Conference Session

Programming and DSP Issues in Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Franzone

should have a screen similar to the one shown in Figure 1. a. CCDemoMenu.cpp // Console-menu interface. b. CCL2Docs.cpp // Online documentation demo. c. CCL2Docs.txt // Text file read by CCL2Docs.cpp. d. CCL2KeybdMouse.cpp // Console keyboard and mouse demo. e. CCL2Graphics.cpp // Console graphics demo. f. CCL2Exit.cpp // Sign-off screen demo. g. CCDemoOptions.h // Include file for all demo programs. h. consoleClass.cpp // CCL2 source file

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Cooley

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”justification in support of their answer (and therefore the product introduction).B. The Real AssignmentAs students begin working on this assignment three levels of challenge soon appear. At the mostconcrete level come issues regarding the data itself. At a more abstract level are issues regardinganalytical techniques and their application. Finally, once the second temperature (T2) isdetermined, the most abstract level of real-world learning is exposed as students are asked todefend their work, i.e. substantiate their findings so subsequent financial decisions can be trustedand their professional conduct can be established. It

Conference Session

Practice/Industry Partnership

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Enno Koehn

innovative approaches toengineering education11.To enhance this objective, Engineering Criteria 2000 requires that engineering programs mustdemonstrate that their graduates possess the following: (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 multidisciplinary 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

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rana Mitra; John-David Yoder; Michael Rider

Session 1566without him.Bibliography[1] Faste, R., B. Roth, and D.J. Wilde, “Integration of Creativity into the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum,”ASME Resource Guide to Innovation in Design Education, Cary A. Fisher, Ed., American Society of MechanicalEngineers, New York, 1993.[2] "Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, Effective for Evaluations during the 2001-2002 AccreditationCycle," ABET, 2000. (http://www.abet.org/images/Criteria/eac_criteria_b.pdf)[3] Dutson, Alan J. et al, 1997. "A Review of Literature on Teaching Engineering Design Through Project-Oriented Capstone Courses," Journal of Engineering Education. 86(1):17-28.[4] Marin, John A., James E. Armstong Jr., and James L. Kays, "Elements of an Optimal Capstone Experience,"1999

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mustafa Sanver; Li Yang; Eric Gillispie

presented in this paper. These demos areavailable at http://www.cs.wmich.edu/~yang/tlt/GL4Java/.References[1] ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Curriculum Task Force: Computing Curricula 1991. Feb. 1991[2] Al-Ashkar, K.: Support For Students At A Distance: Is techn ology enough? Proc. 2000 ASEE Conference[3] GL4Java: OpenGL for Java. http://www.jausoft.com/gl4java/[4] Sparrow: JSparrow: An Implementation of Java binding for OpenGL. http://www.pfu.co.jp/jsparrow/[5] Khan, B. H. (ed.): Web-Based Instruction. Educational Technology Publications, 1997[6] Naiman, A.: Interactive Teaching Modules for Computer Graphics. Computer Graphics, 30(3), pp33-35, Aug. 1996[7] OpenGL ARB: OpenGL Programming Guide. 3rd Ed. Addison-Wesley, 1999[8

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Moriarty

] Ronald Musiak, Eric W. Haffner, Steve Schreiner, Alan K. Karplus, Mary B. Vollaro, Richard A. Grabiec, Forging New Links: Integrating the Freshman Engineering Curriculum, Proceedings of the 2001 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, June 2001.Biographies:STEVE NORTHRUP received his B.S.E.E. degree from the University of Michigan, AnnArbor, in 1986, and M.S.E.E. and Ph.D. degrees from Vanderbilt University in 1997 and2001. His research interests include robotics in education and embedded control systems.He worked as an automotive electronics design engineer from 1987 to 1993. He iscurrently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and ComputerEngineering at Western New England College.JAMES MORIARTY is

Conference Session

Capstone Design and Engineering Practice

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Harris

Session 3232 A Cross-Cultural VLSI Design Project David Harris Tayfun Akin Harvey Mudd College Middle East Technical University Claremont, CA Ankara, TURKEYAbstractHarvey Mudd College (HMC) and the Middle East Technical University (METU) haveconducted a joint cross-cultural Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) design course supported bya grant from the Mellon Foundation. In the spring of 2002, three teams of two Americanstudents HMC enrolled in E158 (Introduction to CMOS VLSI Design) worked with

Conference Session

What Makes Them Continue?

