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"Every Course Every Year" continuous improvement form, and a "ThreeYear Matrix". These are discussed below."A Matrix" FormThe A Matrix allows an instructor to determine the percentage of course topics that address eachof the objectives. For each academic quarter the total coverage across all courses can besummed to get the overall picture. It was decided to use the detailed ME Goals instead of theABET "a thru k". The "A Matrix" is shown in Appendix B and lists "course topics and studentactivities". The instructor enters a zero or a one in the appropriate box. For example, if a coursehas a required oral presentation then the instructor would put a one in the box under "OralCommunication Skills". This form is completed for required courses. Then

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engineers and incorporating observations on thosedifferences into the lessons learned.II. Problem OverviewA metal cabinet manufacturer was experiencing intermittent problems in a materials handling cell.Bales of 4’x 8’x 0.05” aluminum sheets had their top sheet picked-up by vacuum grippers, flexedto drop any adhering second sheet, and transported to a downstream station. Figure 1 shows theconfiguration of the pick-up mechanism. The flexing cylinders at positions A-B-C-D pusheddownward sequentially, while the sheet was raised above the bale. The line ran continuously, Page 6.196.1frequently unattended, and only stopped for major maintenance or

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twomembers. Examination of Student B’s and A’s evaluation forms confirmed that this was the case. Interestingly, Student B and A were not as harsh in their evaluation of Student C. Theyappreciated his help and felt that he was a contributing group member. Figure 5: Sample Team Member Evaluation Headings Tasks Performed Strengths Area for Share of Bonus Improvement ($1000)Self-evaluation 1. Researched Hard 1. Knowledge of 1. MotivationYour Name: Student C Drive Problem Computers 2. Screwdriver usage

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acceptable if the classbeing evaluated scores a minimum average of B (82.5/100) on a report. Questions and problemson the final examination will each be related to a specific assessment goal. Average scores oneach question will be compiled and attributed to its respective goal. An examination result for aparticular goal is deemed acceptable if the average for the class is 75 or above on a scale of 100.IV. Initial Results Since instituting this assessment method, the EET365 conventional laboratory course hasnot been offered, so no data are yet available on this course format. However, the EET365 videotaped course was offered with an enrollment of eight students and, although the sample size wassmall, data were collected and compiled. Table 1

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Sang Ha Lee; Betsy Palmer; Rose M. Marra; John Wise; Thomas Litzinger

oneexperience. In order to test the specific effect of the design course, a more traditional pre/posttest design should be used.If the Perry scheme is to be used to assess the effectiveness of curricular changes, it will need tobe more practical in terms of both time and expense. A more easily-scored objective instrumentwould be ideal, but has been historically difficult to produce. Further research on instrumentdevelopment is obviously needed.Bibliography1. Marra, R.M., Palmer, B., & Litzinger, T.A., “The Effects of a First-Year Engineering Design Course on StudentIntellectual Development as Measured by the Perry Scheme”, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol.89, No.1,2000, pp. 39-45.2. Palmer, B., Marra, R.M., Wise, J.C., and Litzinger, T.A., “A

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obtain in the lab.IV. Relationship to ABET EC 2000 Criterion 3ABET EC 2000 Criterion 3 lists 11 outcomes that are expected of all graduates of accreditedengineering degree programs: a. an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics and engineering skills. b. an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data. c. an ability to design a system, component or process to meet desired needs. d. an ability to function well on multi-disciplinary teams. e. an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems. f. an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility. g. an ability to communicate effectively. h. the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering

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their third year. These modules are currently taughtusing two texts—Integrated Product and Process Design and Development by E. B. Magrab andthe Advanced Product Quality Planning and Control Plan (APQP) Reference Manual developedby Chrysler (now DaimlerChrysler), Ford and General Motors.12, 13 The first module is devotedlargely to a summary of the product development process (as described in the APQP ReferenceManual), quality, and team-based engineering tools such as quality function deployment andfailure modes and effects analysis. The second module is more focused toward manufacturingissues, including lean manufacturing, design of experiments, and statistical process control. Themodule sequence is primarily designed to provide students with

