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Mechanics, Machine Design & Mechanisms

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Baker

An Elective Course on Computational Techniques in Structural Mechanics with a Balance in Theory and Application John R. Baker Department of Mechanical Engineering University of KentuckyWith ever increasing readily available computer power, and more sophisticatedcommercial structural analysis software, it seems that mechanical engineering graduateswho plan to do design work will be much better prepared for the workplace if they have agood background in both theory and application of modern computer-based structuralanalysis techniques. Various universities offer courses which focus on numericaltechniques, which may be applied to

Conference Session

Electrical ET Laboratory Practicum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stanley Dick; Russell Aubrey

, and use those principles to test a basic power supply circuit board and assembly. • Describe basic assembly procedures for surface mount parts. • Describe basic procedures of IC fabrication. • Apply basic project planning principles to the class project. • Understand the EET department, culture, and appropriate decorum. • Describe EET as a career. • Develop their plan of study for their EET degree. • Describe university resources as they apply to student welfare.Course AssignmentsThe teaching and laboratory presentation topics are: • Orientation to Purdue, the EET Department and curriculum (2 class hrs.) • Orientation to EET career opportunities at the AS and BS levels (2 class hrs.) • Introduction to Purdue

Conference Session

Engineering/Education Collaborators

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Norma Velasquez-Bryant; Gokhan Pekhan; Ahmad Itani; Pamela Cantrell

9.941.2engineering credit. Three 10-hour sessions were planned for the teachers that included half a day Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2004, American Society for Engineering EducationFriday and all day Saturday. Major tasks of the course included learning engineering content anddeveloping the engineering design modules, which included designing a java applet for thesimulation activity for the Web page. Teachers also received instruction in advanced assessmentstrategies and scientific inquiry pedagogy. Between session instruction and collaboration wasdone via the Web through WebCT. Teachers logged on to our class webpage and answeredweekly discussion

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques & Funding Research

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jim Leake

design modeling • NURBS • Surfaces • Hull lines plans AnalysisWeeks Lectures: Dynamic Designer training9 to 14 • FEA Introduction ANSYS Design Simulation training • Finite Element Modeling Project work: • Meshing • Backhoe analysis • Boundary Conditions • Convergence and Accuracy • FEA Results MiscellaneousWeeks Student presentations: Project work:15 to 16 • CAD file translation • Product design modeling • Rapid prototyping (stl files

Conference Session

Opportunities in Environmental Engineering Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Wade Peerman; Michael Payne; Vivian Chang; Sonya Havens; John Lendvay; Eliot Metzger

perspective and baseline data to inform on-goingredevelopment plans and water infrastructure investments; and• A community-based watershed planning process and design of a restoration and managementplan for Yosemite Slough, informed by the results of the assessment.Outcomes of Community InvolvementThe outcomes of community involvement in this study may be grouped into three separate areas,youth enrichment, community awareness of our work, and area improvements resulting from ourwork.Youth EnrichmentBecause local youth are involved in sampling an area contaminated by many different sources,concern for their safety was paramount. Of particular note were the impacts on the project due tofindings of significant PCB contamination of sediments at the

Conference Session

Industrial-Sponsored Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohamed El-Sayed; Jacqueline El-Sayed

components. All parts of the manufacturing design must be takeninto consideration. Manufacturing students’ work on material selection, procurement, process design andsimulation, manufacturing planning, automation requirements and implementation plan. During weeks 1-3 students work on a proposal for design that includes initial sequence ofoperations, budget, and material selection. Weeks 4-7 an interim progress report that includes detaileddrawings, analysis, material procurement, manufacturing operations, procure devices, build prototype iscompleted. The final build and work cell construction is finished during weeks 8-11. Example projectsare small parts such as desktop utility sets, clock and cardholders, CD racks, and jewelry.Proposed

Conference Session

Teaching about New Materials

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mel Mendelson

nanotechnology. Possibly this is because nanotechnology is multi-disciplinary, and the institutions cannot integrate the science and engineering disciplines in orderto properly teach it. In addition, there is no infrastructure for teaching nanotechnology; and thereare no university models and no textbooks to follow.Previous investigators have proposed an integration of the basic sciences in teachingnanotechnology courses [3]. However, they could not implement their plan [4] and did notinclude the engineering disciplines. In 2003, Loyola Marymount University (LMU) obtained aNational Science Foundation (NSF) grant to develop a new sophomore-level course thatintegrated the science and engineering disciplines along with ethics [5]. The purpose of thecourse

