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Charles D. Parker; B. Neal Whitten

. Unfortunately, there is not as much emphasis placed on teaching at theundergraduate level, since universities are struggling to obtain funding from outsidesources, which is most easily gained through privately funded outside research4, 5. Thisdrive for external funding takes precedence over teaching and service, as well as stayingup-to-date with the developments in the field.The argument can be made that since industrial experience is required as a condition ofgaining tenure in engineering technology programs, there is no lack of practicalexperience. This argument fails to acknowledge two distinct groups of educators: 1) newgraduates who may not have the required experience at the beginning of their academiccareers 2) educators that achieved tenure but

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Chandrika Rao; Carol L. Binkerd

or good programming and design principles. As a result, it is a big challenge foran instructor to prepare lectures that integrate the business programming aspects of anyapplication along with the theoretical concepts. RecommendationsAfter teaching this course for the first time, it was obvious that a total revamp was neededin order to engage the students in the learning process. In order to make this courserelevant the instructor needed to gain a broad understanding of the field. The approachwas two-fold; confer with employers, and, collaborate with GIS instructors.1. Confer with local employers. Local surveying companies can explain the database management tools they use in their business or typical real

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Chad A. B. Wilson

Florman defines engineering as the “art or science of making practicalapplication of the pure sciences.”1 By this definition, we can see that students ofengineering need to learn at least two disciplines: 1) “the pure sciences” and 2) “practicalapplication” of these sciences. Combine these two necessities with the imperative fromnearly every employer that engineers must learn communication skills, and we have quitea wealth of information to teach our students in four (or increasingly five or six) years. Inorder to meet each of these goals, we must have a concerted, self-reflective teachingstrategy.Here is where James Britton, et al. enter the picture, because their study TheDevelopment of Writing Abilities2 illuminates students’ learning

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Carole Goodson

systems with an interactive component. Therefore, a user-centered development methodology like human-computer interaction (HCI) is a much needed disciplinewithin all computer science programs. This discipline is the basis for an engaging mindset. HCI is an interdisciplinary methodology that involves skills from disciplines such aspsychology/cognitive science, engineering, informatics, computer science/software engineering,ergonomics, human factors, and social sciences4. Therefore, HCI is more closely aligned with user-centered development. Alan Cooper relates his experience of the broader perspective which he couldonly see after he extricated himself from the “programming grip”1. He claims that only then did he seethat programming is such a

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Amir Karimi

have been heavilydirected towards evaluation of two criteria: Criterion 2- Program Educational Objectives andCriterion 3- Program Educational Outcomes. These two criteria are described in the most recentABET publication (2005-06 Engineering Criteria)1 as:Criterion 2. Program Educational Objectives: Although institutions may use differentterminology, for purposes of Criterion 2, program educational objectives are broad statementsthat describe the career and professional accomplishments that the program is preparinggraduates to achieve. Each engineering program for which an institution seeks accreditation orreaccreditation must havein place:(a) detailed published educational objectives that are consistent with the mission of the institution

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Aiman S. Kuzmar, City of Corpus Christi, TX

are generally supportive in thisregard in various ways. Many universities in fact request continuous teaching improvementsthrough their promotion and tenure process. Further, state and federal authorities have createdvarious programs to introduce and implement new ways of instruction to enhance undergraduateeducation. Various national organizations aim towards this objective. For instance, theAmerican Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) is fully dedicated to promote engineeringand engineering technology education.1 The ASEE convenes an annual conference andexposition exclusively for this purpose. The ASEE makes the creation and implementation ofnew effective teaching techniques and new teaching trends one of its conference topics

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Mark Hamner; M. M. Holt; Ebony McGee; Diana Dickey-Davis

admission status.The authors tested three hypotheses pertaining to the science and non-science majors.First, we used a two-sample t-test to compare the average Math SAT scores of scienceand non-science majors at TWU. In addition, we asked whether or not the chosen majorof students was independent of ethnicity by doing a chi-squared test of hypothesis.Finally, we explored the relative success of science majors versus non-science majors byusing a two-sample t-test to assess if the average cumulative GPA for Science majorsdiffers from the average cumulative GPA for non-science majors ResultsAs indicated in Table 1, the total number of undergraduate TWU students in Fall 2003was 7,273. Approximately 75% of those

