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Ester B. Johnson

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS) Minority Programs, Initiatives and Partnerships By: Dr. Ester B. Johnson Director of DiversityThe primary purpose of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is to provide Wisconsin ‘slargest metropolitan area with a major comprehensive university. In the fall semester of2003, UWM served over 24,000 students with a staff of about 3,000 employees and a2003-2004 budget in excess of $400 million. Given the size of the university andbreadth of its mission, the student population and the programs in which they areenrolled is

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Michael P. Hennessey

Proceedings of the ASEE 2004 North Midwest Regional ConferenceUniversity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WisconsinOctober 7-9, 2004 Embedding a National Collegiate Design Contest into a Course by Michael P. Hennessey, Ph.D. School of Engineering, University of St. Thomas 101 O’Shaughnessy Science Hall, 2115 Summit Avenue St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-1079, Email: mphennessey@stthomas.edu Abstract

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Stephen Williams; Jorg Mossbrucker; Steven Reyer; Owe Petersen

A Forward Looking Electrical Engineering Curriculum Stephen Williams, Jörg Mossbrucker, Steven Reyer, and Owe Petersen Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, WIThe Electrical Engineering program at the Milwaukee School of Engineering hasimplemented a major revision of its curriculum for the purpose of assuring acourse content consistent with both present technological changes and long-termtechnology directions. Curriculum modifications include a greater emphasis onmicroprocessor based systems, interfacing, signal processing, and a focus onmaterial science. Core electrical engineering topics are introduced throughoutthe

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Karen C. Chou; Jon A. Rippke; John E. Frey

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Birbal Singh; Matco Papic; Johnny Iaquinta

1 Design of a Rotating Tool for Pipe Flash Removal Birbal Singh, Matco Papic, and Johnny Iaquinta Department of Mechanical Engineering Lakehead University Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada P7B 5E1 Phone: (807) 343-8628 Email: Birbal.singh@lakeheadu.caAbstractThis paper presents the design of a rotating tool cutter to remove radial flashaccumulated on the outside diameter of pipes due to the upsetting of pipe ends in orderto prepare them for external threading. The project was undertaken to assist amanufacturing

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Robert Edwards

Improving A Fluid and Thermal Sciences Course for Electrical Engineering Technology Students Robert Edwards Pennsylvania State University at ErieAbstract:At Penn State Erie, Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) seniors are required to take acourse in fluid and thermal sciences. The course consists of two hours of lecture and two hoursof lab per week. This course has traditionally been taught by a Mechanical EngineeringTechnology (MET) faculty member who would teach it from a mechanical standpoint, withelectronic examples brought in where possible. The labs were designed around existingequipment in the mechanical fluid and thermal sciences lab and held little significance for

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Richard E. Smith

Extending the Spreadsheet to Illustrate Basic CPU Operations in a Computer Literacy Course by Richard E. Smith, Ph.D. Department of Quantitative Methods and Computer Science University of St. Thomas 402 O’Shaughnessy Science Hall 2115 Summit Avenue St. Paul, Minnesota 55015-1079 Email: resmith@stthomas.edu Abstract The computer literacy course at the University of St. Thomas seeks to providestudents with a broad background in computing so that they can understand conceptsthey will encounter in real-world computers, like the meaning of a

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Laura Grossenbacher

How do we really prepare engineers to face ethical problems – and are we doing enough? A proposal to study engineering pedagogies and practices in the community. Laura Grossenbacher, Director Technical Communication Program College of Engineering UW-Madison 1550 Engineering Drive Madison, WI 53706 I am interested in conducting some research this summer on the teaching and practiceof engineering ethics. My proposed research would be somewhat limited in scope, because Iwould interview

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Arron Pabst; Stephen Williams

molecular structure to be affected. In a short pulse setup, isolation of areas thatrespond more quickly to the microwave’s influence can be studied. The repetition rate is set toperform multiple analyzations and promote averaging of the sample’s response. 3 a . PIN 3 b . PIN 2 . PH A SE SW ITCH 4. SW ITC H 5. SHIFTER p uls e - AM P p um p A TTEN UA TO R

