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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

T. N. Jones; P. K. Allen; P. A. McCoog; J. P. Crosby

optimization that is part of the two-stage camera calibration algorithm andis useful in many other applications. The overall transformation for calibration is in Fig. 4. 3D world coordinate (XW, yW, ZW) 1 Step 1 Rigid body transformation from (zW, VW, zW) to (z, y, z) Parameters to be calibrated: Rotation and Translation 1 9D camera coordinate (z, y, z) 1

Conference Session

Innovative and Computer-Assisted Lab Studies

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rafic Bachnak, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Mike Englert, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

in May 2005. He worked on the ROV boat project from Spring 2004 to spring 2005. Page 11.1452.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Wireless Loggers for Real-Time Data Acquisition and Analysis Rafic Bachnak and Mike Englert Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, TX 78412AbstractData acquisition is a very important aspect in the engineering world of today. There isconstantly a need for new data to be logged and analyzed. This paper describes the use ofwireless data loggers in an application where data is transferred

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Mahoney; Brent Young; William Svrcek

this paperwe will outline our real time approach to process control instruction. The methodology is thenillustrated by application to the feedback control of liquid level in a separator. Finally, theresults of student subject evaluations from two years of implementation at the University ofCalgary are presented.I. IntroductionThe classical approach to process control education of chemical engineers1-3 has been to employthe frequency response methods of process control that were originally developed as pen andpaper methods for the modeling of process systems. It has been evident for some time that theway process control is taught to chemical engineers needs to be updated4-6.There is an academic requirement that the fundamentals of process

Conference Session

Experiential Learning in ECE

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Peyton Jones, Villanova University; Connor W. McArthur, Villanova University; Tyler A. Young, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

have the potential to transform the use of robotics or otherembedded applications in education, enabling students to undertake more complex andchallenging problems while focusing on the high-level pedagogical goals rather than low levelissues.In this paper, a new rapid prototyping toolbox, the Villanova University LEGO Real Time target(VU-LRT) is presented. The toolbox enables high-level designs coded in the Matlab/Simulinkenvironment to be automatically cross-compiled for execution on the low-cost but remarkablycapable LEGO MindStorms NXT brick. The paper is organized as follows. Section 2 discussestarget hardware selection, as well as software alternatives, rapid prototyping tools and the choiceof the Simulink design environment for this

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Oscar D. Crisalle; Haniph A. Latchman; Denis Gillet; Christophe Salzmann

load. To overcome this lack of determinism, the real-time control applications need toconstantly adapt to the available channel. A measurement of the network load can be obtained by quantifying the percentage of packetloss. This information is fed back by the client to the server which in turn adapts thetransmission of its various streams of information based on specific requirements, priorities, andspecifications 4. The streams involved in the process are classified into four groups, namely, aparameter stream, a data stream, an administrative stream, and an audio/video (A/V) stream. TheA/V stream takes most of the bandwidth (up to 90 %) and therefore is the one to be adapteddownward at first. To lower the bandwidth needs, the video images

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bradley Bazuin; S. Hossein Mousavinezhad; Ikhlas Abdel-Qader

processing (DSP) course, ECE 455.This has come about in response to industrial demands for students with more real-time, real-world experience, not just theory and computer simulations. In the laboratory, students workdirectly with audio signal sources, TI DSP based evaluation modules and development tools, andwrite software for real-time operations. This approach helps the students to better understand theapplication of the DSP concepts learned. Working with real-time signal processing at theundergraduate level has proven to be a challenge for both students and instructors. This paperdiscusses the real-time DSP laboratory and enumerates the opportunities and challengesassociated with teaching real-time, hands-on signal processing to undergraduate

Conference Session

Frontiers in Engineering Economy

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neal Lewis, University of Bridgeport; Ted Eschenbach, TGE Consulting; Joseph Hartman, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

testit on real world applications to projects. That is our domain as engineering economists andengineering managers.Finance academics tend to view the world from the perspective of calculus and continuousequations. While this may be confining, it is at least consistent. As engineering economists, wedeal with both discrete and continuous problems; this unfortunately can lead to inconsistency.There is no single approach to solving real options problems. This lack of uniformity may beone of the many issues hindering more widespread adoption.Most of the literature discounts future costs using continuous discounting. This is true whendirectly applying the Black-Scholes equation (and related models), and continuous discounting isthe predominant

