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Innovative & Computer-Assisted Lab Study

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Gumaer

Vendor Adaptor Application Cost 1 PCMCIA slot National Instruments 6024E LabVIEW 7 $ 1,690 2 PCMCIA slot Measurement Computing DAS16/12AO SoftWIRE $ 598 3 PCMCIA slot National Instruments 6024E Drivers Only $ 695 4 PCMCIA slot Measurement Computing DAS16/12AO Drivers Only $ 549 5 USB port B & B Electronics UD128A8D BB-DAC $ 270 6 Parallel port None None None $ 25Source: www.ni.com, www.measurementcomputing.com, www.bb-elec.comHardwareThe laptop PC parallel port consists of 25 signal lines housed in a DB-25 shell

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

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2004 Annual Conference

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Richard Hall; Nancy Hubing; Vikas Yellamraju; Ralph Flori; Timothy Philpot

has been developed that present examples andstrategies for applying superposition principles to common types of beams. To evaluate its effectiveness,experiments were conducted in which the customary lectures were replaced by use of this instructional software.Students who used the superposition software were compared to students in five other Mechanics of Materialssections on the basis of (a) score on a superposition problem included in the common final exam, (b) total score onthe common final exam, and (c) a survey questionnaire consisting of a number of subjective rating items. Thosestudents who used the superposition software were statistically comparable to the other students on all theseoutcome measures. In addition, there was evidence

Conference Session

ECE Capstone and Engineering Practice

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Constantinos Panayiotou; Yu Song; Venkatraman Atti; Andreas Spanias

Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education” Session No.low-pass, high-pass, pass-band, or stop-band. Cut-off frequencies (fc), take values from 0 to 1, where fc =1 corresponds to half-the-sampling frequency.2) Kaiser Design and Min. Max. MethodsThe Kaiser design process involves calculating the Fourier series of the ideal filter and then multiplying itwith a Kaiser window that best fits the filter specifications. Filter specifications are (Figure 2(b)): Filtertype: can be low-pass, high-pass, stop-band or pass-band; Wp1, Ws1 – pass-band and stop-band edge cut-off frequencies, respectively; Wp2, Ws2 – second pass-band and stop-band

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Akbar Eslami

. Atconcentrations above that range the times continued to decrease but at a much lesser rate. Geltemperature (Figure 3(b)) showed a similar pattern of little change at the higher concentrations,reaching a plateau around 185 C. The inflection temperature pattern was not as clear.The gel time and temperature behavior reflect the molecular make up of the vinyl ester. Asoriginally made, the resin is much too viscous to be used for composite materials. Consequently,it is diluted with styrene monomer. (It is the styrene monomer that gives polyester resins thecharacteristic odor that many people associate with “fiberglass” composites 2.) Fortunately, thestyrene monomer enters into the gel and cure reactions and thus is a reactive diluent. As part ofthe final

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Humann

gear train for an electrostatic wobble motor is to consist of two gears with a gear ratio of 2.3.The pinion and gear have 14 and 32 teeth, respectively and will be made of brass. The giventooth height is 115µm, and the tooth width, b, was calculated using the formula 5: 2C b= (2) σ 0.2 mϕrWhere C is the applied torque, σ0.2 is the elastic limit stress (0.2% of plastic deformation), m isthe tooth modulus, φ is the fatigue factor, and r is the gear radius. The gears are to be supportedon axles made of steel of diameters 160 and 100µm for the gear and pinion respectively, bothwith

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Elisa Linsky; Gunter Georgi

composition instruction, the“one-minute” papers ask students to reflect on writing lessons. They help to reinforce thepurpose of the writing consultant presentation, and provide a way for instructors to assesswhether the lesson has come across correctly.3. Midterm PortfolioThis project (Attachment B) asks students to assemble their best and weakest lab report andrespond briefly in writing to the reports’ efficacy. It also gives students an option to rewrite theirworst lab report based on the writing consultant’s comments if they desired. The assembly of theportfolio counts for that week’s “one-minute” paper, and the rewritten paper (if submitted) isregraded and the higher grade recorded in the grade book. Each writing consultant chooses

Conference Session

Novel Upper-Level Materials Curricula

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Amy Hsiao

© 2004, American Society for Engineering Education Week 2: Laboratory Experiment III. Phase Volume Fractions Sometimes materials can be quenched from the liquid state, instead of slowly cooled. In this case, we obtain an amorphous microstructure that is entirely differently from one that is a result of solidification. The photograph below is a scanning electron microscope picture of an amorphous alloy consisting of Fe-Zr-B-Cu metals. (Most engineering materials are not composed of a single element or compound, but rather of a complex mixture of a number of elements. A substance which contains a mixture of elements is referred to as an alloy.) The matrix is amorphous, but upon reheating, small crystallites of Fe being to nucleate out of

