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Real-World Applications

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2004 Annual Conference

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Molu Olumolade

abilities andinterpersonal relations. These problems combined, cause stress and subsequently poor scholasticachievement in most students who find it difficult to cope with such stressAccording to Gunstone and White4, studies in higher education have shown that students’difficulties in learning are illustrated by their inability to apply rules or concepts to novelproblems. Students need to be able to develop the ability to discern problems before findingways to solve them. This is a training that is highly invaluable in the working world whereproblems are not always readily defined and presented to people for solution. It is clear that a Page

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Real-World Applications

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2004 Annual Conference

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John Robertson

get to an applicable outcome. If we start withcurrent practice, it is much too complex for learners.Our solution is to start with current technology but concentrate on ‘why’ theimplementation exists rather than ‘what’ is done to make it happen. We focus on thedesign principles behind tools, processes and products and from there, work back to theprinciples taught in the lower division courses. This paper describes the application ofthis approach to a specific sputtering tool that is used to deposit thin metal layers but it isjust an instance of a more general principle.Sputtering is a technique that is widely used in the semiconductor industry to deposit thinmetal films. Thickness is usually less than 1 om and the business priorities call for

Conference Session

Real-World Applications

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2004 Annual Conference

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Gary Crossman; Alok Verma

Conference Session

Real-World Applications

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2004 Annual Conference

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Robert Weissbach; David Loker; Ronald Krahe

 2004, American Society for Engineering Education"potentially enhance the portability of the equipment at the remote site and also integrate materialfrom more courses into this project.This project could also be expanded into a capstone design project by integrating the remote GPSsensor with remote data collection systems. This application would include collecting data fromvarious sensors in mobile systems. The cellular modem would allow both GPS data and datafrom other sensors to be accessed at remote sites.Bibliography1. National Instruments, LabVIEW, Version 6.1.2. GPS Guide for Beginners, web page http://www.garmin.com/manuals/GPSGuideforBeginners_Manual.pdf.3. GARMIN International, Inc., Garmin 15L wired OEM sensor, Part # 010-00240-02.4

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Real-World Applications

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2004 Annual Conference

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Joseph Fuehne; David Lenart

Session 1649 Technology-Hospital Collaboration in Thermodynamics Joe Fuehne, Ph.D., P.E., David Lenart, P.E., MBA Purdue University School of Technology at Columbus-Southeast Indiana/Columbus Regional HospitalAbstractIn order to provide a real example of applied thermodynamics, the Purdue School ofTechnology located in Columbus, Indiana and the Columbus Regional Hospital haveagreed to work together to demonstrate and investigate the various thermodynamicsystems operating at the hospital.During a junior-level Applied Thermodynamics class in the spring of 2003, the studentswere given a tour of the hospital

Conference Session

EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 2

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2004 Annual Conference

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Michelle Summers; Julie Phillips; Nathan Harter; Mark Dean; Donna Evanecky

Session 3642 Systems thinking: Theorists anchored in the real world Dr. Mark L. Dean, Donna J. Evanecky, Nathan W. Harter, Julie A. Phillips, Michele L. Summers Purdue University School of Technology New Albany, IN/Kokomo, IN/ Greensburg, IN/ Columbus, IN/Lafayette, INIntroductionEngineers and engineering students are already familiar with systems thinking, since it isintegrated into much of what they do. However, technical expertise without social expertiselimits a person's effectiveness. In order to increase their proficiency as leaders and managers,engineers and

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ABET Criterion 4 and Liberal Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Dana Elzey; Dan Bauer; Paxton Marshall; Kathryn Neeley

real world engineering, and which are so critical to the responsible and ethicaldirection of technological progress, are omitted. Students also have little or no connection to realapplications and the impact their decisions might have on others at the community, social, andcultural levels.EIC problems are those that combine engineering design and decision-making with real worldcontext. The context may be based on historical fact, as for traditional case studies, or may beartificially created or virtual. The application of analytical skills, disciplinary knowledge andteam and project management are emphasized in a cultural, organizational, and technologicalcontext. Design decisions are evaluated not only for their contribution to technical

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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George York