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren

Freshman Engineering.” Paper presented at the 2000 ASEE Annual Conference, June 18-21, 2000 St Louis, MO.4. Williams, S., and Newberry, B., “First-Year Experiences Implementing Minimum Self-Paced Mastery in a Freshman Engineering Problem-Solving Course,” 1998 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, July 1998.5. Fry, Cynthia C., and Allgood, Shelli L., “The Effect of Female Student Participation in the Society of Women Engineers on Retention – A Study at Baylor University,” 32nd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, November 2002.KEN VAN TREURENKen Van Treuren is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering at Baylor University. He received hisB. S. in Aeronautical Engineering from the USAF Academy

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Almstead; Karen Williams; James Hedrick

, andeffective presentation techniques. An effort was made in all mini-courses to achieve a balancebetween depth and breadth, and between theory and hands on application.1. Bioengineering Design Studio:Objectives:The objectives of this mini-course were to a) introduce the basic types engineering, b) focus onbioengineering as an exciting type of engineering, and c) introduce the elements of an organizeddesign process. Page 8.128.3 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationPreparation:To have the girls

Conference Session

Potpourri of Engineering Mathematics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Bertram Pariser

arc on top and on the bottom. The two arcs intersect above and below the Page 8.53.1 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education”original line. Place a straight edge at each intersection and draw a line which isperpendicular to the original line. Next construct a right triangle and label each angle A, B,and C. It is convenient to label the smallest angle A, and the largest angle C. Label the sideopposite angle A as a, the side opposite angle B as b and the side opposite angle C as c.Every

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Boris Axelrod

Session 2793 Dynamic analysis of a series resonant inverter with bidirectional switches in a half-wave operation A. Shenkman, Senior Member IEEE, B. Axelrod Holon Academic Institute of Technology, Israel Abstract. In this paper the simple circuit of a series resonant inverter is analyzed. This isusually presented in textbooks and is given as an example to explain the principle of theoperation of such inverters. However the simplifications usually made by its analysis are faraway from the real conditions of operation. More precise analysis of this circuit shows thatfrom a

Conference Session

Real-Time and Embedded Systems

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sub Ramakrishnan; Mohammad Dadfar

Session 1620 Systems Projects for a Computer Science Course Mohammad B. Dadfar, Sub Ramakrishnan Department of Computer Science Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, Ohio 43403 Phone: (419)372-2337 Fax: (419)372-8061 email: datacomm@cs.bgsu.eduAbstractIn this paper we discuss some practical and useful projects for our operating systems / datacommunications course. Most of our projects are assigned in a UNIX platform. The projects dealwith a

Conference Session

Instructional Technology

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kamyar Mahboub

SESSION 2215 Creativity in Design: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach Kamyar C. Mahboub, Ph.D., P.E., Yinhui Liu, Susantha Chandraratna, and Margaret B. Portillo University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 40506-0281ABSTRACTThe issue of creativity in design was studied within two very diverse disciplines at theUniversity of Kentucky. These disciplines were: Civil Engineering and Interior Design.These two disciplines were selected for their vastly different styles of creativity in practiceand pedagogy. The study had two phases. The first phase was to assess

Conference Session

Remote Sensing and Telemetry

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ingvar Gustavsson

three resistors. Wouldit be possible to replace the traditional breadboard by a remotely controlled switch matrix largeenough to accommodate most of the circuits used in electrical and basic electronic experimentsin undergraduate education? The matrix used in the remote laboratory at BTH has five mainnodes and ten main branches, Figure 3. The main nodes are denoted A, B, C, D and GND. Theground terminals of the function generators and the oscilloscope are connected to GND. Eachmain branch can be composed of a jumper lead or up to four components with two leadsmounted in parallel in holders on the printed circuit boards shown in Figure 2. In this way a totalof 40 different components can be connected. All connections to node A are shown in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jucain Butler

Session 1526A Web-based Learning Tool that Introduces Engineering Concepts by Simulating a Chemical Reactor Jay B. Brockman, Jucain Butler, and Mark J. McCready University of Notre DameAbstractThe arrival of the World Wide Web signaled the beginning of fundamental changes in howteaching, training, and self-directed learning will occur at all ages and stages of life. Because ofits versatility as a learning tool in the realm of higher education, the Web has woven its way intoengineering classes and laboratories. As a supplement to a Chemical Engineering project in

