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Outreach and Hands-on Materials

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Magda, Weber State University

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Materials

AC 2009-1685: HANDS-ON LAB DEMONSTRATION TO TEACH HOWMECHANICAL PROPERTIES CHANGE DUE TO COLD WORKING ANDRECRYSTALLIZATIONDaniel Magda, Weber State University Page 14.663.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Hands on Lab Demonstration to Teach how Mechanical Properties Change Due to Cold Working and RecrystallizationAbstractLaboratories that employ hands-on demonstration to change material properties play animportant role in understanding why materials are selected for different design specifications.Engineering students take courses in mechanics of material, machine design, finite elementanalysis and capstone senior projects. These courses require

Conference Session

Sustainability in Engineering Curricula

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michelle Jarvie, Michigan Technological University

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Environmental Engineering

include one or more of the Engineering Programs following considerations…impacts of construction projects; impacts of exploration, development, and extraction of resources, and consequential remediation; disposal of wastes…”4 Mining and Similarly “The program must demonstrate that graduates Named Engineering have…proficiency in engineering topics related to both surface Programs and underground mining, including…environmental issues…”4 Code Results for S3: Society: Social Impacts & Issues, Law & Public Policy, Safety, and People Specific Program Concept as

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Instrumentation and Controls Laboratories

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kayode P. Ayodele, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria; Olawale Akinwale, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria; Lawrence Kehinde, Texas Southern University; Oladipo O. Osasona, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria; E.O.B. ajayi, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria; O.O. Akinwunmi, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

written in transact-SQL. These stored procedures provide an abstraction layer ofdata access procedures which reduce the regeneration/embedding of boiler plate SQL code inC# code. Page 14.163.8 Figure 6: Screen capture showing the Experiment Engine in operationThe DE1 board features a state-of-the-art Cyclone® II 2C20 FPGA in a 484-pin package. Theoriginal purpose of the board was to serve as a vehicle for learning about digital logic,computer organization, and FPGAs. The board offers a rich set of features that make itsuitable for use in a laboratory environment for university and college courses, for a varietyof design projects, as well as for

Conference Session

Outreach and Hands-on Materials

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dana Medlin, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Michael West, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Deborah Mitchell, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jon Kellar, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Stuart Kellogg, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Materials

of Mines and Technology. She is also Director of the Apex Gallery which is located on campus. She received a South Dakota Arts Council Fellowship in 2007. In addition to being an active professional artist she also has been conference chair for the Third Annual Conference on Art Culture Nature, an Arts Consultant for the state of Washington under the Western Sates Arts Federation, and a project director for Lila Wallace Reader’s Digest Arts International. In addition she has written exhibition catalogs for artists such as Heidi Oberheide and Jane Catlin. She is a member of the College Art Association and FATE: Foundations in Art: Theory and Education.Jon Kellar, South Dakota School of Mines

Conference Session

Distance and Web-Based Learning in Engineering Technology: Part II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ali Mehrabian, University of Central Florida; Tarig Ali, University of Central Florida; Walter Buchanan, Texas A&M University; Alireza Rahrooh, University of Central Florida

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Engineering Technology

accommodate and facilitate the effectiveness ofonline examination methods. Some very recent studies documented the practicality andeffectiveness of distance learning methodologies3. Results from an early study of the desirabilityand feasibility of using distance learning indicated that this teaching and methodology has auseful role in distance learning4. The case for employing project-based learning methods asopposed to more traditional teaching methods, where the learning path follows a carefullypredetermined structure, has been argued elsewhere3.In this paper the authors discuss their enduring practice and efforts with crafting onlineexaminations for the distance learning courses in engineering and technology. We touch onissues of assessment

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Potpourri

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Llewellyn Mann, Central Queensland University; Shanna Daly, University of Michigan

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Design in Engineering Education

, namely “what are the ways that sustainable design has been experienced among the participants involved”. 2. Current practice was further investigated to understand what assumptions existed about sustainable design and how it was understood in practice. It was found that different disciplines had differing understandings and ways of operating even though they were working on the same projects. This lead to the realization that a more diverse range of views was needed to better inform what sustainable design practice is and should become in the future. 3. A research method known as phenomenography was selected as it was best able to answer the research question posed. The best way of gathering data with this

