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Real-World Applications

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Dhirendra Bhattarai; Christopher Ibeh

Session 1649 AIMSeT: Advanced Innovative Materials Selection Techniques Christopher C. Ibeh, Dhirendra Bhattarai Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS 66762AbstractBasic materials selection techniques typically yield more than one to several suitablematerials for a given product, part or application based on pre-specified propertyrequirements and processing method(s). Some of the advanced innovative materialsselection techniques recognize that the pre-specified properties do not have the samelevel of importance in a given design or application. These innovative techniques such asthe digital logic approach

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Real-World Applications

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jerome Tapper; Walter Buchanan

Session 1649 Engineering Technology Students Gain Insight into Real-World Engineering Problem Solving by Providing Solutions to Industry Provided Senior Design Projects in Industrial Control Systems Jerome Tapper, Walter W. Buchanan Northeastern University, Boston, MassachusettsAbstract  At Northeastern University, students are learning how to solve real life engineeringproblems as they provide hands-on solutions to industrial control systems problems in a real timeengineering environment. Students are required to team-develop solutions to real life problemsas provided to them

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Mobile Robotics in Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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R. Stephen Dannelly; Carl Steidley

Session 1320 Robots and Search Algorithms: Real-World Applications for Students R. Stephen Dannelly, Carl W. Steidley, Mario A. Garcia, and Sreevani Pelala Texas A&M University Corpus ChristiAbstractFrequently in the Computer Science curriculum we introduce topics in an abstract fashion inwhich the abstraction seems perfectly straightforward as well as easily implementable tostudents. Such is the topic of search. Generally, the topic of search is introduced to students asearly as the data structures course where the student is introduced to various algorithms for thesearch of tree structures. In this light

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Timothy Cooley

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

Conference Session

Internet Programming and Applications

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2003 Annual Conference

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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

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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2003 Annual Conference

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Yichong Zeng; Patrick Kwon; Muhammad Sohail Ahmed; Jenny Wang-Chavez

currentlyteaching machining courses, it is known that there are several challenges in teaching this course,especially on campuses where students do not necessarily have access to machines to operate.One challenge is that despite the fact that students can grasp and retain knowledge aboutmachining processes, they do not seem to be able to apply what was learned in class tomeaningful and real world applications. The apparent difficulty of transferring their learning ispartially due to the gap between classroom learning and real world practice. Very often, studentsreceived theoretical instruction on how the machines work, but do not have an opportunity topractice what they learned or solving real-world problems using what they learned. It becomescrucial to

Conference Session

Partnerships in IE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Ratna Babu Chinnam; Joe Nguyen; Jenny Wang-Chavez; Hemalatha Sathya

applicationsThe OM course emphasized real world practice and applications. Not only was the contentverified by the industry partners, but several examples and cases were taken from real worldsettings. In addition, several interactive games were also provided to represent the real worldproblems and issues.Real world examples and casesIn introducing the field of Operations Management, the course provided several video clips ofinterviews with operations managers in the field. Students, then, could not only hear and see whatoperations managers do, but also are exposed to different perspectives in various aspects of thefield. Page 8.740.7

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Innovative Teaching in Environmental Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Michael Kelley; Mark Talbot; Jeffrey Starke; Michael Butkus

Session 1451 Incorporating “Real-world Experiences” into Undergraduate Environmental Engineering Design Projects: Design of Small-Scale Water Purification Units J. A. Starke*, M. A. Butkus, M. B. Kelley, and M. Talbot United States Military AcademyDepartment of Geography and Environmental EngineeringUnited States Military AcademyWest Point, NY 10996*Corresponding Author. (845) 938 – 3042 (phone), (845) 938 – 3339 (fax), bj2846@usma.edu Page 8.691.1

Conference Session

EM Skills and Concepts in the Real World

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Thompson

gathering data in the real world, i.e., usemethods such as interviewing, questionnaires, observation, records. Projects which requirednone of these, e.g., abstract problems, or required only one, e.g., a physics lab experiment, wouldlimit the ability to carry out the weekly assignments. A second, and more subtle, characteristicwas a priori hypothesis testing. Clearly, descriptive and exploratory research are important andrelevant; however, contrary to expectations, these require substantially more work in order to Page 8.1039.3achieve any comparable credibility, and, for beginning "researchers," the simplicity and"Proceedings of the 2003

