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

Session F1D1 LT2-ET: Learning Through Technology for Engineering Technology M. M. Darwish, M. H. Akram and B. Green Texas Tech University Engineering Technology Department AbstractThe traditional instructor-centered teaching process has proven to be less effective ascompared to the use of active, cooperative learning methods. Students can learn moreeffectively when involved in the learning process. Researchers consistently have shown aparadigm shift in engineering education from traditional instructor methods to activelearning methods

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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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Kambiz Farahmand; Kai Jin

© 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationThe most logical and economically feasible solution to the distant learning was the use ofTrans-Texas videoconference network (TTVN), with 15 sites within various Texas A&MUniversity system facilities all across Texas. This Technology provided the state of the artdigital interaction videoconference and distant education capabilities. Two-wayvisual/verbal communications links to all A&M system university campuses and facilities inTexas.Since 1990, TTVN system has been used for one-half of the total teaching time. Thefaculty and the students must meet at one location at least 1/2 of total class time. To meetthe course objectives, when using TTVN as a teaching medium, a strategy must be

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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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Sarah J. Smith

PurdueNorth Central’s Engineering/Technology division. Smith is also a consultant who teaches ethical values tosafety professionals (police and fire). She has 20 years of work experience with Fortune 200 companiesand service organizations. Areas of interest include global diversity and applied ethics. Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference 8 Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Appendix 1 Student Case Studies: Suggested Outcomes and Points of ConsiderationCase 1This engineer must take many issues into consideration. Does he have a

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Dr. Saleh M. Sbenaty; Chad Lloyd

offers.This project has been an invaluable learning experience. Objectives learned include theprocess of developing and debugging software for use in embedded systems in anetworked environment. This project has strengthened the authors experience inembedded technology, which will be very applicable to future projects involving webappliances. The authors also encourage the reader to consider the use of networkedmicrocontrollers whenever remote access and control is required. Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education References

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Randall D. Manteufel; Ramon Rodriguez; Kerry O’Connor; Jason Torres

voltage andfrequency to the electric motor driving the pump. This laboratory demonstration is the first of itskind at UTSA and exposes students to the new industry standard of controlling fluid flow inpiping systems that has become widely used in fan/pump/compressor applications. The mainadvantage to controlling motor speed is the elimination of the wasteful throttling associated witha control valve, thus reducing overall pumping costs. Understanding how the VFD works anddemonstrating its energy saving are the main focus of the new experiment.The experimental set-up is “hands-on” allowing the acquisition of data to (1) understand how theVFD operates, (2) understand the effect of slowing pump speed for a centrifugal pump, and (3)calculate energy

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Tim Coppinger; Hesham Shaalan

A&M University-Corpus Christi Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education standard deviation from the programmed point. Any trends in variations with respect to time are noted.• Part Presentation Assignment: Students program the robot to pick up and replace cylindrical objects using an end-effector with parallel jaws in a continuous cycling mode. When the cylinder “walks” away from the reach of the end-effector, the student discovers the importance of the presentation of the part to the robot and the design of the end-effector. In the second part of the assignment, the cylinders are removed from a parts-handling device and inserted into a hole. The student is also required to

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John D. Fernandez

Session F2A1 A Survey of the Impact of Community-Based Computer Science Education on Undergraduate Students John D. Fernandez Computing and Mathematical Sciences Department Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi ABSTRACTThe engagement of computer science students in community activities is a challenge in all institutions ofhigher learning. This paper describes a paradigm for civic engagement through community-basedlearning used successfully by the author. With the

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Monty Smith; Mitty Plummer; Leticia H. Anaya

school student teams willbe described in detail. Students from local North Texas high schools and middle schoolswere given the opportunity to test their homemade robots that simulated bio-robots(installed inside a cell wall) used for collecting genes from ruptured DNA. This paperdescribes the scope of the event from the initial concept for the year's game theme, to thedistribution of supplies, to the field day for testing and ending with the final game daycompetition. Information in regards to program initiation, funding, hardwareconstruction, final event awards and judging, and the total success of the program will bepresented in detail. A final discussion will include the anticipated educational assets inorganizing a technical program

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Aiman S. Kuzmar, City of Corpus Christi, TX

are generally supportive in thisregard in various ways. Many universities in fact request continuous teaching improvementsthrough their promotion and tenure process. Further, state and federal authorities have createdvarious programs to introduce and implement new ways of instruction to enhance undergraduateeducation. Various national organizations aim towards this objective. For instance, theAmerican Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) is fully dedicated to promote engineeringand engineering technology education.1 The ASEE convenes an annual conference andexposition exclusively for this purpose. The ASEE makes the creation and implementation ofnew effective teaching techniques and new teaching trends one of its conference topics

