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, do not underestimate the time required to bring guests to a program,in many cases doing it “yourself” is less time consuming.My first two recruits were MBA’s, my son and his former business school roommate,both in their late twenties, they would present marketing and a breakeven analysis. Themarketer was employed by a major consumer marketing entity and the breakeven analystby a major consulting firm. While on a vacation trip in Maryland I stayed at a B&B runby a computer programmer with a special niche in Custom’s brokerage. We talked abouthow he developed his business. This individual emphasized the need to focus and followthrough. He reported that his biggest problem was having his employees finish what theystarted and not continuing

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American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition © 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Figure 3. Wiring diagram for the power source Page 6.809.11Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition © 2001 American Society for Engineering Education (a) (b) Figure 4. Front panel for the virtual instrument: (a) noisy data and performance of digital filters and (b) block diagram

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with separate equations for (a) closed system change of state process, (b) change of state process with mass transfer (open system), and (c) steady flow process of an open system. At the undergraduate level, we do not take up problems involving transient (time-dependent) processes.(4) Determine what Properties are involved and how to find values for them. The properties needed are those involved in the principles equations, rather than all properties for which equations or tables are available. What I ask the students to do at this point is write down the property equations or state what tables are to be used.(5) Describe the Process in terms of the changes in system properties. This involves sorting the given information

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general discussion. Getting students intensely involved in talking about an issue we feel was a worthwhile benefit to this class, even if we cannot yet judge long-term effects.Bibliography1. J. Newell, A. J. Marchese, R. P. Ramachandran, B. Sukumaran, and R. Harvey, “Multidisciplinary design and communication: A pedagogical vision,” International Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 15, 1999.2. R. Harvey, F. S. Johnson, A. J. Marchese, J. Mariappan, R. P. Ramachandran, B. Sukamaran and J. Newell. "Teaching Quality: An Integrated TQM Approach to Technical Communication and Engineering Design." Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education: Mid Atlantic Conference, April 17, 1999.3. F. S. Johnson

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Stanley Pisarski; Beverly Hunter; Kathy Bearden

Session 15470 Senior Project Presentations Beverly J. Hunter, Stanley J. Pisarski, Kathy C. Bearden University of Pittsburgh at JohnstownAbstractThe current paper describes the Senior Project Proposal and Senior Project classes that comprisethe capstone design sequence for Engineering Technology students at the University ofPittsburgh at Johnstown. This design sequence is required for all Civil, Electrical, andMechanical Engineering Technology students. The paper discusses the investigative workrequired prior to undertaking a project design, the types of projects that are

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state. Since students are using theseproperty estimations, then one of the fundamental aspects of a modern chemicalthermodynamics course is to teach students not only how to use these equations, but whichequation of state they should select for a particular problem. An example of the prediction ofthe enthalpy of a single component is given below where the values of a = f (T ) and b arefrom the Peng-Robinson equation of state. ( ) (H − H ig ) = Z − 1 − ln  Z + 1 + 2 B  A 1 + κ Tr  RT  ( )   Z + 1 − 2 B  B 8  α

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Per Reinhall; Michael Jenkins; Joyce Cooper; Angela Linse; Eric Stuve

Session 2325 An Interdisciplinary Capstone Design Project in Fuel Cell Development Eric M. Stuve,a Per G. Reinhall,b Michael G. Jenkins,b Joyce S. Cooper,b Angela Linsec aDepartment of Chemical Engineering/ bDepartment of Mechanical Engineering cCenter for Engineering Learning and Teaching University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195AbstractSince 1996 the University of Washington has maintained an interdisciplinary capstone designproject to develop proton

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Kay Wilding; Claudia Grossman; Stephen Hundley; Patricia Fox

theirBA-M students. In addition, this experience provides German students with some lessons inresponsibility and risks, including: (a) having the responsibility to arrange their owntransportation to the United States; (b) working in a new company and getting used to a newenvironment and surroundings; (c) integrating into a new host family; (d) finding a place to livefor their American counterpart; and (e) helping their American counterpart in adjusting toGermany.Based on the goals of both programs, the students who have participated in this program bothfrom IUPUI and BA-M have been enriched in knowledge that normally could not have beenachieved through books, lectures, movies, or any other means. Their classroom education hasbeen made more

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Ahmad Ibrahim

. Virtual laboratories selectedThe following is a set of virtual laboratories that are available on the Web and can be accessedfreely. They are provided by well-established institutions and they are free from commercialadvertisements. They incorporate introductory, intermediate, and advanced levels. Topicscovered include Mathematics and Physics visualization and experimentation. In addition, theycover analysis and design related to Electrical and Electronic Circuits, Signal Processing,Control Systems, and Communication Systems. The Web address and a short review of eachlaboratory is provided.Color Coded Resistance CalculatorThis is an interactive applet written by Jarid B. Lukin, Electrical Engineering Department,University of Pennsylvania11. The