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EM Skills and Concepts in the Real World

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2003 Annual Conference

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Paul Cheng-Hsin Liu; S. Gary Teng

Society for Engineering Education Session 3142issues involving industry sponsored design projects. Hight13 presented the issues in the seniordesign projects that include projects from industry and government. Based on these discussionsand authors’ experience, there are some common challenges that students may encounter whileworking on a real world industrial project. These challenges include gathering technicalinformation from the company, selling their ideas to the company, motivating individuals in theproject team, working with many personalities from both the project team and the company,holding team members and company collaborators responsible for

Conference Session

EM Skills and Concepts in the Real World

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2003 Annual Conference

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Terry Collins; Alisha Youngblood

their findings to corporate executives. The paper discusses whattechniques worked well for all involved parties, as well as. what changes should be made tomake the learning experience more productive.IntroductionAs with any engineering discipline, the interaction between industry and a senior-levelengineering course offers many value-added experiences for the students and the sponsoringcompany. It gives students the opportunity to work on an interdisciplinary team to solve real-time problems in an ever changing industry environment. Students are also given exposure tocorporate protocol in a project-driven environment. However, the most important attribute froma student perspective is the unique opportunity to experience a transition phase from

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Economy

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jon Juneau; Kant Vajpayee; Eyler Coates

environment. Theanalysis of stochastic engineering economic problems has been ignored and the technologicalchanges over the past 15 years have not been fully utilized in the traditional engineeringeconomy courses. Therefore, students are not proficient to do such analyses when working in thebusiness world. This paper demonstrates the ease that engineering economy problems withstochastic input variables and real options can be simulated with simulation software that isreadily available to students on personal computers. The novel application presented in thispaper will greatly enhance both Engineering Economy and Simulation courses.IntroductionIn order to deal with the variability issues of real business projects, risk analysis is necessary.But, the

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thyagarajan Srinivasan

computer utilization module was developed. The software chosen wasCITYgreen developed by American Forests (Washington, DC). CITYgreen is software formapping urban ecology and measuring the economic benefits of trees, soils and other naturalresources. It is an application for ARCVIEW (ESRI, Redlands, CA), desktop GeographicInformation Systems (GIS) software.The students are given an overview of how the software operates and how it is applied – they areshown how to digitize a study area, how to input data, and how to analyze and model variousscenarios. After the students become familiar with the basic operations of the software, they aregiven a “real-world” problem and asked to act as consultants. In this exercise, the students areto use the

Conference Session

Student Interaction

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robin Qiu; Ying Tang

understood by the majority. It certainlymakes the lecture less effective. Adding more difficulties for an instructor in such a teaching/learningenvironment is the extremely dynamic change of students’ profile of a class from semester to semester.As such, the learned experience from one semester might not be applicable for a new semester. Therefore,it is extremely important for a professional education school/center to have a proper e-learning or e-education system in place to manage students’ personal information, and help instructors improve theirteaching effectiveness in light of using appropriate and real life examples for a class. The ultimate goal isto retain high professional students’ satisfaction by meeting their career development

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ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

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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

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2003 Annual Conference

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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

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Sridhar Condoor

. tangible results after every module, 2. the applicability of mechatronics concepts in real-world situations, 3. the importance of looking for alternative approaches for solving a given task, and 4. understanding of the product/process designThe paper describes the methodology, presents the applications used (and the relevanthardware and software concepts), shows the gradual increase in complexity, and presentsthe advantages of the methodology based on student reviews.IntroductionMechatronics refers to the synergistic integration of mechanical engineering (structuraldesign and kinematics), electronic control, and system concepts in the design of industrialproducts and processes [1]. It bridges the existing gaps between mechanical and

