Conference Session

Design in Manufacturing

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Tomasi, Alfred State College; Margaret Weeks

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Engineering Technology

design challenge solutions.The informed design process provides an excellent opportunity for students to develop timemanagement skills, conduct brainstorming sessions, and foster small group team baseddynamics. These skills are required not only of future engineering technologists, but of anyoneseeking employment in an ever-changing global community.IntroductionDesign has long been a central theme in engineering and engineering technology curricula.When asked, "what do engineers do?" the typical response is "they solve problems." In thatcontext, design plays a huge role. In recent years, ABET has emphasized the importance ofdesign1; and the engineering education community has risen to the challenge of finding creativeways to incorporate design

Conference Session

Materials Science and Engineering of 2020

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barry Dupen, Indiana University Purdue University-Fort Wayne (ET)

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Materials

45 seconds, and is independent of the university’s networksoftware. The third issue was more time-consuming: creating better handouts. As the second yearprogressed, several shortcomings of the 6-slides-to-a-page format became obvious: 1. Line thicknesses appropriate for a projection screen are too thick on a printed page, so graphs and engineering diagrams look like cartoons. These lines should be thinner, because 600 or 1200 dpi laser printing shows detail not visible with the current generation of low resolution projectors, and a reader can adjust the position of the page relative to the eye more easily than an audience member can move closer to a screen in a crowded lecture hall. Slides are designed to be

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Cornucopia #2

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Teresa Lee Tinnell, University of Louisville; Nora Honken, University of Cincinnati; Patricia A. Ralston, University of Louisville

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First-Year Programs

undergraduate engineering mathematics and is currently involved in educational research on the effective use of technology in engineering education, the incorpo- ration of critical thinking in undergraduate engineering education, and retention of engineering students. She leads a research group whose goal is to foster active interdisciplinary research which investigates learning and motivation and whose findings will inform the development of evidence-based interventions to promote retention and student success in engineering. Her fields of technical expertise include process modeling, simulation, and process control. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020ACT/SAT Preparation and

Conference Session

Teaching Topics in Aircraft Manufacturing

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Sterkenburg, Purdue University; Sergey Dubikovsky, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

airfoil. The CATIA V5 part design workbench is used to model thewing rib form blocks, and the sheet metal design workbench is used to model the formed wingrib. A complete set of engineering drawings is generated to manufacture the parts. The flatpattern layout of the wing rib is cut with a CNC mill, and the wing rib is formed by using formblocks, and a press brake. The authors have noticed that students quickly lose the knowledgeacquired during the introductory CGT course, if they don’t use it. By introducing newcoursework that builds on existing knowledge, they hope to improve the student’s knowledge ofdesign software and CNC machining. The students are introduced to a complete manufacturingcycle from conceptual design to the actual manufacture

Conference Session

ChE: Innovation in the Laboratory

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Lefebvre, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

settling behavior.In-Class ExerciseThis exercise was implemented in a second-semester course on separation processes, taken byjuniors during the spring semester. Since constructivism relies on cognitive conflict orpuzzlement as the stimulus for learning, efforts were made to illustrate the appeal, relevance, andutility of the technical material before beginning the exercise.Supporters believe that posing problems of emerging relevance is a guiding principle ofconstructivist pedagogy, and that this relevance can emerge through teacher mediation. Todevelop relevance, teachers should begin with a good problem. Greenberg identified fourelements of a good problem.9 1. It demands that students make a testable prediction (preferably testable by the

Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

2006-1324: DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE INDUSTRIAL CONTROLSCOURSE IN A MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING PROGRAMArif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University Arif Sirinterlikci is currently an Associate Professor of Manufacturing Engineering at Robert Morris University. He has also served on the faculty of Texas Tech and Ohio Northern Universities. He holds BS and MS degrees, both in Mechanical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University in Turkey, and a Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the Ohio State University. His interests lie in various fields of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering

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Faculty Involvement in International Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yuko Hoshino, Nihon University; Wayne Sanders, Rose Hulman Institute Of Technology

