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Roy T.R. McGrann

processes whose form and function achieve clients’ objectivesor users’ needs while satisfying a specified set of constraints.” 1 Computer-aided engineering (CAE)software packages such as Pro/Engineer (Pro/E) 2 are among the modern engineering tools available toassist engineers to generate and evaluate their designs.In this paper, we begin in the Introduction with a description of the mechanical engineering curriculumat Binghamton University. The process that we have developed in the department for continuousimprovement (Departmental Course Review Process and ABET Accreditation) will be presented next.Following this will be a description of the CAE course and how it fits into the overall departmentalreview process.In the second section, the

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end of course surveys, constituent focus groups, senior exit surveys, and facultyobservations.The current capstone design course, Civil Engineering Design (CED), was developed tomimic the civil engineering experiences students will face when they enter theengineering workforce after graduation. While this capstone course model continues todevelop with each successive semester, the Civil Engineering Faculty at CGA feel thenew course is better able to achieve the course objectives of graduating students who can“plan, design, execute, and manage a complex open-ended civil engineering project”.1 Inaccomplishing this goal, students produce engineering design documents, constructiondrawings, cost estimates, construction schedules, and any other

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. Statistical tests were conducted and results were documented on the power of simulation.Development of Finite Element AnalysisA computer program was developed by idealizing the flexible pavement into a finite element continuum.In this investigation a layered pavement system was idealized as an axisymmetric solid with finiteboundaries in both radial and axial directions, as shown in Fig 1. The axisymmetric body was thendivided into a set of ring elements, rectangular in section and connected along their nodal circles. Thefinite elements are actually complete rings in the circumferential direction, and the nodal points at whichthey are connected are circular lines in plan view. Because of axisymmetry, the three-dimensionalproblem reduces to a two

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M. Ali Montazer

Helping Connecticut Aerospace Parts Manufacturers Become Lean M. Ali Montazer, Ph.D. University of New Haven – Tagliatela College of Engineering West Haven, Connecticut 06516 AbstractWith funding support from the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT) /National Aerospace Leadership Initiatives (NALI), a Center for Simulation Modeling andAnalysis has been established at the University of New Haven. The objectives of theCenter are (1) to bring modeling and simulation techniques and tools, through faculty andstudent teams, to the Connecticut aerospace parts manufacturers to support their efforts inimplementing Lean / Six

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rehabilitation can ease the discomfort and difficulty associated with physical therapyexercise [8]. Music during physical exercise has resulted in increased endurance andperformance [1]. Some studies have shown improved motor performance and increased aerobicendurance with the use of music during exercise [5]. Music has been shown to reduce bloodpressure in performing potentially stressful tasks. A study measured the blood pressures ofsurgeons performing mental tasks. The blood pressures were reduced the most when they wereable to listen to music of their choice while performing the specified task [4].Computer science is no stranger to music. Music has been used to help teach computerprogramming. The inclusion of musical device control has been used to

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. 1Open Ended Problem DescriptionA beam has been chosen as the group problem in the Strength of Materials Course5 because it has anopen-ended solution space such that there is no single solution that will fulfill all the requirements;therefore, it can be considered an ill structured problem. Two objectives are defined for this project: 1. To design and construct a maximum strength beam out of wood board to span ~30 inches and carry a concentrated load at mid-span. The beam must not exceed 8 inches in height. 2. To test the constructed beam, record its response and prepare a report describing the structural response and failure characteristics of the beam.The class was divided into groups with a maximum of three members. Students

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wasused for both in-class demonstrations and homework assignments. Approximately 70 studentswere surveyed at the end of the term regarding the effectiveness of the software. All of thestudents describe themselves as visual learners and agree that animations, in some form, will beregularly used in engineering classes in the near future. Most students think that their overallunderstanding of particle kinematics and kinetics was significantly improved by using theprogram. They consider the software easy to use and recommended it to instructors who teachintroductory Dynamics classes.In this paper, the software functionality will be detailed. The results of the survey will beanalyzed and the pedagogical advantages will be evaluated.1. IntroductionIn