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John W. Hansen

, informationtechnology, communications, design technology (engineering), the social sciences, and thetechnological systems. Through an integrated instructional design process the STEM CareerExpressway equips students with the science, technology, engineering, and mathematicsknowledge and skills required to prepare for high skill, high wage, and high demand majors andcareers. IntroductionTechnology Education, as the academic subject area responsible for developing the technologicalliteracy of Texas’ children, has a unique mission that goes beyond the preparation of students toenter the workforce. Success in the 21st century will depend on our students’ abilities to use,manage, design, and evaluate technology that fosters

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Wayne N.P. Hung; V. Jorge Leon

) Average salary (US$/hr) 10 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 Year Figure 3. Number of employment and hourly salary of manufacturing workers in the US3. Manufacturing Education at TAMUTAMU offers an undergraduate program in manufacturing & mechanical engineeringtechnology. It is our ambition to establish a next-generation engineering technology program thatbuilds on the best qualities of current engineering and technology programs, and enhances bothcurriculum and teaching philosophies to prepare students for the global manufacturing scenario.Steps have been made to move away from

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Daniel J. Burroughs

, too much vendor-specific training, and not enough depth in specific areas. IntroductionIn 2003, the University of Central Florida began the development of an undergraduateprogram in computer security. This bachelor’s degree program will be offered through Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationthe department of Engineering Technology in the College of Engineering and ComputerScience. The Engineering Technology department is a leader in the use of the FEEDS(Florida Engineering Education Delivery System) distance learning

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Phillip I. Wilson; John D. Fernandez

) database. This database provides hundreds of grayscale and color imagesof people in various lighting conditions and poses. The ultimate objective of this work is todevelop an environment that can be used for multiple research initiatives related to usability andsecurity. Introduction Biometrics, the science of reading measurable, biological characteristics of an individualin order to identify them to a computer or other electronic system1, has become a very popularfield of research. In recent years advancements in technology have made researching biometricsless expensive. Facial recognition, in particular, has become a field in which establishing aresearch environment has become much simpler. Current

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Todd E. Raborn

,where he is assigned to the AAS in CAD and BS in Engineering Design programs. His research interestsare engineering design, manufacturing strategies, and sustainable products. Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education

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Nripendra N Sarker; Mohan Ketkar

2005 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 1 A section of a spreadsheet used by an instructor for automatic processing of grades.The student version of the above spreadsheet is shown in Figure 2. In this paper, this file isreferred to as “instantGrade” file. In the Figure, ‘abc’ and ‘xyz’ are some fictitious studentnames. A student can put his/her name in one cell and keep the other vacant or can use thesecond line for another course with similar weight distribution. A student has to do two thingswith this file, viz, a) enter grades in the white cell as obtained from the instructor

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Robert Seaker; Farouk G. Attia

acceptable marginal increase in WIP inventorycarrying costs.FAROUK G. ATTIADr. Farouk Attia is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at the University of Houston,where he has taught since 1986. He has over 30 years of educational, research and industrial experience in thefields of Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Automation, and Mechanical Systems Design. Dr. Attiahas received several grants from NSF, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, and the Society ofManufacturing Engineers. He presented and published numerous articles in ASEE, AIAA, ASME, and SMEconferences and journals. Dr. Attia is an active member of American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE),Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), and American

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H. Randolph Holt

Session F1B2 An Intelligent Breadboard for Electronics Experiments H. Randolph Holt Department of Technology Northern Kentucky University Abstract This paper develops the functional specification and preliminary design for a system that can enhance “hands-on” learning in electrical and electronic programs with the inclusion of a microcontroller-based system and software. When implemented, it can be used for a wide assortment of classes such as circuit analysis, analog electronics, digital electronics

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Jessica M. Dick

recruiting program, using current undergraduate students, and onegraduate student, to help in the University’s computer science recruiting efforts. InSeptember 2003, the planning began with the NSF grant to determine the best approachfor recruiting and targeting females and minority students and raising their interest inattending college and majoring in technology related fields. In early 2004, the TETCgrant was added to enhance the ongoing efforts. A&M-CC designed their recruitingprogram using the “Best Practices” for recruiting underrepresented minorities. This is atechnique used by some of the nation’s most successful engineering schools forproducing minority graduates. This paper describes the details of the implementation ofthe recruiting

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Scott Starks; Sally Blake; Eric MacDonald

. Young peopleneed preparation in science and mathematics before they get into higher education – and beforethey begin flowing out into the workforce2. If we want more females and minorities to take aninterest in technological fields, we must create a more inclusive view of engineering andtechnology. The first step is to debunk the stereotype of the “computer nerd” by depicting thebroad array of career options in science and technology3. Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationThis paper addresses activities that have been conducted in the El Paso area