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William Stanley; John Hackworth

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Education"Figure 3. Timing voltage of 555 astable circuit as generated by Multisim.Bibliography1. A. Ebeling and S. Bistayi, "Wired Degrees Forbes’ 20 top Cyber-U.s," Forbes Magazine, June 16, 1997.2. W. D. Stanley. Operational Amplifiers with Linear Integrated Circuits, 3rd Edition. Columbus, Ohio: Merrill(1994).3. J. R. Hackworth, "A Video-Taped Laboratory in Electrical Power and Machinery." ASEE 2001 AnnualConference Proceedings.JOHN R HACKWORTHJohn R. Hackworth is Program Director for the Electrical Engineering Technology program at Old DominionUniversity. He holds a B. S. Degree in Electrical Engineering Technology

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Ash Miller; Jeffrey Honchell

; Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for engineering EducationDesign Procedure:Step 1 – Calculate the length (l ÃsÃurà #ÃvpvÃrpv c 3E8 lλ / 4 = = = 12.4790 mm 4 f ε eff 4(3 E 9 ) 4.0133Step 2 – Calculate the value Ro2 for the quarter-wave transform match. Ro 2 = Z o * Z patch = 50 * 255 = 112.97Step 3 – Ro2 is considered a low-Z region value, therefore calculate the variable B. 120π 2 120π 2 B= = = 2.4990 2 * Ro 2 * ε r 2 *113 * 4.4Step 4 – Calculate the width (wÃsÃurà #Ãvp strip section. 2  (ε − 1) ln

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Mary Cummings; Tamara Knott

proactive in providing scheduling guidelines that help promote this crucialmotivation, persistence, and commitment.V. AcknowledgementWe would like to extend a special thanks to Dr. George Terrell and Brian Scott for theirtechnical support and patience.Bibliography1. Duby P, Schartman L. Credit Hour Loads at College Onset and Subsequent Academic Performance: A Multi-Institutional Pilot Project, AIR 1997 Annual Forum, 1997.2. Rooney C, Schaeffer B. Test Scores Do Not Equal Merit: Enhancing Equity & Excellence in College Admissions by Deemphasizing SAT and ACT Results. Cambridge, MA: National Center for Fair and Open Testing, 1998:88.3. Fletcher JT, Halpin G, Halpin G. High School and College Grades: Is Past

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Deborah Hwang; Anthony Richardson; Dick Blandford

classes that involved teamwork and/or fundamentalconcepts related to the major.Focus Group:The focus group sought to determine student opinion about the class. Students in the focusgroup were asked to discuss their background prior to coming to the class, what it was theythought they learned from the class with regard to their major, and what they learned about (ifanything) about teamwork. Results were recorded and summarized.Student Survey:The student survey was given on the first day and on the last day of class with the samequestions. The survey provided us with A) a measure of student attitudes towards their major, B)each students personal assessment of their ability of work in multidisciplinary teams, and C) thestudents attitudes toward the

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David Probst

they do not.The objectives of the course are to: A. Improve laboratory skills B. Provide opportunity for open-ended and creative investigation of phenomena of interest in physics and engineering C. Develop initiative in scientific investigation D. Develop skills in experimental design, data acquisition, data analysis, and detailed comparison of experimental results to theory E. Develop written and oral communication skills used in conducting experimental work and in presenting scientific resultsThese objectives are addressed by students conducting a series of six experiments afterintroductory topics such as error reduction, analysis, and propagation; data analysis and fitting;resources for research

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Robert Knox; Randall Kolar; Leslie Fink; Kanthasamy Muraleetharan; Gerald Miller; David Sabatini; Baxter Vieux; Michael Mooney; Kurt Gramoll

Session 2525 Report on the Sooner City Workshop 2000 on Integrated Designa R. L. Kolar, L. D. Fink, K. Gramoll, R. C. Knox, G. A. Miller, M. A. Mooney, K. K. Muraleetharan, D. A. Sabatini, B. E. Vieux University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019AbstractSooner City, a curriculum reform project undertaken by the School of Civil Engineering and Envi-ronmental Science at the University of Oklahoma, seeks to thread a common design project (devel-oping a city’s infrastructure) throughout the undergraduate curriculum, starting in the freshmanyear. The project, begun in