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Strategies in Engineering Graphics

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kellen Maicher, Purdue University; Marvin Sarapin, Purdue University; James Mohler, Purdue University

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Engineering Design Graphics

andnatural affinity between U.S. higher education and its ancestral nations overseas. In addition tocountless research projects and other cooperative endeavors, many U.S. schools have maintainedhealthy exchange programs and study-abroad initiatives for the majority of their existence.2These types of programs enjoyed somewhat of a renaissance following World War II, as theexperience of that event brought into light the need for the U.S. and its citizens to adopt a globalmindset. As a result, a variety of sponsored educational initiatives were implemented such as the1946 Fulbright Act, which provided legislation to promote funding for international educationand research through the sale of surplus military equipment.1 The Cold War served to

Conference Session

International Study Abroad Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Raghu Echempati, Kettering University; Butsch Michael, FH-Konstanz, Germany

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International

)who are responsible for advisement, mentoring, monitoring and assessment of that program.Ahead of time, the program coordinator pre-determines, in consultation with appropriatefaculty, which courses will transfer directly back to Kettering as if courses were taken atKettering University. Assessment of course is therefore needed. No two courses of the sametitle are taught the same way in different parts of the world, nor do they have the same coursecontent. The assessment process is carried out via course portfolios and a competency matrix(end-of-course outcomes-based survey). Students are asked to compile course portfolios andkeep track of assignments, notes, HW, reports, projects, etc. Individually, students are asked tofill out course

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Marketing Engineering as a Career Path to URMs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Delaine, Drexel University; Adam Fontecchio, Drexel University

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Minorities in Engineering

Focus Group Study of Student Perceptions”,Proceedings of the Allied Academics, Volume 15, Number 2, Reno 2008.7. “Preparing Minority Scientists and Engineers”, Michael F. Summers, Freeman A. Hrabowski III, Science, 31March 2006 Vol. 311.8. NSF Bridge to the Doctorate, http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=54779. “A Threat in the Air: How Stereotypes Shape Intellectual Identity and Performance”, Claude M. Steele,American Psychologist, June 1997 Vol. 52., No. 6, 613-629.10. “Ong, Maria, “Effects of Informal and Formal Support Groups on Retaining Women and Minorities in U.S.Physics”, The project SEED initiative, The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University & TERC.11. Golub, Alex, “The Flaws of Facebook”, Inside Higher Ed

Conference Session

Micromachining in Manufacturing Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wayne Hung, Texas A&M University; Sujeev Chittipolu, Texas A&M University; Saurabh Kajaria, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

research data, compare techniques for microtool setting, or producemicrotooling for other research projects. Graduate students perform in-depth studies to comparemicromachining options, optimize micromachining parameters, characterize micromist, or findlimitation of fragile microcutting tools. All micromachining projects and equipment are proudlypresented to high school students and visitors who often visit our Haas Technical EducationCenter.Literature ReviewMicromilling has been considered an attractive alternative over other micromanufacturingprocesses due to its high flexibility and the ability to produce complex 3D features1. Initial worksare focused on developing microcutting tools and micromachining systems. A microtool of Ø25µm can be

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Raymond B. Landis

required to produce a marketable product. Simple hands-on projects can be illustrative. Have them design and build a solar hot dog cookerusing tin foil as the reflector and have a contest to see which one cooks the “best” hot dog. We assignstudents in our Introduction to Engineering class the task of designing and fabricating something to displaytheir name and bring it to class. After they have completed the task, we ask them who they designed it for.Did they design it so they could read their name? The instructor from the front of the room? All of theother students in the class? This exercise brings home the idea of “design specifications.” It may be a challenge to identify individuals to help students learn about engineering

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Grenquist

- success was highly subjective, and did not to attempt 10 address the vast majority of students that had average scores on either, or both, of the two tests. Additionally, the Attainment ‘rest hdd been in use in the Department of Physics fix twelve years, with only slight moditlcalions, whereas the physics courses themselves had undc]-gone significant upgrading over the past dezade. In order to determine the validity of the two tests towwd projecting student performance in the engineering physics sequences, it was agreed to accumulate data on the students taking all t~f the introduckxy engineering physics subjects, and to statistically analyze that data. The project was begun at the beginning of the academic year