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in the discipline, and built upon theprinciple of reciprocity”.1 This educational paradigm strongly supports the mission of the UnitedStates Coast Guard Academy (CGA) to “strengthen the nation’s future by educating, training,and developing leaders of character who are ethically, intellectually, professionally, andphysically prepared to serve their country and humanity”2.In 2004, service-learning projects with local water and wastewater treatment plants were initiatedas the semester project in Environmental Engineering II. This course is a three-credit major areaelective that includes design and analysis of sewer systems, water distribution systems, and waterand wastewater treatment systems. The course follows an introductory

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, therefore, have to obtain complete academic records foreach student and manually compute this MSE GPA for each individual. Since we desired apredictor that was readily available, we decided to use the simpler, easily obtained, cumulativeGPA.In addition to choosing the predictive characteristic of their GPA, we desired the most accurateprediction model. In other words, we set out to determine if simply converting GPA to apercentage was as accurate as other models that considered the distribution of grades. In order toinvestigate this question, we compared the accuracy of three models: • Model 1 – “GPA to Percent”. In this model, we converted each individual’s GPA at the close of the previous semester to a percentage and used this

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the second semester of junior year, and the second in first semester ofsenior year as shown below. Aerospace engineering students take ME387: Introduction to Aerodynamics,and ME481: Aircraft Performance and Static Stability. Students in the automotive track take ME491:Mechanical Power Plants, and ME492: Mechanical Powertrains and Vehicle Dynamics. Figure 1: Aeronautical and Automotive Systems Subdisciplines The design process is taught in ME404: Mechanical Engineering Design, which students takeconcurrently with their 2nd sub-discipline elective in their senior year. This course teaches thefundamental design methodology and is where the student design teams are formed. Partway through thesemester, the students

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Carol Siri Johnson

subject names at the beginning. The three books were often cross-indexed withnumbers representing each subject name. Since legal tender was scarce and many agreements were madeon trust or by trading, the accounting books were seldom balanced. Business agreements and order specifications were done in person or by letter. Most of the lettersthat can be seen in the Lukens archives are about bargaining for the price of materials, especially bar iron,but some contained technical specifications. When letters were written by hand and paper was scarce,business owners often saved only incoming letters, usually in pigeon holes in desk shelves (Fig. 1). 2Figure 1 – Incoming Correspondence and

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Peter Thomas Tkacik

. Like a professional race shop, jokes are often made about the unreasonable stressplaced on orderliness and cleanliness. This has significant beneficial effect on the marketing of theprogram. For a real shop, this orderliness positively affects the marketing to team sponsors and visitors.For the school, the effect is the same; however, the sponsors may be the same but the visitors are potentialnew motorsports candidates.A student visitor may have only changed oil on the family minivan but sees his/her comrades preparingfor the next race and is thrilled by the excitement and ease of participation. 2Figure 1. Large numbers of students are engaged by the shop facilitiesThe shop is a new facility

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Gregory S. Parnell; Michael Kwinn

Engineering at West Point was established in 1989 as an outgrowth of theformer Department of Engineering (now the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering.)Brigadier General (Retired) James L. Kays was the first head of the newly formed department and had theresponsibility for not only developing the academic programs under the department but also most of thecourses. The department was designed with four overarching objectives that have endured through threedepartment heads [1]: focus on cadet education; foster faculty growth and development; remain linked tothe industry we serve - the Army; and integrate state-of-the-art computer and information technology intothe education process.The Department established the Systems Engineering major after

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Omar A. Shehadeh; Aiman S. Kuzmar

. Further, it was limited to those engineering educators at only one university due tovarious logistical and limitations. The Hashemite University is a state university in Jordan. It isin the city of Zarka, the second largest city in Jordan behind its capital Amman. The university isa co-ed university and it has close to one hundred engineering faculty members in manyengineering fields. The Hashemite University was the choice because one of the authors is afaculty member in it albeit the fact that he is not an engineering educator.THE SAMPLEThe sample of this investigation consists of seven engineering educators. Efforts were made tocover as many engineering fields and academic ranks as possible. Details of these educators areas follows.1. Mr

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Barrie Jackson

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Adam J. Czekanski; David-Michael P. Roux

with three or four answer choices. The review questions were based on the critical learningobjectives for these lessons and designed to interact with the clickers using Turning TechnologiesTurningPoint® 2008 plug-in software for Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2003. Student responses to theclicker questions were recorded using a Turning Technologies TurningPoint ResponseCard® RF wirelessresponse system (Figure 1) or by raising hands.Figure 1. Turning Technologies TurningPoint ResponseCard® RF wireless response system. The system includes auniversal serial bus (USB) receiver and 25 response cards. The pen is shown is for size reference. 2Answering by using the clickers and raising hands were the