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Richard Hoehn; Dr. Saleh M Sbenaty

lifelong learning. Usually there is always a scope to introduce a case study. Case StudiesCase studies have been used in practically every branch of higher education. In engineering andengineering technology programs case studies of real problems are most effective if conducted ina slightly different manner. One approach proposed by the Laboratory for Innovative Teachingand Engineering Education (LITEE) of University of Auburn 3 consists of following steps:formation of teams, assigning different roles from the case for each team, studying the problemwithout knowing the actual solution adopted, conducting research using internet, anddeliberation by each team for their role. Audience and/or instructor

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Hesham Shaalan

Desktop. The design drawing is shown in Figure 1. Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 1. System DesignProgram DesignAfter the design was envisioned and all of the kinks were worked out, the next step wasto design the actual ladder logic diagram for the PLC program. As discussed before,timers and counters would be implemented in this design. The first step of the processabove was the accumulation of parts. As mentioned, a sensor would be used to count theparts. In this program, a counter would be used to symbolize the

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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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Larry L. White

Session T1D2 E-mail Assignments For the Classroom Does It Work ? Larry L. White, P.E. Dept. of Engineering Technology Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi AbstractI developed a teaching method where the students have an assignment of a workingworld engineering problem. The objective is to expose students to working worldengineering problems and e-mail communication. I have used this method in mythermodynamics and heat transfer classes for the past 4 years.In these assignments, the student is an engineer

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Mythili Vajjalla; Kashinath Kumar; Enno “Ed” Koehn

from: • Materials being demolished for the construction purpose • Products used in construction • Equipment used in construction.The transportation of construction materials and earth moving operations can produce asignificant quantity of dust. The amount of dust generated is related to the quantity ofmaterial moved, the number of vehicular movements, climate, and local factors such asmoisture and silt content of the soil1. Pre-planning efforts that anticipate these issues andspecify adequate pollutant control methods should be used prior to commencing work tominimize these problems.Noise pollution: Noise pollution or sound pollution is related to the exposure of peopleor animals to levels of sound that can be annoying, stressful

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Roop Chanda; Mohammed E. Haque

. IntroductionConstruction industry in today’s world is becoming enormously complex as project sizes areincreasing and project duration decreasing. At the same time designers are conceptualizing ever-complex designs, which no longer can easily be comprehended by 2D drawings. With thischange it has become necessary that construction education develop newer ways of teaching.Extraordinary growth in 3D graphics, web accessibility and networking presents new opportunityin education (Blais et. al., 2001). Haque (2001) is of the view that Traditional lecture formatteaching methods sometimes fall short of conveying the complex analysis and design principlesthat need to be mastered in structural design. Recently 3D information used for constructioneducation has restricted

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

Vibating Beam Technique Material Measurement System, manufactured byDampingTechnologies, Inc was used to analyze the dynamic characteristics (dampingand dynamic stiffness of VGCF nanocomposites. The VGCF nanocomposites obtainedfrom the MiniMax injection molder were rectangular bars of length 76.2 mm, width 12.7mm, and thickness 4 mm. The temperature was 20oC, and the frequency 100 Hz. Proceedings of the 2005 Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Damping and Stiffness Results of VGCF Nanocomposites In Figure 1, the predicted complex longitudinal moduli of VGCF/PP nanocompositesis

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

discussion of handouts and examples. The firstworkshops are report-centered, e.g., progress and technical reports, and are designed tofamiliarize students with the purpose, audience, and traditional presentation strategies ofeach type of report. The next workshops are section-specific, e.g., abstracts,introductions, context, results, discussion, conclusions, and recommendations. For thepresentations workshop, students are exposed to general strategies for effective oralpresentations, guidelines for appropriate use of PowerPoint technology in a presentation,and typical writing issues associated with slide composition and the presentation ofgraphical data. In addition to instruction on the main topics, the workshops targetedessential information

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Cyrus K. Hagigat

consequently leading to wronganswers. Therefore, from an educational point of view, it is helpful to manually setupproblems the way computers do and to manually solve them. However, the manualapproach can become very time consuming. The MATLAB software has the capability tospeed up the manual process.The theme of this paper is to describe the theoretical approach behind the computermodeling techniques and discuss the use of MATLAB as an educational tool to be usedin helping students understand the theory behind computerized techniques used for heattransfer and structure analysis. Examples and discussions of correct and incorrect uses ofthe finite difference and finite element techniques are presented. Suggestions formodifications to an engineering and