Force Academy for the first time in the Fall of 2003. We receivedvery favorable feedback from the students. In addition to enjoying working on this application,many students indicated this project helped them really learn the basic DSP concepts, makingabstract theory a reality to them. This project motivated some to want to take a follow-on coursein DSP and to pursue a DSP application for their Senior Design projects.9. ConclusionsWe have developed an educational framework that will allow students to smoothly transitionfrom their MATLAB design to a real-time DSP system implementation. This process allowsreal-world data to be gathered and used in the algorithm development while maintaining a link toMATLAB. The ease of using MATLAB was found to

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International Case Studies, Interactive Learning, Student Design

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2004 Annual Conference

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Richard Vaz

educate “technological humanists”, the authors had a desire to challenge futureelectrical and computer engineers consider the ways in which technology can be of more directbenefit to society and communities than through the economic stimulus resulting from the designof consumer electronics. Third, WPI’s extensive experience with project-based learning hasmade clear that enhanced learning typically results when students are given a meaningful “realworld” problem to solve for some external organization, rather than a problem fabricated byfaculty. An opportunity for teaching design through real-world problem solving and presentingengineering as a socially relevant profession appeared in the form of Design that Matters.III. Design that Matters and

Conference Session

EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 2

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2004 Annual Conference

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Robert Mayer

, queuing, linearprogramming and decision theory models, using a conventional management science textbooksupplemented by applications from the marine environ. Examples include optimum dredgingstrategies for navigation channel maintenance, beach fill operations for shore protection andrecreational planning, port development and commercial ship routings. Application of such skillscrosses many naval disciplines including fleet operations and logistics, engineering duty officerand staff corps responsibilities. The goal of this course is to enhance the engineering and projectmanagement skills of Academy midshipmen. Practically speaking, enhancement of such skillswill benefit all future naval officers and engineers.Details of the initial offering of this

Conference Session

EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 2

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2004 Annual Conference

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LTC Robert Powell

and non-government affiliated agencies to help organizations solve SystemsEngineering, Engineering Management, Operations Research and Information SystemsEngineering related problems. This program is entitled “Academic Individual AdvancedDevelopment” (AIAD) and is vital to the educational development of cadets and provides themwith an opportunity to participate in activities beyond our baseline requirements. These AIADopportunities are designed to allow students to work with military and civilian organizations fora three-to-four week period and discover the “real world” applicability of their academicendeavors here at West Point. These experiences broaden student perspectives; provide them with practical advancededucation related to their

Conference Session

EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 1

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2004 Annual Conference

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Hamid Khan

is hoped to bring about the importance of OBM. With the application of afundamental principle of psychology B = f (O, E), "Behavior is a function of interactionsbetween a person (O) and that person's environment (E)," we will try to look at R & Dperformance and see why designs fail and managers cover up flaws, which should havebeen known to the public, as in Dow Corning, Ford Pinto or NASA shuttle disaster cases.APPLICATION OF ORGANIZATION BEHAVIOR MANAGEMNET Students must understand business practices and the following vocabulary to beimpacted by ethical training: financial gain and profit motive, ethical standards inbusiness, financially successful business, relevance of moral values, rules of business,and the game of business

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EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 2

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2004 Annual Conference

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Stephanie Adams; Erick Jones

. Fisher, K. and Fisher, M. D., (1987). The Distributed Mind: Achieving High Performance through the Collective Intelligence of Knowledge Work Teams.3. Evans, J. R. and Lindsay, W.M. (1993). The Management and Control of Quality, St. Paul: West Publishing Company.4. Mobley, W. H., (1982). Employee Turnover: Causes, Consequences, and Control. Reading, Mass.:Addison- Wesley.5. Golembiewski, R. T., Munzenrider, R. F. and Stevenson, J. G. (1986). Phases of Burnout, Development in Concepts and Applications. New York: Praeger.6. Jones, E. C., (2003) A Predictive SPC Model for Determining Cognitive Voluntary Turnover Before Physical Departure, Doctoral Dissertation, University of Houston.7. Johnson, R.A., (2000). Miller & Freunds’s

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EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 1

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2004 Annual Conference

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Elise Barrella; Keith Buffinton

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Educationsaid for management majors – a well-rounded education both inside and outside of the classroomis necessary to succeed in a technology-infused business world. Any career involves the life-long learning and application of not only technical skills and theoretical knowledge, but also“people skills,” written and oral communication skills, and teambuilding skills.Colleges and universities strive to prepare graduates for the demands of a technology-infusedbusiness world where familiarity with both engineering and management skills is necessary.In recent years, institutions of higher learning have made changes in

