Copyright ©2005, American Society for Engineering EducationTables 1 and 2 compare the curriculums before and after 2003. The main changes in the programinclude: 1) Streamline technical courses. There are slightly less number of technical courses due to merging of overlapping courses. The

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Charles D. Parker; B. Neal Whitten

Session T1B1 Improving practical knowledge of educators with cooperation of municipalities B. Neal Whitten, Charles D. Parker Department of Technology and Geomatics – Construction Engineering Technology East Tennessee State University ABSTRACTUndisputedly, there are many educators in the engineering and engineering technologyfields that have superior academic and theoretical knowledge. This knowledge makesthem well prepared for teaching students who want to go in to academia or researchoriented careers, but may not make them as well prepared for

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Chandrika Rao; Carol L. Binkerd

Future Approaches: 1. Emphasize the importance of database concepts in pre-requisite classes, and provide specific examples of how that could be applied to other GIS classes. 2. Have students collaborate with a GIS instructor to work on an academic project that integrates the concepts of relational and spatial DBMS. ConclusionAlthough the paper focuses upon a DBMS course for GIS majors, the recommendationscan be generalized to any technical course. For example, the instructor must begin withan understanding of the discipline at the academic and industrial level. Once theinstructor has the basic understanding, the instructor can collaborate with his/her peersand industry

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Rafic Bachnak; Korinne Caruso; cody ross; Carlton Prewitt

IndustryThe food industry has made great strides in using technologically sophisticatedequipment. Technology has resulted, among other things, in greater diversity of foodproducts and a more competitive domestic food industry with more export opportunities.It is imperative, however, that the supply of technically competent professionals beincreased so that U.S. manufacturing plants remain competitive in the current worldenvironment. Technicians, technologists, and engineers play an important role inemploying and using technology. They are responsible for the design, testing,maintenance, and operation of various machines and systems such as conveyers,compressors, generators, microcontrollers, programmable logic controllers,microcomputers, processing

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Kambiz Farahmand; Kai Jin

utilizing Black Board and WebCT. The program started with facultytraveling over the weekend to one of the plants centrally located and lecturing Fridaysand Saturdays. To meet the goals set by the assessment committee, a set of features wereset forth for the curriculum development2,3. The main objective was to have a programthat provides a sound technical knowledge and solid background in the following areas: 1. Mathematics 2. Computer information systems 3. Computer Aided Design in Industrial Engineering 4. Computer Aided Design in Electrical Engineering 5. Manufacturing process, quality control, and safety 6. Economic awareness and management science 7. Research project in a major area

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Suketu Shah; Mohammed E. Haque; Gaurav Agarwal

MethodologyThe main thrust of the research was the development of a 3D computer generated animationmodel showing and describing in detail the various elements of an energy conscious architecturaldesign. The following steps outlines the methods used to achieve the above stated purpose.Figure 1 shows the work flow diagram1. Design and Development: The first step was to design and develop a typical single-familythree-bedroom house. Energy consciousness was the prime-governing factor for the design anddevelopment of the house. . Roofing Products Motion Sensors Wall Insulations Daylighting Solar Water Heating Passive Solar

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Jim Farison

only the traditional “lecture” format (with 43 fifty-minute sessions per semester).Nonetheless, it seemed best for the course, both for appeal and pedagogy, to have a non-trivial“imaging systems” component as well as the “image processing” component.The textbook selected for the course was Digital Image Processing (Second Edition), 2002, byRafael C. Gonzalez and Richard E. Woods, published by Prentice Hall. It has a number of desirablefeatures, with good on-line help. While it has less directly on imaging systems than desired for thiscourse, it does have quite a strong first chapter that reflects actual imaging applications by theirspectral range of operation. The course was formed around the following textbook chapter outlineand order: 1

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M. M. Darwish; M. H. Akram; B. Green

methods nor taking the majorresponsibility for their own learning. On the other hand, some, instructors hesitate toapply active learning methods based on the myths of following:1) It won’t be successful in technical courses,2) It won’t leave enough time to cover the important concepts,3) Students won’t like to work together and won’t like to meet outside of the school.4) When students work as groups it is difficult to assess individual work,5) Active learning means no lecturing,6) Preparation of class time will be much longer,7) Student’s learning will not be effected by implementing active learning. In our experience, an important factor in implementing of case studies into a course isthe style or structure of the course itself. In fact that it

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Kenneth Van Treuren

using laboratory equipment. The current syllabus for thisportion of the course is as follows: Table 1 – First ten weeks of EGR 4334, ME LabWeek Tuesday Lecture Tuesday Lab Thursday Lab1 Introduction Error Analysis Data Reduction2 Pressure Measurement Calibrate Transducer Orifice Lab3 Fluid Flow Calibrate Hot-wire Cylinder Drag Lab Measurement4 Design of Experiments Project Plan Meetings Work Session5 Report Writing Work Session Plan Presentations6 Fluid Flow Boundary Layer IC Engine or Weir Lab Measurement