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Lang Wah Lee; Tamer Ceylan

. National Research Council, "National Science Education Standards", National AcademicPress, 1996.2. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, “Curriculum and Evaluation Standards forSchool Mathematics”, 1989.3. National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century, “Before It’sToo Late”, 2000.4. Vicky Hendley, “Let Problems Drive The Learning”, ASEE Prism, Oct., 1996.5. Muller, C. B. et al., "Engineering Concepts in the High School Classroom: TheDartmouth/Thayer Problem-Solving Methods", Proc. ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education, 1995.BIOGRAPHYLang Wah Lee is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. He received his M.S. degree (1972) from California Institute of Technology andPh.D

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Christopher R. Carroll

experiences for students in all engineering programs at UMD. Thecourse will also provide a setting in lecture format for describing to students the “soft”engineering topics identified as the “Professional Component” of engineering by ABET,including engineering ethics, engineering economics, and other similar topics. Through a seriesof lectures and lab assignments, this course will specifically address the “ProfessionalComponent” ABET topics and provide multidisciplinary design experiences that students willenjoy.References 1. Seebauer, E. G., and R. L. Barry, Fundamentals of Ethics for Scientists and Engineers, Oxford University Press, 2001. 2. Fleddermann, C. B., Engineering Ethics, Prentice Hall, 1999. 3. King, J., Exploring

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Kyu-Jung Kim; Anoop K. Dhingra

) (b)Figure 1. Column design module (Column Tool) in the Mechanical Design Toolbox usingMATLAB GUI for solving the example problem under concentric buckling mode. 2Development of the MDT using MATLAB is a meritorious choice for many reasons. MATLAB isa programmable numerical analysis and simulation package. Its versatile computational powerand portability with other numerous toolboxes have lead to wide use among universities andindustry (Hanselman & Littlefield 2001). Using GUI controls with MATLAB results in tools thatare very intuitive. These tools provide an interactive learning environment that allows users toimmediately see the impact of various design changes. Examples of successful

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Dale N. Buechler

minimum requirement without having a good grasp of the subjectmatter. Table 8 gives the degree GPA of students who are only achieving the minimum inspecific mathematics courses. While over 60% of the students never repeated a single class inthe calculus/differential equation series, 15% either repeat multiple classes within the series or asingle class more than once (most likely Calculus I or II since a C or better is required toadvance at UWM). Course Criteria Mean GPA if Mean GPA Criteria (Overall # Students) Criteria met not met (# students)Intermediate algebra Grade of B or 3.017 2.600 (10

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Chris Papadopoulos; Adeeb Rahman; Josh Bostwick

Table 3. Textbook Assessment Results.Table 3 summarizes the results of the textbook evaluations. The texts that were selected werethose that were readily available to us. Appendix B contains images of various selections thatwe examined, with further commentary.According to our assessment, most textbooks put forth free body diagrams that exclude someforces, particularly in problems concerning energy methods in which some forces may not enterinto the calculations (see Appendix B, Figures B1 and B3). Including all forces is imperative.Even forces that do no work, or that otherwise may not enter into a calculation, impose real,physical effects, such as enforcing constraints. In some engineering situations, the examinationof such forces is crucial

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James W. Boggs; R. Chris Williams; Kris G. Mattila; Todd Scholz

maintaining a two-semester "B" average in the program and an approved summerinternship in a transportation related position. Thompson Scholars are required to be Michiganresidents. The program also provides six graduate scholarships. The graduate scholarshipsprovide full tuition and a monthly stipend. Graduate Scholars provide technical andorganizational assistance to the Pavement Enterprise in addition to their other graduate work.The program also included extensive laboratory upgrades including remodeling and equippingan aggregate laboratory, asphalt binder laboratory, and an advanced asphalt mixture laboratory.Improvements to an existing asphalt mixtures laboratory were also made. This has providedMichigan Tech students with facilities that are