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Gad J. Selig

establishing and maintaining superior competitive advantages for their respective enterprises. • Provide students with a variety of career enhancement options responsive to growing employer and employee needs for multiple competencies and skills in today’s and tomorrow’s demanding global work place. • Obtain the commitment and sponsorship of business and government organizations and institutions for our programs, provide internship and job opportunities for our graduates, sponsor research and help to raise funds and support grant opportunities. 1 • Create an

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Ryan A. Ebel; Donald S. Abbott-McCune; David Chang

, which is not implemented in any otherautonomous vehicle programs.III. Approach The AUGV project at USMA is a multidisciplinary activity with electrical engineering andmechanical engineering curriculum. Figure 1 shows the course map. This paper focuses on theAutonomous Vehicle block. The design project consists of building an autonomous vehicle which will Figure 1 Course Map 2incorporate applied knowledge of robotics. In an introductory mechatronics course, there needs to be adesign project which allows students to apply these concepts in a meaningful way. This is done duringthe last five weeks of the semester by inductive learning. Inductive

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Roger Chapman Burk

author’sbackground in the subject. The author found that this approach did succeed in attracting a variety ofstudents who otherwise would learn little of engineering, and in engaging them in the subject and givingthem a basic quantitative understanding of some aspects of the subject. Of course, the approach was notwithout its difficulties, including the problem of integrating very diverse material. On the whole, theauthor found that the approach worked well and recommends it for further development.The rest of this paper is in five parts: (1) An account of how and why the course was developed and itseducational goals; (2) The design of the course, including the syllabus; (3) Observations on the types ofstudents who took the course; (4) The students

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Abdelshakour Abuzneid; Khaled Elleithy

theexisting infrastructure of wireless / wired network in a building, we can have in place an early responsesystem to disasters. This is important to save lives and get resolution for a disaster sooner. The idea hereis to eliminate or reduce additional cost for a dedicated infrastructure for early response system. Due tothe growth for the need of internetworking, most of the buildings have already a good base for such asystem. This article contributes to the solution of the problem by specifying a novel solution forintegration WLAN and existing infrastructure to the system of public safety and emergency earlyresponse.1. IntroductionRecently the Country was struck with many tragic events that resurface the need of a working emergencyearly response

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Imin Kao

analysis are used as an assessment tool to evaluate the effectiveness ofintegrating podcast to teaching. This pedagogical tool for asynchronous teaching and learninghas recently been employed in the online engineering program in the State University of NewYork (SUNY) at Stony Brook.Index Terms – Assessment, Asynchronous learning, Online courses, Video Podcast.1. IntroductionMillennial students grow up with exposure to technology and are quite adapted to live withtechnologies, including their products and benefits. As a result, they are also pushing, andperhaps challenging, faculty to expand their technical horizons. Both students and faculty todayhave available to them many technologies that did not exist a decade ago. Such technologies canprovide

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David J. Palazzo; Chad C. Schools

Newton’s Laws.1 Cadets analyzed the motion of the front cart of theroller coaster as the cart executes a loop. Project tasks included the determination of the location and themagnitudes of the maximum and minimum speeds, location and magnitude of the maximum totalacceleration, as well as relating this maximum total acceleration to “g-forces.” After determining that thefront cart feels the greatest total acceleration at the 2 o’clock position, cadets are asked to analyze theforces on the cart at this location. 1a 1b 12 9 3 6 E (Exit) I (Inlet) Figure 1a

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Junichi Kanai

production server and aback up server. 2Figure 1 depicts the structure of the system. The Course Documents and its sub-boards containedinformation useful to all students, such as a course syllabus and report templates, and are available toeveryone. On the other hand, project specific boards were restricted to the project members. For example,students who were working on Project Y had access to their working board, i.e., Project Y Spring 2006,and a board containing past work, i.e., Project Y Fall 2005. MDL Projects Forum