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Isc a) b) c)Figure 4: Three electrical test circuits for batteries: a) Open circuit voltage, b) Closed circuit voltageand c) Short circuit current. Page 6.828.5Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationElectrical energy and total charge delivered are also important electrochemical cellattributes. Energy is the time integral of the product of voltage and current. Energy is bestmeasured in Joules and indicates the amount of work that can be done by the cell

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., “Integrated Mathematics and Physical Science (IMPS): A New approach for First YearStudents at Dartmouth College”, Proceedings of the 1998 Frontiers in Education Conference, Tempe, Arizona,November 1998.11. Froyd, Jeffrey, and Rogers, Gloria, “Evolution and Evaluation of an Integrated, First-year Curriculum,Proceedings of the 1998 Frontiers in Education Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, November 1997.12. Morgan, James, R. and Bolton, Robert, W., “An Integrated First-year Engineering Curricula”, Proceedings ofthe 1998 Frontiers in Education Conference, Tempe, Arizona, November 1998.13. NVIVO software manufactured by Qualitative Solutions & Research, Scolari , Sage Publications, 1999,www.qsr.com.au.14. Glaser, B. G. and Strauss, A. L., The Discovery of

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. A. and S. M. Lord, "Design of an Undergraduate Atomic Force Microscopy Laboratory for aMaterials Science Lecture Course," Proceedings of the 1999 ASEE Annual Conference, Session 3264, Charlotte,North Carolina, June 1999.7. From p. E-15 of 1999 NETI materials. Adapted from Brown, R. W., “Autorating: Getting individual marks fromteam marks and enhancing teamwork,” Proceedings of the 1995 Frontiers in Education Conference, Paper 3C24,Atlanta, Georgia, November 1995.8. Demetry, C. and J. E. Groccia, “A Comparative Assessment of Students’ Experiences in Two InstructionalFormats of an Introductory Materials Science Course,” Journal of Engineering Education, 86 (3), 203-210, 1997.SUSAN M. LORDSusan M. Lord received a B. S. in Electrical

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John Watkins; Carl Wick; George Piper; Svetlana Avramov-Zamurovic

Session 1320 Design of an Electronic Muffler - A DSP Based Capstone Design Project George Piper, John Watkins, Carl Wick, Svetlana Avramov-Zamurovic United States Naval AcademyAbstractActive control of noise has been an emerging technology for the past two decades. Active noisecontrol (ANC) is an attractive means to achieve large amounts of noise reduction in a smallpackage, particularly at low frequencies, where passive noise control may be impractical. Whilethe concept of ANC has long been established, the technological means for implementing ANChave only recently become available. With the advent of high-speed

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review of matrices, image file formats, color in images, and color maps. Matlab and its image processing toolbox are ideal for this part. B) File compression: Low level coding and decoding. Although the mathematical background of technology students is not very sophisticated, we believe that a good handle of these issues can be accomplished by the use of pre-packaged Discrete Cosine Transform routines. These routines are easily available in Matlab and its image processing toolbox. C) Setting up a video server, the video server should include the imaging capture card, video camera and the MPEG encoder. Students will need a review of MPEG

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Larry McIntire; Ka-yiu San; Ann Saterbak

organism, tissue and cellular levels • Biomechanics and Biomaterials - force analysis, mechanics of deformation, biomechanics of tissue, physical and chemical properties of biomaterials • Tissue Culture Laboratory - sterile technique; cell proliferation and transfection assays • Bioengineering Design - design of process or product, FDA regulations, economics • Advanced Bioengineering Laboratory - laboratory modules in biomaterials, biomechanics, systems physiology, instrumentation, bioprocessing and ethics.To enhance knowledge in one area of Bioengineering, students select one of three emphasisareas or tracks: (a) Cellular and Molecular Engineering, (b) Systems Engineering andBiomedical Instrumentation, or (c

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Session 2793 Senior Design Project: Converting an Analog Transceiver into a Digital one George Edwards University of DenverAbstractThe Capstone Senior Design Project that is offered to graduating seniors in engineeringprograms in the United States is a critical part of the students’ development. A goal of this courseis to give students a feel for the work environment outside, in terms of a critical analysis of adesign problem, drawing on resources to arrive at alternative solutions; and, then deciding on aparticular