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William E. Howard; Joseph C. Musto; William C. Farrow

used, then the problem can be expanded very easily. The problemstatement might be extended to read: The 4-bar linkage shown here is connected to a motor that drives link 2. a. Examine the range of possible motions. Is link 2 a crank or a rocker? b. Graphically find the range of possible values for θ4. c. Graphically find θ3 and θ4 when θ2 equals 90 degrees, as shown, and verify your answer analytically.A SolidWorks drawing of the linkage is shown in Figure 2. In addition to the dimensions shown,the linkage is further defining by fixing one of the points of Link 1. Link 1 is displayed in black,indicating that its position is completely fixed. The other links are shown in blue, indicating thatthey are

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Secin Guncavdi

Developing Student Interest By Demonstration and Active ParticipationAbstract: It is very well known that developing and maintaining student interestis a challenging task for many engineering classes, especially for mandatoryclasses which are outside the students’ major. In this talk, a four-stage strategywill be presented. These stages include the concept based learning, multimediademonstration, experimental demonstration and active experiment participation.With the help of this planned approach, a better and more interesting atmospherefor learning can be created.Secin Guncavdi, Ph.D.Electrical and Computer EngineeringUniversity of Wisconsin, Madisonsguncav@engr.wisc.edu

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Adeeb Rahman; Chris Papadopoulos; Faris Malhas

Teaching Mechanics Courses: Small Class Size vs. Large Lecture-Hall Format Adeeb Rahman, Chris Papadopoulos University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI And Faris Malhas University of North Florida Jacksonville, FLIn an era of budget down-sizing at most state-run universities, enrollmentfluctuation in an unstable business climate, varying engineering studentpopulation size, or as a matter of engineering education philosophy, a naggingquestion presents itself time and time again; what is the proper class

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John Mirth; David Kunz

Asking Better Questions – Making Connections Through Developing Inquisitiveness John Mirth, Ph.D. David Kunz, Ph.D. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering University of Wisconsin – Platteville Platteville, WI 53818 “Could it be the questions tell us more than the answers ever do?” – Michael CardAbstract: The nature of engineering education tends to put students in a problem-solvingenvironment. Given a particular challenge, the student becomes focused on obtaining asolution to some homework problem, exam question, lab experiment, design project or othertask. Such exercises provide

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Abulkhair M. Masoom; Fahmida R. Masoom

Abstract Effectiveness of Web-based Engineering Science Instruction Abulkhair M. Masoom, Fahmida R. Masoom College of Engineering, Mathematics, and Science University of Wisconsin-Platteville Platteville, WI 53818 e-mail: masoom@uwplatt.eduAn online course content delivery and learning management system, Blackboard wasemployed in teaching Engineering Mechanics – Statics. This was offered to one sectionof the course each semester with a total of approximately 100 students during the 2003-04 academic year. About a third of these students had prior experience with Blackboardin other courses

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Charles McIntyre; Hung Nguyen

of posting information electronically, the logicaldecision would be to require students to mimic the industry practices. The contents of this paper,1.) documents the traditional and revised course delivery system for CME 430 - LandDevelopment, 2.) provides an overview of the mechanisms for evaluation and assessment, 3.)explains some of the tools and techniques that have been developed at NDSU to assist studentswith web page development, 4.) provides student outcome data for a 3-year period, 5.) offers ananalysis of the data, and 6.) formulates some recommendations and conclusions.Course OverviewCME 430 - Land Development is a 16-week, fall semester, 3-credit, senior-level engineering andmanagement course consisting of 40 - 50 students

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Deepti Suri; Eric Durant

RE in the undergraduate Software Engineering and CS curricula is getting moreattention. Working in unfamiliar domains, being cognizant of ethical issues, and having to dealwith ambiguous and conflicting customer requirements are some of the challenges that studentsface in a course like this.The authors have added a practical element to a third year undergraduate course in requirementsfor software engineering (SE) majors through a quarter-long project in which the students workwith clients who have product domain knowledge but often no formal experience in RE. Theclients are biomedical engineering (BE) student design teams. This allows interdisciplinarycollaboration, exposes the SE students to eliciting requirements in an unfamiliar domain

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John Mirth

What are They Thinking? – Assessment and the Questions Students Ask John A. Mirth, Ph.D. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering University of Wisconsin – Platteville Platteville, WI 53818 608.342.1642 mirth@uwplatt.eduAbstract This paper presents an assessment method whereby an instructor can gain insight into howa student is thinking about a project. The method relies upon the submission of a series ofindividual progress reports during the course of a semester. Each progress report is submittedas the set of questions that the student has

