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Andy Moore; C.J. Fisher; Pat Crosby; Wayne Helmer; Chih-Hao Wu

A Low-Cost EFI Engine Dynamometer Part 1 – Design and Construction Andy Moore, C.J. Fisher, Pat Crosby Dr. Wayne Helmer, Dr. Chih-Hao Wu Mechanical Engineering/Electrical Engineering Arkansas Tech University Russellville, ArkansasAbstract The purpose of this project is to design and fabricate an electronic fuel injection(EFI) engine dynamometer using standard, low-cost components. Energy conversiondevices are a main component in any mechanical or electrical engineering department.Energy conversion devices such as internal combustion engines usually require

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Jason Weiss; Farshad Rajabipour; Thomas Schmit; Sebastian Fait

of the lecture. In addition to encouraging nearly 100% participation and enabling nearlyinstant grading and attendance, the methodology developed enabled problem-based, peer-interactive learning during the large lecture format. This format enabled the students to work onpractical problems by teaching one another, thereby reinforcing important class concepts.This paper will describe: 1) the background of civil engineering materials classes at Purdue, 2)the motivation for investigating how to improve the learning experience in the materials courses,3) the background of interactive classroom technology, 4) methods to incorporate the personalresponse devices in class, and 5) plans for future developments.1. The Background of the Civil

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Stuart Bernstein

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Stephanie G. Adams; Lance C. Perez

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Stephanie G. Adams; Jeffrey W. Rieske

language training and stepped out of the familiar to encounterdifferent and diverse people, cultures, and lands which broadened their world view. We will discuss how this experience prepares the next generation of engineers byexposing them to different cultures prior to entering the workforce and improves theundergraduate experience. The outcomes of the experience were: 1)to improve students’knowledge of, as well as a demonstrate proficiency in, culturally competent research skillsrelevant to their major field of study under the mentorship of a faculty member; 2) to increasestudents’ level of comfort when working with people from different cultures through exposure tothe technological, economic, and socio-political aspects of Venezuelan

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Larry N. Bland

Student Recruiting: A Report on Successful Techniques at Other Universities. Larry N. Bland, Ph.D., John Brown UniversityIntroduction There has been much discussion regarding the recruiting and retention of engineeringstudents. The 2004 ABET annual meeting looked at the changing demographics thatengineering schools face. Historically the white male has dominated our profession. Ournational demographics are shifting with Caucasian population falling as a percentage of thetotal. Minority population percentages are growing. With this change ABET is encouragingschools to emphasize diversity. [1] Multiple sessions at the

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Danielle Julie Carrier; Katherine S. Vaughn; Carl Griffis

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Z. Carpenter; B. Carden; J. C. Diaz; G. R. Kane; JD Haack; E. Hangs

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Thomas Carter; Mary Gomez

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Ameya A. Chandelkar; Deepak G. Bhat

material failure, eitherdue to wear, chemical corrosion or other factors. The durability of materials depends, in many Fig. 1: The evolution of materials through ages (from Ashby, Materials Selection in Mechanical Design, Third Edition, Elsevier 2005.)cases, on their strength and resistance to environmental factors. Materials that are found to bestrong, hard and durable at ordinary temperatures often show degradation in their properties atelevated temperatures. Thus, it has always been of paramount importance to understand thebehavior of materials at high temperatures, typical of many service environments, e.g. hightemperature ovens, automotive engines, power plant equipment, industrial gas turbines, jetengines and so on

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Ed Clausen; Carolyne Garcia

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Kathy Vratil Brockway

1 The Income Tax Return: A Framework for Engineering Economics Kathy Vratil Brockway Kansas State University at SalinaAbstract StatementThis paper will explore the use of the income tax return as a capstone project in an EngineeringEconomics course.IntroductionAs educators, we are faced with the task of connecting textbook theory to real-world application.In Engineering Economics courses, the income tax return is the ideal way to tie together all‘engineering economics’ topics while, at the same time, demonstrating the practicality of thecourse topics

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R. C. Clifft; Shivan Haran

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Judith Collins; Alysia Starkey; Beverlee Kissick; Jung Oh

1 Technical Writing as a Site for Assessing Information Literacy Judith Collins, Ph. D., Alysia Starkey, M.L.S., Beverlee Kissick, Ph.D., Jung Oh, Ph.D. Kansas State University-SalinaThis paper describes indirect measures of significant gains in Information Literacy at KansasState University-Salina’s College of Technology and Aviation, as indicated by an annual librarysurvey of users. The gains were achieved by faculty in technical writing (English) and librariansseeking to assess information literacy in a 300-level technical writing course for

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Edgar C. Clausen; W. Roy Penney; Cole E. Colville; Alison N. Dunn; Noor M. El Qatto; Crystal D. Hall; W. Brent Schulte; Christopher A. von der Mehden