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Equipment and Customer Premises Equipment by Persons with Disabilities. Federal Register 64, 63235-63258 (1999(b)).13. Electronic and Information Technology Access Advisory Committee. Final Report of the EITAAC. http://www.access-board.gov/pubs/eitaacrpt.htm (1999).14. OSERS. IDEA’97 Regulations. http:/www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/IDEA/regs.html (1999).15. ETL. The Jo Brighton Skills Center (http://ece.eng.wayne.edu/etl/design/jobrighton.html, 2000).16. Erlandson, R. F., Greenwood, L., Perrin, M. & Zapinski, R. in The National Governor's Conference: Quality in the Classroom (Dearborn, MI, 1997).17. Phelps, J. A. (2000).18. Cooney, B., Marigomen, D. C., Wassick, G., Sant, D. & Auusiem, O. in

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teachingstudents to ask useful inquiry questions. Future assignments throughout the semester cangradually transition to using an unstructured approach to successfully evaluate an engineeringdesign problem. Page 6.201.9 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2001, American Society for Engineering Education Group Design Project Write-up of individual ideas A. List the problems (at least 4) with the current material handling system. B. List the constraints for the design of the new material handling system. C. List each of your ideas for the new

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Course Development Tool That Works!,”Proceedings of the 1996 Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education(Educational Research and Methods Division), Washington, D.C., June 1996.R. BRUCE FLOERSHEIMMajor Bruce Floersheim is an instructor in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at theUnited States Military Academy, West Point. He is a graduate of West Point and has served as acommissioned officer in the U.S. Army since 1989. He received his B.S. degree in MechanicalEngineering from West Point in 1989 and a M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from StanfordUniversity in 1999.MARGARET BAILEYDoctor Margaret B. Bailey is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and MechanicalEngineering at the United

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GuidanceAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.The Task Force also examined Criteria developed by the Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology. The following criteria were particularly useful. ABET requires that students demonstrate11 (a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering (b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data (c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs (d) an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams (e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems (f) an understanding of professional and ethical

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the help sessions for the Fall 2000 semester hasproven interesting. While one semester of data is inadequate, it is pleasing to note that theaverage for the final project improved from 30 (average of the last 4 semesters) to 34 (outof 40 points). Eighty one percent of the students received A and B grades. This matchesthe average maintained in EG&CAD for the past nine years. The failure rate inEG&CAD has always been low (2.2 students per 100 students) but was only 1 per 100for the Fall 2000 semester. Accordingly, there was an increase in C grades with thenumber of D grades (3.1 students per 100 students) remaining the same. It should benoted that the number of students taking EG&CAD each year is 750-825.A help session is offered on

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Session 1566 Industry Sponsored Final Year Engineering Design Projects: A Template for Success C.K. Mechefske Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineerin The University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada,N6A 5B9 c.mechefske@uwo.caAbstractThis paper describes a course (designated “MME499 - Mechanical Engineering Design(Industrial)”) that has been developed over the last several years to integrate industrialsponsorship into the final year of the

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Edward Anderson

. Page 6.891.8 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2001, American Society for Engineering EducationOnce studentshave calculatedand entered thecorrect normalforce, they mustnext apply thehorizontalequilibriumequation and thedefinition of thestatic fractioncoefficient atsurface cd toproceed. Thescreen followingthis step isshown in Figure11. Themagnitude ofthe applied forceP when block Amoves relative to block B is clearly noted and the navigation buttons reappear.When students select the Proceed navigation button the program goes to the FBD developmentstep for themode whereblocks A and Bmove togetherrelative to thefixed surface.The process ofanalyzing

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Ali Abul-Fadl; Samuel Owusu-Ofori

(SEI) Bus Adapter whichinterfaces up to four encoders to US Digital’s SEI Bus which is interfaced with amicrocomputer. The AD5 takes the place of Logic Devices 1-4. The pulses from theshaft encoder are fed into the AD5 and converted into direction, angular velocity,operating status, and operating time. The AD2-B, which accompanies the AD5, is a Page 6.735.5 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationconnector that converts the pulse information received from the AD5 to a PC readableformat. The unit then

