Conference Session

Virtual Instrumentation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Narciso Macia

. BackgroundAutomatic control systems have been evolving over the past 150 years[1]. These systems beganas simple mechanical feedback devices and have evolved into complex electronic and computercontrolled systems. The education of students in control systems is one of the functions ofArizona State University East's College of Technology and Applied Sciences.This project consists of completing an apparatus that demonstrates the automatic control of waterlevel in a tank that is being randomly filled. Random filling of the tank represents a real lifeunpredictable disturbance to the system. Automatic control is accomplished with the use of apersonal computer operated with LabView software. Automatic control is accomplished bysensing the water level and then

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Carmen Boje; Nicolae Dragulanescu

. Popper, K. – Objective Knowledge: an Evolutionary Approach, Ed. Clarendon, Oxford, 1973 11. Wiener, N. – Cybernetics, Wiley and Sons, New York, 1948Biographical informationCARMEN BOJE is an Assistant Professor of Computer Technology in the Purdue School of Engineering andTechnology at Indiana University Purdue University of Indianapolis. She taught in various universities inRomania and Italy and worked as Engineer in Electronics/Telecommunications, Technical Writer andConsultant for European (PHARE) projects. E-mail: bcarmen@iupui.edu, ccarmen38@hotmail.com.Dr. NICOLAE DRAGULANESCU (Former Fulbright Scholar at University of Pittsburgh, USA) is anAssociate Professor of Polytechnics University - Bucharest, Romania, a member of USA American

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Paper Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Seetha Veeraghanta; Janice Frost

following social science and engineering-related databases: • Social Science Abstracts C General Science Abstracts C Applied Science & Technology Abstracts C Web of Knowledge/Web of Science, C Compendex C Inspec, and C Scifinder Scholar (Chemical abstracts)C Sustainability and Ethics Project The final assignment for the semester is a professional quality oral presentation in PowerPoint and a written report prepared by each team based on their presentation. The quality of the final oral presentation and the written report are evidence of the effectiveness of this pedagogy. Figure 4 below spells out the details of the final

Conference Session

Unique Courses & Services for Freshmen

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Cedric Walker; Carol Mullenax

chairs were approached and asked for help in creating additional mini-lab topics.Each department approached the project differently, with the realization that in some respectsthey were competing with each other for enrollment not only in the labs but also eventually asselected student majors. Mechanical Engineering (MCEN) interpreted creation and running ofmini-labs as part of the duties of their Teaching Assistants (TA’s), with the departmentallaboratory coordinator designated as the point of contact for the ENGR101 course administrators.Civil & Environmental Engineering (CVEN) created a TA position to run two freshman mini-labtopics. Chemical Engineering (CENG) discussed labs at their faculty meeting and generatedideas there. Electrical

Conference Session

TIME 3: Thermal Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Scott

. Erens, P.J., and Dreyer, A.A., "Heat Transfer from Immersed Slender Bodies", Int. Journ. Mech. Engin.Education, Vol. 23, 1995, pp. 203-211 Page 9.1398.9 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education3. Mullisen, R.S., "Thermal Engineering Design Project: Heat Transfer from a Cylinder in Crossflow", Int. Journ.Mech. Engin. Education, Vol. 24, 1996, pp. 195-2064. Campo, A., and Blotter, J., "A Simple Instructional Experiment on Unsteady Heat Conduction that Quantifies theExisting Competition

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Computed Simulation and Animation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Filsinger

disk fragmentation. In ComputerNetworks, such a project could be used to demonstrate such concepts as network routingcomputations (such as Dijkstra’s Algorithm), network address computations, timesharingsimulations, etc. The possibilities are virtually endless.When studying Computer Science or Computer Engineering, many concepts exist which are verysimple conceptually, but difficult to demonstrate practically. The writing of simulation programsto demonstrate these concepts is the best way I have yet found for making these ideas accessibleto the students.Bibliography 1. Ontko, R., Reeder, A., Tanenbaum, A. (2001). Modern Operating Systems Simulators. http://www.ontko.com/moss/ 2. Tanenbaum, A. (2001). Modern Operating Systems

Conference Session

Expert Advice on Instructional Methods

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Phillip Wankat

teaching improvement, eitherfor specific disciplines or in conjunction with the annual meeting, have been held. Theseprograms continue with popular regional and National Effective Teaching Institutes, the latterheld in conjunction with the ASEE annual meeting. In 1983 the ASEE Quality in EngineeringEducation Project again called for more training of faculty in educational methods.Students suffer when professors do not learn to teach until after their first classes. Workshops arealso always constrained by the time available. A better approach is to learn to teach in graduateschool by taking a course in the College of Engineering on teaching methods. As early as 1972Professor Jim Stice pioneered this approach at the University of Texas at Austin3

