Conference Session

Innovations in Power Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sanghun Choi, Purdue University; Maryam Saeedifard, Purdue University; Rohit Shenoy, MathWorks

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Fig. 8: A fabricated three-phase dc-ac inverter.Student Evaluation and AssessmentTo insure that the objectives of the project were reached, the students’ learning experience andthe instructional approach in the proposed laboratory were closely monitored based on pre-laboratory assignments, in-laboratory performances, and the end-of-semester student evaluationscores. The collected data was analyzed to reflect (i) the quality and effectiveness of thelaboratory assignments in familiarizing the students with experimentation, (ii) the effectivenessof the industrial grade tools in the laboratory in upgrading the students perspectives, as comparedwith other undergraduate courses they have taken, and (iii) the students level of confidence,internal

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics and Justice

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caroline Baillie, University of Western Australia

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Engineering Ethics

twentieth century. While they are considered by governments, and some locals, to benecessary for economic growth there are others - directly impacted by altered hydrology andecology, and also by resettlement - who are less sure about the benefits of progress. Factors thatinfluence the process of assessing the social and environmental impacts of engineering decisionsare in focus here, including international agreements on water supply, and examples drawnbetween the challenges of international agreements versus national agreements.c) Education/Engineering - Educational theory facilitates conceptual discussion for the newmillennium about developing professional engineers who seek social justice through engagementin critical thinking and reflective

Conference Session

Teaching Circuit Theory and Electronics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James W. Bales, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

make recommendations for further work.Structure of the SubjectConceptually, the subject can be broken into three sections, each 3 or 4 weeks long. The firstfocuses on giving students success with some simple design projects and introducing a few keycomponents. The only items of test equipment used are a triple-output power supply and a digitalmulti-meter (DMM). The second section goes into more depth in both theory (e.g., AC instead ofDC, capacitors) and tools (the function generator and oscilloscope are introduced). The finalsection of the subject is the final project.The pace is kept fast, and we try to maximize the time spent building circuits while allowingenough time for reflection and discussion. We now present the material covered each

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Cherif Megri, University of Wyoming

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Technology (IIT) in a capstone designcourse and within the framework of an IPRO (interprofessional projects program). Page 22.96.2 2011 ASEE Annual ConferenceTeamwork, innovation, and complex problem-solving skills make successfulprofessionals - and reflect the overall performance of their organizations. Since 1995, theIPRO team project course at IIT has been teaching students how to excel in theworkplace by providing them the practical tools that can make a difference in theirprofessional and personal lives.The IPRO program joins together students from various academic disciplines to work asa team to tackle a real-world problem

Conference Session

Engineering Mechanics Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Schuster, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

they have learned to analyzing a new structure. Although this assignment could be given ashomework, since so many things can go wrong during the development and analysis of a newFEA model, it is best if the students have immediate access to assistance while working on it.After performing the numerical analysis, the students have now successfully studied the sametwo structures using three different approaches – experimentation, hand calculations, andnumerical simulation. To complete the experience, each team writes a report where theycompare and contrast the results of the three methods and discuss the strengths and weaknessesof each. In addition, they reflect on their own feelings about each approach and how they can beused together to offset

Conference Session

Reports from ADVANCE Institutions

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jan Rinehart, Rice University; Eden B. King, George Mason University; Mikki Hebl, Rice University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

program. • 71% reported the mentor program "mostly" or "totally" met their goals • 78% reported they will participate next year • 50% reported they are part of another mentor programWhen asked, “As a result of my participation in the Triad Mentor program, I feel…”,participants' responses (indicated on a 5 point Likert scale, with 1 being “not true” and 5 being“very true.”) reflect that the program goals were being met. We anticipated that participantswould believe their success matters to the university and their school because the mentors wereoutside their departments, but found that mentees felt that their success mattered not only in theuniversity and school but also in their own departments. This suggests that the Triad Mentor