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nathan Chao

countrieswill be able to gain easy access to world-class material prepared by world-class educators. Page 8.900.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ? 2003, American Society for Engineering Education In science and engineering education, laboratory courses with real hardware and testexperiences are mandated curriculum requirements. A student’s exposure to real hands onapparatus fosters the process of discovery and independent thinking that is the basis of thiscountry’s success as the most innovative nation in the world. However there are still majorobstacles to

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Riffe J. William; Joel K. Berry; Raghu Echempati

metal parts and an ability to understand and interpret the results. This course will use automotive and other real-world industrial applications to extend fundamentals introduced in Manufacturing Processes, Engineering Materials, Solid Mechanics, and CAE to perform virtual simulation of sheet metal parts. Other topics such as rolling, forging and extrusion will also be discussed. Modeling and meshing issues in FEM will also be covered. Deformation behavior of axisymmetric and nonsymmetrical sheet metal parts will be discussed. CAE tools such as I-DEAS, DYNAFORM and Quikstamp will be used to perform the modeling and analysis

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Cameron Wright; Michael Morrow; Thad Welch

, autocorrelation, crosscorrelation, and the Wiener-Khinchintheorem are conveniently reiterated by this method of performing SI. By combining thiswith a real-time demonstration, immediate reinforcement of the how the real world matchesup with seemingly esoteric theory provides a powerful tool for the professor’s “teaching kit.”3 Making Transfer Functions More “Real”In the past, proceeding beyond a Matlab-only simulation to a real-time hardware imple-mentation has been impeded by a very abrupt transition, in terms of both cost and thelearning curve of unfamiliar systems and software. By developing a software and hardwarebridge between Matlab and real-time DSP hardware, we have made it possible to smoothlyand incrementally transition from simulation to

Conference Session

Experiential Learning in ET Programs II

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alamgir A. Choudhury, Western Michigan University; Jorge Rodriguez P.E., Western Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

determined either by previous data or bydefining an estimate. This real-time implemented system will enable the evaluation of energyefficiency of components and systems, depending on the number of active sensors and actuators.References[1] “How regenerative hydraulic circuit works - PART 3.” YouTube, Chinmayacademy, 2November 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KGVBwYEhIA.[2] Cullen, Jonathan M., and Julian M. Allwood. “Theoretical efficiency limits for energyconversion devices.” Energy 35.5 (2010): 2059-2069.[3] Parasiliti, Francesco, and Paolo Bertoldi, eds. Energy efficiency in motor driven systems.Springer Science & Business Media, 2012.[4] Vogelesang, Hans. “Energy consumption in pumps–friction losses.” World Pumps 2008.499(2008): 20-24

Conference Session

Embedded System Design

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zaydoun Rawashdeh, Wayne State University; Syed Masud Mahmud, Wayne State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

seniordesign course so that the students can gain hands-on experience of real-world systems. As aresult, the students can be well prepared before they enter the workforce. In this paper, wepresent an instructional material for CANoe software. The instructional material covers the maincomponents that are needed to build CANoe application in five labs. These labs represent themajor phases in the CANoe application development cycle. Students, after learning this material,can move forward to develop more sophisticated applications on their own. Page 14.1148.3 Figure 1: Simplified control network for average automobile without CAN.Figure 2: Simplified

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 7

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alamgir A. Choudhury, Western Michigan University; Jorge Rodriguez, Western Michigan University; Montasir Mamun Mithu, Western Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