Conference Session

The Climate for Women in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dona Johnson; Harriet Hartman; Beena Sukumaran

literature as female friendly [9]. In the first year, a student takesintroductory courses in all engineering disciplines. In addition, students also take some coursesin mathematics, and the sciences. In the second, and third years, students take foundationcourses, with additional courses in the mathematics and science subject areas, to give studentsthe required level of knowledge. The third year covers much of the core material and is apreparation for immediate professional practice. In the fourth year, the courses aim to developthe in-depth understanding in electives of the student’s choice. In addition to taught courses, thestudent also undertakes work on an original research or design project. In addition, the womenface some of the same issues in

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Design & Capstone

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Maurice Bluestein; Pete Hylton

has participated in five different Collier Award winning aerospace projects. Page 9.704.8 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Innovative & Computer-Assisted Lab Study

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nadezda Berezkina; Ilya Leipunsky; Guido Lopez

necessary because the flux of gas molecules into the indicator is also afunction of its affinity for the gas penetrant. Calibration of the process using known defectstandards is required in order to obtain the proper correction constants that can be used in actualapplications.GAIM: AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL TO CONVEY ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES OFSAFETY AND RELIABILITYVirtually all undergraduate engineering programs aim to enrich and culminate their curriculawith capstone projects where students are encouraged to apply their knowledge and skills in oneof the most fundamental activities of their future profession, i.e.: The design of artifacts, systemsand procedures that aim at satisfying human needs. There are innumerable aspects involved inengineering design

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Trevor Hassall; Jose Arquero; John Joyce; Ian Robinson; Michael Bramhall

Document, London, Engineering Council (1988).5. Engineering Council, Standards and Routes to Registration, London, Engineering Council.6. IEE, Issues in Engineering education, paper at IEE Policy Forum on the education and initial professional Page 9.320.8 development of professional engineers (1996). Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education7. G. M. Blair, Project management skills for electrical engineers in Proceedings of the Teaching of Electronic Engineering Degree

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TIME 3: Thermal Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Maixner

Refrigeration systems Alternate energy sources Page 9.1306.6 Thermal analysis project Table 1: Comparison of Conventional and TFSE Sequences “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2004, American Society for Engineering Education”1 Moran, M.J., H.N. Shapiro, B.R. Munson, D.P. DeWitt. Introduction to Thermal Systems Engineering:Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, and Heat Transfer. New York: Wiley, 2003.2 Moran, M.J., and H.N. Shapiro. Fundamentals of Engineering

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Trends in Construction Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rajesh Malani; Enno Koehn

. Workshop for the 1995 Civ. Engrg. Educ. Conf., ASCE, New York, N.Y., 11-12.ENNO “ED” KOEHNEnno “Ed” Koehn is a Professor of Civil Engineering at Lamar University, Beaumont, TX. Professor Koehn hasserved as the principal investigator for several research and development projects dealing with various aspects ofconstruction and has experience in the design, scheduling, and estimating of facilities. In addition, he hasauthored/co-authored approximately 200 papers and presentations in engineering education and the general areas ofcivil and construction engineering. Dr. Koehn is a member of ASEE, AACE International, ASCE, NSPE, ChiEpsilon, Tau Beta Pi, and Sigma Xi and is a registered Professional Engineer and Surveyor.Rajesh D. MalaniRajesh D

Conference Session

TC2K and Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Abi Aghayere

were 37 students enrolled in the on-campussection of the course and 5 students enrolled in the online section.The course delivery method for the on-campus section consists of four 50-minute lectures eachweek for ten weeks and includes weekly homework assignments carried out in groups of fourstudents. Each student is required to complete every assignment individually before meeting withtheir group to decide on the best solution that will be submitted. To enable students acquire somehands-on learning experience, a group structural analysis laboratory project using the ANEXsmall-scale laboratory is also assigned. The main text used in the course is a 230-page set ofconcise and practice-oriented course notes developed by the author. This is

Conference Session

What's New in Engineering Economy

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

H. Jean Russo; Joseph Hartman

production is expected to last for 10 years with each pound costing $5.50 toproduct but generating $12 in revenue. Clean up and remediation costs are estimated at $25million at the end of production. What is the present worth of the project assuming a MARR of18%? Page 10.1439.2 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright • 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Session 2639These two examples illustrate how we intend to infuse “real problems” into

Conference Session

Integrating Mathematics and Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

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Todd Johnson; Eric Key, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez; Dale Buechler, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