Runga-Kuttaintegration, while varying the correlation coefficients to give the best fit to the experimental data.Finally, the experimental correlations were compared to literature correlations.The literature correlations were multiplied by a constant factor to obtain the best fit of theexperimental data. For the geometries tested, the experimentally determined multiplying factorswere: GEOMETRY MULTIPLYING FACTOR (hexp/htheory)1. Cooling, Upward-Facing Horizontal Plate 1.42. Cooling Vertical Plate 1.03. 4.1 mm Cooling Mercury-in-glass

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Kathleen Condray

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Stephan A. Durham; W. Micah Hale

1 Enthusiasm in the Engineering Curriculum Stephan A. Durham, W. Micah Hale University of Colorado at Denver / University of ArkansasAbstractWhat makes a teacher effective in the classroom? One measure taken in a sophomore level classat the University of Arkansas is to create enthusiasm about class topics. Civil engineeringstudents at the University of Arkansas are required to enroll in CVEG 2113, Structural Materials.This class introduces young engineers to materials used in today’s construction industry. Nearlytwo-thirds of the class material focuses on concrete materials

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Stephan A. Durham; Mark L. Kuss; Ernest Heymsfield; Hanna Sheppard

“Proceedings of the 2005 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education” 2theoretical specific gravity of asphalt mixtures. In the summer of 2005 a group of studentsshown in Figure 1, plan to evaluate a new non-destructive testing device used for determiningconcrete compressive strength. This research is state-of-the art and introduces students to thenumerous steps involved in research programs. Students are required to develop outlines for thetesting program, design and create material to be tested, and present their findings through apaper and presentation. Figure 1:Students

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Edgar C. Clausen; W. Roy Penney; Alison N. Dunn; Jennifer M. Gray; Jerod C. Hollingsworth; Pei-Ting Hsu; Brian K. McLelland; Patrick M. Sweeney; Thuy D. Tran; Christopher A. von der Mehden; Jin-Yuan Wang

exercise hasseveral benefits: • It provides an opportunity for students to have additional “hands-on” experience; • It demonstrates a physical application of correlations found in the textbook; and, • It helps to develop an appreciation for the limitations of the correlations.Experiment 1. Forced Convection Heat Transfer by Air Flowing Over the Top Surface of aHorizontal PlateObjectiveForced convection heat transfer occurs when the fluid surrounding a surface is set in motion byan external means such as a fan, pump or atmospheric disturbances. This study was concernedwith forced convection heat transfer from a fluid (air) flowing parallel to a flat plate at varyingvelocities. The objectives of this experiment were to: 1. Determine

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Hunter Epperson

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Ralph E. Flori

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Norman D. Dennis

1 2 3 Engaging Engineering Students through 4 Improved Teaching 5 6 7 Norman D. Dennis 8 University of Arkansas 910111213 Abstract1415 National enrollment statistics show that engineering programs historically lose more than 55% of16 their entering students to attrition of some form1. Whether this attrition is to other academic17 programs or from college altogether it is clearly a problem that must be reversed if we are to18 attract and retain the best and brightest minds to the engineering profession for the future. While19 there are a wide variety of reasons for the poor retention of

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Ralph E. Flori; David B. Oglesby; Nancy Hubing

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Carolyne Garcia; John Crone; Jim Gattis; Otto Loewer

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Ken French

seekers arrive at a widevariety of loosely linked facets of vortex tube information. In the first phase of the project commercial vortex tubes from Exair©5,6 are laidout on a table along with a digital vernier caliper and a 1" micrometer. Individually, thestudents measure dimensions and create drawings in a Solidworks© environment. Theystart by preparing isometric and orthographic drawings of the six elements of thedisassembled commercial tube. Finally they created an exploded isometric of the vortextube with balloon ID and an accompanying bill of materials. Typical student drawingsare shown as Figures 1-4.Proceedings of the 2005 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education Figure 1

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Carol Gattis

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Seamus F. Freyne

motivated to prepare for a game of academicbaseball than an exam. Of course, the skills students develop to excel at academic baseballwill also serve them well on most exams.A rigorous assessment of the value of academic baseball has not been accomplished yet.But as evidence of game’s popularity, attendance in a Mechanics of Materials course atOU in the summer of 2004 was roughly 80% on the days of a routine lecture, but nearly100% on game days, though no credit was given to students for attendance in class or awin in the game.Bibliographic Information1 Fink, L. D., Ambrose, S., and Wheeler, D., “Becoming a Professional Engineering Educator: A New Role for a New Era,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 94, No. 1, January 2005.2 Smith, K. A

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Jim Gattis; Bryan Hill

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Kurt Gramoll

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Bryan Hill