Conference Session

Design Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John E. Pakkala, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

forces, roll and pitch angles, and suspension travels. The multiple plots reflect varying stiffness parameter values.These data can be analyzed by comparing the peak values or standard deviations of the differentgraphs. It can be seen that the normal force peaks increase with increasing suspension stiffnessand the suspension travel decreases. The analyses may be performed at different velocities tovary the road input frequencies to ensure correlation to generally accepted valid results.The maximum suspension travel and the maximum forces may be determined for a simulatedimpact of the vehicle after a jump. This is executed by an initial condition for the velocity of thesprung and unsprung masses. This simulation starts at

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Michael C. Loui, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

grants DUE-0618589.The opinions, findings, and conclusions do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation or the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.References[1] Almstrum, V. L., Henderson, P. B., Harvey, V., Heeren, C., Marion, W., Riedesel, C., Soh, L.-K. & Tew, A. E. (2006). Concept inventories in computer science for the topic discrete mathematics. ITiCSE '06: Proceedings of the 11th Annual SIGCSE Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ACM press, 163-167.[2] Allen, K. (2006). The Statistics Concept Inventory: Development and analysis of a cognitive assessment instrument in statistics. Doctoral Dissertation, The University of Oklahoma.[3] Allen, M. J. & Yen, W

Conference Session

Advanced Aerospace Student Projects

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan M. Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Aerospace

as well, so that the spread in the class grade distribution became quitelarge. As the above assignment started (after Drop Day, which comes past the middle of thesemester), there were many questions asked in class about the prospects for supersonic flight.One feature of the final reports is that even the students who did not pay much attention to theassignment, actually did some exploration and rationalization regarding hydrogen-fueledsupersonic airliners. The best assignments reflected superlative independent thinking andexploration, (“superlative” is not defined as “agreeing with instructor!”). Before going into theirown approach they sought and found relevant references from the literature and actually readthrough them to a good level of

Conference Session

Modeling and Problem-Solving

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Morris M. Girgis, Central State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

’ feedback and reflection on the pre-test and initial knowledge and skills.2. Review and Explain the concepts needed for problem- Preparing students andLecture Session solving. The lecture is based on the pre-test keeping them motivated results and students’ feedback.3. Laboratory Session Assemble and measure one-spring-beam Engaging students in under loading to experimentally determine hands-on activity system behavior and compare results with estimated analytical values.4. Preparatory Students work on simple problems similar to Scaffolding and

Conference Session

What Else do Environmental Engineers Need to Know

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brett Borup, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

was equal to the mean weight assigned by each of theother groups was equal was tested using the twosample t test at the 95% confidence intervalNo differences were found when comparing weights of the values as assigned by the consultantsand educators. This suggests that educators and consultants values are very similar. It wasfound that between 2 and 4 of the 15 values were determined to have mean weights that are notequal in each of the other comparisons. It is interesting to note that educators’ values aregenerally reflected by the students’ values. The two exceptions to this are the values of “ease ofoperation” and “dependability of the process

Conference Session

Rethinking PowerPoint and Other Acts of Communication

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Keri Lynn Wolfe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Lauren Elizabeth Sawarynski

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

literature.25-26 These criteria include having no more than twolines for the sentence assertion headlines, supporting those headlines with relevantgraphics, and having as few words as possible for the bodies of the slides. As shown inTable 2, the average number of words per slide was 19.3, and every slide in the assertion-evidence set had a relevant graphic. Appendix B presents the assertion-evidence slides.Not reflected in this collection is that some of the slides included simple animationswhich took the form of presentation of additional details of graphics on nine of the tenslides (the animations followed the choice of “Appear,” which the assertion-evidenceliterature recommends). In developing the topic-subtopic slides, we followed the

Conference Session

FPD V: Gender and Engineering Education: A Panel Discussion and Workshop

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yevgeniya V. Zastavker, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Caitrin Lynch, Olin College of Engineering; Alisha L. Sarang-Sieminski, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Lynn Andrea Stein, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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First-Year Programs, Women in Engineering