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Kenneth Halliday; Israel Urieli; Gregory Kremer

courses. It is hoped that as this effort progresses senior level mechanicalengineering students will be better prepared to meet the challenges of their profession. This, is ofcourse, the basic goal of the EC 2000 accreditation standards.Bibliography1. Deborah B. Kaufman, Richard M. Felder & Hugh Fuller, "Accounting for Individual Effort in CooperativeLearning Teams," Journal of Engineering Education, American Society for Engineering Education, Vol. 89, No. 2,April 2000, pp. 141-150.2. Karl A. Smith, Project Management and Teamwork, McGraw-Hill, 1999.KENNETH R. HALLIDAYKenneth Halliday is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Ohio University. His areas of expertise areMechanical Systems Analysis and Design and the History of

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James Somerville Jr.; Narciso Macia

Session 1359 A Feedback Control System for Engineering Technology Laboratory Courses J. W. Somerville, N. F. Macia Department of Electronics and Computer Technology, Arizona State University EastAbstractA feedback control system for incorporation into an Engineering Technology controls laboratoryhas been developed. The purpose of developing a working control system is to reinforce controlstheory taught in the classroom. A control system for positioning an air cylinder driven loadplatform was selected for the design. By

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Penelope Peterson; Frank Fisher

Session 2793 A Tool to Measure Adaptive Expertise in Biomedical Engineering Students Frank T. Fisher, Penelope L. Peterson Department of Mechanical Engineering / School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208AbstractWhile engineering programs must continue to cover the maximum breadth and depth of contentinformation possible, these programs can also take an active role in encouraging and fosteringadditional dispositions to help their graduates adapt to their professional career. We define anadaptive expert as an

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1990.11. D'Souza, S., N. W. Scott, B. J. Stone, “Student Controlled Two-degree of Freedom Vibration Laboratory”, 1998 Annual Conference Proceedings, American Society of Engineering Education, Seattle, WA, June 1998.SCOTT A. MORTONScott Morton is a Research Scientist in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wyoming.He received his BSAE and MSAE from the University of Wyoming. His professional interests are diverse andinclude instrumentation and electro-mechanical devices. Current research activities are in the areas of alternativeenergy and computer aided laboratory instruction.DONALD A. SMITHDon Smith is currently a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wyoming. He received hisBSME and M.Sc. degrees

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ingredients and that quality control was low.Consequently, CM4900.com was contracted to develop a design and prototype for a low-cost,automated chemical delivery production facility capable of meeting client needs yet being ofsuperior quality.IV b. Special Considerations and System Performance RequirementsThe client (HI2) has mandated the following special requirements from the employees ofCM4900.com: • the stock fluids must be prepared by the groups • each stock tank must have an open top so that management can “perturb” the purity of the input • the “piping” exiting each stock tank must have a manual shutoff so that management can “perturb” the maximum available stock flow rate (this also permits for an “emergency

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Amir Karimi

Page 6.556.4 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationTable 4. Grade distribution, in percentages, from Fall 1994 through Summer 2000 and Fall 2000 for three introductory courses in Mechanical Engineering. Course Period A B C D F W Fall 1994-Summer 2000 9.6 16 26.2 15 18.8 14 100 Dynamics Fall 2000 6.9 24 24.1 0 20.7 24 100 Fall 1994-Summer 2000 11.1

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Wilfrid Nixon

: Catalano, G. D., 1994. Engineering Design: A Partnership Approach, Journal ofEngineering Education, Volume 83, No. 2, pages 130-134.2: Marin, J. A., Armstrong, J. E. Jr., and Kays, J. L., 1999. Elements of an OptimalCapstone Design Experience, Journal of Engineering Education, Volume 88, No. 1, pages19-22.WILFRID NIXONWilfrid Nixon is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University ofIowa and a research engineer at the Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research. Dr. Nixon is aProfessional Engineer in the State of Iowa, and also serves as a Director of the IowaSection of ASCE. Dr. Nixon received a B. A. in Engineering from CambridgeUniversity, England in 1981, and a Ph. D. in Engineering from Cambridge University in1985

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William Sullivan; Kimberly Sward; Janis Terpenny

Session 3542 Virtual Classroom for Teaching the Economics of Engineering Design Janis P. Terpenny1, Kimberly Sward1, William G. Sullivan2 University of Massachusetts at Amherst1/ Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University2AbstractAs decision-makers, engineers must be knowledgeable and competent in multiple aspects ofdesign. Engineering is more than a problem solving activity focusing on simply the expectedperformance of designed artifacts. Consideration must also be given to the economicconsequences of design decisions on life-cycle issues. A major challenge to