Design,”Journal of Engineering Education, Apr. 2000, pp. 167-175.[8] Mary Besterfield-Sacre, Cynthia J. Atman, Larry J. Shuman, “Characteristics of FreshmanEngineering Students: Models for Determining Student Attrition in Engineering,” Journal ofEngineering Education, Apr. 1997, pp. 139-149.[9] Carole Morning and Jacqueline Fleming, “Project Preserve: A Program to Retain Minoritiesin Engineering,” Journal of Engineering Education, Jul. 1994, pp. 237-242. Page 10.461.9 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Hunter

class on leadership traits presented in ISE 3910, EngineeringLeadership and Project Management, offered by the Department of Industrial and SystemsEngineering at Tennessee Technological University. After a brief lecture on the history of thebattle of Agincourt, the students took roles and acted out a portion of Act IV of Henry V duringclass. After the student performance, the corresponding scene with the “Band of Brothers”speech from the Kenneth Branagh version of the film Henry V11 was shown for comparison.This introduction generated good class discussion of leadership traits.Vignette Example #3: The Wreck of the Old 97This vignette includes the history of an actual train wreck and some music history about thecountry ballad that resulted from

Conference Session

Measuring Perceptions of Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Christine Cunningham; Cathy P. Lachapelle; Anna Lindgren-Streicher

guide the field [4-6].One of stumbling blocks that has been identified is that scholars have not yet come to consensuson the specific concepts and process understandings that comprise technological literacy [7].More clarification at the national, state, district, or project level could provide some guidelines.However, we have chosen to begin to investigate conceptions at a much more basic level;specifically, what do students think engineering and technology are? One could argue that forany person to be technologically literate, s/he must first have some idea of what engineering andtechnology are. Though they are surrounded by the products of engineering in our everydaylives, students and the general public generally don’t understand what

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gabe Garcia; Ian Leslie

art technologies and skills• Advance the state of knowledge and practice in pedagogy in engineering and computer science and publication and dissemination of the results• Provide more effective support to group-based educational activities, especially with regards to retention of a diverse student population• Provide a rich environment for new hardware/software projects with wireless technologyAt the same time the HP Mobility Grant was awarded to NMSU the Mechanical EngineeringDepartment finished construction of a computer classroom which contained 52 windowsbased machines. This essentially reduced the demand for a wireless classroom because theresources were now available to students through the newly constructed computer classroom.At

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Dick Blandford

can "see" the bits interacting with the hardwareprovides a vehicle for teaching what microprogramming is all about. The software described inthis paper runs under the Windows XP operating system and is used in several projects in asophomore-level electrical engineering class on logic design. It allows students to microprograma simulated 8-bit computer and to visualize such architectural features as pipelining, the storedprogram, and the arithmetic and logic unit (alu) loop.II. Characteristics of the simulated machineThe simulated machine is loosely based on the Intel 8080 8-bit cpu that dates back to the midseventies. This machine has roughly the same register set, accumulator-based architecture, andALU functions. It is however

Conference Session

First-Year Design Experiences

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michelle Sabick; John Gardner; Patricia Pyke; William Knowlton; Amy Moll

materials and how it affects profits and process design • Turning a profit is difficult • The importance of planning • The importance of testing the process and how easy it is to overestimate the process • Ergonomics is important and affects the operators performance • The importance and difficulty of process and quality controlOne student commented, “There is a lot of engineering involved in making a simple peanutbutter cracker sandwich because our team spent a lot of time coming up with an original processthat would enable us to make a profit. I learned a lot from this project about quality and processcontrol, and I am even more motivated than ever before to get my degree in

Conference Session

A Renaissance in NRE Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Bennion; Jay Kunze; Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar; Michael Lineberry

schooled in the physical sciences, but desiring to have a better understanding of nuclear technology and related issues.• A cooperative research arrangement between the ISU Idaho Accelerator Center (IAC, on the Pocatello campus) and the INL has existed for nearly 15 years. The IAC has a dozen charged particle accelerators, most accelerating electrons, with peak energies in the MeV range, the highest energy unit being 50 MeV. Since the INL has no accelerators, research agreements were established in which INL engineers and scientists set up their research experiments at the IAC, and are provided office space and working space. The INL/ISU teams have worked jointly together on a variety of projects, and publish the results

Conference Session

Design of Lab Experiments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Dave Confer; Steven York; Michael Gregg; Jeffrey Connor

introduction to fuel cells in lecture, prior to any work in the lab.A worksheet (attachment) is provided that contains basic information specific to the fuelcells to be used, safety precautions and a set of pre-lab questions/calculations. The pre-lab questions are due prior to the start of lab work. Students are also referred to specificinternet sources for additional information if they wish to investigate further. Twoexcellent web sources on fuel cells3,4 are: • Smithsonian Fuel Cell Project. A very good overview of all fuel cell types written so that anyone may understand without prior knowledge on the subject. (http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/csr/fuelcells/basics.htm) • Ballard Inc. This site contains an excellent video