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Ishwar Rattan

(RPC) call mechanism9 (see appendix fordetails). This protocol is compatible with the form of RPC used in the distributed OS Amoeba10.This makes students relate their projects directly to the case study in the classroom. MINIX4 is an open OS designed by Dr. A. S. Tanenbaum. It is a multiuser/multitasking OSsimilar to UNIX. It is system call compatible with version V7 of UNIX. It has over 170 utilitiesand more than 200 library functions. It was primarily designed to teach OS and related courses.It is available with full source (in C) and easy-to-read installation and reference manual. Italso has a Kernighan and Ritchie C compatible C compiler i.e. it is a complete programmingenvironment. MINIX 1.5 is distributed by Prentice-Hall. It

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Kim J. Manner

software) over the past 20 years, most engineeringdesign documentation began and ended with the pencil. Education in design documentation was referred to as engineering graphics ormechanical drawing. Students were instructed in the fundamentals of projections, dimensioning and the accepted standards. While sometime was allocated to the use of drawing instruments, this typically represented only a small portion of total instructional time. After all,the principal tools of mechanical drawing were the pencil and the straightedge and students had been using those in some fashion sincetheir education had begun. With appearance of PC-based 2D CAD packages, many instructors felt it necessary to integrate thistechnology into their engineering graphics

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard J. Kozick; Maurice F. Aburdene

in the Electrical Engineering Departmentat Bucknell University since 1993. He was a Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratoriesfrom 1986 to 1989 and again from 1992 to 1993. He received the Ph.D. degree from the University ofPennsylvania, M.S. from Stanford University, and B.S. from Bucknell University. His research interestsare in the areas of signal processing and communications. MAURICE F. ABURDENE is the T. Jefferson Miers Professor of Electrical Engineering andProfessor of Computer Science at Bucknell University. He has also taught at Swarthmore College, StateUniversity of New York at Oswego, and the University of Connecticut. Professor Aburdene was a projectengineer and project manager at the Bristol Company, a

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Ph.D., Joel L. Cuello

first fully public university.13 In the 1850's, the agricultural press and variouslocal and national agricultural societies joined forces to demand the establishment of what werecalled "democracy's colleges."14 Evan Pugh of Pennsylvania15 and Jonathan Turner of Illinois16played major roles in galvanizing public sentiments in favor of such project. In 1862, PresidentAbraham Lincoln signed the Morrill Act, which was introduced by Justin Morrill as a bill inCongress in 1857, providing for federal aid to agricultural and mechanical colleges. 17 The passageof the second Morrill Act of 1890 significantly increased the amount of federal aid to theseland-grant institutions.18 The Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890 helped provide the resources for

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael H. Gregg; Dr. Deidre Hirschfeld; Dr. Bevlee Watford

success and failure rates for non-clustered sections (academic years‘94 and ‘95), for clustered sections (academic year ‘95), and for workshop participants. Except for thelast table, male/female (M/F) ratios given are in number of students. The summary table listspercentages. The results shown are for students enrolled in the fall EF1005 sections taught by the twoChautaqua-trained Engineering Fundamentals faculty. No data is available at this time for the springsemester EF1006 classes. Those students listed as ‘Non-Motiv’td’ represent students who either didnot take the final exam, did not complete the term project, or missed more than half of their classes.The ‘class averages’ do not include these students, however, the number of failing grades

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Kantowski; Marc Hoit; Matthew Ohland

those developed for anIntroduction to Engineering class recently adopted as a permanent course in the engineering curriculum at theUniversity of Florida. This class is one of the projects developed under the Southeastern University and CollegeCoalition for Engineering Education (SUCCEED). This class replaced a one hour per week lecture. Eachlaboratory is intended to expose participants to hands-on experiments representing concepts related to thediscipline’s specialty.In addition to their hands-on focus, the laboratory activities were to be designed to use simple equipment so thatthey could be exported to programs such as the summer institute discussed here. The four laboratory activitiesincluded in the SECME summer institute were those which

