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Graduate Student Experiences and Funding

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2004 Annual Conference

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Nolan Hertel; Michael Shannon

9.269.2dosimetry and shielding; nuclear energy production; and engineering fundamentals to Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2004, American Society for Engineering Education a. design and analyze radiation sources and/or detection instruments for medical, agricultural, industrial, research and environmental applications; b. apply radiation protection engineering principles to ensure the safe uses of atomic and nuclear technology; c. address the problems of the nuclear fuel cycle; nuclear and radioactive materials management; the production and processing of nuclear source materials and

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EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 1

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2004 Annual Conference

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Hamid Khan

is hoped to bring about the importance of OBM. With the application of afundamental principle of psychology B = f (O, E), "Behavior is a function of interactionsbetween a person (O) and that person's environment (E)," we will try to look at R & Dperformance and see why designs fail and managers cover up flaws, which should havebeen known to the public, as in Dow Corning, Ford Pinto or NASA shuttle disaster cases.APPLICATION OF ORGANIZATION BEHAVIOR MANAGEMNET Students must understand business practices and the following vocabulary to beimpacted by ethical training: financial gain and profit motive, ethical standards inbusiness, financially successful business, relevance of moral values, rules of business,and the game of business

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ET Design Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

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Dale Litwhiler

Techniques Using LEGO Materials,” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, 2001.3. McClain, S. T. and Cain, B., “Teaching Modern Data Acquisition Systems with a Departmental Requirement for Student Laptop Ownership,” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, 2003.4. Awtrey, D., “Transmitting Data and Power over a One-Wire Bus,” February 1997, Sensors, Vol. 14, No. 2.5. Braun, C. G., “Experiments on the Cheap: Using a Student Data Acquisition System,” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, 1997.6. http://www.maxim-ic.com7. http

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Curriculum Development in Information Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

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Lunt Barry; C. Richard Helps; Joseph Ekstrom

% labs, 20% mid-term, 20% final, and 10% unannouncedquizzes. Day Evening Combined 21 A 37.50% 7 35.00% 28.00 36.84% 8 B 14.29% 4 20.00% 12.00 15.79% 8 C 14.29% 2 10.00% 10.00 13.16% 7 D 12.50% 0 0.00% 7.00 9.21% 11 E/W/UW 19.64% 7 35.00% 18.00 23.68% 1 Audit 1.79% 0 0.00

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Pre-College and ECE Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Frank Cheng

) θO (t ) π /180 180 / π 250 s s + 250 (a) A closed-loop position control system block diagram U m (t ) U a (t ) I m (t ) TL (t ) 1 1 θ O (t ) s s U emf (t ) (b) A DC motor subsystem in the closed-loop position control system

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Industrial Collaborations

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2004 Annual Conference

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William Ziegler

Session 3448 An Overview of Secondary School Engineering Outreach Programs - Including Details of a Multidisciplinary Outreach Program Based on Integrating Digital Photography, Digital Electronics, and Roller Coasters William L. Ziegler Associate Professor Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science Binghamton University State University of New York Binghamton, NY 13902-6000Abstract:Enrollments in post-secondary technology

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Ethics & HSS in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

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David Shaw; James Gidley

Engineering Courses: A Writing Center Model”, J. Eng.Ed., vol. 89, no. 3, 2000, pp. 369-376.4 Hawkins, Susan, Mary B. Coney, and Karl-Erik Bystrom, “Incidental Writing in the Engineering Classroom”, J.Eng. Ed., vol. 85, no. 1, 1996, pp. 27-35.5 Wheeler, Edward and Robert L. McDonald, “Writing in Engineering Courses”, J. Eng. Ed., vol. 89, no. 4, 2000,pp. 481-486.6 Sharp, Julie E., Barbara M. Olds, Ronald L. Miller and Marilyn Dyrud, “Four Effective Writing Strategies forEngineering Classes”, J. Eng. Ed., vol. 88, no. 1, 1999, pp. 53-58.7 Penn State University Home Page. 2002. Penn State University, Office of University Relations. January 7, 2004.< http://www.psu.edu/ur/about/mission.html>.8 Carnegie Mellon University Home Page. May 28