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second type required the students tosolve systems of nonlinear equations to analyze multiple steady states and hysteresis in continuous stirred-tankreactors. The third type asked the students to solve systems of nonlinear ordinary differential equations to model twoclasses of systems: those containing multiple chemical reactions and those used to analyze nonisothermal gas-phasereactions in packed bed reactors.A good example of this last class of problem is Fogler’s Problem 8-712, which asks the studentsto plot the temperature, conversion, and pressure versus weight of catalyst down the length of thereactor. The reaction in question is the elementary, irreversible, exothermic, gas-phasedecomposition A → B + C, which occurs in an adiabatic reactor

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Sr., Edward Rogers; Hans Kunov

: In a given week, a set of two modules was presented during onelecture on two occasions. On the first occasion, Module A was presented with soundfiles, and Module B without. On the second occasion, A was without sound files, and Bwith sound. Otherwise the modules were identical. A given student would attend onlyone of the two lectures in a given week. Questions from the class, relating to thematerial, during and after the presentations were discouraged. After each module, a Page 6.259.1simple four-question multiple-choice quiz was administered. Each question had five Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

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Peter Weiss; Donald Weiss

order of volume, from largest to smallest. Calculate the surface area of each cube and list the cubes in order of surface area to volume ratio, from largest to smallest. How does the list compare?b. Why are the smaller cubes much more red than the larger cubes?c. How long do you think it would take the larger cubes to become completely red? What assumptions did you make in your estimate?d. Estimate the surface area to volume ratio of a single cell that is not more than 0.01 cm on a side. What role does diffusion play in determining cell size? How does this affect the operation of a wastewater treatment plant?e. For a bubbling aeration system, what would be more effective, large or small bubbles? Is there a limit as to how small or

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Michael Graham; Jan Puszynski; Anton Pintar; Jenna Carpenter; Michael Cutlip

Session 2565 MATHEMATICS AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION Jenna P. Carpenter, Michael B. Cutlip, Michael D. Graham, Anton J. Pintar, and Jan A. Puszynski Louisiana Tech University/University of Connecticut/ University of Wisconsin-Madison/Michigan Technological University/ South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Joint Session on Mathematics Requirements in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum Sponsored by the Mathematics and Chemical Engineering Divisions 2001 ASEE Annual Meeting

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Denny Dailey

frequencycomponents begin at approximately 32 times the output signal frequency (because thereare 32 steps in each cycle of the output). A first order low-pass filter is used to smooththis noise. The corner frequency of the filter should be somewhat higher than the highestoutput frequency on a given range, but significantly lower than the first quantizationnoise component at 32fout,. This allows good rejection of the noise, while having minimaleffect on the amplitude of the desired signal. A representation of the signal spectrum andthe desired filter response is shown in Fig. 2(b). The corner frequency of the filter isswitched simultaneously with the range of the clock source via capacitors C6 through C8and S1B.Topics of discussion that could be expanded

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Stephen Bronack; Horace Moo-Young

to provide a high level overview of a particular topic. S T U D E E N GIN E E R IN G N E D U C A T IO N T S • S U B JE C T • D E SIG NS • N EED SK A S SE SS M E N T • D EVELO PI • T E C H N IC A L • A SSESSL B AC K G R O U N D • E D U C A T IO NL • S OF T W AR E PED AG O G YS

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Michael Lucas; Catherine Latterell; Andrew Vavreck

Conference, 2000. 2. Larson, D., S. Howell, K. Collier and J. Hatfield, A Four-Year Path to Synthesis: The Junior Interdisciplinary and Vertically Integrated Design Experience. Proceedings of ASEE Annual Conference, 1998. 3. Hoop, B., Hansberry, E. W. and Voland, G. Student-Centered Science Activities in Lay Science Disciplines. Proceedings of ASEE Annual Conference (2000). 4. Aldgridge, M. D. Cross-Disciplinary Teaming and Design. Proceedings ASEE Annual Conference (1998). 5. Durfee, W. K. The New Product Design and Business Development Program: Engineers and Business Students Join With Industry to Create New Products. Proceedings of ASEE Annual Conference (1999). 6. URL: http://www.sae.org/students/minibaja.htm; SAE

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Ajit Kelkar; Devdas Pai

MPa 522.20 Table 2 Composite coupon fabrication and testing raw cost dataS2 Glass FabricCost of 50 in. wide, 208 yd long plain weave epoxy compatible roving $1573(supplier: Owen-Corning, PA)SC-15 Resin (Part A and Part B approximately 3:1 by weight)Cost of 45 lb Part A (resin) and 13.5 lb Part B (hardener) $439(supplier: Applied Poleramic, Inc, Benicia, CA)TechnicianCost of skilled technician with all related overhead costs $50 / hr(based on tooling and instrumentation costs, utilities, wages and benefits)Student WorkerCost of student labor (no benefits) $10 / hrThe students are required to calculate the