Conference Session

Topics in Mechanical ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Cronin

° z 2  [B + 2C exp [ − ( 2C + B ) t ] ] A  r 2 − r + z  − 3r 2 z r 2 + z 2 2  , t〉02π  2C + B r 3   Figure 3. Some mechanical models of solid polymer deformation behavior. (From Reference 3, Dover

Conference Session

Computer Assisted Data Acquisition

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Yi-Wei Huang; Nikos Kiritsis; David Ayrapetyan

Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationschool. McNeese’s commitment to undergraduate engineering education is shown by: a) limitingenrollment in engineering courses to 25 students, b) limiting enrollment in senior design coursesto 10 students, c) exclusively assigning professional faculty to teach engineering courses andlaboratories (no graduate students) and d) constantly upgrading the courses to incorporate newtechnologies.This paper describes one of our attempts to incorporate state-of-the-art technology andinstrumentation in a number of undergraduate mechanical engineering courses. Cantilever beamsunder harmonic excitation are traditionally used in undergraduate

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Otieno; Abul Azad; Radha Balamuralikrishna

students were asked to rateusing a scale of A (excellent or very adequate), B (good or somewhat adequate), C (average orsomewhat inadequately), D (fair or very inadequately) or E (poor or does not apply). Thequestions asked included (i) the students' perception of how well the projects were organized byfaculty, (ii) learning experiences in working with diverse teams, and (iii) how relevant andimportant was the knowledge gained from their individual courses to this interdisciplinaryproject. The questionnaire also asked the students to rate how adequately they used the followingskills to accomplish the project; scientific inquiry, creative thinking at the design stage, criticalthinking, science and math, synthesis of knowledge from various skills

Conference Session

Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Raymond R. Hagglund; Eben C. Cobb; William O. Jolley; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas

dynamics calculations are necessary. Though students are required to calculatecertain properties of the device, emphasis is placed on qualitative work and physical comprehension.This phase is very important to Phases 2 and 3 that follow, especially when students try to understandand interpret their numerical results. The graduate student author appreciated the ability to physicallyoperate the mechanism for it provided a better understanding of the problem. a. Real 3-D Mechanism b. Idealized 2-D Mechanism  Figure 2. Real (LEGO ) and Idealized Fourbar Linkage.6. Phase 2: Kinematic AnalysisThe goal of Phase 2 is to study in detail the

Conference Session

Manufacturing Lab Experience

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Can Saygin

software such as AutoCAD and Mastercam. The hardware and softwarearchitectures are shown in Figures 2 and 3, respectively. Remote Clients (a) (b) Internet Ethernet Applications Robot Server Part Buffers

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wieslaw Grebski; Rajeshwar Amireddy; Lori Singer; Judith O'Donnell

lines of businessso rapidly to stay competitive, it seems to follow logically that engineers should be an integral partof the upper echelon of individuals who lead an organization. Probabilistically speaking, to makeengineers more successful, the event of business concepts and applications (call it Event A) is theperfect complement to the event of engineering talent (Event B). The probability of Event A inunion with Event B (P(A U B)) will be equal to P(S), the probability of the sample space, which isa perfect number 1.Conclusions:The management style has changed dramatically over the last few decades. Key managementdecisions are now being made by a team of middle management personnel rather than a sololeader. Teams and groups are now dominate

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Economy

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Dryer; Paul Kauffmann; William Peterson

have a concern for costs and the justification of expenditures,students are allowed to write research projects based on literature reviews and the analysis of theliterature on a topic currently in the engineering economy journals.The ProjectsThe projects conducted by the students in ENMA 600 in the past two years include: • Investigations of starting new businesses a. A restaurant b. A helicopter taxi service c. A custom motorcycle building shop • Investigation of whether to rent or sell an existing home when buying a new, larger home • Investigation of the financial incentives necessary to make the purchase of low water usage washing machines viable for self-service laundries

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Blaine Lilly; John Merrill

). Collaboration: Staying on the Bandwagon. Journal of Teacher Education, 49(1): 26-37.11. Winkel, B., Froyd, J.E., 1988, “A New Integrated First-Year Core Curriculum in Engineering, Mathematics, and Science: A Proposal,” Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference.12. Winkel, B., Froyd, J.E., 1989, “An Integrated First-Year Engineering Curriculum,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference.13. Quinn, R. G., "Drexel's E4 Program: A Different Professional Experience for Engineering Students and Faculty," Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 82, No.4, 1993, pp. 196-202.14. Foundation Coalition: First-Year Curriculum Page. National Science Foundation. 12 March 2003, BLAINE W. LILLY is an Assistant Professor at Ohio State University