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Richard Bannerot

sheet on the component and a formal technical report about the component you selected. Some of the issues you should consider are: 1. size of your sample(s) for the demonstration (not too big and not too small; consider a “hand-held” size) 2. best way to present visuals of your component in your report and take-away sheet 3. function of the component in general 4. function of your particular (sample) component (Where did yours actually come from or where could it be used?) Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Copyright ©2005, American Society for Engineering Education 5. specifications

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Richard Hoehn; Dr. Saleh M Sbenaty

Session F1A1 Tapping Indigenous Resources to Enhance the Decision Making Process in Senior Projects Mohan Ketkar Department of Engineering Technology College of Engineering Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX AbstractCase studies are proven techniques to enhance the learning skills and the level of classparticipation in the project-oriented courses. Typical case study exercise involves reading theproblem, forming student teams, research

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Mohan Ketkar

Session F1A1 Tapping Indigenous Resources to Enhance the Decision Making Process in Senior Projects Mohan Ketkar Department of Engineering Technology College of Engineering Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX AbstractCase studies are proven techniques to enhance the learning skills and the level of classparticipation in the project-oriented courses. Typical case study exercise involves reading theproblem, forming student teams, research

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Daniel J. Burroughs

program serve two purposes. In addition tobeing required for the security degree, they are offered as technical electives for a numberof other majors including Information Systems Technology, Electrical EngineeringTechnology, Computer Engineering, and Computer Science. The basic security courses(“Computer and Network Security” and “Security Methods and Practices”) have beenextremely popular and successful as electives for these other majors.A subset of the courses offered in this program are also going to serve as a cornerstonefor a Public Safety and Security degree that is to be offered through the College of Healthand Public Affairs. This will be a more generalized, interdisciplinary security degreewith focuses including computer security

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James E. Cross

the experiences of others who haveused the DSK. As mentioned in the introduction, the text book Digital Signal Processing andApplications with the C6713 and C6416 by Dr. Rulph Chassaing will provide a quick start. Allthe files or programs listed in the text, except for some student projects, are included on the CDthat accompanies the book. The CD has a C language file for initializing the DSK. This file isnot contained in the CCS. Also include are two other files that have been modified from the filesin the CCS. The needed support files from the CCS software are documented. A summary of thethree examples from Chapter 1 is as follows.Example 1.1: Sine Generation Using Eight Points with DIP Switch Control (sine8_LED.c)The first example is a

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Raviganesh Singh; Matthew Siik; Ioana C. Finegan; Gowri V. Kumar

0.042 0.040 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Treatment 1 Treatment 2 Treatment 3 Treatment 4 Treatment 5 Fiber Surface Treatments Figure 3 Effect of Surface Treatments on Damping of VGCF Nanocomposites Teaching and education activitiesThis project introduced in my teaching activities a lot of technical information and at thesame time enthusiasm to students enrolled in

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J. M. Duff

analog to digitalinformation is presented as contributory to a nearly wholesale change in the attitude ofpopular culture on this issue. The technical interrelationship of patents and copyrights isdiscussed with emphasis on specific activities in engineering and technology that mightbe used as curricular outcomes and techniques for identifying and resolving ethicalproblems are explored. IntroductionNever before has a generation of potential engineers and technologists adopted an almostuniversal view contrary to that expected of them as professionals. Such is the case withintellectual property—how and why it is created, the vital role it plays in industry, andthe legal ramifications of its protection. Because

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Jose Amieva; Apolinar Zapata

Session T2A1Visualizing Abstract Calculus Concepts by Performing Virtual Electronic Laboratory Experiments Jose Amieva, Apolinar Zapata Engineering Technology Department University of Texas at Brownsville AbstractTeaching calculus has been a big challenge for the Educational Community. Manyschools and instructors fail to recognize that students have different learning styles.There is a noticeable resistance to change the traditional methods of teaching calculus bynew methods that incorporate techniques that makes learning

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Jignesh Rathod; Farouk G. Attia

registrationprocess and supplier registration requirements in order to ensure global consistency withthe ISO/TS 16949 registration scheme. The IATF also prescribes certain suppliereligibility criteria for the ISO/TS-2 certification. Some of the criteria are enlisted below:1. The technical specification is relevant to automotive production and service part organizations only. This implies that vehicles manufacturing plants, assembly plants, and parts manufacturing and assembly plants, supplying to an automobile manufacturer or assembler, are all eligible for a certification. The certification is not valid for after sales service or stockists, dealers or distributors.2. Only automotive product manufacturing lines are eligible for certification under

