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Computed Simulation and Animation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Nestor

Session 2220 Animation of VLSI CAD Algorithms – A Case Study John A. Nestor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Lafayette CollegeAbstractThe design of modern VLSI chips requires the extensive use of Computer-Aided Design(CAD) tools. Undergraduate VLSI Design courses typically teach the use of these toolsto create designs, but provide little or no information about how the tools work, whichmakes it difficult to use them effectively. The goal of the CADAPPLETS project is toprovide a set of Java animations which will aid students in visualizing the

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Hoffbeck

different solutions insoftware. An example of this method is presented where a caller identification signal is capturedfrom the telephone system, and is demodulated using the numeric computation packageMATLAB.IntroductionIt is often necessary to rely on simulations of complex systems in order to demonstrate theirbehavior to a class since access to real systems can be limited due to cost, space, and timeconstraints. While simulations are sometimes the only practical approach, they can be too farremoved from real systems to be convincing to the students or to really capture the imaginationof the students. Furthermore, simulations often produce results that are too good in that theyoften do not include the imperfections associated with real systems

Conference Session

Using Animation and Simulation in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Stephen Kuyath

Session Number: 3449 How Computer Animations Make Teaching Complex Topics More Effective And More Efficient Stephen J. Kuyath UNC-Charlotte Department of Engineering TechnologyAbstract:Complex or abstract topics are sometimes very difficult for students to understand. Many ofthese topics can be taught in a more efficient and effective manner. Computer animations, bothuser-controlled and free running, with audio or textual clarification, appeal to a number oflearning styles that will help students master the subject. The methods used grew from teachingan introductory

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Tony Wong; Pascal Bigras

, the mechanical part also possessesnonlinear characteristics such as finite piston length, static and dynamic frictions. All thesenonlinear characteristics and phenomena contribute to the overall complexity of most simplefluid systems.5. Software tool designAs shown in section 4, fluid systems are highly nonlinear. In fluid systems no single law existswhich describes the resistance of passages to flow. And simple explanatory models are difficultto obtain due to the analytical complexity involved. Numerical simulations provide a mean tobypass these analytical difficulties. Simulation packages such as NASA’s FAST10 for transientfluid flow studies and Boeing’s EASY511 for general computational fluid dynamic analysis aresuitable for large-scale

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Said Oucheriah; Abul Azad

interactions with actuators andpayload 8, 9. Such a model can be constructed using partial differential equations (PDEs). The Page 7.415.1finite element (FE) method has also been utilised to describe the flexible behaviour of “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”manipulators. The computational complexity and consequent software coding involved in theFE method is a major disadvantage of this technique 10. An alternative solution is to utilize afinite difference (FD) method for simulating the system

Conference Session

Using Animation and Simulation in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Daniel Chen

include displacement, velocity, and acceleration can be easilyobtained. With such a powerful tool, students can enhance their problem solving skills andunderstand the concepts of mechanism design better along the way.The course of Advanced Computer-Aided Design offered at Central Michigan Universityemploys such a design tool called SDRC/I-DEAS. Although this software is sophisticated interms of capabilities, it is not difficult to learn due to its visual feedback at every step. This iscrucial for students in engineering technology who learn best when they can see things and workwith them. The capability of animation provided by the software stimulates great interests fromstudents. This article discusses how the animation is used to help students

Conference Session

Using Animation and Simulation in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Gregory Smith; Adam Siurek; Jamie Workman

andimportant information about the laboratory procedures to the students in a manner that couldreduce or eliminate the current obstacles. Upon examining the issues, it seemed that the bestway to address all the difficulties would require visual, audio, and textual components. This iswhere the Computer Graphics Technology faculty and students come into play.CGT 415/416The Computer Graphics Technology degree program encompasses many areas from sketchingand AutoCAD to digital animation and multimedia production. The students have their choice ofthree tracks within the degree program, each having a different focus: Manufacturing GraphicsCommunications, Interactive Multimedia Developer, or Technical Animation and SpatialGraphics.The programs are

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research and New Directions

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2002 Annual Conference

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Daphne Chang

of the 1998 Annual ASEE Conference, Jun 28-Jul 1, 1998, Seattle, WA, USA.[6] Tilbury, D., Messner, W., “Controls education on the WWW: Using MATLAB for controldesign, simulation and visualization,” Proceedings of the 1998 ASME International MechanicalEngineering Congress and Exposition, Nov 15-20 1998, Anaheim, CA, USA, pp. 65-70.[7] Villareal, S., Wynn, C., Eastwood, D., Zoghi, B., “Design, development and evolution of Web-based materials featuring computer-animated simulations,”Proceedings of the 1998 28th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE. Part 2 (of 3), Nov 4-7 1998, Tempe, AZ, USA, pp. 588-593.[8] Lim, C. I, Metzger, R.P. Jr., Rodriguez, A. A., “Interactive Modeling, Simulation, Animationand Real-Time Control (MoSART) twin