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Design for Community

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2004 Annual Conference

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Nolan Van Gaalen; Kristin Wood; Carl Erikson; Frank Duda; Matthew Green; Steven VanderLeest

Session 2625 Service-Learning Approaches to International Humanitarian Design Projects: A Model Based on Experiences of Faith-Based Institutions Matthew G. Green and Kristin L. Wood Steven H. VanderLeest Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Department of Engineering, Calvin College The University of Texas, Austin Grand Rapids, MI matthew-green@mail.utexas.edu svleest@calvin.edu Frank T. Duda Carl Erikson Department of Engineering, Grove City

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Outreach: Future Women in Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

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Robert Ward

Session 3592 CAMP GEMS (A success story) Prof. Laurie Laird, Dr. Robert Ward, P.E. Ohio Northern UniversityAbstractGirls in Engineering, Math, and Science (GEMS) is a 4-day, 3-night residential summer campfor girls entering the 7th or 8th grades. The camp was begun in 1996 at Ohio Northern Universityand has been held each summer for seven years. Its objectives have not changed over the years.These objectives have been for the campers to discover the fun of math and science, to developcritical thinking skills, to reduce math and science anxiety, to look at

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CE Body of Knowledge

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2004 Annual Conference

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Walter Massie

Session 3115 Justifying a Body of Knowledge Walter W. Massie, MSc, P.E. Offshore Engineering Curriculum Leader Delft University of Technology Delft, The NetherlandsAbstractThere has recently been a lot of discussion going on within the membership of the AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers (ASCE) about credentials for professional practice. The AmericanSociety of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) is now starting its own discussion on this same topic.At the same time, few, it seems, have attempted to

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Curriculum Development in Electromechanical Engineering Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

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Jan Lugowski

Session 1449 Development of a Motion Control Laboratory for Fluid Power Education Jan T. Lugowski Purdue UniversityIntroductionTwo years ago, in 2002, the fluid power laboratory in the Department of Mechanical EngineeringTechnology (MET) received a grant to develop a motion control laboratory and incorporate itinto the delivery of MET fluid power program at Purdue University. The funds are used topurchase new and upgrade existing equipment, and to make all the work necessary to incorporateit into the courses. The goal

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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George DeSain; Farid Tranjan; Ken Burbank

Session 1532 A New J oint Electr ical Engineer ing Pr ogr am Kenneth A. Bur bank †, Geor ge W. DeSain †, Far id M. Tr anjan ‡ † Wester n Car olina Univer sity / ‡Univer sity of Nor th Car olina at Char lotteAbstr act:Regional economic development is a key focus for Federal and state legislators as well as theGeneral Administration of the University of North Carolina (UNC) system. Western CarolinaUniversity (WCU) and UNC-Charlotte, both constituent universities of the UNC system, areresponding to this challenge by creating a joint electrical engineering program in Western NorthCarolina. The

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Portable/Embedded Computing II

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2004 Annual Conference

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Michael Parten

Session 1824 Embedded Microprocessors in a Project Laboratory Micheal Parten Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Texas Tech UniversityI IntroductionElectrical and Computer Engineering students have a need to be able to design and build systemswith embedded microprocessors. They also need to be able to become familiar with differentprocessors. There are many different ways to teach microprocessors and their applications. AtTexas Tech University this goal is accomplished through a number of laboratories and courses.Students first

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ETD Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Timothy Cooley; Terrence O'Connor

Session Number 1547 Development of a 10 RPM Engine as an Instructional Tool Tim Cooley, Terry O’Connor Purdue University Thermodynamics can be a difficult topic for students to visualize. The interactionsbetween pressure, temperature, and volume in gases cannot be seen directly, and realistic devicesthat can help are not readily available. With the help of the National Science Foundation, theauthors are developing a small, table-top engine system specifically designed to operate at 30RPM in a typical classroom setting. Under these conditions the system is being