Conference Session

Web Education II: Hardware/Examples

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Heinz Erbe; F. Wilhelm Bruns

collaboration styles have also to beconsidered regarding curricula, courseware and teaching methods.Computers are now used in the classroom as multimedia tools to provide alternative sources oflearning material, to provide interactive learning situations and to provide simulation of systemsthat cannot for reasons of cost, size or safety be used in reality. The use of the Internet is rapidlyincreasing and is being seen by some people as the greatest source of knowledge available forlearning. The use of simulation tools has a number of benefits to education. The learner is notexposed to the hazards of the real world. The learner is able to explore a range of possiblesolutions easily and quickly. The learner is able to use the tools that will be available

Conference Session

Creative Ways to Present Basic Materials

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2004 Annual Conference

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Tim Orling; Lisa Christensen; Blair London; Linda Vanasupa; Katherine Chen

“activelearning” style3, and has the students walk around the campus looking for real life examples ofeach materials class. The students thereby discover the Materials World we all live in andrealize the importance of materials in everyday objects.With each example of an engineered object, the most important or key property of the objectmust also be identified. For example, a plastic water bottle is an example of an engineeredpolymer product, and the key property for the liquid container could be low weight, flexibility, ortransparency. Materials selection is thus incorporated into the activity. The students mustdetermine what the key requirement for the application is, and connect the type of material thatsatisfies that requirement. Table

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gouranga Banik

,the course in which the author is involved has three overall aims: • to realize the potential of graduates who have already demonstrated their ability so that they can immediately play an effective role in providing efficient and quick decisions; • to develop a rigorous academic understanding of a range of theories, concepts and methods, and to develop students' ability to apply them to the real world in a creative and practical way; • to equip students with the intellectual and personal skills needed to work on complex issues within organizations, often as part of a team.One of the keys in the above set of aims is the use of the word "immediately". This distinguishesan MS from typical

Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Can Saygin

Session 3263 Paper #1669 A Manufacturing Laboratory for Integrated Hands-on Applications Dr. Can (John) Saygin Engineering Management Department University of Missouri – Rolla Rolla, Missouri 65409 - 0370 E-mail: saygin@umr.edu Phone: + 1 – 573 – 341 – 6358 Fax: + 1 – 573 – 341 – 6567 URL: http

Conference Session

Mathematics in Transition

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anne Spence

lab assignment, and of a variable and a “real world” assessment tool. Computation value.7.0 Process of Fluid Determine information needed or Experimental Problem Mechanics missing to solve equations. Use a observations, use Solving computational spreadsheet to of reference generate velocity vs. pressure; materials, and analyze results. lab assignment

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Richard Zollars

Scheduling individual blocks of time for access to the 3.1 ± 1.2 web-experiment site allowed me adequate time to complete my assignments 4* The simulation was easier to use than was the web- 5.0 ± 0.0 4.0 ± 1.0 experiment site 5* The web-experiment site provided a more real life 2.7 ± 0.9 3.4 ± 1.1 experience than did the simulation 6 Being able to test my tuning strategies on real 2.3 ± 0.6 equipment (web-experiment site) helped me learn practical applications of control systems 7* The graphical interface at the web-experiment site 1.9 ± 0.9 2.8 ± 1.0 was better than that in the simulation 8

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International Case Studies, Interactive Learning, Student Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Harry Koehnemann; Barbara Gannod

“real world” as is possible in an academicenvironment.This paper describes experiences in a “Software Factory” class that is the culminatingexperience for majors in Computing Studies at Arizona State University (ASU) East. Inorder to provide experiences that prepare students for careers as software engineers, webelieve the following aspects of the course are vital: ‚ Students should work on real projects with real customers. ‚ Students should follow real processes to develop and/or maintain software artifacts.Traditional academic software projects, even team projects, often do not provide arealistic software development experience. Typically, their results are not exercised byreal customers, and the resulting code is never enhanced

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TIME 9: Thermal Fluids/Fluid Mechanics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sunil Appanaboyina; Kendrick Aung

orJavaScript code may be referenced and used to implement programmed behavior for the objectsin the VRML world. VRML files contain four main types of components: ‚" VRML header ‚" Prototypes ‚" Shapes, interpolators, sensors and scripts ‚" Routes Page 9.446.4 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition CopyrightÀ 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationIn addition to the above components, a VRML file also contains comments, nodes, fields, andfield values. To present 3D VRML worlds, the browser needs special helper applications calledplug-ins