Conference Session

Real-Time and Embedded Systems

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2003 Annual Conference

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J.W. Bruce

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society of Engineering EducationStudent are required to critically read and understand component datasheets. The student mustcomprehend the design from a detailed specification. Reconciling datasheet information with thedesign specification requires all six levels in Bloom’s Taxonomy: identification of design require-ments (knowledge), interpretation of same (comprehension), derivation of possible real-time andresource constraints (analysis), generation of solutions (application), implementation of designs(synthesis), and selection of a suitable design (evaluation).All homework and lab designs are performed as student teams with

Conference Session

Web Systems and Web Services

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Gallagher

communicate their ideas and validate their solutions. As in the real world, a major portion of the battle is to explain what one did and why others should believe it works. Since there is no one solution to any problem — there can be no answer key other than what the students themselves create.d) The “low threshold” philosophy allows and encourages early development of practical design experience. This complements coincident attainment of specific domain know- ledge and the development of analytical techniques.e) The “no ceiling” philosophy allows limitless expansion, ensuring that the more able students are continually challenged and ensuring that no student will run out of problems to

Conference Session

Where Are Tomorrow's Civil Engineers?

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2003 Annual Conference

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Tarek Rizk; Donald Carpenter; James Hanson

Session 1315 Engineering the World: Hands-on Experimentation for Civil Engineering K-12 Outreach James L. Hanson, Donald D. Carpenter, and Tarek Rizk Lawrence Technological UniversityAbstractThis paper details the development and application of a community outreach program designedto teach children about math, science, and the world in which they live. The program was titled“Engineering the World” and emphasized civil engineering applications. The program wasoffered in an inner-city middle school in Detroit, Michigan. The program was developed by

Conference Session

Global Issues in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wim Ravesteijn; Erik DeGraaff

forward another tool of change, which he calls ‘reflexive modernization’ or‘modernization of the modernization’. This entails the application of modern – more modernthan modern – science and technology. Many engineers have been engaged in a moderntechnical utopia through the Appropriate Technology Movement. In his criticism of thismovement12 described the better world vision involved in terms of a decentralized village-based society, a small-scale, labor-intensive technology, a stable economy and production onthe basis of identified human needs, creative work, and cooperation and participatorydemocracy. However, nominating this ideal society picture meant rejecting it and the wholeof the Appropriate Technology Movement. Consequently, it has

Conference Session

Statistics in the CHE Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Milo Koretsky

their minds wellbefore students even matriculate. However, as practicing engineers, they will confront thevariation associated with measured data in the real world. A course in introductory statistics canforce students to attend to the concept of variation. Statistics can be defined as the science ofhow to collect, analyze, interpret and present data with the purpose of understanding variation ina system. A key objective of introductory engineering statistics is to have students recognizevariation is inevitable, and teach them skills to quantify the variation and make engineeringdecisions which account for it. The importance of statistics is well recognized in the chemicalengineering community. For example, several recent articles in Chemical

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Arch Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhili (Jerry) Gao, North Dakota State University; Russell Walters, Iowa State University

, anti- aliasing, volume shadows, bump mapping, motion blur, transparency, reflections, and 3D textures. This can make construction simulations closer to the real world and allow computer graphics become meaningful application in the construction industry. • Compatibility on every platform: since OpenGL is fully platform independent, the application can be easily communicated among Windows, Unix, Linux, and MacOS. This means all sizes of construction companies can use the same software with their own system.An OpenGL project is the combination of C++, OpenGL, and basic computer graphics concepts.The OpenGL Utility Library (GLU) provides many of the modeling features, such

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Schmalzel; Jennifer Kadlowec; Anthony Marchese; Shreekanth Mandayam; Stephanie Farrell

Session 1526 Hands-on Experiments to Teach Engineering Principles through Physiologic Applications Stephanie Farrell1, Jennifer Kadlowec2, Anthony Marchese2, John Schmalzel3, and Shreekanth Mandayam3 Rowan University Glassboro, NJ 08028Abstract The human body is an exquisite combination of interacting systems which can beanalyzed using multidisciplinary engineering principles. We have developed a series of hands-on modules that introduce freshman engineering students to chemical