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Stephan Wright; Amit Thakkar

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Ms. LaQuasha M. Morgan; Ms. Faye Moore,; Dr. David A. Kirkpatrick

provide a formalapproach regarding the past, the present status of the Engineering TechnologyDepartment and solutions to produce a brighter future. As members of Tau Alpha Pi weare very proud and hope to accomplish the goal to instill pride in our Technologyprogram. This is a goal that our future members may have to resume, because we canonly advance step by step. We shall do anything and everything within our reach to getcloser to our goal. Being the best of the best takes work, which we are gladly willing todo. REFERENCES 1. URL: http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history. Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Texas

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Mohammed Shahbazuddin; Dr. Terrence. L Chambers

fixed-length binary strings and concatenated together into onelong binary string called a “genotype,” which is representative of chromosomal material in aliving creature.The Genetic Algorithm is modeled on the basis of Darwin's theory of natural selection. It uses asemi-random, or heuristic, search method to explore the design space. The initial runs of theGenetic Algorithm are used for exploring the design space and the later runs are used forexploitation or convergence. The ability to maintain a balance between exploration andexploitation makes the Genetic Algorithm less susceptible to the problems of local convergencethan many other stochastic algorithms.The Genetic Algorithm involves: 1. Creation of an initial population of

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Luciana R. Barroso; Jim Morgan

. Childs, Leland T. Jordan Professor of Mechanical Engineering(details on the course were presented previously under the title: Developing A New Differential-Equation-Based Dynamics/Vibration Course, 1 at ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section 2001 ANNUALCONFERENCE "Changing the Engineering Profession" March 28-30, 2001, Texas A&MUniversity, College Station, TX.). The course emphasizes model development and the use ofgeneral kinematic equations and differential equations of motion for problem solving. Theauthors have adapted the course content to incorporate civil engineering examples andapplications, and to place more emphasis on vibration. Course projects are based on realisticcivil engineering examples, with an emphasis on the assumptions required to

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2004 GSW

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Tariq A. Khraishi

his/her students(depending of course on available resources). We also discuss some of the issues related to boththe execution and successful completion of such PBL experiments. Project AssignmentsA list of the projects assigned to students, as is from the class, is provided here below forinterested teachers to utilize or adapt to their teaching: 1- Using Brinell hardness indenter: a) Investigate the hardness of bobsled and skeleton runner material using lateral and longitudinal sections. b) Investigate edge effects on hardness. 2- For a piece of copper of bulk size, polish and etch it, and then investigate microhardness close to the center of the grains and progressively closer

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2004 GSW

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David G. Johnson; Jessica D. Sanders

itscenter, a meter above the ground and a meter horizontally away from the launch point(refer to Figure 1). The design objective was to create a mechanism that was bothdurable and performed with repeatability. An important constraint on the assignment wasto only use concepts of kinematics and kinetics that had been covered thus far in the classfor the design and analysis of the mechanism. The available concepts included 2-D and3-D rectilinear motion, including projectile motion, concepts of force, mass, andacceleration, including frictional forces, work, power, kinetic energy, potential energy,impact and systems of particles. Due to the aerodynamics of the ball and the smallvelocities involved in the experiment, aerodynamic drag was neglected

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2004 GSW

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H. R. Myler

anduniversities titled Closing the Gaps by 2015 (adopted in October 2000 by the Texas HigherEducation Coordinating Board)1. The plan, which is directed at closing educational gaps withinTexas, as well as between Texas and other states, has four goals: to close the gaps in studentparticipation, student success, excellence, and research. The plan includes strategies for reachingeach of the goals and an annual performance measuring system. One outcome of this plan was ademonstrated need for engineering education and an outcome of this was the creation of the non-profit membership organization known as the Texas Engineering and Technical Consortium(TETC). The purpose of TETC is to increase the number of engineering and computer sciencegraduates from Texas

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2004 GSW

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Mr. Marcus Johnson; Dr. Mohan Ketkar