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Humann

system. Students could then compare their simulation results withboth published experimental results and with theory taught in the curriculum. We present aseries of case studies including a micro beam frequency response and a micro gear train analysis,giving students a basic understanding of MEMS applications and how PLM can be applied to theMEMS industry.IntroductionProduct Lifecycle Management (PLM) has been developed as a means for engineers to plan,design and test a product from the opening stages of product description through the design,testing and manufacture, to the retirement of the design. The PLM software suite contains adatabase management tool that allows all documents pertaining to the design to be stored andeasily accessible. The

Conference Session

Technology-Based Entrepreneurship Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Muhlbaier; Peter Jansson

: thecompletion of an application by a Junior or Senior engineering student, submission of a wellthought out business plan, a commitment to a prototype concept that will be built and proven aspart of the semester long effort, the creation of a multidisciplinary team (including at least 2engineering disciplines) of students excited about the innovation, and the support of anengineering faculty advisor. The original Rowan University Venture Capital Fund was endowedby contributions gathered from research grants from essentially two sources: the NationalCollegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) and the Lemelson Foundation3. Since itsorigins in the Autumn of 1998 it has also been funded by other sources including the HenryRowan Family Foundation

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade: Outside Class

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kirk Schulz; Noel Schulz

1475Many faculty development programs are focused toward untenured and new faculty.Mid-career faculty members are often left without opportunities to expand or hone theirprofessional skills. For the Faculty Development Program at Mississippi State we haveworked to develop activities for all faculty within the College. This year we havedeveloped a monthly “Brown Bag Teaching & Learning” session where nationally orlocally recognized outstanding teachers here at Mississippi State discuss topics on “tricksof the trade” in the classroom and current trends in the engineering education literature.Additionally we have planned one to two sessions per semester on other professionaldevelopment topics. Sessions have included panels on “Learning about

Conference Session

Leadership in the Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Martinazzi; Jerry Samples; Andrew Rose

. These include thehabits of “Be Proactive”, “Begin with the End in Mind”, and “Put First Things First”.3 Thepurpose of these habits has the student looking at themselves and evaluating their trustworthinessas a person. Emphasis is placed on the need for them to be true to themselves and to personallyfollow certain guiding principles in life in order for others to choose to follow them. This isessentially an “examination of conscience” coupled with reflection and insights on formulatingaction plans to increase their trustworthiness. Page 9.842.3 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

Conference Session

Abroad Educational Opportunities in Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jo-Ann Murray; Urbain DeWinter; Solomon Eisenberg

2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationAdministrative & Logistical IssuesDuring the planning stage, faculty from TUD visited BU and met with BU faculty teaching thesame courses in Boston. In addition, Dr. Eisenberg, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programsat the College of Engineering and Dr. DeWinter, Associate Provost for International Educationmade several visits to TUD to meet with faculty, senior administrators, and the resident directorin Dresden.In addition to the resident director, a resident assistant (RA) is assigned to each group. Thus far,the RA has been a non-engineering graduate student who had previously studied at TUD

Conference Session

Assessment Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jones; John Hackworth

any “seat-of-the-pants”method, nor can it be initiated after a course is completed. To effectively assess a course, onemust instead begin planning for assessment prior to the beginning of the course, and keepassessment in the forefront of the planning throughout the course. Assessment planning and execution can be divided into several unique but integratedtasks. These are a) determine the course objectives, b) map graded assignment, test, and examquestions and problems to the course objectives, c) compile the data, d) make adjustments.a) Course Objectives Selecting the course objectives is the most critical step in the assessment process. These are not only the list of learning goals for the class, but they are also the goals to

Conference Session

Current Environmental Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ishrat Mirzana; Ali Ansari

world ofthe need for sustainable development, in the form of what one corporate leader has called “avirtuous circle between the success of our business and sustainable business practice” (emphasisadded) (3).Needless to say, these are hopeful visions - especially the long overdue recognition of the needfor sustainability in business and technological planning. But how will this impact engineeringeducation? Will the changes in education foreseen by Schank happen automatically in responseto changes in the business world? Or would they involve a process of catalysis in the form ofinitiatives by educational innovators?The role and responsibility of the teacher, especially the innovative teacher, in this somewhatconfused scenario remain undefined