Conference Session

Using Animation and Simulation in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jay Porter; James Ochoa

personal computer at the laboratory bench, students can dynamically model andsimulate circuits during lab time. Once the simulation is complete, a virtual instrumentation tool can be Page 7.816.2 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationused to access the simulation data. The tool can use this data to determine simulation parameters.These include information such as total simulation time and time step for a transient analysis, frequencyrange and step size for an AC analysis, functional data for a

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ranjith Perera; Ali Akber

-axis and reactive power in Y-axis. Safe operating area is animated and if the operatingpoint moves out of safe operating area alarms are activated. Figure 6: Vector meter animationAlarms are set to indicate over speed, over voltage and overload conditions. When alarm isactivated a red band will light up in the main window. Whole program would shut down (tripoff) in major faults including speed exceeds 3300 rpm or if field CB is opened with generatorCB is closed or main CB is opened. This simulates tripping off of the power station in majorfaults.5.7 Three phase voltage waveform DisplayThis is not a component of power station. It is added as an educational feature to demonstrate

Conference Session

New Programs and Textbooks in BME

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2002 Annual Conference

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Rakie Cham; Brian Moyer

palettes • Zoom in/out tools and shortcuts • View tools and shortcuts The hands-on tutorials for this session were • Menus available by right-clicking simple exercises involving a pendulum (shown • Simulation and animation above) and a mass-spring-damper (shown • Measures below) as well as centrifuge motion in a revolute • Post-processor joint. • Motion generators • ADAMS simplified hierarchy • Command and database windows How to get online help Saving an ADAMS model Resources available on the Web

Conference Session

Modeling in Materials Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Michael Falk

Physics. The curriculum for this class covers the modeling ofmolecular interactions, minimization techniques, Monte Carlo calculations and moleculardynamics simulation. The primary challenge of this class has been to teach an understanding ofthese methods to students with diverse backgrounds in computer programming, mechanics andstatistical physics. In order to meet this challenge the class reviews fundamental concepts in eachof these subject areas. Computer programming assignments play a key role in developing studentunderstanding, but programming assignments can easily overwhelm students unfamiliar withprogramming. Object oriented programming techniques using C++ mitigate the complicationsinvolved in programming assignments. Providing sample

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher Carroll

user eit her through a tiny“soft” keyboard on the display or through software handwriting recognition from thestylus, neither of which allows for the full speed entry of information to which acomputer user is accustomed on a standard keyboard. Thus, both the display, or output ofinformation, and the entry, or input of information using the iPAQ is very limited, andinteraction with Internet resources meant to be used with standard computer hardware isvery frustrating.The plus side of this type of application, of course, is that access IS possible, and Internetresources ARE available, if you are within range of a wireless hub and if you can toleratethe limited I/O capabilities of the iPAQ device. In some applications, this capability is allthat

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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M. P. Sharma; Edward Anderson; Roman Taraban

and Carr [6] have concluded that students learn 20% of the material taughtby hearing, 40% by seeing and hearing, and 75% by seeing, hearing, and doing. Highlyinteractive, well-designed computer-based-instruction (CBI) modules then offer the possibility ofachieving the 75% goal. Renshaw, et al. [7] state “students unanimously preferred modules thatincorporated animations and interactive design tools.” Others [2-5,7,8] have reported similarfindings in several engineering fields and topics. Since it seems that students prefer interactivemultimedia modules and retain more material presented in this way, the goal of any CBI moduleshould be to use interactive engaging material rather than static material.The challenge is then one of developing

Conference Session

Programming and DSP Potpourri

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Mayne

surfaces by depth buffering is very Page 7.37.7 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationclear. With this capability it is reasonably easy to produce quality graphics and animations. Thedriving simulator of Figure 10 is an example discussed in class and which students can modifyfor their own projects. The number on the car hood in Figure 10 is an example of a studentmodification where the texture mapping necessary to place the number on the hood wasintroduced as part of a final project for the course