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Eck Doerry

). “2000 Open Doors: Report on International Educational Exchanges,” Institute of International Education. New York.Altbach, P. (2002). "Perspectives on International Higher Education," (Resource Review column), Change, 34:3, p. 29.Baecker, R. (Ed.) (1992). Readings in Groupware and Computer-Supported Cooperative Work: Assisting Human-Human Collaboration, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers.Bikson, T. and S.A. Law (1994). “Global Preparedness and Human Resources: College and Corporate Perspective,” Rand Corp.Collier, K., J. Hatfield, S. Howell and D. Larson (1996). A Multi-disciplinary Model for Teaching the Engineering Product Realization Process. 1996 Frontiers in Education Conference, Salt Lake City, UT.Doerry, E., B. Bero, D

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Yudelson; Latifur Khan; I-Ling Yen; Evgeny Panteleev

, animations etc used to build up knowledge description) to capture thesemantics4. For example, image and a piece of text describing it are connected with a typedrelation “A describes B”. However even this sophisticatedly structured multimedia objectscatalog has room for improvement. This suggested multimedia objects catalog is still a looselystructured collection that contains only information about objects’ modality6 and some relationsbetween them. No specification is suggested to address the didactic role that multimedia objectplays in describing knowledge or how big is the contribution of the multimedia object to thegeneral understanding of the knowledge concept – the so-called level of detail2. Multimediaobjects currently are used passively to

Conference Session

Current Environmental Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Cynthia Veit; Chris Swan

magazines; difficult materialssuch as computers, mattresses and box springs, batteries; and commingled steel, aluminum, glass,and plastic containers. A site visit was arranged for the entire class to not only see the recyclingand reuse processes, but also discuss the business of recycling with the company president andfounder. Figure 1 shows images taken during the facility tour. a. Aerial view of Conigliaro Industries in Framingham, MA b. Glass crushing and sorting equipment c. Storage bin for recycled plastic containers Figure 1 Images from Site Visit to Conigliaro

Conference Session

Laboratory Developments and Innovations

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rocio Alba-Flores; Fernando Rios-Gutierrez

the use of the wireless network as a teaching and researchtool involves but is not limited to the following applications: Page 8.1313.11  Hewlett-Packard Company“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education” a) Increase interaction between instructor and students in large courses b) Enhance communication outside class c) Support students software development for mobile computers d) Enhance active learning and instruction e) In lab data collection and document viewing f) In class assessment and

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanics Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Don Evans; Gary Gray; Francesco Costanzo; Phillip Cornwell; Brian Self

A. Stevens, eds., Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Hillsdale, NJ, 1983, pp. 15–33. Page 8.1202.8 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright c 2003, American Society for Engineering Education[11] , “Toward an epistemology of physics,” in Cognition and Instruction, L. Resnick, ed., Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Hillsdale, NJ, 1993, pp. 105–208.[12] B. E YLON AND M. L INN, “Learning and instruction: An examination of four research per- spectives in science education,” Review of Educational Research, 58, 1988, pp. 251–301.[13] R. H

Conference Session

Manufacturing Competitiveness

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Todd Johnson; John Fesler; Kenneth Stier

springs. These components are used tocomplete simple, yet functional PCB assemblies that can be rapidly assembled and tested(see figure 2). BEE Circuit Board Assembly Example Red Devil A B C D E 1 2 3 4 9v 5 Figure 2. A circuit board assemble example. Note. From MEP Principles of Lean Manufacturing Workshop. Copyright 2000. Reprinted by

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Godfrey

Engineers Australia, ACT 1996.2. J. C. Lucena and G. L. Downey, “Engineering cultures: Better problem solving through human and global perspectives?,” in Annual Meeting of the American Society for Engineering Education, 1999, Session 1461.3. E. H. Schein, Organizational culture and leadership,2nd ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1992.4. P. R. Trowler, Academics responding to change: New higher education frameworks and academic cultures. Buckingham: SRHE and Open University Press, 1998.5. S. B. Merriam, Case study research in education: A qualitative approach. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1988.6. R. C. Bogdan and S. K. Biklen, Qualitative research for education: An introduction to