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Andrew Grossfield

toeveryone to ponder and contemplate at any time and can serve as a model for researching otherdisciplines.Forty years ago, mathematicians exhibited pride in their ability to hide geometric or visual representationsof mathematical concepts. The mathematics reform of the 1990’s sanctioned the representation offunctions as single valued curves. More remains to be done. Currently, Proof Without Words is anongoing feature of the MAA monthly, The College Mathematics Journal. Examine the wonderfulcompilations, Proofs Without Words 1 and Proofs Without Words II 2 by Roger B. Nelsen. Examine alsoMath Made Visual by Claudi Alsina & Roger B. Nelson 4. While mathematicians may enjoy the puzzlesprovided by Proofs Without Words, an effective pedagogical tool

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Abdelrahman M Rabie; Rahman Haleem

1 A Model for a Bi-lingual Curriculum Abdelrahman M Rabie, Associate Professor, ISAT Department, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA Rahman Haleem Assistant Professor and Director, Institute for Technological Innovations (ITI), Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesAbstractThere has been an increasing demand for multilingual professionals, in various fields includingengineering, which in turn which in turn lead to the increased demand and

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M.G. Guvench

minimum specifications and are required to apply thelearning they had into the design of a NMOS-input Operational Amplifier that can be implemented in an N-well CMOS process. The specifications include open loop gain, gain-bandwidth product, phase margin,common-mode rejection range, slew rate and output swing on a specified load including capacitive loading.The requirements are (1) to create a Mathematica file of their design calculations, (2) verify the design withappropriate SPICE simulations, (3) create a layout design that passes all design rules, and (4) write a reportand do a Powerpoint presentation to the class at the end. Projects that pass the design specifications andlayout rules can be sent out to be fabricated. However, typical turn

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Wei Cao; Yanqing Gao; Jason Robert Mace

Robots and Mobile Robots An intelligent robot is different to the traditional mobile robot. The traditional mobile robot uses apowerful microcontroller to control the movement, with the help of sensing devices it normally is able tomake a tactic decision but could not do any sophisticate thinking since the limitation of the computationpower provided by microcontroller. The left of Fig.1 shows the Stamp Bobot which is equipped withStamp microcontroller and light, touch and other sensors. Fig.1 Traditional Mobile Robot (left) and Intelligent Robot (right) However, in order to enhance the capability, the intelligent robot adds a separate layer ofcomputation core, such as a laptop or a single motherboard, on the top of the movement

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Dean M. Aslam; Zongliang Cao; Cyrous Rostamzadeh

on a restructuring of schoolscience around real-world problems [1], inquiry based studies [2][3][4][5] including Design-Based Science(DBS) [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] and Learning By Design (LBD) [16][17][18], augmented reality(AR) [19][20][21][22][23][24][25], and Technology Assisted Science, Engineering and Mathematics (TASEM)[26][27][28]. A unique feature of the TASEM program is that it, encompassing a number of inquiry-basedhands-on ideas, focuses on current and future technologies and it is capable of dealing with a variety of learningconcepts and environments studied by other researchers [29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39]. BecauseTASEM is based on technology, it can address (a) technological learning issues in a

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Robin K. Burk

faculty member who served as a proxy client.The Systems Engineering SequenceThe Systems Engineering sequence for non-majors described in this paper was organized around aSystems Engineering and Management Process (SEMP), an iterative 4 phase model which combinesdecision analysis with traditional systems engineering techniques such as deterministic and stochasticmodeling, sensitivity analysis and lifecycle cost analysis. The sequence begins with SE300, whichintroduces systems engineering topics and the SEMP. SE350 teaches deterministic and stochasticmodeling and lifecycle cost topics. SE450, which completes the sequence, is a mini-capstone teamproject course.The SEMP model as taught during the 2006 academic year is described in Figure 1 below. The

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Neal A. Lewis

educational level of the instructor.Example 1. NyQuil LiquiCapsThe development and launch of NyQuil LiquiCaps works as a good story on several levels. The productwas test marketed during the cold and flu season of 1990-91 and launched nationally in the fall of 1991.The launch of a new product can be used as an example of project management. Here we have a newproduct idea that had not been done before. Several organizations were needed (Manufacturing, R&D,Marketing, Finance, a contract manufacturer, Distribution, Sales, and others), all having a vested interestin the success of the project. No one organization could successfully execute the project alone. Therewas a clear timeline, a clear budget, and a clear definition of quality and customer