Conference Session

Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps I

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2002 Annual Conference

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Krishna Krishnan; Janet Twomey; Vis Madhavan; Don Malzahn; Lawrence Whitman

al.11 discuss the use of virtual reality to present the results of simulations as a “super”graphical animation that will lead to an expanded role of simulation in decision-making and 12communication. Lefort and Kesavadas have developed a fully immersive virtual factory testbedfor designers to test issues such as plant layout, clusters and part flow analysis. Many 13-16researchers have discussed the use of large-scale simulations for studying the virtual behaviorof factories. Virtual factories have also been used for simulation-based control of real factories17, 18for studying the interaction between business decisions

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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2002 Annual Conference

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Saleh Sbenaty

throughout the SEATEC grant, some of which are:1. Training in Case-Based Instruction: The participating faculty had to go through rigorous training and professional development that included workshops and seminars in case study development and implementation; computer based training, team building, active collaborative education, and leadership training; applying multimedia in the classroom; numerous industry site visits and faculty internship in industry; and in applying and field- Page 7.354.2 testing case studies in technology programs. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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David Barker

board for communicating with peers and teaching assistants. The online gradebook is used by course directors, instructors, and students. There are online lecture notes.CyberProf uses Perl and Java to develop animations, images, graphs, and equations as well asprose text. It uses an HTML Editor to create CyberProf problems. Two hints per exercise areprovided in the form of simple prose text or a series of further questions. CyberProf evaluatesstrengths and weaknesses of students' knowledge and skills which permits students to direct theirown learning. It uses special 'grading packages' for chemistry and computer science. Cyberprofwas developed at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), and has be used inPhysics, Chemistry, Biology

Conference Session

ECE Education and Engineering Mathematics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruno Osorno

conveyto our students in the area of energy conversion. These fields are transformed into phasors (vectors) thatrotate in space around the stator of an electrical machine. The mathematical proof of such rotation willbe shown and a MATLAB simulation describing these vectors will be given. Classic textbooks approachthis concept mathematically and usually the students are left to imagine the space vector rotation. This isno longer the case, now we can simulate and SEE in our desktop computers, using MatlabT M, rotatingphasors.Polyphase AnalysisThree phase induction machines are the work- horse of industry, and these machines have a “rotatingmagnetic field”. We will give a brief physical description; consider a sequence a-b-c and a

Conference Session

Balancing Personal and Professional Life

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2002 Annual Conference

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Vladimir Goncharoff; Patrick Troy; John Bell; Dale Reed; Cathleen Theys; Ann Ford; Susan Montgomery

some individuals it offers distinctadvantages that make it preferable to the traditional tenure-track approach. In the followingsections a number of different lecturers explain how they came to the lecturer position, whatadvantages ( and disadvantages ) it holds for them, and any other opinions or insights they wishto share regarding the lecturer position.John T. BellI pursued a graduate education not from a desire to conduct research or to teach, but rather toimprove my programming skills and to specialize in the area of computer simulation andmodeling. When I graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a Ph.D. in ChemicalEngineering and an MS in Computer Science, my intention was to work in the chemicalprocessing industry as a simulation

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education for Engineers

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2002 Annual Conference

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Ofodike Ezekoye; John Doggett; J. Nolen; John Butler; Steven Nichols

. Deliver homework problems and solutions to support developer’s electronic lectures. 4. Complete voice recording accompanying lectures (FIC interaction required). 5. Deliver a storyboard (plan) with notes on augmenting the base lecture electronic files with pictures, graphs, animations and video. 6. Deliver final electronic form of lecture series compatible with voice and graphical resources.Simulation 7. Deliver layout for simulation (scenarios, decisions, evaluation of decision) 8. Deliver scripts for dialogue in scenarios. 9. Complete voice recordings accompanying simulation. 10. Deliver electronic files for scenarios (case information, data, etc.). 11. Deliver decision possibilities/branches in electronic format

Conference Session

ECE Education and Engineering Mathematics

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2002 Annual Conference

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Bruno Osorno

2002-575 APPLICATION OF VECTOR ANALYSIS IN ELECTRIC ENERGY CONVERSION USING MATLAB TM Bruno Osorno Department of Electrical And Computer Engineering California State University Northridge 18111 Nordhoff St Northridge CA 91330-8436 Email:Bruno@ecs.csun.eduAbstractIn electrical engineering, specifically in Electric Power Systems, complex numbers are

Conference Session

New/Emerging Technologies

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

R. Radharamanan

andrealization.Existing Tools: Some of the existing design and production engineering tools that can beeffectively incorporated for realizing VM are 9: · Design Tools - Computer Aided Engineering (CAE), 3-Dimensional Computer Aided Design (CAD) Models, and Design for Manufacturability & Assembly (DFMA). · Production Tools - Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM), Advanced Modeling and Simulation, Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS), Integrated Product/Process Development (IPPD), Just in Time (JIT), Materials Requirement Planning (MRP), Manufacturing Resources Planning (MRP II), Kanban, Virtual Reality, Visualization/ Animation Tools, Hybrid System Theory, Complexity Theory, Distributed Computing, and Self