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Leonard Sokoloff

board (data acquisitionboard) must also be installed along with the extension board that plugs into the DAQ board. Theextension board provides the user with access to various pins on the DAQ board such the I./Ochannels.This article is a result of a research project on implementing LabVIEW in our physics courses.Projectile flight simulation is another LabVIEW program that will also be implemented into thephysics courses. Other areas of LabVIEW implementation include industrial controls andcommunication courses.LabVIEW is typical of new skills that students will need in today’s highly competitive job market. Page 2.55.1

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Martha E. Sloan

computersavailable to them but have witnessed their growth and distribution. This paper reviews the historyof the changes in electrical engineering departments in the United States to incorporatecomputers. It ends with projections into the next century of the challenges ahead.II. The Early Years (Before 1960) The early years of computers coincided with rapid growth in many other areas ofelectronics to which electrical engineering departments, as they were then almost universallycalled, had to adapt. World War II saw great advances in radar and a recognition of the need formore research and graduate education, which greatly impacted electrical engineering departmentsin the 1940's and 1950's. The need for education in electronics gradually crowded out

Conference Session

Widgets, Add-ons, Toolbars, and Videos: Web 2.0 Tools for Searching, Managing, and Teaching about Engineering Literature and Information

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

E. Michael Wilson, Ohio University

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Engineering Libraries

the home server), and if anew version of the toolbar is available it makes the update available for automaticinstallation. This functionality ensures that security updates, link repairs, and othernecessary changes are carried out and that the toolbar continues to function.Libraries that are interested in their own toolbar projects will need to address requiredresources as well as plans for continued maintenance. Ongoing support for the OUEngineering Toolbar has been simple to this date; however, the concept, development,deployment, and maintenance are handled by the author of this article. Discussions withother libraries that provide toolbars highlight that this seems to be a unique situation asmost often toolbars are either constructed by

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaolin Chen, Washington State University, Vancouver; Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver

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Manufacturing

theory and practice for a variety of things from materials, costs, design andmanufacturing processes to engineering project management. Local industry leaders commonlyemphasize that 21st century mechanical engineers should have real understanding of leanenterprise/manufacturing. The mechanical engineer must have a solid background in engineeringprinciples, as well as business acumen and personal presence. Therefore, the sequence will alsointroduce the theory, concepts, policies, procedures and steps of lean manufacturing. Studentswill learn how to determine the major causes that create “waste” in factories and how to minimizeor eliminate them.3. Design and Manufacturing Track Design and ImplementationIn order to fill the gaps between traditional

Conference Session

The Role of Engineering in Public Policy

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melissa Lott, University of Texas, Austin; Carey King, University of Texas, Austin; Michael Webber, University of Texas, Austin

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Engineering and Public Policy

Power Simulator was designed at the University of Texas at Austinto communicate key lessons concerning the tradeoffs of electricity generation methods in TexasThe key target audiences for this project include college students, high school students, statelegislators and their staff, as well as the general public. The Texas Interactive Power Simulatoraccomplishes the project goals by allowing the user to manipulate the electricity generation mixin the state of Texas and immediately view the economic and environmental impacts of thesechanges. This manuscript extends upon previous publications that described the backendcomponents and user interface design of the basic version of the Texas Interactive PowerSimulator.1 In particular, this manuscript

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Krupczak, Hope College; Timothy Simpson, Pennsylvania State University; Vince Bertsch, Santa Rosa Junior College; Kate Disney, Mission College; Elsa Garmire, Dartmouth College

products, but also the knowledge and processes necessary tocreate and operate those products. The infrastructure used for the design, manufacture,operation, and repair of technological artifacts is also considered part of technology, in itsbroadest sense.Other efforts have sought to develop standards to define what K-12 students need to know and beable to do concerning technology. In 1993, the American Association for the Advancement ofScience (AAAS) published, Project 2061: Benchmarks for Science Literacy [5] and in 1996 theNational Science Education Standards were published by the National Academies Press [6], bothof these included standards devoted to technology. In 2000 the International TechnologyEducation Association (ITEA) published