Ridge,TN (2012).[8] Choudhury, Alamgir A., and Jorge Rodriguez. "A Modular System for Energy EfficiencyStudy of Hydraulic Applications." 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. 2016.[9] James, A. Sullivan. “Fluid power theory and applications.” (1998).[10] Hitchcox, Alan. “Hydraulic Fluid Helps Improve System Efficiency.” Hydraulics andPneumatics 62.7 (2009): 14. Web.[11] Wu, Wei, et al. “Investigation of energy efficient hydraulic hybrid propulsion system forautomobiles.” Energy 73 (2014): 497-505.[12] Mikota, Josef. “A novel, compact pulsation compensator to reduce pressure pulsations inhydraulic systems.” World Scientific 45 (2001): 69-78.[13] Rydberg, Karl-Erik. “Hydraulic accumulators as key components in energy efficient

Conference Session

Project/Problem Based Learning (PBL) in Construction Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Eduardo Abril; Miguel Andres Guerra, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ

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Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

construction of a house or a bridge, eventhough it was a 1:100 scale model. They learned the problems they will face once they startworking, like the time it takes for the concrete to set and dry, and how the materials, like wood orcardboard (which some groups used, as it was a scale model), can sometimes stick to the concreteand cause delays in the work. The application of practical projects in classes teaches civil engineering students how todeal with problems they will face in the real world. But there were areas that have to be madequestions to measure and see is the spectrum cand get wider on what other areas are involved andhow they can be tested. The impact of this educational initiative was assessed through qualitativeand quantitative

Conference Session

Implementing the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge into Courses and Curricula

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; John Aidoo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

courses as early as their first quarter on campus: GraphicalCommunications in the fall quarter; Computer Applications and GIS in the winter quarter; andEngineering Surveying I, Engineering Statics, and Introduction to Design in the spring quarter.Three of the four courses are oriented towards civil engineering technology. The fourth course,Introduction to Design, has been developed to provide the students with a real, open-ended, civilengineering design experience in their freshman year. Along with the design experience providedin the course, students also learn skills outside of design, including time management, reportwriting, teamwork, client relations, and ethics. This paper examines how Covey’s The SevenHabits of Highly Effective People

Conference Session

Liberal Education Revisited: Five Historical Perspectives

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith E. Hedges, Drury University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

.   Overall Significance of the StudyCivil engineering education strives for broader exposure to the humanities and social sciences.This course enlisted topics such as Haitian history and political structures which are inside thefoundational knowledge areas of the humanities and social sciences, respectively. This classroomexperience places the students, “In a position to understand the physical world and the behaviorsof its inhabitants.”[25] The student outcomes of scholarly papers, posters, and presentationsillustrate the importance and incorporation of the humanities and social sciences. The courseoutcomes demonstrate the knowledge, comprehension, and application levels of achievement ina manner that is coupled with technical content. In

Conference Session

Project-Based, Inquiry Guided, and High Performance Learning Environments: Effective Approaches

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph J. Biernacki, Tennessee Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

students (about 1/3) thinkthat course/lab related teams are a “simulation,” that is, they are not actually real teams. Forclarity, a “simulation” is a depiction of reality, not reality; the equivalent of play acting orinteracting with a computer game; it’s World of Warcraft *, not really war; if you get killed in asimulation, you don’t really die. If we want students to be prepared to perform well on teamsfrom day-one on the job, we must not permit students to think that course/lab related teams aresimulations or to treat them as such. The following discovery-based team training strategy is anattempt to change this and other ineffective classroom teamwork perceptions

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akbar M. Eslami, Elizabeth City State University; Graham Harrison, EIT, Elizabeth City State University; Mark Vincent Long, Elizabeth City State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

real-world application of this project. The aircrew needs the ability to understand and recognize themechanical properties of the aircraft components in real time. The proposed method will providethe mechanical properties of the part within a single Excel file. This is similar to the informationthat a laptop mounted within the cabin of the aircraft, known as a “tough book,” delivers. Thisinformation is in turn used for critical decisions in any air missions.IntroductionThe use of sensors mounted on critical aircraft components has proved to be a reliable methodfor Structure Health Monitoring (SHM). The main focus of utilizing sensors in SHM is tomaximize the chance of detecting system failure or potential damage with a limited number ofsensors

