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Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Simoneau; Mary deManbey; Karen Wosczyna-Birch

, U., Kunzmann, M., & Hoene, B. (2000). Development of standards invocational education and training: Specification, experience, examples.Qualification and training methods. Manual. Volume 2. Berlin, Germany:German Federal Institute for Vocational Training Affairs.131National Science Foundation, Directorate for Education and the Human Resources.(1999, March). Advancing technological education. Synergy, 1-18.National Association of Manufacturers Keeping America Competitive: How a Talent ShortageThreatens U.S. Manufacturing A White Paper (c) 2003National Coalition for Advanced Manufacturing Industrial Transformation: Key to Sustainingthe Productivity Boom A White Paper (c) May 30, 20032000 L St., Suite 807, Washington D.C. 20036.Perin, D

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Capstone/Design Projects: Electr-Mech ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Clifford Mirman

most of the ABET learning outcomes for the program. The following tabledetails the course objectives and their relation to the ABET outcomes. Learning Objectives Relational ABET Learning Outcomes Ability to identify problem and determine path for solution A, B, C, D, and F Ability to interact with supervisors to discuss project details D, E, F, G, H, J, and O Ability to present designs and systems developed D, G, and H Ability to function on a design team E, G, H, J, and K Ability to perform integrated design tasks utilizing base A, B, C, F, I

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Innovative ET Leadership

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2005 Annual Conference

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Scott Danielson; John Hansen; Thomas Hall

Engineering Technology Departmental Leadership Scott Danielson, Thomas M. Hall, Jr., John Hansen Arizona State University/Northwestern State University/University of HoustonAbstractThis paper discusses important aspects of leadership as applicable for engineering technologyeducational unit leaders and senior faculty. The paper is divided into four primary areas and hasbeen used as the basis for an engineering technology leadership workshop with new leaders orindividuals preparing for leadership roles. The content areas are: a) leadership versusmanagement; b) situational leadership for educators; c) motivating people in the academicsetting; and, d

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Program Level Assessment

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2005 Annual Conference

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Constantin Chassapis; Hamid Hadim; Kishore Pochiraju; George Korfiatis; Keith Sheppard; David Vaccari

. Page 10.930.4 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Table 1: Program Outcomes and their relationship to ABET Criterion 3 (a-k) Program Outcomes ABETBy the time of graduation, graduates receiving the Bachelor of Engineering degree Criterionin Mechanical Engineering are expected to have:I. Broad-Based Technical Expertise (Scientific foundations) the ability to use applied scientific knowledgeOutcome 1 A&B

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Capstone/Design Projects: Industrial ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Thomas Schildgen; Jon Duff

Establishing Outcomes for Senior Capstone Projects In Industrial Technology Jon M. Duff, Thomas E. Schildgen Information and Management Technology Arizona State UniversityAbstractAs part of continuous curriculum improvement and outcomes assessment for professionalaccreditation, the Department of Information and Management Technology at Arizona StateUniversity on the Polytechnic Campus determined that a mandatory senior project beestablished. The methodology for validating such a senior project included a descriptive surveyof three constituent groups: students in upper division courses, faculty, and a

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TC2K Assessment: How to Really Do It

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2005 Annual Conference

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Ted M. Stilgenbauer; Thomas Nicholas; Anthony Brizendine

: Conditions of Learning. Valdosta, GA: Valdosta State University. Page 10.708.7 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education”AuthorsThomas Nicholas II is currently an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering Technology at Fairmont StateUniversity. He has received a B. S. in Civil Engineering Technology degree from Fairmont State College and a B.S.and M.S. in Civil Engineering from West Virginia University. Mr. Nicholas’ scholarly activities have includedfunded projects in transportation and structural

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Stacy Wilson; Mark Cambron

included. Course: EE101 EE Design I Date: 12/12/2003 Instructor: Mark Cambron EAC of ABET Outcomes & EE Program Outcomes Related To This Course EAC of ABET Outcomes EE Program Outcomes a, b, c, f, g, h, i, j, k 2a, 2b, 3, 4,5 Course Outcomes: The objective of this course is to introduce first semester electrical engineering students to the process of design and to equip them with skills to be successful as they start their academic career at Western Kentucky University. Upon completion of the course, students should be able to: Page 10.357.5

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William White; George Engel; Cen Karacal; Ai-ping Hu; Jerry Weinberg

2003, 25-32.8. HARTFIELD, B., 1996. The Designer’s Stance. In Bringing Design to Software. T. Winograd, ed., Addison- Wesley, 1996.9. JADUD, M., 2000. TeamStorms as a Theory of Instruction. In Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE International Con- ference on Systems, Man & Cybernetics (Nashville