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Tariq A. Khraishi

Session F1A4 \Evaluating the Educational Experience in a New Introductory Finite-Element Analysis Course for Mechanical Engineering Undergraduates Tariq A. Khraishi Mechanical Engineering Department The University of New Mexico AbstractThe author’s home department has recently changed its undergraduate curriculum to keep up-to-date with industry and professional demands. In particular, a new finite-element course is now arequired class in a sequence of five design courses

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Phillip I. Wilson; John D. Fernandez

systems. Future Plans With an established research environment, the next goal is to research the ability forrecognition of facial features that dictate general human emotions, like happy and sad.Recognition of human emotion would require detection and analysis of the various elements of ahuman face, like the brow and the mouth, to determine an individual’s current expression. Theexpression can then be compared to what is considered to be the basic signs of an emotion. Thisresearch will be used in the field human-computer interaction to analyze the emotions oneexhibits while interacting with a user interface. References 1. M. Bishop. Computer Security

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John W. Hansen

Session T3A2 Pre-Engineering Education and the STEM Career Expressway John W. Hansen Center for Technology Literacy University of Houston AbstractThis project describes the statewide activities of the University of Houston’s Center forTechnology Literacy to transform Technology Education in 6 – 12 public schools into theScience, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Career Expressway. The STEMCareer Expressway represents the integration of the physical sciences, mathematics

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Dr. Saleh M. Sbenaty; Chad Lloyd

Session T1C3Ethernet Control of Microcontrollers using the Built-in Interface Chad Lloyd and Dr. Saleh M. Sbenaty Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Studies Middle Tennessee State University AbstractThis paper describes the use of a new generation of microcontrollers that runs a smallweb server and is capable of responding to events triggered by the end user. Only veryrecently such a microcontroller has been available on the market. The use of one of theearliest networked microcontrollers, the Dallas Semiconductor DSTini, in a

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Monty Smith; Mitty Plummer; Leticia H. Anaya

SESSION T3B4 A Venue for Attracting Talented High School Students into The Engineering Program: DC BEST (Denton County Boosting Engineering, Science, and Technology) Leticia H. Anaya, Monty Smith, Mitty Plummer Department of Engineering Technology University of North Texas College of Engineering, AbstractThe description and success of a recently held local competition (organized and managedby the College of Engineering at the University of North Texas) that featured radiocontrolled robots constructed by local high school and middle

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John D. Fernandez

program and the results that have been achieved so far. Background Facts“By avoiding computers, women [and minorities] may be missing out on the generoussalaries and abundant career opportunities in information technology.”1 Texas A&MUniversity – Corpus Christi (A&M-CC) in partnership with the Nation ScienceFoundation (NSF) and Texas Engineering and Technical Consortium (TETC) is trying tocombat the shortage of women and minorities in computer science. This shortage is seennationwide, and in 2001, 3.4 percent of all conferred undergraduate degrees were Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

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Jessica M. Dick

program and the results that have been achieved so far. Background Facts“By avoiding computers, women [and minorities] may be missing out on the generoussalaries and abundant career opportunities in information technology.”1 Texas A&MUniversity – Corpus Christi (A&M-CC) in partnership with the Nation ScienceFoundation (NSF) and Texas Engineering and Technical Consortium (TETC) is trying tocombat the shortage of women and minorities in computer science. This shortage is seennationwide, and in 2001, 3.4 percent of all conferred undergraduate degrees were Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

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Yesh P. Singh; Peggy L. Talley

Session T1C2 Design Modification of a Gas Turbine Blade Shroud Peggy L. Talley, Yesh P. Singh Department of Mechanical Engineering and Biomechanics The University of Texas at San Antonio Abstract Gas turbine blade tip shrouds in the latter stages of the turbine provide mechanicalstiffness to the blades and improve thermal efficiency. The increased thermal efficiencyis accomplished with the use of rails, which form a labyrinth seal with a stationary shroudblock that forms the outer annulus for the blade. During operation of the turbine

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Scott Starks; Sally Blake; Eric MacDonald

Year 1 students. • Introduction to Computer Science: A four-week daily lecture/laboratory class in writing computer programs. This component is required for Year 1 and Year 2 participants. • Topics in Problem Solving: A daily, small group, seminar class for all participants. Problem solving was thematic based upon a “Mission to Mars” scenario and how TexPrep skills applied to it. • Research and Study: Daily small group classes giving students time to work on class assignments, computer projects, or engineering modeling projects. • Introduction to Physics: A daily lecture laboratory class with topic on physics and design projects in Physics required of Year 2 participants. • Technical Writing: A