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Theresa Jones

and error. “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Page 8.1005.1 Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”One way to determine what is and isn’t working is through feedback from students. Ourassessment goals are to provide feedback to these adventurous instructors so that they canmake timely adjustments to their courses.The first step in designing any assessment plan is to determine what is to be assessed. Inassessing a course we must first ask “what are we expecting the students to gain from thiscourse?” For traditionally taught engineering courses using

Conference Session

ABET Criterion 4 and Liberal Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Heinz Luegenbiehl; Kathryn Neeley; Jerry Gravander

criteria capture the essence of an educational experience that we consider to beintegrated. In large part these criteria will be relevant regardless of the size or structure of theintegrative project. 1.) Integrated curriculum planning is supported on an ongoing basis by the institution: • both HSS and engineering faculty are involved and carry equal weight in discussions and decisions. • the HSS faculty include people who have knowledge of engineering practice and the contexts in which engineers typically function. • the planning group has institutional support that allows continuity over time and adequate resources in the present. • the institution

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Zbigniew Prusak

the activities and milestones are vary vague and no specific andimmediately usable performance measures are introduced. Nisanci and Nicoll 16 proposed aneleven step project planning network for investigation and implementation phases of leanmanufacturing. The precise activities and evaluation-implementation sequences of the networksteps need to be devised by users themselves. In all these methods, there is no exactperformance measure that would point initial improvement efforts towards the biggest wastes orcompare them to a standard (for example standard achievements in an industry). Obviously,such "industry standards" do not exist, or rather are kept unpublished since they are at the core ofa set of competitive advantages of a manufacturer

Conference Session

Mathematics in Transition

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jule Scarborough; Conard White; Promod Vohra

evaluating all aspects of the initiative and developing a long term sustainable andcontinuous improvement plan. Specific outcomes and products can be reviewed on the abovewebsite or in the AAHE publication mentioned above. Page 9.1118.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004,American Society for Engineering EducationPartnershipsAn extended partnership model engaged a vast array of human resources to support the teachersin their development and pilot activities. As mentioned above, three institutions

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Benjamin Flores; Rosa Gomez-Martinez; Joseph Ramos; Lourdes Sanchez-Contreras

get the support they need. Through other support programs, such as CircLES, studentscan make the initial connection to other students in their majors early on in their academiccareers to reap the maximum benefit of utilizing the ACES center.Before the second facility was developed in our Physical Sciences Building, studentswould utilize hallway space for studying by bringing in old tables and chairs and settingthem up to study in groups and tutor one another. Since the students were already inclose proximity to the area, and new requirements for a computer component in each ofthe introductory physics and chemistry courses were eminent, plans for Physical ScienceACES began to take shape. Designs for the site included a computer studio

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Hadgraft

for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education Understanding self Social Cultural awareness Motivation You and GlobalCareer direction and planning Engineering Sustainability Environmental

Conference Session

Internet Programming and Applications

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Crahen; Bina Ramamurthy

adapting the pedagogy are given in this section.3.1 Proposed Pedagogy 1. During the planning stages of the course decide on the one or more major concepts or ideas that you desire to introduce. For example, application level interoperability between J2EE platform [3] and .NET platform [5]. 2. Establish the context and importance of each of the concepts for the course goals and make sure they warrant a laboratory project. In our course the concepts or ideas are solutions to many unsolved issues or problems with existing processes and systems. For example, transforming a simple naming service into a location- independent naming service. 3. Design the project description for the laboratory that explains

Conference Session

Ethical & Industrial Issues in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Emily Mowry

treatment.Future Plans We feel that this project has been extremely successful, and we see huge potential with thecourse itself. We plan to revise and fine tune the course and present it to the departmental andSchool of Engineering curriculum committees to be included in the undergraduate BMEcurriculum. Other plans also include submitting a version of this work for publication in theInternational Journal of Engineering Education.Acknowledgements• Dr. Cynthia Paschal, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University• Dr. E. Duco Jansen, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University• Dr. John Lachs, Dept. of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University• Dr. Stuart Finder, Center for Research and

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Anil Khatri

wire to patients’ patient can not comprehend. Finham andhouse. These innovations are making new levels Werthimer [6] found that physicians little spentof data and information available to educate time with patients in educating then about healthpatients and health professionals as well. care prevention. Our research hypothesis is thatAccording to Felkey et al. [3] eighty two percent better-informed patients will:of Americans learn better visually than by any i) receive better careother means. But patients typically receive very ii) better comply with the treatment plans andlittle visual information about their health. One therapiescommon and