-analysis andaligning one’s intent with positive micro-messaging, engineering educators may begin theirjourney towards creating positive classroom environments for women and other marginalizedgroups. By effectively using micro-affirmations, clearly delineating parameters of acceptablebehavior (e.g., rendering micro-inequities visible), and making a conscious effort to view theeducational environment through the eyes of non-privileged groups, engineering faculty andmentors will make a great impact for all students, especially women. The power and effect ofchanging one’s language and subtle behaviors cannot be emphasized enough.A further step would be to move beyond individual reflection and behavioral changes to begindiscussing issues of privilege

Conference Session

"Green" Topics in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Ann Frank, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Architectural

Caribbean countries, and Venezuela worked toward convertingincandescent to fluorescent lighting, and other countries including the UK and Canada have sinceadopted a phase-out of inefficient incandescent lighting14. This global issue was addressed at the2007 IESNA/Cooper Teachers of Lighting Workshop by an international cohort of lightingeducators. This consortium considered methods of incorporating energy efficient lightingmethodology into relevant coursework, transforming traditional lighting design education. Asthese legislative directives are recent and continually evolving, architectural and interior designcurricula must stay abreast of developments to reflect emerging issues in lighting technology.It is pertinent for students to understand

Conference Session

FPD I: Attacking the Problems of Retention in the First Year

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Rippon, Arizona State University; James Collofello, Arizona State University; Robin R Hammond, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

theengineering fields so our students are engaged and excited about their chosen field of study byseeing and discussing the end product of the industry‟s efforts.Collaborating with engineering success coursesIn reflecting on the Freshman Career Exploration Evening, it occurs to us that the event seems tohave taken place in a vacuum with little actual and deliberate ties to other experiences that our Page 22.768.10engineering freshmen encounter. With this in mind, the Engineering Career Center is developinga multifaceted freshman career exploration curriculum that will be plugged into the engineeringsuccess courses starting the fall of 2011. The Freshman

Conference Session

Integration of the Humanities and Social Sciences into Civil Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald W. Welch, University of Texas, Tyler

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Civil Engineering

sciences discipline will help them to become better engineers. Success. Average 73%. Acceptable results for all criteria in rubric. CENG 2336, Property HW Essay. Reflect on how GIS can be Geomatics location applied in selecting the “best” location for a property. Develop three criteria to use in site selection: how criteria are relevant, influences

Conference Session

Engaging Families and Exciting Girls with Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan M. Caley Opsal, Illinois Valley Community College; Dorene M. Perez, Illinois Valley Community College; James A. Gibson, Illinois Valley Community College; Rose Marie Lynch, Illinois Valley Community College

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

reaching young women.References1. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0802505. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.2. National Science Foundation Engineering Task Force. The engineering workforce: current state, issues, and recommendations. 2005. p. 19.3. Thom, J.M., R. E. Thompson and C. Hoy. Understanding the barriers to recruiting women in engineering and technology programs. Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. 2001. http://www.asee.org/acPapers

Conference Session

WIED Olio

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peggy Layne, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Molly R. Hall, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

general consensus from the focus groups is that Virginia Tech is more family-friendly than itused to be. Newer faculty members with families appear to be having a different experience thantheir colleagues with more years of service (e.g., faculty members who started as assistantprofessors in the 2000s vs. faculty members who started as assistant professors in the 1990s orearlier). “One thing that has been a change I think largely as a result of the Advance grant is I do think the focus on work-life balance and being more family-friendly. That really has changed quite a lot.” – focus group participant “I think that that directly reflects a change in attitude. It's actually okay to have a baby, it's okay to have to do

Conference Session

Experiential Learning and Globalization in BME

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Judy L. Cezeaux, Western New England College; Michael J. Rust, Western New England College; Robert Gettens, Western New England College; Richard D. Beach, Western New England College; Jason A Criscuolo, Western New England College

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

fieldas a result of the program. The increase in confidence level for performing engineeringcalculations is intriguing as no calculations were required for any of the laboratory modules.This may reflect an overall increase in confidence related to a better understanding of thebiomedical engineering field. The increase in confidence in performing laboratory experimentsis likely due to their performance of multiple hands-on experiments over the span of theprogram. In addition, the participants increased their knowledge of the educational opportunitiesavailable for them in the biomedical engineering program at Western New England College. It islikely that many of the participants were unaware of the institution itself as well as thebiomedical