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Useful Assessment in Materials Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Pierre G. Lafleur; Jean-Paul Bailon; Bernard Clément

obtained a “R” or “F*” grade are excluded of the statistics. Figure 4: Evolution of the general mean for the ING1035 course during the six consecutive semesters.From FIGURES 2 and 3, it can be concluded that the distribution of the grades (A, B, C, D, F) isless skewed in the “self-directed learning” version than in the “classic” version of the course: thepeak of the histogram is centered at grade B for the 1035D version compared to grade C for the1035C version. These results clearly reveal that the students enrolled in the “self

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ehsan Sheybani, Virginia State University; Giti Javidi, VSU

laboratory activities in a communication systems laboratory. Specifically, this studyexamines whether computer simulation is as effective as physical laboratory activities inteaching college-level electronics engineering education students about the concepts of signaltransmission, modulation and demodulation. Also of interest are the effects that computersimulations have on a) students’ knowledge retention after a period of time and b) students’attitudes towards the use of the simulation as a substitute for the physical activities.Significance The pursuit of an understanding of the potentials of simulation methods forconducting laboratory activities, (both off- and on-campus) in an engineering educationcontext is worthwhile for several

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Pierre; Frank Tuffner; Robert Kubichek

for Engineering Education”not only verification of their results, but also to forces the students to think about just how theFast Fourier Transform (FFT) is scaling the frequency display on the oscilloscope. (a) (b) Figure 2 – (a) DSB-AM and (b) SSB+C LabVIEW interface GUIs4The students also investigate demodulation of AM signals. The students construct a simpleenvelope detector using a diode, resistor, and capacitor. The students also study a softwareenvelope detector that takes a more “idealized” approach to AM envelope detection. Theabsolute value of the AM signal is passed through a digital low pass filter to keep only therelevant

Conference Session

Energy Program and Software Tools

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Keshav Varde

Research Universities,” A Pilot Study for the Association of American Universities, Cal Tech, California, 2001. 3. Spencer, J. N. and Claude, H. Y., “A Survey of Undergraduate Research Over the Past Decade,” J. Chem. Education, 58, 10, 780-786, 1981. 4. Edlund, J., “Helping Undergraduate Students Write Satisfactory Research Papers,” A Report of the Writing Center, Cal poly Pamona, California, 2003. 5. “Reinventing Undergraduate Education: A Blueprint for America’s Research Universities,” A Report of the Boyer Commission of the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education, 1998. 6. Nagda, B. A., et al, “Undergraduate Student-Faculty Partnerships affect Student Retention,” The Review of Higher Education

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Nathaniel Scott; Carl Greco; Todd T. Schlegel

beats.ConclusionsThis work was accomplished as part of a project in biomedical signal processing class. It hasbeen demonstrated that a real-time cardiac repolarization analysis can be accomplished with theaddition of an application program coupled via a named pipe client with an existing cardiac dataacquisition system. Once the real-time TWR calculation program has been enhanced, clinicalstudies will begin to evaluate the practical relevance of the real-time TWR parameter.Reference1 D'Aunno DS, Dougherty AH, DeBlock HF, Meck JV. Effect of short- and long-duration spaceflight on QTcintervals in healthy astronauts. Am J Cardiol. 2003;91:494-7.2 Zabel M, Acar B, Klingenheben T, Franz M, Hohnloser S, Malik M. Analysis of 12-Lead T-wave morphology forRisk

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Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Palmer

program for their assistance, Prof.Tony Lin, Prof. Matthew Sanders, and Prof. David Clark. He would also like to thank Prof. D.Dickinson for providing course materials for his use.Bibliographic Information1. Bloom B. S. and Krathwohl D. R.: Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: the Classification of Educational Goals, by a Committee of College and University Examiners. Handbook I: Cognitive Domain; Longmans, Green New York, © 1956.2. U. S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics: The Condition of Education 2003; NCES 2003-067, Washington DC, US Government Printing Office, (2003)3. Hewitt N. M., Seymour E.: A Long Discouraging Climb;ASEE Prism, 2/92, pp. 24-284. National Advisory Group of

Conference Session

Energy Program and Software Tools

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Laura Genik; Craig Somerton

effective when the students havesimilar work habits, i.e., they are both procrastinators or both like to jump right on anassignment. With respect to technical background, it appears that teams work best whenthe members are close in their expertise. That is, a student with poor heat transferbackground will work better and learn more with another weak heat transfer student thana strong heat transfer student. With the teams assign, the team is presented with theproject description.The project statement provided is in Appendix B. The project is framed within theactivity of an engineering firm. This makes the project more realistic to the students.The overall goal of the project is for the team to identify the best climate control designfor the