Conference Session

Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne Whiteman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Brian Mathews, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-29: IS IT REAL OR IS IT MEMOREX: A DISTANCE LEARNINGEXPERIENCEWayne Whiteman, Georgia Institute of Technology WAYNE E. WHITEMAN Wayne E. Whiteman is a Senior Academic Professional and Director of the Office of Student Services in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his BS degree from the United States Military Academy in 1979, a master’s degree from MIT in 1987, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1996. Whiteman is a retired Colonel in the U.S. Army and completed 24 years of active military service. He served on the West Point faculty from 1987 to 1990, and 1998 to 2003.Brian Mathews, Georgia Institute of

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

George York, U.S. Air Force Academy, CO; Cameron Wright, U.S. Air Force Academy, CO; Michael Morrow, U.S. Naval Academy, MD; Thad Welch, U.S. Naval Academy, MD

hardware. The desired progression would be as follows. 1. Study the traditional DSP theory, 2. Use MATLAB with simulated data, 3. Use MATLAB with real-world data, 4. Implement the process (in part or whole) in real-time on the TI DSK hardware 5. Repeat to improve the design or to develop new features.The third step of this process presents a practical problem. While MATLAB now has a verycapable data acquisition (DAQ) toolbox that allows for direct data acquisition and data insertioninto the MATLAB workspace which works with a number of different DAQ hardware boards, itdoes not support programmable DSP systems such as a DSK. Even if the DAQ Toolbox couldsomehow be used with a DSK, you could not avoid the fact that

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

S.A. McClellan; J.W. Goode

constructs, we have implemented a full-featured quantization and prediction platform for real-time acquisition, processing, and reconstructionof speech. We have found that the real-time demonstration of both quantization and prediction in acarefully selected progression is very helpful to undergraduate (as well as graduate) students in graspingthese sometimes difficult concepts. I. INTRODUCTIONDigital communications systems have been used for many years to transmit analogsignals because of inherent advantages that digital encoding presents in comparison toanalog transmission. Some advantages of digital communication include lowsusceptibility to transmission noise, applicability of digital encryption, and

Conference Session

Topics Related to Telecommunications

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Min-Sung Koh, Eastern Washington University; Esteban Rodriguez-Marek, Eastern Washington University; Claudio Talarico, Eastern Washinton University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

signal. For the two-computer model, the computer set fortransmission can have an iPod (or a microphone) connected into its mic input and the headphoneoutput will have the transmitted data. This data should be connected into the mic input of theother computer designated as the receiver. 3. Setup as a ReceiverWhen two PCs are available, the second can be assigned as the receiver and must be connectedto the transmitter through a wired line. A simplified version of the lab is to use a single computerhaving a transmitter and a receiver. However, it is a more proper setup to utilize two PCs as thetransmitter/receiver model mimicking a real-world communication environment. The computerset as a receiver must have the code shown in Figure 2

Conference Session

Works in Progress: Facilitating Student Success and Inclusion

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raja S. Kushalnagar, Rochester Institute of Technology; Gary W. Behm, Rochester Institute of Technology ; Aaron Weir Kelstone; Brian Trager, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mary Rose Weber, Rochester Institute of Technology; Shareef Sayel Ali, Rochester Institute of Technology NTID and VTCSecure's ACE Innovation Lab; Jason Dominick Lee, Rochester Institute of Technology, Center on Access Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #16847 Shareef wrote and designed the RTTD software. He works for VTCSecure and NTID on the FCC’s Accessible Communication for Everyone (ACE) application. ACE is an open source platform that allows video calls and so much more. Shareef is pursuing his BS degree in Computer Science at RIT.Mr. Jason Dominick Lee, Rochester Institute of Technology, Center on Access Technology I am fifth year Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Technology in the College of Applied Science & Technology at RIT. For over two years, I have worked as a hardware engineer under Center on Access Technology (CAT) department. During that period, I have developed first generation Real-Time Tracking Display (RTTD). I currently work on

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ted Sarma; Massood Atashbar; S. Hossein Mousavinezhad