Conference Session

Active and Project-Based Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David H. Jonassen, University of Missouri, Columbia; Sanjeev K. Khanna, University of Missouri

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

particular because they feltthat how the various scores were weighted did not appropriately reflect what they had spentthe most time on. There were also concerns over group grades versus individualcontributions. Implementation of PBL in the Course MAE 3200 Engineering MaterialsSupported by a NSF grant (DUE-0836914), we have designed, developed, and initiallyimplemented a PBL version of MAE 3200, Engineering Materials. The initialimplementation of the course for purposes of research was a traditional lecture courseenrolling 62 students in the fall of 2009. That version of the course introduced conceptswith instructor lectures following the textbook (Callister, 2007). Topics covered are shownin Table 1. The course is taught by two instructors

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter J. Shull, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona; Carla Firetto, The Pennyslvania State University; L.J. Passmore, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2011-2623: IMPROVED TEAM FUNCTION: STUDENT-DRIVEN TEAMRULES AND CONSEQUENCESPeter J. Shull, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona Campus PETER J. SHULL is Professor of Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University. After a successful career in the technical field of Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE), and having worked at the prestigious Nation Institute of Standards and Technology, Dr. Shull made the decision to return to academia and began his career in education. From the first day, Dr. Shull noted an apparent lack of sound educational practice at the higher educational level. This is reflected in a statement made by Dr. Shull’s Ph.D. advisor regarding teaching”If you know the material well, you’ll be a great

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Dean Palmer, Northern Arizona University; Joseph Flieger, Northern Arizona University; Eddie Hillenbrand

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

, Kölling M. Objects first with Java: a practical introduction using BlueJ.Pearson/Prentice Hall; 2009.11. Kölling M. Using BlueJ to Introduce Programming. In: Bennedsen J, Caspersen M, KöllingM, eds. Reflections on the Teaching of Programming.Vol 4821. Lecture Notes in ComputerScience. Springer Berlin / Heidelberg; 2008:98-115.12. Kouznetsova S. Using BlueJ and Blackjack to teach object-oriented design concepts in CS1.J. Comput. Small Coll. 2007;22:49–55.13. Patterson A, Kölling M, Rosenberg J. Introducing unit testing with BlueJ. In: ACM SIGCSEBulletin.Vol 35. New York, NY, USA: ACM; 2003:11–15. Page 22.985.1414. Henriksen P, Kölling M. greenfoot

Conference Session

Oceans & Marine Technical Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mario Miranda II, Florida Atlantic University

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Ocean and Marine

a system; however,they do not teach the tools that are needed to know how to integrate these concepts togetherduring the system development process. The downfall reflects in the student when theycannot develop a successful senior design project.As a solution, a state-of-the-art education is being presented as a project-based learningexperience. This type of educational method has been designed to push motivated studentsinto a fast pace, learn as you “build” environment in which students need to integrateeducational theory with applications. While not being a requirement by the university, adirected independent study was performed by a junior level student in the summer of 2010.The objective of the study was to apply compartmentalized

Conference Session

Experiential Learning in ECE

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech; Robert W. Hendricks, Virginia Tech; Cortney V. Martin, Virginia Tech; Peter Doolittle, Virginia Tech; Richadr Lee Clark, Virginia Western Community College

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

-course survey was conducted in the secondweek of class and the follow-up post-course survey was conducted after the completion of thefinal Lab-in-a-Box course project.MethodsSurveys were made available on the student course management sites. Completion of thesurveys was a required component of the course as a self-reflective component of their learning,but students could opt to have their data excluded from the study.In ECE 2074, of the 121 enrolled students, 106 completed the pre-course survey and 95permitted their data to be released. A total of 91 students responded to the post-course survey,with 80 students allowing use of their data. Just over half were second-years, a quarter werethird-years, and the rest were in their fourth year or