. FormulationOptical detectors that use lenses have directional response1. The output peaks when thelight source is placed along the axis normal to the lens. The output reduces as the sourceis moved away from the direction of maximum signal. The actual output voltage, Voutdepends on the peak signal voltage, Vpeak, and the angular distance, ψ. Vout = Vpeak f (ψ ) (1)where f(ψ) is a function either provided by the manufacturer of the optical detectors2 (asshown in Fig.1), or can be practically obtained. z P

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2004 GSW

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Tariq A. Khraishi; Larissa Gorbatikh

horizontal distance of at least one meter (see Figure 1 for an example). These designs reliedon the fact that potential energy converted to kinetic energy during the downward slide of theball. Other designs involved the use of a push or pull springs to drive the motion of the ball byconverting the spring’s potential energy into kinetic energy for the ball (Figure 2). Several otherdesigns employed some sort of an impact mechanism to drive the ball’s motion (see Figure 3 forone example). Other design concepts employed catapult-type construction. One such design useda stretched elastic rubber band to swing the golf bar upon release (Figure 4). Another catapultwas built entirely out of play LEGO and naturally generated a lot of interest from both

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J. Rasty; J. F. Crdenas-Garcva

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Carlos G. Spaht

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Paul Ruchhoeft

emerging technology has been some of the University’sresearch laboratories. This paper will describe some of these projects and how the entireclass, as well as all engineering students, are introduced to the emerging technologyassociated with these projects. IntroductionIn episode 1410 of the “Engines of Our Ingenuity,”1 John Lienhard states, “The Greek word tecnh (pronounced techne) describes art and skill in making things. Tecnh is the work of a sculptor or a stonemason, a composer, or a clock-maker. Ology is the study or the lore of something. Technology is the knowledge of making things. Some argue that we shouldn't call our species Homo sapiens or the-wise-people, but rather Homo technologicus

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2004 GSW

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Richard Bannerot

activity9. In the senior capstone course, taken by threedepartments10 (Electrical and Computer Engineering, Industrial Engineering, andMechanical Engineering) in which students are forced to form groups with representationfrom at least two departments, about 65% of the course grade is determined by asemester-long project provided by local industry or the faculty. (Generally each grouphas a different project.)The ethnicity data for all students are presented in Table 1. Four ethnic groups (as selfreported) are recognized: Caucasian, Hispanic, Asian (east and south), African American,and Other (Middle Easterner, Pacific Islander and American Indian). The first columnprovides the distribution (per cent) of each ethnic group in the classes; the second

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2004 GSW

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Richard Bannerot; Ross Kastor; Paul Ruchhoeft

for Engineering EducationClass CommunicationLast year we begun using Blackboard, a website based software, as “communicationscentral” for the class. Its use has been very successful. As an example, the calendar forthe Fall 2003 course as posted on the website is given in Figure 1 (at the end of thepaper). All assignments and all instructions are also posted. The “communication”feature (email) allows efficient information exchange among all students, teams, clients,faculty advisors and instructors/facilitators. Student’s questions can be answered and, ifappropriate, the answers are communicated to the entire class via email and the web site.Grades are also entered into a secure location at the website to which individual studentshave

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Gurubaran Veeravel; Enno Ed Koehn

University Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationThe efficiency of ozone formation rises and then falls as the ratio of nitrogen oxides (NOx) tovolatile organic compounds (VOCs) increases9. Therefore, NOx emissions result in lessefficient ozone production. The following have been found to contribute to air pollution:1. Sulfur dioxide is released when sulfur-containing fuels, such as coal and oil, are burned.Common sources of sulfur dioxide emissions are electric utilities and certain industrialprocesses, such as copper smelting. Sulfur dioxide at elevated concentrations can causerespiratory problems and also affects plant and crop production. It also can be a contributingcomponent of acid rain.2. Toxic

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Rafic Bachnak; Korinne Caruso; cody ross

Science Foundation,however, among engineering professionals, 88% are White, 6% are Asian, and only 6%are minority [1]. To improve minority representation in engineering and engineeringtechnology programs, institutions of higher education have used a number of approaches,such as the increase of visibility of the engineering profession, mentoring students, andacademic support [2]. Strategies to recruit and retain students include hands-onapproaches [3, 4], field trips [5, 6], summer workshops [7], and software trainingprograms [8]. This paper describes a project that uses all these methods to attractunderrepresented students to science and engineering through a program that includespresentations at high schools, invited speakers, field trips, hands