Conference Session

Astronautics and Space Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Melton; Michael Micci; Deborah Levin; Charles Croskey; David Spencer; Sven Bilen

semesters to develop meaningful designs. At PSU, an NSF-sponsored Learning Factoryhas been established to facilitate the actual design fabrication process. A total of five capstoneprojects were sponsored by LionSat via a “subcontractor” model. A number of existing courses were significantly enhanced by the LionSat project. Theseinclude: Spacecraft Design (AERSP 401 A/B)—In these senior-level capstone design courses,students work in teams to develop conceptual, preliminary, and detailed designs in conjunctionwith the mission design process. For LionSat, several teams were assigned to develop thespacecraft bus and assist with the analysis and design of the vehicle, payload integration, testing,and launch preparations. Other teams were

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Yame

+ - νmax + # " &6 + + - 7 0+ + ( +A ( 7 B&+ ,1+ ." + + 8 1 ! 38 369 " ( "- -/ - " & 1+ " / 0 ++ ( + "+ -" + " " % " @( 2N " 1& :>$$>;( - " - C & I

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shanmugalingam Easwaran

encountering it for the first time. It was alsopossible to teach this topic in a shorter time while enabling the students to master its concepts.The approach that was adapted and implemented by the author is as given below. The softwaretool that was designed and implemented by the author and its implementation are described anddiscussed thereafter.Discrete Convolution as a Mathematical OperationOne of the most basic mathematical operations in any field is the operation of addition. Theoperation of addition (denoted by an operation symbol +) is a mathematical operation that takesany two numbers (a and b) and produces a third number (c = a + b). Similarly, the operation ofmultiplication (denoted by an operation symbol x) is another mathematical

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering by Design II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Head

aparticular team’s crane. Aluminum costs $1.50 per kilogram, and plastic costs $1.04 perkilogram. However, the cost of plastic is not given to the students directly. Instead, students aregiven three chemical equations for synthesizing ethylene from decane, and are required to usestoichiometry and energy balances to determine the mass of decane and amount of energyneeded to make one kilogram of ethylene. The cost of polyethylene is then estimated from thesequantities, using the following equation: C = (50 cents/kilogram) A + (7 cents/megajoule) Bwhere A = mass of decane required to make one kilogram of ethylene B = energy required to make one kilogram of ethylene C = cost of one kilogram of polyethyleneHaving the students research the

Conference Session

Retention Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Fisher

project “AdvancingSuccess of Minorities and Especially Women in Engineering at UTEP,” Award No.P120A030064, and that support is gratefully acknowledged.References1. Kubo Della-Piana, C., Arenaz, P. Fisher, W., Flores, B., “CircLES: A Comprehensive First-Year Program forEntering Engineering and Science Students,” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering EducationAnnual Conference and Exposition, Session 1237, 2001.2. Kubo Della-Piana, C., Darnell, A., Bader, J., Romo, L., Rubio, N., Flores, B., Knaust, H. Brady, T., and Swift, A.,“A Longitudinal Study of Student Persistence in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) at aRegional Urban University,” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual

Conference Session

IE/EM Skills in Real World Concepts

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jessica Matson; Kenneth Hunter; David Elizandro

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 2004.4. Carrano, A. L., M. E., Kuhl, and M. M. Marshall, “Design, Implementation, and Integration of an Experiential Assembly System Engineering Laboratory Module,” Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Nashville, TN, June 2003.5. Taylor, J. B. and J. R. Mozrall, “An Integrated First Year Curriculum in Industrial and Systems Engineering,” Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 2004.JESSICA O. MATSONJessica Matson is Professor and Chairperson of the Industrial and Systems Engineering

Conference Session

Technology and Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Hug; Jason FitzSimmons

the instructor in the course. Most importantly, no matter how wellthe web module is designed, the instructor has to buy into the idea of using a web module in theircourse and properly integrate into their curriculum.Bibliography1. Seymour, E., (1995a) The Loss of Women From Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Undergraduate Majors: An Explanatory Account, Science Education, Vol. 79, No. 4, pp. 437 – 473.2. Goldberg, J., and Lansey, K., (2004) Web-Based Alternatives for Learning Engineering Science, Computers in Education Journal, Vol. XIV, No. 4, October - December, pp. 2 - 11.3. FitzSimmons, J.H., and Hug, B., Design and Development of a Web Module Used in an Undergraduate Civil Engineering Course, Computers In Education Journal

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Computer & Web-Based Instruction

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stewart Prince; Robert Ryan

” Y F A B C X Ym ax R1 R2 L Figure 4. Free body diagram showing loads, reactions for simply supported beam.If the beam is of circular cross section and is solid, then C is the radius of the beam.Since, for such a beam, the area moment of inertia around the Z axis is πR 4 I zz