Conference Session

Internet Programming and Applications

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Miller; Steve Walsh; Leigh Haefner; Hollylynne Stohl

American Educational Research Association, Seattle, WA.7. McLoughlin, C. (1999). Scaffolding: Applications to learning in technology supported environments. Paper presented at the World Conference on Educational and Multimedia and Hypermedia & World Conference on Educational Telecommunications, Seattle, WA.8. Oliver, K. (1996). Realizing the potential of scaffolded instruction in situated learning environments: Lessons from a formative assessment. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED413310): University of Georgia.9. Thompson, P. W. (2002). Didactic objects and didactic models in radical constructivism. In K. Gravemeijer, R. Lehrer, B. van Oers, & L. Verschaffel (Eds.), Symbolizing, Modeling, and Tool Use In Mathematics

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Control Applications

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Marcus Soule; Bruce Segee

as a Student Teacher for an introductory Electrical and ComputerEngineering Class and is currently working for the Instrumentation Research Laboratory at the university.BRUCE SEGEEBruce E. Segee is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University ofMaine. His research interests include Instrumentation, Automation, and Intelligent Systems. He is theDirector of the Instrumentation Research Laboratory and a Member of the Intelligent Systems Group atthe University of Maine. His work focuses on real-world deployable systems for use in manufacturingenvironments. Dr. Segee received his PhD from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineeringat University of New Hampshire in 1992

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joel Cuello

Partial or Narrow Approach, with narrow focus on achieving technical progress.With this model, new technologies are continually churned out, but how these technologiesactually affect the customers who live within real-world economic, social and politicalarrangements is conveniently overlooked. And since the market behaves independently of thesocial values of its participants,4 and is motivated by profit, 4 only the privileged ones withpurchasing power are able to avail of the benefits of the technology products that are releasedthrough the open market, 3 inexorably widening the pre-existing inequalities within nations andbetween nations. 5 This is clearly in violation of the first fundamental principle of the Code ofEthics of Engineers.2 There

Conference Session

The Use of Technology in Teaching Math

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Gurney; Daniel Bankston; Allen Battles; Edgar Reyes; Carl Steidley

Transformation Group Approach to Hyperbolic Geometry for World Wide Web Applications, Computers in Education Journal, Vol. XI, No. 4, 2001. 2. M. Henle, Modern Geometries, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall, 2001. 3. Inxight Company, Inc., Palo Alto, California.DANIEL BANKSTONDaniel Bankston is a student at Southeastern Louisiana University studying Physics and Mathematics. Hisinterests include differential equations, hyperbolic geometry, tutoring, and experimental physics.ALLEN BATTLESAllen Battles is studying Computer Science at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana. Hisinterests include hyperbolic geometry, art, and computer programming.DAVID R. GURNEYDavid R. Gurney is an Assistant Professor of

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Daryl Doyle

Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education” correct method to solve this problem but since it is only an approximation heats of combustion are used)It is hoped that the above examples show how application of chemical principles in theHandling Hazardous Material course are used in real-world problems. The students arenot only exposed to new concepts such as threshold limit values, flammability limits, etc.,but also must review and use chemical concepts that they have not used for a year or two.1 Chemical Process Safety Fundamentals with Applications, Crowl, Daniel A. and Louvar, Joseph F.;Prentice Hall PTR, second edition, 2002.DARYL J. DOYLE, Ph. D

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Nicholas; Ted Stilgenbauer; Anthony Brizendine

3, MicroStation® Applications for Highway Design; Ineach module, students are required to complete exercises based on example projects created bythe authors. The examples utilized in the modules are actual transportation projects, which havebeen constructed and are in use. The utilization of built projects allows the students to gainadditional experience with proven construction plans followed by visits to the actual sites to seethe constructed product illustrated in the plans. Final projects are employed to bring togetherlearning activities from each of the modules. This summative final project approach serves toreinforce the “real world” experience.IntroductionIn recent years, Fairmont State College has been teaching AutoCAD® as the