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TIME 2: Laboratories

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2004 Annual Conference

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Jed Lyons

decided toextend the strain lab into a multi-week project for students to design, construct, instrument,calibrate and use their own load cell. Descriptions of experiments where students designed andconstructed their own load cells were also found in the literature 3, 4, 5. These measured forces inthe range of only several pounds. We considered replicating one of these labs, because if astudent’s load cell failed, little damage would be done to the laboratory. However, we alsowanted to make the consequences of load cell failure more severe so that students would feelsome of the pressure that exists when practicing engineering in the real world. Therefore, wedecided that the student’s load cells must weigh the instructor as he or she sat in a

Conference Session

Applications in Mechanical ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Francis Di Bella

studentto optimize the predicted performance of the catapult which can then be easily checkedwith a prototype.Thus the design and fabrication of a prototype trebuchet becomes essential. Here again isanother benefit of the exercise: the design must be done by the student and may or shouldbe timed to correspond to the student’s classroom instruction of AutoCad or Solid Works.Thus the student uses all of what is being taught in the classroom to solve a “real world”problem and more! By more is meant that the sophomore students in this Dynamics classhave not had formal instruction in experimental instrumentation, Measurements andAnalysis or dimensional analysis techniques such as Buckingham-Pi theorem anddimensionless groups. However, the testing that

Conference Session

Applications in Mechanical ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Francis Di Bella

students are alsoexpected to have a “hands-on” experience with real world problems that are faced byengineering professionals. This paper is a summary of the experience of one facultymentor and his undergraduate colleague to combine both of these requirements into aneffective educational experience for the student and the instructor.The first requirement is that the problem that needs to be solved must not only be a real-world engineering problem but one that has some reasonable likely hood of being solvedin the time allowed. The only other requirement is that the student be a valued member ofthe team; taking on responsibilities that are essential to the project and ones that thefaculty mentor would need to do if assistance were not available…in

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

E. Hirleman

Purdue University is to have20% of the graduating BSME seniors having had a “substantial” international engineeringexperience during their undergraduate years. Since the primary “customers” of any internationalexperience we might design are these Purdue students, the challenge is to design programs thateffectively deal with those issues that are barriers in the minds of the students. Whether thesebarriers are real or perceived is irrelevant, for a program to be successful it must effectivelymitigate each barrier while providing significant perceived advantages for the students. ThePurdue ME student body is about 50% in-state students, with the majority of the out-of-statestudents coming from the surrounding Midwestern states.At the same time

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Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2004 Annual Conference

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James Strueber

methods and materi-als and to develop building uses for currently unused and underutilized materials (such as, butnot limited to, using coal ash to build lightweight insulated building blocks and more effectiveand durable application of the indigenous mud construction) and to design a small energy-efficient house that is acceptable to the intended user. The second phase is to develop and dem- Page 9.1079.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationonstrate the use of transferable skills (small-scale building

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2004 Annual Conference

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Bethany Oberst; Russel Jones

in engineering work and services at home; 5 • the media have made “off-shoring” the crisis du jour, and politicians are embracing it in their campaign rhetoric; 6 • threats of terrorism are world-wide and are cited as a reason for more restrictive US immigration practices which have affected the international student population and the intake of highly-skilled technical personnel; 7 • applications to US universities from international students, long a mainstay of engineering Page 9.559.1 enrollments at both undergraduate and graduate levels, are deteriorating while at the same Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for

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Engineering Education in Muslim Worlds: Introductory Workshop

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2004 Annual Conference

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Sedki Riad; Mostafa Kamel

-and-paper problems rather than being able to tackle real-world problems that they may meet on the job.5. The traditional separation between mechanical engineering and electronics causes students to miss-out on the use of electronic and microprocessor control in mechanical systems.6. The large number of students per class does not allow for interaction between students and faculty members and for proper follow-up of concept understanding, drilling, problem Page 9.548.8 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society

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Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2004 Annual Conference

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O. Geoffrey Egekwu; Prince Anyalebechi

Document 2004-1110 Application of Team Teaching Concepts in an Integr ated Science and Technology Pr ogr am O. Geoffrey Egekwu#, Prince N. Anyalebechi* #College of Integrated Science & Technology James Madison University *Padnos School of Engineering Grand Valley State University Abstr actA unique baccalaureate degree program called Integrated Science and Technology (ISAT)was developed at James Madison University in the