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jeanne Christman, Rochester Institute of Technology; Teresa Wolcott, Rochester Institute of Technology; Maureen Valentine, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Women in Engineering

Civil Engineering. She is an adjunct instructor for surveying and lead faculty for WIT in the Civil Engineering Technology program at RIT. Currently, she is pursuing her Master of Science degree in Professional Studies with concentrations in Geographical Information Systems and Project Management. Wolcott’s involvement in the Women in Technology program at RIT includes monitoring retention data and supporting programming efforts.Maureen Valentine, Rochester Institute of Technology MAUREEN S. VALENTINE is the Associate Dean and Miller professor for the College of Applied Science and Technology at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Valentine received her B.S. in Civil Engineering from

Conference Session

Freshman Experience in Engineering Technology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Niaz Latif, Purdue University, Calumet; Akram Hossain, Purdue University, Calumet

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Engineering Technology

past 15 years at various capacities. He served as chair of Manufacturing Systems Development Applications Department of IEEE/IAS. He authored more than 25 refereed journal and conference publications. From 2003 through 2006, he was involved with Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL in developing direct computer control for hydrogen powered automotives. He is also involved in several direct computer control and wireless process control related research projects. His interests are in the area of industrial transducer, industrial process control, wireless controls, statistical process control, computer aided design and fabrication of printed circuit board, programmable logic controllers

Conference Session

Hands-on Lean Manufacturing Simulation Workshop

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Merwan Mehta, East Carolina University

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Manufacturing

AC 2009-23: HANDS-ON SIMULATION TO DEMONSTRATE KEY METRICSFOR CONTROL OF ANY PROCESS UTILIZING LEAN AND SIX SIGMAPRINCIPLESMerwan Mehta, East Carolina University Merwan Mehta, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at East Carolina University in the Technology Systems Department in Greenville, NC. Prior to joining academics, he has over twenty years of experience in business and industry working as an industrial engineer, machine tool design engineer, manufacturing engineer, manager, project manager, project director, vice-president and consultant. His present research interests are enhancing manufacturing and business processes through lean principles and theory of constraints, and the pursuit of quality and

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Omer, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg; Peter Idowu, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg

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Electrical and Computer

problemsand solution algorithms. This project comes as a response to the urgent need for newer, moreefficient educational tools to reform the outlook of power engineering education. Thevisualization tool aids students in quickly obtaining a detailed understanding of the power systemanalysis problems when used as a supplement to traditional lecture approaches. Therefore itallows for introduction of other demanding topics within the limited time of an undergraduatecurriculum. In addition, the software visualization tool enables students to spend more time onpower system analysis topics outside the classroom, which have been shown to result in effectivelearning and development of reflective thinking skills.An earlier version of the visualization tool

Conference Session

Critical issues in IT and IET: Focus Group

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Mativo, The University of Georgia

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Engineering Technology

objectives were met in many ways, for example, students had fun in their work, asexemplified by spending time after class to work on their project without instructor push. Theyused their analytical skills to analyze their for example, they revised their statics and dynamics tomake predictions of the project needs and performance before designing, constructing, andtesting. They engaged in developing alternative designs of the motorized car and the truck asthey analyzed and then settled to the one they found to be analytically sound. They saw thevalue in mechatronics as they discussed its application to daily life products and found numerousinstances. The students’ accomplishments in designing, construction, and testing their productsuccessfully are

Conference Session

Experiments in Remote-access Laboratories

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Reza Emami, University of Toronto; Michael G. Helander, University of Toronto

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

research and development, most remotely-accessiblelaboratories have remained as isolated technical novelties, with most projects being shutdownonce their initial funding runs out. This point is reflected in the fact that most works in theliterature address only the technical merits and potential benefits of remote access technologies, Page 14.1209.2rather than addressing the impact of remote experimentation on engineering pedagogy. Clearly, anew fundamentally different approach to remotely-accessible laboratories is required.Recently, a new paradigm for remotely-accessible laboratories, namely the eLaboratory, wasintroduced by the authors5. This