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Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Johan W Joubert; Dolf Steyn

University Press (2000).13. Dick, B., Action Research: Action and Research (2002),http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/gcm/ar/arp/aandr.html Page 10.232.6 5 ECSA Outcome Weight Not Competent Working towards Competent ExceededOutcome Description (%) (0) Competence (1) (2) Competence (3) 2.1 Identity a real-world 20 The case group A typical text- A relevant case An original and case identified

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Technology and Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Tront

; K.A. Smith, Active Learning: Cooperation in the College Classroom, 2 Edn., Edina, MN, Interaction Book Company, 1998;2. J.D. Bransford, A.L. Brown, and R.R. Cocking, Eds. How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School, Washington, National Academy Press, 2000.3. R.M. Felder and R. Brent, “Cooperative Learning in Technical Courses: Procedures, Pitfalls, and Payoffs,” ERIC Document Reproduction Service, ED 377038 (1994), .4. R. Anderson, Beyond PowerPoint: Building a New Classroom Presenter, Syllabus Magazine, June 2004.5. R. Anderson, R. Anderson, B. Simon, S. A. Wolfman, T. VanDeGrift, and K. Yasuhara. Experiences with aTablet PC based lecture presentation system. In SIGCSE'04, pages 56-60, 2004.BiographyJoseph G. Tront is

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Laboratories

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Andre' Butler; William Moses

Date______________________ Lab_____________1. Please circle the rating that best describes your team for each of the three items below: a. Did all members of the group share in the team’s responsibilities? Some members did no A few members did most of the The work was generally shared by Everyone did an equal share of work at all work all members the work b. Which of the following best describes the level of conflict at group meetings: No conflict, everyone There were disagreements, but Disagreements were resolved with Open warfare: still unresolved seemed to agree on what they were easily resolved

Conference Session

New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Josef Rojter

], Disabling Professions,, London: Marion and Boyars. 11. Larson, M.S. [1979], The Rise of Professionalism: A Sociological Analysis, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. 12. Schon, D. [1991], The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action, New York: Basic Books. 13. Davis, M. [1998], Thinking Like an Engineer, New York: Oxford University Press. 14. Dewey, J. [1933], How we Think, Chicago: Regnery. 15. Finniston, M. Sir [1980], “Engineering Our Future”, Committee of Inquiry into the Engineering Profession, London: HMSO. 16. Williams, B. Sir [1988], “Review of the Discipline of Engineering”, Canberra: AGPS. 17. Wragge, H.S. [1987], “Engineering Education to the Year

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Integrating Mathematics and Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kelly Torres; Aimee Mostella; Alexey L. Sadovski; Carl Steidley

above, the additive parameters (a, c) are identified as the model biases and themultiplicative parameters (b,di) are referred to as the model weights. These parameters of theANN are defined in the process of training of neural network over the known set of data. The yiare the inputs to the model. The exponential terms in the ANN model provide a non-linearmodeling capability.The training of ANN models is different in nature as compared to the methods for our statisticalmodel. There is typically no demonstrated method to identify a global optimum. The goal of thetraining process is therefore to find a suitable local optimum. To identify a good local optimumANNs are trained over past data sets starting with a random guess of the model parameters

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Women Faculty & the NSF ADVANCE Program

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher Loving; Joyce Yen

out the reasons for change, the process, and the outcomes if they are to buy into the changeprocess.15 Once they have personally identified with the goals of the change process, they areprepared to become change agents.15 Hence departments who were invited to participate in thefirst cohort of the CDCCP already clearly demonstrated interest in the program and may even beseen as “least likely to need” the program.In summary, each CDCCP cohort includes 4-5 department chairs plus 2-3 faculty from eachdepartment; thus a complete cohort would consist of 12-20 faculty. The CIC partners with thechair in selecting the faculty using the following criteria: (a) prefer tenured faculty; (b) facultywho are not resistant to improving department climate and

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Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Harder

temperature of the air at the inlet. Note that thermocouple 7 is located at a distanceof 1 inch from the start of the heated tube.The nozzle at the exit measures the mass rate of flow by using a manometer to measure thepressure difference PA – Patm. Then the equations derived above for steady, frictionless,incompressible flow are used to relate the condition at A (in white PVC mixing chamber) tothose at B (exiting the known diameter nozzle to atmosphere at left).Figure 1 Lab apparatus – blue wires clamped to opposite ends of stainless steel tube connect topower supply giving uniform wall heat flux condition, air flow enters on right sideAnalysis:For a system to be operating in the turbulent regime the flow needs to be great enough for ReD >2300