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Anoop K. Dhingra; Al Ghorbanpoor; Joe Rauter

industry. The program matchesgraduate students with industry researchers to both enrich their studies, and link industryresearch with academic resources. An overview of the program mechanics, administration, andstudent recruitment is presented. The benefits afforded by this program, for both the employersas well as the students, are discussed. The program has been in existence since 2002 andinitial results indicate that it has been very successful in helping identify academic need forresearch topics that support economic development.IntroductionIn the existing literature, there are few success stories dealing with partnerships betweenacademia and industry. Kelley (1996) describes a productive partnership in polymer educationin the state of Ohio

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Kris G. Mattila; Dennis Johnson

loadsto the stream. Many of the rehabilitation sites were inaccessible to vehicles and required handlabor solutions. All of the Project Managers on the project were graduate students in Civil andEnvironmental Engineering Department. This paper describes the partnership and the project.It was found that the partnerships worked well in this type of work because the expertise, workforce and technical knowledge needed were all available through the different groups.Introduction A river rehabilitation project integrating several organizations was begun on the OtterRiver, Michigan, in 1999. Three major groups were involved in the project: the Michigan CivilianConservation Corps (MCCC), the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR

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James P. Penrod

Math Requirements for Engineering Technology at the University of Dayton James P. Penrod, P.E. Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology University of DaytonAbstractDeficiencies in the mathematical preparation of engineering technology students have beennoted in some mid- and upper-level courses at the University of Dayton. As a result, an ad hoccommittee was formed to review the topics covered in the existing mathematics sequence andrecommend changes. This paper will review the findings of that committee. Specifically, it willaddress the areas where students were found deficient, the committee’s curriculumrecommendations, the creation of a capstone course

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Joseph W. Hurst

Abstract: ASEE 2004 North Midwest Regional Conference, Milwaukee, Oct 7,2004 CORE SKILLS FOR MANUFACTURING WORKERS MSSC STANDARDS AND CERTIFICATIONPresenter – Joseph W. Hurst, Ph.D., Director, WisPASS program, MilwaukeeArea Technical College (MATC)Premise:Technology, globalization, and de-regulation are powerful forces drivingeconomic change. Together, they are bringing about a “new economy” inAmerica. This is characterized by new core industries, different sources ofwealth, extremely dynamic markets, new forms of competition, new roles forgovernment, and new investment needs. These forces, which are altering theeconomic landscape, in turn have significant implications for education, training,work, and the

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Jim M. Papadopoulos

An Industry Perspective on FEA in the ME Curriculum Jim M. Papadopoulos, Ph.D., P.E. R&D Engineer The Paper Converting Machine Company, Green Bay, WI Considering the main methods of stress/structural analysis – handcalculation, experimental measurement, and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) –each has distinct advantages, but each is also subject to misuse. Introductorymechanics courses typically focus on teaching the methods of hand calculation,therefore giving less attention to modeling skills and the development of soundintuition. FEA is normally introduced later in the curriculum, in a courseemphasizing the underlying theory rather than the skills needed

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Arjun Makhijani

Addressing Societal Concerns through Education in Engineering and Science By Arjun Makhijani, PhD President, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER)Democracy cannot work if science and technology remain in a black box. People needsome basic knowledge of engineering and science in order to make informed judgmentsabout a wide variety of global issues, such as energy policy, nuclear proliferation,climate change, toxic materials, and genetically modified components in food. The gapin technical knowledge between what the public knows and what it needs to know tomake informed decisions that will ensure survival—to say nothing of justice, democracyand well

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Jay R. Goldberg

Benefits of Industry Involvement in Senior Design Courses Jay R. Goldberg, Ph.D., P.E. Marquette University Milwaukee, WI Senior design courses teach students about the product development process,project management, and teamwork. Industry involvement in senior design coursesreinforces the importance of these processes and skills and benefits students,faculty, and participating companies. Representatives from industry can participate in senior design courses asguest lecturers, curriculum advisors, and design project sponsors. As guestlecturers, practicing engineers provide a relevant, practical real-world perspective