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions: Mechanical Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bobby G. Crawford, U.S. Military Academy; Daisie D. Boettner, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

studentlearning.AcknowledgmentsThe views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not purport to reflect the position ofthe United States Military Academy, the Department of the Army, or the Department of Defense. Page 22.917.15Bibliography1. Boettner, D., Norberg, S., Melnyk, R., Highley, J., Rounds, M., and Arnas, A. Ö., 2006, “Teaching theFundamentals of Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics through an Integrated Systems Approach,” Proceedings ofthe International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 5-10, 2006, Chicago, IL, Paper #:IMECE2006-13815.2. Boettner, D.D. and B.G. Crawford, “Consistency Considerations for Integrated Thermodynamics

Conference Session

Panel on Innovative Graduate Education Concepts: Organized by the National Institute of Aerospace

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy E. Landis, University of Pittsburgh; Melissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh; Leidy Klotz, Clemson University; Annie R. Pearce, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

facilitated discussion at the end of the semester, students expressed frustration with the“report back” parts of exercises. This is reflected in the student feedback in Figure  2 wherestudents wanted to see fewer instances of cross-university student interactions. The large numberof groups among the three universities made it difficult to maintain attention during informalreport backs, especially since audio and video feeds were difficult to hear and see. Studentsrecommended that future reporting from active learning activities incorporate visuals such asslides so that students at other sites could clearly make out what was being shown

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christina Deckard, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific; Kellie Marcarelli, Pershing Middle School; Susan Benson, Pershing Middle School; Heather Marie McCormick, Pershing Middle School

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

period in between the first and third period classes, theteachers, scientists and engineer had time to reflect on the first class, discuss other ideas that theteachers had to further enhance the visit for the students, and identify problems that could beaddressed in the remaining class periods. At the end of the day, the teachers, scientists, andengineer met for an hour to debrief. Some outcomes of this session included:  Eight to ten students in each classroom worked directly with a scientist or engineer (78 total students) Page 22.1161.4  Students were very receptive to help from scientists and engineers  Passion of the

Conference Session

Innovative Program and Curricular Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carolyn A. Vallas, University of Virginia; Juliet J. Trail, University of Virginia, Center for Diversity in Engineering

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

science and engineering and the marvels of research at the frontiers ofknowledge.AcknowledgmentsThis program is funded by the National Science Foundation (grant 0502327). The views,opinions, and conclusions reported in this paper do not necessarily reflect those of the NSF. Weare grateful for the Foundation’s support. We also thank the reviewers for their feedback.References1 Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science: Program Solicitation, NSF 11- 509.” National Science Foundation. http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11509/nsf11509.htm2 Sabochik, K. Changing the Equation in STEM Education. The White House Blog: September 16, 2010. http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/09/16/changing-equation-stem

Conference Session

Automation Subjects in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University, Engineering Technology; Michael G Mauk P.E., Drexel University; Robin Kizirian, Drexel University

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Manufacturing

. From the utilization of machine vision,images of the workpieces are shown on the programming software. Six different surfaceroughness pieces are discussed here. Their average surface roughness is 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.4,0.8, and 1.6 micro meters. The properties and the intensity distributions of these imagehistograms are corresponding to six different surface roughness parameters. It can beseen that the histogram tends to move rightward and the standard deviation of PercentPixels increases as the average of surface roughness increases. The rougher surfaces seemto reflect more of the projected light which consequently increases the intensity levelcaptured by the machine vision camera. This can be supported by the fact that roughersurfaces contain

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allan T. Kirkpatrick, Colorado State University; Scott Danielson, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Robert O. Warrington, Michigan Technological University; Richard N. Smith, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Karen A. Thole, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; A. Kulacki, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; William J. Wepfer, Georgia Institute of Technology; Thomas Perry, P.E., American Society of Mechanical Engineers

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Mechanical Engineering

to solving all the grand Page 22.1667.8challenges. Respondents also noted that a general ‘branding’ issue’ exists for the mechanicalengineering profession, other disciplines have added names like ‘environmental’ or‘bioengineering’ to their names, directly connecting them to the global challenges. Suggestionswere made that the definition and statements of engineering problems given to students needs tobe changed to put them in a ‘grand challenge’ context. The titles of mechanical engineeringcourses could be updated to reflect these issues. The issue of systems integration as a weaknessof the typical mechanical engineering educational program was