Conference Session

Assessment Issues

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2002 Annual Conference

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Steve Watkins; Richard Hall; Nancy Hubing; David Oglesby; Vikas Yellamraju; Ralph Flori; Timothy Philpot

would get it right. o (no feedback/experiment 2): The tutorial makes it easier for me to pick stuff up once it is gone over in class… o (no feedback/experiment 2): The tutorials could be used as an introduction and then as a reference tool.6. The navigation was straight forward and easy to use, with the exception that there should have been more detailed control of animations, especially the text portions in experiment 2 (Mohr’s Circle). o (feedback/experiment 1): It was very easy to navigate and find my way around it. o (feedback/experiment 1): The automatic indicators that show up one after the other should be controlled by the user (one by one). o (no feedback/experiment 1): The only drawback I

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

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Mary Boyce; Jung-Wuk Hong; Jaspal Sandhu; Eberhard Bamberg

Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationReferences1 Mechanical Engineering I-Campus, MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering. Jan. 2002, http:// icampus1.mit.edu.2 Sandhu, Jaspal, Eberhard Bamberg, and Mary C. Boyce, Development of Interactive Web-Based Modules in Redesigning an Introductory Solid Mechanics Course, Proceedings from 2001 International Conference on Technology in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.3 Laurillard, D., Learning Through Collaborative Computer Simulations, British Journal of Educational Technol- ogy, Vol. 23, No. 3, 1992, pp. 164-171.4 Center for Applied Research in Digital Government Information Systems

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ET International Collaborations

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jean-Yves Hascoet; Benoit Furet; Marek Balazinski

fact that it is impossible to separate the different phenomena that mustbe demonstrated and understood. The limitations of these teaching methods can be overcomethrough use of computer animations and simulations, which allow the processes of interest to beisolated and presented individually.A number of computer simulations and animations have been realized and applied to explaintypical manufacturing problems during the Advanced Manufacturing course given in ouruniversities. The slides shown during this course (those already containing short movies) havebeen enhanced with animations and simulations. Similar animation and simulation tools are usedin Design courses.It is important that students in Mechanical Engineering work in real industrial

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mileta Tomovic; William Szaroletta; Bruce Harding

mount used as the final design stage in a PD&S project. After completion of the models, calculating fits, specifying standard parts, resolving a series of engineering change orders, and generating complete engineering drawings, students must animate the parts to simulate the assembly and operation process. Page 7.1055.2 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education A tooling fixture developed from the stock ASTM structural materials. Students must design the

Conference Session

Web Based Laboratories and Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kamal Bichara; Raj Chowdhury

components: 1. Support modules for both the theory and lab components in a multimedia environment using computer animation, graphic illustrations and human speech. 2. A laboratory component that utilizes a Motorola MC68HC11 micro -controller based CME11E9-EVBU development board. 3. A digital prototyping system designed by the author to provide all needed bias levels, hardware and input/output timing clock signals required for interface/prototyping and design of external circuits 4. Software simulation and development tools. 5. A complete web-based course offering easy access to course calendar, chat sessions, on-line quizzes, midterm exams and bulletin board using the WebCT

Conference Session

Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mandeep Thukral; Kurt Gramoll

and interesting teaching methods are being developed andimplemented almost monthly due to the versatility of the Internet. In particular, the Internetallows convenient collaboration between students [1] for both engineering education and design[2]. Computers and electronic media can also be used to supplement traditional methods ofinstruction, such as lectures and textbooks, with simulations, animations and even on-demandvideo [3]. It would be hard to say that these new media types and networks are not useful in Page 7.1308.1teaching engineering education or for technical training. However, to use the Internet or Proceedings of the

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Projects to promote eng.; teamwork,K-12

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Henning

questions to include pointers to someuseful websites. In some cases (as for a question about roller coasters, with a suggestion to lookat some animated simulations) the suggested website has been considered more interesting by thestudents than the question itself. Looking for some help for the students, we actually found manyresources useful for the teachers, for the students and for us.The final step for the Question of the week site is the design of an associate portal where theteachers can use the resources of the Question of the week when the actual project will be over.Considering that the site started from zero without any experience from us in education, I hopethe most important success of this project will be the fact that it will be used