Conference Session

Best Zone Papers

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2004 Annual Conference

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David Clough

1601 Toward a Kinder, Gentler ABET David E. Clough Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309-0424AbstractThe thesis of this presentation is that the ABET 2000 process is beset with problems in designand execution that will inevitably lead to significant change within the next few years. ABET2000, however well intended, is entirely too burdensome for the benefits it delivers, and itsburdens are well beyond the constraints placed on an

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Jeff Frolik

Session 1526 A Comprehensive, Laboratory-Enhanced Communications Curriculum Jeff Frolik University of VermontIntroduction Over the past decade, the field of wireless communications has come into its own and isposed to become a ubiquitous technology with the recent arrival of 3G cellular, wireless localarea networks and wireless sensor networks. As such, today’s graduating electrical engineersneed marketable skills which are typically not developed in undergraduate curricula. This paperpresents ongoing activities at the University of Vermont (UVM) which

Conference Session

TIME 1: Controls

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2004 Annual Conference

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Michael Rider

Session 1166 A Unique, Undergraduate PLC Course Michael J. Rider, Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering Department Ohio Northern UniversityAbstractThis paper briefly describes the PLC course (ME-429) taught at Ohio Northern University as anundergraduate technical elective. In this course the students, working in groups of two, purchasefrom a storeroom all Siemens /Simatic TI /Direct Logic PLC modules necessary to assembletheir PLC. Each group assembles and wires their PLC under instructor supervision. During thefirst two weeks, they design

Conference Session

Materials Science for Nonmajors

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2004 Annual Conference

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David Bahr; M. Grant Norton

Session 3464 Student Response to a General Education Course on Materials M. Grant Norton, David F. Bahr School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering Washington State University Pullman WA 99164-2920AbstractThis paper describes the response that students have had to our general education course onmaterials. The course is now in its fourth year and we have been able to collect data from studentsurveys distributed at the end of each semester. Also included are details of some of theresources that we have found particularly useful in teaching this course.IntroductionTo

Conference Session

State of the Art in Freshman Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Pierre Larochelle; John Engblom; Hector Gutierrez

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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Ken Bernard; Judy Collins; Fred Guzek; Pedro Leite; Jung Oh; Gail Simmonds

Collaborative Scholarship – A Success Story Ken Barnard, Judy Collins, Fred Guzek, Pedro Leite, Jung Oh, Gail Simmonds College of Technology & Aviation Kansas State University – Salina Abstract This presentation will focus on the collaborative work being carried out by faculty in various disciplines from four different departments at the College of Technology and Aviation, KSU-Salina. Faculty at first worked individually using a university developed online system to enhance classroom teaching. The process of improving student learning provided a common base and motivation

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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Marcus O. Durham; Robert A. Durham; Rosemary Durham

ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT: A Course for SurvivalMarcus O. Durham, PhD, PE, Robert A. Durham, PE, PhD candidate 2004, Rosemary Durham University of Tulsa / D2 Tech Solutions / THEWAY Corp.Abstract: Engineering survival and success depends on many skills in addition to technicalexcellence. The class looks at topics from professionalism to ethics, from presentation to peopleskills, from project management to international cultures. These issues are more important thanever in an engineering environment that is very dynamic and involves frequent transitionsbetween employers and job functions. Numerous assessments of personality styles are addressedalong with needs and motivation assessments. Because of the changing

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2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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Stephen Williams; Jorg Mossbrucker; Steven Reyer; Owe Petersen

A Forward Looking Electrical Engineering Curriculum Stephen Williams, Jörg Mossbrucker, Steven Reyer, and Owe Petersen Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, WIThe Electrical Engineering program at the Milwaukee School of Engineering hasimplemented a major revision of its curriculum for the purpose of assuring acourse content consistent with both present technological changes and long-termtechnology directions. Curriculum modifications include a greater emphasis onmicroprocessor based systems, interfacing, signal processing, and a focus onmaterial science. Core electrical engineering topics are introduced throughoutthe

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

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Timothy Walker; Annu Prabhakar; George Suckarieh

Implementing a Web-Based Knowledge Base for a construction company: Industry-Academia Collaboration George Suckarieh, Annu Prabhakar, Tim Walker University of CincinnatiAbstractKnowledge Bases (KB) that capture and leverage the knowledge and experiences ofemployees are popular in many industries. However, in the construction industry,knowledge base implementation has been limited to some applications at the design stageor to project databases during the construction stage. This paper describes a project forimplementing a web based knowledge base to help a company transfer constructionknowledge from experienced professionals in the field to