Tagged Divisions

International

suitable engineering courses for Japanese students that aretaught entirely in English by American engineering professors. A mixed teaching team has beenformed between Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in the US and Kanazawa Institute ofTechnology in Japan. It consists of Japanese engineering professors, Japanese foreign languageand culture professors, and American engineering professors. In order to meet students’ needsand to fit into the Kanazawa Institute of Technology’s curriculum, the teaching team decided tooffer two courses – one engineering content course and one technical writing course. The formeris primarily for graduate students and the latter mainly for undergraduate students. Both courseshave received positive feedback from the

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Yeu-Sheng Shiue

. Aftertesting, the device is then delivered to the community/industry sponsor for them to use. Thestudents’ names are also engraved on the device.Project SelectionIn order to make Kinematics more interesting to students, industry or community-related projectsare considered. Projects are solicited from local companies before the semester starts. Theselection criteria listed below is used to determine a suitable semester project. (1) Required Technical Background Since Kinematics is taken in the first semester of the junior year at Christian Brothers University, students have already taken basic Dynamics and Mechanics of Materials. The project selected should focus on kinematics analysis and mechanisms design. Involvement

Conference Session

Internet Programming and Applications

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Glotzbach; Carlos Morales

Session 2198 Web-Enabling Software for Real-Time Online Automated Services Ronald J. Glotzbach, Carlos Morales Purdue UniversityAbstractThe Web has seen its share of trends come and go, but now it is evolving into a centrally locatedcollaboration tool for all professions. The focus is shifting to harnessing the Web’s usefulness togain a competitive advantage in the marketplace. This paper assesses the purposes, usefulness,advantages, and disadvantages of web-enabling desktop application-based software packages.Web-enabling software packages allows users from around the world

Conference Session

Spatial Visualization

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yaomin Dong, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

existingEngineering Graphics course have been made as lessons learned.1. IntroductionAs part of the professional development portion of the NSF – ENGAGE grant, the KetteringUniversity ENGAGE team attended the ENGAGE conference in February 2010. A Plan ofAttack in spatial visualization was developed. It includes five phases starting from Springsemester 2010. Currently at Kettering University, “Technical Graphical Communications(MECH-100)” is a core course for Mechanical Engineering (ME) students at freshman level. It isan elective course for students in other programs such as Industrial and ManufacturingEngineering (IME), Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECS), etc.According to the studies by Sorby [1, 2], well-developed spatial skills have been shown to

Conference Session

Outreach Activities and Introductory Materials Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amber L. Genau, University of Alabama, Birmingham

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Materials

barbeque on the final day) were ordered in and received apositive review from students. Snack breaks for were helpful for getting students through longermorning and afternoon sessions, and included juice, soda, pretzels and/or cookies, as well as oneafternoon outdoor break with popsicles. After the camp ended, thank you notes which had beensigned by the students and included a group photo of all the students in their camp t-shirts weremailed to sponsors and industry volunteers.In 2011, the MSE department covered all direct expenditures for Materials Camp, which came toabout $2400, as outlined in Table 1. The costs were kept down because of the time andresources donated to the program from within the department, particularly the compositesresearch

Conference Session

Instrumentation in the Classroom

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Mueller

Session 1359 The Inverted Pendulum Problem as a Senior Design Project Robert Lynn Mueller The Pennsylvania State University New Kensington CampusAbstractThe 4-year baccalaureate degree in Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology at Penn StateNew Kensington requires a project design course in the senior year. It is a capstone course thatallows the students to apply the engineering principles encompassed in the courses that lead upto and include the senior year. A recent project was the so-called inverted pendulum problem. Itconsists of wheeled

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ryan Kowalski; Paul Santi

Session Number Using an Assessment Test to Identify Important Aspects of Education Paul M. Santi, Ryan J. Kowalski Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401Introduction Quite often, in addition to teaching technical skills, we must teach some abstract andintangible skills. In the field of geological engineering, one of these skills is the ability to usegeologic information to design optimal subsurface investigations of sites for foundations,chemical contamination, or geologic hazards. In order to teach this skill, a computer

Conference Session

Partnerships in IE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jon Marvel

Session 3657 Production Operations Models: Development of a First Experience Graduate Course in Manufacturing Operations Jon H. Marvel Grand Valley State UniversityAbstractThe Master of Science degree in Engineering at Grand Valley State University offers an emphasisin Manufacturing Operations. As part of the Manufacturing Operations emphasis, students arerequired to take a sequence of courses in areas such as Production Operations Models, MaterialHandling and Plant Layout, Manufacturing Simulation, and Manufacturing Work Environments.The design of