Conference Session

What's New in Industrial Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Max Schwesig

building, andworking methodologies where processes, communication and other business activities arecarried out using ICT-tools are gaining importance. Additionally, capacities in knowledgemanagement are becoming more relevant. According to the overall comparison between fieldsof competencies, it is interesting that today management capacities like innovationmanagement, productivity improvement an strategic planning gain importance. Within thefollowing 5 years, individual capacities like teamwork capabilities and interpersonalcommunication skills seem to become more important.The outcome of a worldwide internet inquiry on existing master programs manufacturingengineering is going to be used to get an overview about the content of the existing

Conference Session

ET Distance Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Charlie Edmonson; Donna Summers

distance-learning students at Edison are primarily non-traditional, part-time students who are working in full-time jobs. Some even have jobtitles that include the word ‘engineer’. Contrast this with the resident students who aremostly traditional full-time students with little or no job experience outside ofcooperative education jobs or internships. To make the course consistently interesting toall parties, class materials and discussions must take into account this mix. Carefulpreparation must go into designing and developing course materials that bridge this gap.Enhancements to topic coverage included the use of a variety of applicable current eventnews articles, speakers from industry, and examples of project proposals and plans

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lucy King; Jacqueline El-Sayed

collaborative effort between two courses. The procedure outlined in this paperinvolves two concurrent courses from different programs of engineering forming teams with jointlabs to complete a full spectrum design and manufacturing project.Addressing Industry NeedsDue to the leaps and bounds in technology development especially those involving electronics andmechanical systems and appropriate manufacturing processes, industries need engineers who haveworking knowledge of multi-disciplinary topics. Due to keen competition, industries need tostreamline design, planning, and manufacturing lead times. Thus they need strong team workerswho can engage in processes producing the highest quality products, at the lowest cost, in theleast amount of time.In order

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard K Sase; Julie Wei

perspectiveand increasing the visibility of the university in the community.References1. Engineering Science Inc., A Parsons Company. San Gabriel Canyon Sediment Management Plan. California, 1992.2. Karassik, Igor J., William C. Krutzsch, Warren H. Fraser, and Joseph P. Messina. Pump Handbook, 2nd Ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1990.3. Morris, Gregory L., and Jiahua, Fan. Reservoir Sediment Handbook, Design and Management of Dams, Reservoir, and Watersheds for Sustained Use. New York: McGraw Hill, 1998.4. Engineering Science Inc., A Parsons Company. San Gabriel Canyon Sediment Management Plan. California, June 1992.5. Engineering Science Inc., A Parsons Company. San Gabriel Canyon Sediment Management

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ET Graduate Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

W. Kaminski

bachelor degrees in Engineering Technology (ET), Industrial Technology (IT) orEngineering disciplines. The course offerings are intended to give the graduate student sufficientchoices to fit diverse needs. This paper presents the history, the strategy, the problemsencountered, and the future development plans for the program. However, despite the fact thatthe program is only in its second year of operation, expectations for the program are presentlybeing met.IntroductionBecause the practice of engineering and engineering technology is advancing so rapidly, thepractitioner is required to possess more knowledge than in years past. A master’s degree is aneffective means of acquiring that knowledge in a reasonably short time. CWU has responded tothe

Conference Session

CE Rap Session and Toys in the Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronaldo Luna

universities to see their version of liquefaction tank. Additionally,faculty members from other universities were contacted to contribute with photographs andexisting plans, if available. Figure 1 shows two photographs of the liquefaction tanks used atother universities. Page 7.817.3 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Education (a) (b) (c) Figure 1 – Liquefaction tanks at other Universities

Conference Session

Multi-disciplinary Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kris Dick; Don Petkau; Danny Mann; Myron (Ron) Britton

Copyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationdesign process. Of these two potential causes, it is likely that engineering students have aninadequate knowledge of the design process.Various models of the design process have been presented in the literature. 1,3,6,8,9 Although themodels are not all identical, the design process is typically considered to cover all of the stepsfrom the initial stage of project planning through to manufacturing of the product (some modelseven include marketing as the final step in the design process). In a previous review of theBiosystems Engineering curriculum at The University of Manitoba, it was determined thatstudents graduating from our program did not experience the entire design process. The