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Mechanics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Phillip Cornwell

since all of our students are required to have laptops with Maple installed and theyare experienced users of this software by the time they enter the course.Several of the interactive examples that have been developed are discussed below.Example 1:In this problem students are asked to determine the equations necessary to find the tension in acable connecting two blocks. The complete problem statement is shown in Figure 1.For the system shown, the mass of A is mA and the mass of B is mB and the applied force is P. Assumethe friction between all surfaces is negligible. Derive the equations necessary to solve for the tension inthe cable and the accelerations of the two blocks. B

Conference Session

Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anna Dollar; Paul Steif

cause equivalent deformations of a bar Fig. 2c Equilibrium in 3-D Consider supporting the member in the orientation shown by: • two fingers applying upward forces • a nut driver applying only a couple to the nut located near B The member can be balanced by a couple of the right magnitude and direction acting at B and forces applied to the following pairs of points: C A and B: Yes Gr No Pi A

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Staver; Naiqian Zhang; Masaaki Mizuno; Gurdip Singh; Mitchell Neilsen; Donald Lenhert

Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 5. Basic electronics laboratory.Teachers are very enthused about the hands-on nature of these laboratories, and they provide agood springboard to more advanced sensor research on bioengineering applications – for thisyear, the focus was on variable-rate technology and biosensors. Below is a list of the ten labscompleted during the first two weeks of the summer program:Basic Electronics Labs: 1. Introduction to safety features of the real-time instrumentation laboratory 2. Digital multimeter usage and functions a. Measuring voltage, current, and resistance b. Build and prototype a simple circuit 3. Resistors and thermistors

Conference Session

Are Classical Solutions Outdated?

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jammie Hoskin; Brad Wambeke; Ronald Welch

introduction of the direct stiffness method. During the first structural analysis class,the “propped cantilever” beam (Figure 2) serves as the basis for moment distribution.The stiffness and carry-over factors are both taken directly from the slope deflectionequations associated with this member. A θA B MAB = 4EIθA/L MBA = 2EIθA/L Figure 2. Propped Cantilever with an External Moment at the Roller Support 4 EIThe stiffness factor, K = (for the prismatic beam, Figure 2), is the amount of Lmoment required to rotate end A of the beam one

Conference Session

Academic Standards and Academic Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Caulfield; G Kohli; S P Maj

Systems Personnel: A Review of the Literature and Managerial Implications.’ MIS Quarterly, vol. 6, no. 5 (December), p. 49 – 70.6. Belady, L. A. and Lehman, M. M. (1976). ‘A Model of Large Program Development.’ IBM Systems Journal, vol. 15, no. 3, p. 225 – 252.7. Boehm, B. W. (1981). Software Engineering Economics. Sydney: Prentice-Hall.8. Boehm, B. W., Abts, C., Brown, A. W., Chulani, S., Clark, B. K., Horowitz, E., Madachy, R. J., Reifer, D. J. and Steece, B. (2000). Software Cost Estimation with Cocomo II. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall.9. Bonini, C. P. (1963). Simulation of Information and Decision Systems in the Firm. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall.10. Bradley, J. and McGrath, G. M. (2000). ‘Boot Camp or

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Education by Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

George Catalano

member; (b) externally by an industrial client; or (c) by a team of students whodevelop a project from their own imagination with the only restriction being therequirement of a SUNY-Binghamton engineering faculty member to serve as thetechnical advisor. The present work documents the experiences garnered during the first two yearsof the course. Freshman Engineering Systems and Mechanical Electrical Computer Industrial Engineering Engineering Engineering

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Daugherty; Sunday Faseyitan; Robert Myers; Pearley Cunningham; Winston Erevelles

program. An example of such collaboration may be found with students preparing for atechnical project presentation. Student “A” may be in a Westmoreland County CommunityCollege, Youngwood, PA computer lab with Microsoft’s PowerPoint running. Student “B” maybe at any of the other campuses or even at home on their personal computer. They can meet onPRIME’s Sametime server to discuss their presentation. Student “B” may want to make editorialor content changes but may not have local access to either the application or that particularpresentation. Student “A” would then share PowerPoint with student “B”. Student “B” wouldthen have full control over PowerPoint, but no other software or utilities. Now the two students

Conference Session

EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 1

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Martha Garcia-Saenz

discounted at arisk-rate, and inflation must be handled consistently. The rule to measure the future of a projectis simple too: “An investment is worth if it has a positive NPV, and if the investment has anegative NPV, it should be rejected.” 1 These rules have many times killed projects before theyare even born.In order to understand better this topic, lets say BDS Corporation is planning to buy land for$120,000 to develop a condominium. The intention of the company is to build seven (7)apartments type A or 11 apartments type B. Current value of apartment A is $ 97,000 and type Bis 105,000 and the cost are 80,000 and 95,000 respectively. Could the company build the projectthis year?Because the project will be build this year, time T = 0. Table No

