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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Theodore W. Manikas; Gerald R. Kane

approach to teaching research writing to nonnative writers," Professional Communication, IEEE Transactions on, vol. 46, pp. 210-220, 2003.[5] M. Breuer, M. Sarrafzadeh, and F. Somenzi, "Fundamental CAD Algorithms," IEEE Trans. Comp.-Aided Design, vol. 19, pp. 1449-1475, 2000.[6] J. R. Young, "Libraries Try to Widen Google's Eyes," in The Chronicle of Higher Education, vol. L, 2004, pp. A1, A31-A32.[7] E. C. Pappas and R. W. Hendricks, "Holistic Grading in Science and Engineering," ASEE Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 89, pp. 403-408, 2000.THEODORE W. MANIKASTheodore W. Manikas is an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Tulsa. He is amember of the ASEE, ACM, and IEEE. He

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Joseph J. Rencis; Hartley T. Grandin

. GRANDIN, JR.Hartley T. Grandin, Jr. is a Professor Emeritus of Engineering Mechanics and Design in the Mechanical EngineeringDepartment at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He has authored the textbook Fundamentals of the Finite ElementMethod that was published by Macmillan in 1986. Since his retirement from WPI in 1996, he teaches a mechanicsof materials course each year and is currently writing an introductory textbook with the author. In 1983 he receivedthe WPI Board of Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Teaching. He received his B.S. in 1955 and an M.S. in 1960 inMechanical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics from theDepartment of Metallurgy, Mechanics and Materials Science at Michigan State

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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Lance C. Perez; Jerald L. Varner; Michael F. Anderson

305 Probability and Random Processes,ELEC 462 Communication Systems, and ELEC 464 Digital Communications. The laboratoryplatform chosen for the ISSL is the Telecommunications Instructional Modeling Systems(TIMS). This paper describes how the laboratory is being used in the junior level course ELEC305 Probability and Random Processes.ELEC 305 is a required three credit hour course in the undergraduate curriculum in theDepartment of Electrical Engineering with course objectives that emphasize the fundamentals ofaxiomatic probability theory and random processes and their application in electrical engineeringdisciplines. ELEC 305 has significant mathematical and theoretical content and is a prerequisitecourse for senior level elective courses in

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Ing-Chang Jong

solving for Ay Referring to Figs. 2 and 5 and applying the virtual work principle, we write δU = 0: Ay (δ y) – 80(δ y) + By (δ y) = 0 ∴ Ay = 32 Thus, the reactions at A and B, respectively, are A = 60i + 32j lb B = 48j lb which are identical with the reactions obtained earlier by the conventional method. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Midwest Section ConferenceIII. Advantages in Virtual Work Method: ExamplesIn solving a simple problem, the solution by the virtual work method seems to come across asmore “cumbersome” or even “funny” when it is compared with the solution by the conventionalmethod as shown in Example 1

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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Jason Moore; Mitchell A. Thornton; Ronald W. Skeith

creating a control unit fairlydifficult. Many students when given task of designing the control logic for the first timewill not draw the ASM chart until after they start trying to write the VHDL code for it.Many of these students end up taking a step back and drawing the ASM chart and startingover with the code while the remainder of the students who have not drawn their ASMchart continue struggling through the VHDL code without an ASM chart. This situationusually does not occur more than once with the student still being able to meet thedeadline. A very important issue to point out to students when they are designing theirASM charts is that the ASM chart is not carved in stone but is intended as a guide. Nowthat the student has used his or her

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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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George D. Gray; Raju Dandu

is adding engineeringdesign components along with 15 hours of general education courses.Based upon the input from the MET Advisory Committee, the following objectives wereestablished for the program. • To educate and graduate students with the necessary knowledge and skills to become mechanical engineering technicians proficient in the fundamental applications of science and engineering within the fields of mechanical design and manufacturing systems. Graduates will be able to provide high-level technical support to a variety of industries through the following outcomes: - Design various machine components, mechanisms and assemblies - Design work-holding devices and fixtures