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Avanzato

Session 2620 Controlling a Mobile Robot with a Personal Digital Assistant Robert L. Avanzato Penn State AbingtonAbstractPenn State Abington has been exploring the application of personal digital assistant(PDA) technology to the control of autonomous mobile robots. The PDA is aninexpensive, handheld computer that supports a wide range of mobile softwareapplications, and features serial and infrared communication capabilities. Undergraduatestudents have participated in an applied research effort to develop PDA-controlledautonomous robots for several robot design competitions. One of the innovative

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Newcomer

Fluid Power course at WWU covers both an introduction to fluid mechanics and anintroduction to hydraulics and pneumatics. The course includes a team-based design project, ahy- Page 6.379.2 “Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education”draulics research paper, and laboratory exercises, as well as traditional homework and tests thatare found in most technical courses. The course meets numerous student learning objectives,which are summarized in Table 1.Table 1: Fluid Power Course Learning Objectives

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Rosemary L. Parker; Arthur Johnson

Session 2470 The Effects of Technology on Diversity or When is Diversity Not Diversity? Arthur T. Johnson, Rosemary L. Parker University of MarylandThe University of Maryland campus community is proud of its diverse student body. It is acampus where diversity is celebrated and nurtured, even defended before the U. S. SupremeCourt. The University has invested heavily in building and maintaining a student bodyconsisting of 12% African Americans, 13% Asian Americans, 5% Hispanic, and 4% ofinternational origin.The mission of the University

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2001 Annual Conference

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John Williams

Session 2793 Emphasizing Student Development in the Introduction to Engineering Sequence John Williams Mechanical Engineering Division Alfred University Alfred, NY 14802AbstractEngineering education is facing several new challenges with entering engineering freshmen. Theprocess of education is evolving and issues are arising in terms of changing learning styles, skilllevels upon entering, level of commitment to the study of engineering, and a lack of

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Marquard; Bruce R. Dewey; Sally Steadman; Raymond Jacquot

the laboratory to give hands-on work done in the cooperative learning setting.The work reported here is the initial efforts toward implementation of those concepts.1. IntroductionIn addition to the usual calculus, chemistry, and English, first-year engineering studentstraditionally take an engineering course that focuses on technical subjects. For most of the lastcentury, this first-year engineering course involved graphics, descriptive geometry and slide ruleoperation. Over the last two or three decades, graphics courses have largely been replaced by anoffering that involves computing; however, there is no standard course content.Goals for a first engineering course have been the subject of much discourse. Common themesfor a first year

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Jagannathan Sankar; Devdas M. Pai

participate in the exploration of advanced materials.Materials Content of the Mechanical Engineering CurriculumThe curriculum aims to cover all 1four corners of the materialstetrahedron shown in Figure 1. Itis supported by a sophomore levelbasic materials science course, a 2junior level manufacturing 3 4processes course, two laboratory Figure 1classes and is capped with a senior Materials Tetrahedron1level course in materialsengineering. In addition, there are 1. Advanced Processingsome technical elective courses in 2

Conference Session

Innovative Lab and Hands-on Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Szaroletta

Session 2168 Enhancing Combined Stress Laboratory Learning Opportunities William K. Szaroletta Purdue University, West Lafayette, IndianaAbstract:Combined stress theory coupled with laboratory practice has improved student comprehension inboth a sophomore-level mechanics of materials and an upper-level experimental mechanics course.The Combined Stress lecture has traditionally developed the theory from free body diagramthrough beam deflection, with related homework problems providing analytical practice. Similarly,the Combined Stress laboratory has traditionally provided students

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

William Mueller; Philip Pritchard

Session #1520 Teaching Engineering Problem Solving with Mathcad and the Web William Mueller, Philip J. Pritchard Mathsoft, Inc. / Manhattan CollegeAbstractStudents often have difficulty understanding basic engineering procedures because of the gulf ofmathematical analysis that lies between the definition of a problem and the implementation of itssolution. We describe a new Web-based introduction to engineering problem solving intended toaddress this difficulty. Using Mathcad as a computational engine, analytic details in the courseare