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Alenskis

discipline in the solution step calculations was indeed hindering the students. Upon further examination, the author was able to simplify the needed discipline into somevery basic, yet crucial, concepts. These distilled and clarified ideas, termed “Solution StepDiscipline” (“SSD”), are: 1. Solution Steps form a logical chain. 2. Solution Steps proceed down the page. 3. Solution Steps are to be understandable to a knowledgeable reader. 4. Each Solution Step must be one and only one of: A. Starting Equation B. Substitution C. Calculation At first these might seem elementary or obvious, but it is the conciseness of

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Lewinski; William Hudson

to this project.Bibliographic Information1 Helmholtz, H. Von (1850). Vorlaufiger Bericht uber die Fortpflanzungsgeschwindigkeit der Nervenreizung,Translated in W. Dennis (1948). Readings in Psychology. New York: Appelton-Crofts.2 Glock Inc., 6000 Highlands Parkway, Smyrna, GA 30082.3 Axiom Manufacturing, 2813 Industrial Lane, Garland, TX 75041.4 HyperTerminal Private Edition, Hilgraeve, Inc., 111 Contant Ave., Suite A, Monroe, MI 48161.5 Casper, J. “Algorithms to Support Experiments Conducted by the Center for the Study of Performance in ExtremeEncounters” Advanced Plan Paper, Minnesota State University, Mankato, 2003.6 Lewinski, B. and Hudson, B. “Time to start shooting? Time to stop shooting? The Tempe Study.” The PoliceMarksman, Vol

Conference Session

ET Capstone Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci

the students must be clearly marked with red dots.3. The demonstration of the robot and its capabilities cannot exceed 10 minutes. An additional 10 minutes are designated for questioning by the judges.4. Scoring is based on the uniqueness and quality of the design, functionality of the task, performance of the robot, quality of the workmanship, safety design and issues, and a final descriptive report. Final descriptive report should include: a. The purpose or function of the robot b. The design process c. A schematic of the design d. Safety considerations e. Listings of the purchased and manufactured items5. As a technical point, SME provides a 110 VAC standard outlet, 20 amp single phase 60-Hz

Conference Session

Opportunities in Environmental Engineering Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Pines

evaluating methods to increase ice skating seasonBackwash Filter Study New Britain, CT Investigated advantages/disadvantages of using A, B, D, F, G, Water Department anionic polymer coagulant in filter backwash H systemClearwell Hydraulic and Manchester, CT Recommended alternatives for increasing plug A, B, D, F, G,Intrabasin Baffle Study (2 Water Department flow characteristics of clearwell so that HSemester Study) chlorine dosage could be reduced by performing

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Dillard

fullest extent, the robot specification calls for anautonomous robot for office navigation. A path grid, shown in Figure 2, mimics the officeenvironment. At the Destination Download Station, the robot receives commands serially.These commands are intersection codes that define a path from point A to point B. Afterpower to the robot is recycled, (this forces use of the PIC12F675 EEPROM to storeintersection codes) the robot must travel the prescribed path. Sensor outputs are analog andmust be processed either by the comparator or the ADC. The timers are used for timingcritical issues such as PWM generation for motor drive and, in some implementations,turning at intersections. Having only 6 I/O pins, two motor drive circuits and serialcommunication

Conference Session

BME Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Marcus Pandy; Anthony Petrosino; Ronald Barr

students graciously obliged. For the testing of the VaNTH learning modules, studentswere randomly assigned to either a trial group or the control group by drawing the assignmentslip from a hat. The trial group used the VaNTH website material for the exercise, and thecontrol group used a hardcopy paper version of the same material. The course instructorrecorded the students’ names in each group, but also assigned a random two-digit ID number toeach student with no correlation between the ID number and the group assignment. This IDnumber was subsequently used for all data to assure anonymity. Since there were three modulestested, this random assignment procedure was conducted three times during the semester,resulting in Groups A and B, C and D, and

Conference Session

Technological Literacy II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kurt DeGoede

magnet for use at a scrap yard for lifting cars. The holding force of a horseshoeelectromagnet is F = 397,840 B 2 A (in Newtons)Where A is the contact area (iron core) for the magnet in m2 and N B = µ0 I (In Tesla) Land µ0 = 4 π × 10-7 T·m/A, N is the number of turns of wire, L is the length of the magnet and I isthe current through the coil. Page 9.1145.9 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationAssume the resistance of the copper wire is 3×10-4 ohms per meter of