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2004 GSW

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Brian Nutter; Tanja Karp; Sunanda Mitra

with the DSK. Figure 1 shows a very simple Simulink modelthat samples an input signal present at the analog jack at 8 kHz, filters it, and sends it tothe analog output jack. The ADC and DAC blocks take care of configuring the hardwarecorrectly without further programming. To filter the signal, the “fdatool” (filter designand analysis tool) block allows the programmer to specify the filter characteristicsthrough a graphical user interface (GUI) and calculates the filter coefficients, as shown inFigure 2. Students are able to perform this simple filtering implementation at the end ofthe second week of classes. The facility of experimenting with different filter parametersand listening to the results keeps them excited about their project and

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2004 GSW

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Guanlin Tang; Larissa Gorbatikh

Educationmodeling of jointed structures [1]. Development of a novel finite element code requires ageneral approach to handle applied loads that may vary in magnitude and directionaccording to an arbitrary prescribed law. In the present work we propose a simple modelthat is able to capture load history effects through an incremental approach.A number of studies have been done in the past to investigate memory rules in contactand frictional problems, but mainly for the contact of two identical spheres. Analyticalanalysis was carried out by Cattaneo [2] , Mindlin and Deresiewicz [3] for several typesof loading scenarios. A general model for the same contact was proposed by Dobry et al[4] that is able to manage arbitrary variations in the applied loads. It has

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2004 GSW

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Seshagiri Rao Hoskote; Enno “Ed” Koehn

trucks aredominant with 12.34 tones/day. The SO2 analysis reveals that trucks are going to emit 0.97 tonnes/day. Emissions of hydrocarbons are mainly contributed by two-wheelers andauto rickshaws. The current levels (2001) are 28.10 and 12.26 tones/day respectively. Thetotal CO emissions by all modes, which are 123.99 tones/day in 2001 would increase to179.11 tones/day by the year 2025.Study indicate that cars, which have a share of 12% in passenger kms emit 38.6% of totalemissions, whereas buses, which have a 50.7% share in passenger kms are emitting 2.3% ofthe total emissions. Hence there is a need to promote the Public Transport System.Comparative Analysis of Three CitiesAnalysis of the three cities brings out the following observations:1

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Jerry Dwyer; Katherine Hitchcox

+ R2 + R3and 1 1 1 1 = + + RT R1 R2 R3respectively. These equations provide a rich opportunity to understand the concepts of inverseand fraction addition. Lesson plans include construction of a closed circuit with bulbs andresistors and a deduction game based on hidden magnets. Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Texas Tech University Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationCompostComposting, which allows certain organic wastes to decompose into a rich fertilizer, is anenvironmentally friendly

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2004 GSW

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Carlton Prewit; Rafic Bachnak

temperature control system found in most homes. A control system keepsthe air in a home at a certain temperature. It does this by sensing the ambienttemperature, comparing it to the desired temperature, and producing a control action thatwill keep the ambient temperature at or near the desired temperature. This paperdescribes a project that involves designing, building, and demonstrating a regulatorycontrol system. The system will maintain the temperature of a process at a desired setpoint. Another goal is to incorporate a PC-based data acquisition system (DAQ) alongwith LabVIEW, a graphics-based programming language by National Instruments.LabVIEW has been used in many control systems applications [1-5].To demonstrate the functionality of the system

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Amir Karimi

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2004 GSW

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Chau Kim Tran; Amir Karimi

has therefore been the subjectof many theoretical and experimental investigations. A variety of experimentaltechniques has been use to obtain data for comparison with theory. These falls into twomain categories: cloud chamber and gas dynamics methods, such as supersonic nozzlesand shock tubes.Karimi and Lienhard 1 have shown that no vapor phase data has come anywhere near thevapor spinodal line while liquids have been heated all the way to their spinodal linepredicted by van der Waals equation of states. Karimi and Lienhard have attempted toprovide an analytical answer to the question of why then can liquid be heated almost allthe way to their spinodal line while vapor cannot be cooled to theirs. By calculating theminimum work required to