Session 2132 Real Time Engineering Systems Course; Methods for Self- Assessment and Evaluation Ted Sarma, Massood Z. Atashbar, Hossein Mousavinezhad Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, Michigan, 49008AbstractUniversity Computer Engineering programs continue to be a popular draw for students. Still,since they are relatively new, their defining curricula continue to evolve. Traditional courses suchas digital logic, and digital design, microcontrollers, computer interfacing and

Conference Session

Tablets, Mobile and Technology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank V Kowalski, Colorado School of Mines; Susan E. Kowalski, Colorado School of Mines; Tracy Q Gardner, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

thetraditional classroom, for example in a distance-learning environment or for Just-in-TimeTeaching (JiTT), is also discussed.To provide additional context, a brief overview summarizes some of the varied applications andsettings in engineering education in which the use of InkSurvey has been previously explored:increasing learning gains, improving problem-solving skills, and enhancing learning gainsachieved when coupled with computer simulations. Real-time formative assessment collectedwith InkSurvey is blind to gender, personality biases, and other stereotypes, making it aparticularly effective tool in group and cooperative learning environments. This also opens thedoor to additional applications in non-academic settings as well.IntroductionWhen the

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Josette Rice; Thad Welch

gives ample time for presenting new material, such as theoverall data acquisition process, and an in depth discussion and demonstration on detailed analysis ofall types of real world signals, such as those generated from a physiological source.The data acquisition system used in this course is interfaced with MATLAB to facilitate further signalprocessing, analysis, and display of signals. Data acquisition combined with MATLAB is a convenientand powerful signal processing system that has been popular in many undergraduate electricalengineering programs throughout the country, and is ideal for use in an instrumentation course for non-electrical engineering majors.2. Overview of DAQ Oriented Instrumentation Course:The impetus behind developing

Conference Session

Improving Laboratory Education in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary M. Staehle, Rowan University; Tom Merrill, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

materials and activities in achieving the courseobjectives?”, students ranked the project as the most helpful, scoring 4.73/5 in Fall 2011and 4.8/5 in Fall 2012. Specific comments regarding the project included: Page 24.198.5 “Very interesting and good practice for relating concepts learned in class to real world applications.” “The project required a good amount of research and creative thinking.” “Project was very interesting and increased my understanding of the subject.”Future assessment of the specific learning objectives will include pre- and post-testactivities, feedback from focus groups

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Keith E. Hedges

The 2010 Haiti earthquake: Real-time disaster inquiry in the classroom Keith E. Hedges Drury UniversityAbstractCivil engineering education commonly has classroom instructional strategies that includesynchronous engagements between the instructor and the learner, but seldom has synchronousexperiences between the learner and real-time external phenomena. As a consequence, studentlearning has historical sensibilities that may inhibit formulating opinions and conclusions fromlive events. This paper explores a natural disaster as a real-time course inquiry and its semesterlong immersion into the structures classroom at a private liberal arts university. A

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malinda S Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder; Dana E Schnee, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Derek T Reamon, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

, since the students do not select theirsection of FYEP knowing the type of project in which they will participate.Our focus groups reflected the overall quantitative gains in perceived knowledge and skills Page 23.1213.13across treatment conditions. All three focus groups involved discussions on learning, theusefulness of knowledge gained on future experiences, and wishing they had better understoodthe applicability of the projects course at the time. Students who engaged in community ortheoretical client-based projects spoke more often of real-world motivation and practicality,while students within the different conditions preferred the type

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Jordan Sheen, Brigham Young University; Dale C. Rowe Ph.D., Brigham Young University; Richard G. Helps, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

/ICS topics.Current CurriculumCurrent curriculum in higher education seems to indirectly address critical infrastructure securityconcepts. Engineering disciplines discuss buffer overflows, information systems programsdiscuss the business impact of security issues, and IT programs cover cyber security challengesin systems. There are a few reasons why direct exposure to SCADA security topics has beenlimited.One of the reasons deals with integrating effective examples into coursework. In 2009,researchers from Ege University in Turkey discussed the problems in introducing students toSCADA systems, and noted that SCADA equipment can be difficult to use for students, partlybecause it is difficult to replicate real-world environments in a lab. They