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Coyne

Session 1520 A Role for Simulink™ in a Continuous-Time Signals and Systems Course Paul J. Coyne, Jr. Loyola College in Maryland Department of Engineering ScienceAbstract Simulink™, which runs on the MATLAB™ engine, can be introduced in a course onContinuous-Time Signals and Systems. Graphical concepts similar to textbook block diagramexamples can easily be illustrated without referring to any underlying of the computationalconcepts. Early on in a course on Continuous-Time Signals and Systems, students

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Fred Driscoll

Session 1471 A Nontraditional Approach: Creating, Implementing and Overseeing A Multidisciplinary Electromechanical Engineering Program Frederick Driscoll, Robert Villanucci Wentworth Institute of TechnologyAbstractThis paper describes the design, development, and oversight of a five year dual-disciplineprogram in Electromechanical Engineering (ELME) at Wentworth Institute of Technology. Itbegins with the basic rationale behind the decision to design an interdisciplinary engineeringprogram at the undergraduate level, and continues with a history of the program as it developedand

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Design & Capstone

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Kozak

Session 3649 Creating Spreadsheet Software as a Team to Solve a Complex Laboratory Experiment Michael J Kozak Purdue University School of TechnologyAbstract This paper describes the author’s experience using a student-team approach to creating amulti-layered spreadsheet to analyze a complex lab experiment. Each student was given aportion of the lab to solve by creating a sheet in a workbook. Each student’s sheet is thenhyperlinked to the other sheets resulting in a workbook. The workbook directs subsequent labstudents through the steps

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ralph Rogers; Phil Lunsford; Paul Kauffmann

Session 1793 A Case Study: Development of a Practice Oriented Engineering Program with Implications for Regional Economic Development Paul Kauffmann Ralph Rogers Phil Lunsford East Carolina University, Greenville, NCIntroductionThis paper describes an engineering program planned for implementation at East CarolinaUniversity in fall 2004. The program presents a unique design synthesis of concentration areasrequired to enhance regional economic development and the best practices

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Innovations in Nuclear Education I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Jerome Davis; Roman Stemprok; Charles Bittle; Mitty Plummer

Session 2277 Fifteen Years Experience In Delivering A Nuclear Engineering Technology Program To A Nuclear Utility Site By Mitty C. Plummer, Jerome J Davis, Charles C. Bittle and Roman Stemprok University of North TexasI. Introduction.The University of North Texas, Department of Engineering Technology has delivered a NuclearEngineering Technology program which leads to a Bachelor’s degree in Nuclear EngineeringTechnology to a nuclear power plant site 92 miles from the main campus, which is

Conference Session

ECE Education and Engineering Mathematics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Heer

A Custom Microcontroller System used as a platform for learning in ECE Adriaan Smit, Donald Heer, Roger Traylor, Terri S. FiezAbstract: TekBots™ is a program that was started at Oregon State University in theElectrical and Computer Engineering Department to develop Platforms for Learning™.The program is designed to assist, re-enforce and accelerate the learning process byintegrating knowledge across many different courses. For each course the TekBotplatform is used to closely tie the course material to ‘real’ engineering hardware. Withthese hands on materials, the students can attach a real meaning to many of theseemingly ambiguous topics learned in lecture. The TekBots platform is composed

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Teamwork and Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Josephson; Nader Vahdat; K.C. Kwon

A Self Assessment of Computer Science Education in a Chemical Engineering Curriculum William Josephson, K.C. Kwon & Nader Vahdat Chemical Engineering Department / CEAPS Tuskegee University Tuskegee, Alabama 36088AbstractThe Department of Chemical Engineering at Tuskegee University (T.U.) regularly reviews itsundergraduate curriculum to ensure that it fulfills the department’s objective of providinggraduates with the skills necessary to begin a career in chemical engineering. Department facultyrecently assessed the status of computer science education within the curriculum