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruce Segee; Michael D. Amos

Session 2259 Micro-controller based Heater Control for Gas Sensors Michael Amos, Dr. Bruce Segee University of Maine Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Instrumentation Research LaboratoryAbstractSemiconductor Metal Oxide (SMO) Gas Sensors have emerged as a dominant sensor technologyin recent years. These sensors are now able to detect compounds ranging from greenhousegasses to chemical weapon agents. The behavior of the sensor is temperature dependent and thesensor typically operates at elevated temperature (200 °C to 600 °C). Laboratory

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Pedro Febles Cortez; John Dahlstrom; Chris Mattus; Aleksander Malinowski; Gary Dempsey

Session 3232 Web-based Remote Active Presence Aleksander Malinowski, John Dahlstrom, Pedro Febles Cortez, Gary Dempsey, Chris Mattus Bradley University, Peoria, ILAbstractThis paper describes the work-in-progress of a client-server system to control a moving robotover the World Wide Web. The robot is representing the person that controls it in the remoteenvironment. Visual and acoustic information about the remote site is transmitted to the user whois capable of controlling the movement of the machine. The robot platform is interfaced to thecomputer

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Enno Koehn

Session 1421 Assessment of ASCE/AISC Student Projects Enno “Ed” Koehn Lamar UniversityAbstractThe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) has adopted a revised set ofcriteria for accrediting engineering programs. Nevertheless, as in the past, civil (construction)engineering departments will be required to demonstrate proficiency in specific subject areaswhich are included in the ABET program criteria.This paper investigates, according to civil engineering and construction related students, the levelat which the understanding of

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Enno Koehn

Session 1615 Assessment of Student Work Experiences in Civil Engineering Enno “Ed” Koehn Lamar UniversityAbstractThe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) has adopted a revised set ofcriteria for accrediting engineering programs. Nevertheless, as in the past, civil (construction)engineering departments will be required to demonstrate proficiency in specific subject areaswhich are included in the ABET program criteria.This paper investigates, according to civil engineering and construction related students, the levelat which their

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

John S. Schmalzel; Ralph A. Dusseau; Kauser Jahan

Session 3615 Introducing Civil Engineering Measurements through Bridges Kauser Jahan, Ralph A. Dusseau and John S. Schmalzel Rowan UniversityABSTRACTFreshman engineering students at Rowan University are introduced to engineering measurementsthrough a series of hands-on laboratories emphasizing teamwork, computer utilization, oral andwritten communication skills and professional ethics. The major focus of the freshman clinicclass for a full semester is engineering measurements and design. Problems are drawn from thefour disciplines to introduce students to laboratory and field measurements

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Amin Karim; Ahmed Khan

Session 3548 Development of a Wireless Communications Course for Electronics Engineering Technology (EET) Curriculum Ahmed S. Khan DeVry Institute of Technology 1221 N. Swift Road Addison, IL 60101 E-mail: khan@dpg.devry.edu Amin Karim DeVry Institute of Technology One Tower Lane Oakbrook Terrace

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1997 Annual Conference

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Thomas W. Graver; Leon F. McGinnis; David W. Rosen

Session 1463 Engaging Industry in Lab-Based Manufacturing Education: RPM at Georgia Tech Thomas W. Graver, Leon F. McGinnis, David W. Rosen Georgia Institute of TechnologyAbstractLeading edge manufacturing technologies present major challenges in education, both for degreestudents and for continuing education. Creating and maintaining the necessary instructionalfacilities can easily overwhelm typical university budgets. At Georgia Tech, a uniqueuniversity/industry partnership has been formed to create and sustain a laboratory for RapidPrototyping and Manufacturing (RPM

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark J. Sebern

Session 1532 Evolving an Undergraduate Software Engineering Course Mark J. Sebern Milwaukee School of EngineeringAbstractMany undergraduate software engineering courses combine team projects with discussion ofdevelopment cycle concepts. It can be difficult to connect these elements in a coherent way, especiallywhen the lecture is a broad survey and the project is sharply focused on meeting the needs of a client.This paper describes the evolution of a senior software engineering project course that incorporatesiterative development of a classroom example and an object-oriented