Conference Session

New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Xianfgu Zong; Marcia Fischer; Malgorzata Chranowska-Jeske; James Morris; Fu Li; Cynthia Brown; Agnes Hoffman

IIIST. PSU faculty andadministrators traveling to IIIST review facilities and equipment to ensure that they areappropriate for PSU instruction. IIIST provides classrooms, computers and software,internet connections, projection and other instructional equipment. PSU classroomfacilities on campus and the Distance Learning Center provide support for the program.Laboratories: Students at IIIST take required Electrical and Computer Engineeringlaboratory courses on the campus of Fudan University in Shanghai, through an agreementbetween IIIST and Fudan. PSU faculty have visited the lab facilities at Fudan, and reportthat the facilities and equipment are comparable to those at PSU. The equipment at Fudanis functionally the same as that at PSU, though

Conference Session

Mathematics Curriculum in Transition

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Kaplan; Kathleen Kaplan

. Modeling is the research part where the event is studied and arepresentation is formalized; simulation builds upon the model and creates an implementationwith respect to time over the given event. By using modeling and simulation, important data canbe obtained that would be a basis for making managerial or technical decisions9. Typicalexamples of modeling and simulation are aircraft flight simulators or electronic circuit Page 10.918.3simulators, and a specific example of a Markov Chain M&S project is weapon’s system andsoftware evaluation10. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth A. Stephan; Benjamin L. Sill; Matthew Ohland

Session Adapting Engineering Laboratories to Enhance Learning using Real-Time Sensors Matthew W. Ohland, Elizabeth A. Stephan, and Benjamin L. Sill General Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634AbstractClemson’s NSF-sponsored EXPerimental Engineering in Real-Time (EXPERT) project isdesigned to assess the efficacy of using real-time sensors connected to laptops in engineeringclasses. Earlier papers described the painstaking procedure used to develop parallellaboratories—one set of laboratories using sensors and another set of laboratories not usingsensors

Conference Session

Thermal Systems

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Smith; Ralph Volino

Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”their own convection experiment. While challenging, this was a rewarding experience for manyof the students and the instructors.AcknowledgementsThe authors are deeply indebted to Mr. Charlie Popp for his technical advice; and forconstructing and assembling the heat transfer benches. The quality of the final product was thedirect result of his organization and attention to detail. The authors would also like to thanksProf. Karen Flack for her encouragement, advice and direction towards more individual hands-onexperiments.References[1] Shawn Kim, H.W. “Improvement of an Undergraduate Thermal Fluid Laboratory Through Innovative Laboratory Design Project”, Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE

Conference Session

Web-Based Instruction

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Raed Abou Fakher; Deborah Sharer

Board: WebCT tools for asynchronous communication between the instructor, SI leader and students. • Homework and Test Solutions: A compilation of homework and test solutions (automatically posted after their due date), in addition to sample tests and their solutions. • Personal Space: Used by each student to submit his/her homework and final design project. Access to a student’s personal space is restricted to the individual student, the course instructor and the SI leader. • Calendar: Complete information of course requirements and announcements in a calendar format. • Grades: Showing homework, quiz and test grades for each student. Access to a student’s grades is restricted to the individual student, the course

Conference Session

Engineers & Engineering Education in Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, and Turkey

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

S. Birgül Tantekin-Ersolmaz; Gülsün Saglamer; Ekrem Ekinci

engineering education establishment was allocated for the training ofcivilians as civil engineers and architects with the aim of teaching essential skills needed inplanning and implementing the country's new infrastructure projects. The School of CivilEngineering then assumed the name “Engineering School (Hendese-i Mülkiye)” in 1909 offeringa six-year program of study, and was removed from the military jurisdiction and placed under theauthority of the Ministry of Public Works.After the independence war, the Turkish Republic was declared in 1923. The republicanadministration was quick to realize that one of the sturdiest foundation stones inherited was theEngineering School. The government duly transformed it to the Engineering Academy (YüksekMühendis

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Moran

communication projects and a relevance to theirfuture careers is considered important for student success in technical communication courses.10Some problemsBringing troubleshooting and other types of fault identification/isolation procedures into theclassroom is not an easy task. Most students have a writing background of essays, letters andreports that has concentrated on producing linear narratives. Most technical writing exercisescontinue this, asking students to write physical descriptions, process descriptions, reports usingthe IMRAD format, and instructions following a numbered step pattern that provides a sense ofthe beginning (step 1), middle and end (last step).Troubleshooting procedures ask the student develop an information product that may