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Jeremiah Neubert; Cynthia Widstrand; C. Swanson; Arthur Ellis; Ann Pumper

Session1519@ INTEGRATING MATERIALS SCIENCE INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL CHEMISTRY CURRICULUM Jeremiah J. Neubert Ψ †, Cynthia G. WidstrandΨ ‡, Ann M. Pumper*, C. Bruce Swanson*, and Arthur B. Ellis‡ † Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin/ ‡Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin/ *James Madison Memorial High School, Madison, WisconsinAbstractThe focus of this project was to provide secondary chemistry teachers with creative, inexpensive,hands-on, minds-on

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Vladimir Nikulin; Victor Skormin

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2001, American Society for Engineering Education6. LabVIEW Graphical Programming for Instrumentation, NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS, Austin, TX, Copyright19927. R. Dumas and B. Laurent, "System Testbed for Demonstration of the Optical Space Communications Feasibility",SPIE Vol. 1218, Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies II, 1990.8. "An Experimental Spatial Acquisition and Tracking System for Optical Intersatellite Crosslinks", TechnicalReport prepared for the Department of the Air Force under contract F19628-90-C-0002, December 1991.9. Skormin, V.A., Tascillo, M.A., Herman, C.R., and Nicholson, D.J., "Mathematical Modeling and SimulationAnalysis of a Pointing

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containing electrical instrumentation, books, and videos that are available to 4-H volunteers through their local county office.A key component of the strategy is the generation of a series of projects that will capture the attentionof youths. We do not underestimate the difficulty of this task, and will rely on feedback from youthsand adult leaders to determine the direction in which project lists will evolve. As a starting point weare developing two series of projects: one that leads to the construction of an AM radio, and anotherthat leads a robotic vehicle driven by nitinol wire. As examples, Figure 2 (A) shows a sample AMradio receiver while Figure 2(B) shows a set of butterfly wings whose motion is driven by a singlenitinol wire

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W. Steele; B.K. Hodge

Session 2266 Computational Paradigms in Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Education B. K. Hodge, W. G. Steele Mississippi State UniversityAbstractUndergraduate mechanical engineering (ME) programs in the United States were surveyed todetermine the usage of programming languages (such as C or FORTRAN) versus the use ofarithmetic systems (such as Matlab or Mathcad). A survey form was e-mailed to all MEprograms. The survey form was used to determine the following: (1) programming coursesrequired, (2) use of programming in ME curricula

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material for a test, or as an atlas, if the partiesexpressly agree in a written instrument signed by them that the work shall be considered a work made forhire.5 DMCA referred to as: Pub. L. No. 105-304, 112 Stat. 2860 (Oct. 28, 1998)6 DMCA: Title I, “WIPO Copyright and Performances and Phonograms Treaties Implementation Act of1998”7 the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty8 Title I: see note 7 Title II: the “Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act” Title III: the “Computer Maintenance Competition Assurance Act” Title IV: Miscllaneous Provisions Title V: the “Vessel Hull Design Protection Act”9 17 USC §1201(a)10 17 USC §1201(a)(3)11 17 USC §1201(a)(1)(B)12 17 USC §10713 17 USC

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Naseem Ishaq; Salahuddin Qazi

courses.The management of online courses is needed to provide structured environment for course notes,references, enhanced materials, online quizzes, assessment and grades. A system used to managean online course is called course management system (CMS) and a number of such systemsoffering different features are also available. In a recent workshop on “CMS PlatformComparison”, SUNY Syracuse Training Center 8 compared the capabilities of three coursemanagement systems, the Blackboard, WebCT and TopClass on the following task units.1. Create a syllabus. This can be accomplished by the following different ways. (a) Importing text & other instructional materials (b) Modifying the contents of the online courses (c) Importing graphics &

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designed to allow the students to self-test theirunderstanding of the material being discussed. These exercises advance the lecture andallow the students to actively participate in the lecture process. Here are examples of afew typical exercises excerpted from the image processing lectures:Problem 2.3.1. Verify if a matrix product is commutative, i.e. if X.Y==Y.X.Problem 3.2.1. Estimate the histograms of the following simple images:(a) An all white image. (b) A checkerboard black/white pattern with same number ofblack and white squares.(c) img/2.Problem 4.2.2. Calculate the mean squared quantization error for each of the reducedresolution images. Compare with the theoretical result.Problem 10.2.1. Consider a 2-D signal modeled as a sum of