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Glenn Ellis; Baaba Andam

bringing out student preconceptions about machine consciousness and other topics.Turing TestIn Alan Turing’s classic article “Computing Machinery and Intelligence”,3 he begins with thequote “I propose to consider the question, ‘Can machines think?’” and then proceeds to describea procedure for investigating machine intelligence. Turing writes: The new form of the problem can be described in terms of a game which we call the 'imitation game'. It is played with three people, a man (A), a woman (B), and an interrogator (C) who may be of either sex. The interrogator stays in a room apart from the other two. The object of the game for the interrogator is to determine which of the other two is the man and which is the woman. He knows them by

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mario Simoni; Marc Herniter; Bruce Ferguson

- – Figure 1: A sample question that illustrates the procedure we used to generate questions for the ECI. A: Typical circuit analysis problem for homework or exam in an introductory electronics course. B: The ECI question that is evolved from A using the heuristics described in the text. The possible choices for answers are the four graphs, Page 9.334.3 Figure 2A–Figure 2D. Figure 2E would not be use as a possible answer because of an ambiguity. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright

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Industry-Based Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Duesing; David Baumann; David McDonald

D e s ig n R e v ie w s P ro jec t P ro p o sal F o rm a l P ro ject Scope P r e s e n ta tio n S e le c tio n O f S tu d e n t T ea m s & P ro jec t A s s ig n m e n ts b y SPFB S e le c tio n o f P r

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Brigham; Angran Xiao; Kenneth Bryden

shown in Figure 2, the VE-Suite GUI is usually run on a tablet PC that communicates wirelessly withthe host computer that is running the graphics application. Some typical operations can be performedon each tab of the GUI: (a) Visualization Tab (b) Teacher Tab Figure 2. VE-Suite GUI Visualization and Teacher TabThe Visualization Tab, Figure 2 (a), is the main screen for displaying steady state data; the controls oftransient data that show the changing nature of a flow field are in the Transient Tab. The user selectsone visualization method (contour surface, vectors field, etc.) from the “category” section and choosesthe location he/she is interested in using with the sliding bar

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey LaCombe; Eric Wang; Chris Rogers

for long data samples (e.g. temperature overnight). As shown in Figure 2, bothversions have six ports: three input ports (1, 2, and 3) and three output ports (A, B, and C). TheRCX also comes equipped with a LCD screen for displaying useful information, four buttons foractivating the RCX, an internal speaker for playing sounds, and an infrared (IR) communicationsport. Page 9.1380.2Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2004, American Society for Engineering Session

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Energy Programs and Software Tools

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shuhui Li; Rajab Challoo

systems has been shown a successful start for quickintroduction of rotating mechanical systems to students at TAMUK. Figure 2 illustrates the twosystems and Table 2 gives corresponding variables and equations. By comparing the two systemsby Figure 2 and Table 2, students can quickly and effectively get the concepts of angularposition, speed, and acceleration, the meanings of inertia and torque, and Newton’s law inrotation systems. Then, based on Newton’s law in rotation, a simple example such as a solidcylinder can be used for calculation of inertia to let students more clearly understand the conceptof inertia and factors that can affect it. x a) A linear motion system b) A

Conference Session

Entrepreneurism in BME

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Yen Shi Gillian Hoe; Seth Townsend; Ryan Kon; Robert Allen; Richard Boyer; Peter Goldwine; Mathew Kung; Mary McDonald; Laura Sprowls; Gary Tong; Artin Shoukas; Ankit Tejani; Elizabeth Johnson

Session 2109 Measuring Cardiovascular Alterations During Academic Exercises with Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering Students Ankit D. Tejani, Seth A. Townsend, Peter J. Goldwine, Yen Shi Gillian Hoe, Elizabeth L. Johnson, Ryan C. Kon, Matthew Kung, Mary K. McDonald, Laura A. Sprowls, Gary H. Tong, Richard B. Boyer, Robert H. Allen, Artin A. Shoukas Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins UniversityAbstractAs part of our undergraduate training in Biomedical Engineering, we have developed a series ofcourses, Longitudinal Design Teams, where groups of

Conference Session

Virtual Instrumentation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David McStravick; Marcia O'Malley

provided with amplitude versus frequency data for the x-y plotter, and then performs a brute-force optimization using dials on the LabVIEW front panel to make a theoretical transfer function fit the experimental data. Two transfer function models are used in the experiment to give students an understanding of the effects of poles, zeros, break frequency, natural frequency, and damping ration on the frequency response. (More detail of this simulation is discussed in Appendix B.) 3. 2nd Order Differential Equation System This virtual lab is meant to give students a thorough understanding of second-order system behavior. The standard form of the second-order differential equation is presented