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2001 Annual Conference

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Gurbax Singh; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

Interactive Video Network (IVN). All laboratories and some of theupper division electives are taught on site.Minority University Research and Education Division (MURED) of NASA has awardeda three year (2000-2002) grant titled “Pre-College Activities For Enhancing MinorityParticipation in Engineering”, to help reinforce UMES mission to improve therepresentation of minorities and women in mathematics, sciences, technology and inparticular, in the field of engineering. The funding not only complements the UMESmission to actively recruit and retain minority, women, and economically disadvantagedstudents but is also intended to help the growth of the UMES engineering program.This paper describes the “Summer Engineering Bridge Program (SEBP)” at UMES

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2001 Annual Conference

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Hubert Smith

Session 3202 Teaching Flight Test Engineering with a PC-Based Simulator Hubert C. Smith The Pennsylvania State UniversityAbstractThis paper describes the process of establishing flight test laboratory experiments by use of aPC-based flight simulator, and the details of conducting such experiments. It was determined thatit was feasible to perform airspeed calibration, and tests to determine stall speed, power required,rate of climb, cruise speed and range. While some of these tests yielded data that were a little onthe optimistic side, the results were consistent, and

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2001 Annual Conference

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Miguel Torres-Febus; Jaime Pabon-Ortiz; Jose Cruz-Cruz; Jorge Velez-Arocho

strategy the areas of art, philosophy, ethics, economics and business administration will be touched upon. 3. Hands-on experience. In this strategy, the practical experience complements the traditional educational approach. Laboratories are synchronized with lectures. Field trips are scheduled where knowledge is applied. The student is exposed to multi- sensorial experiences that reinforce and internalize knowledge. 4. Balance between knowledge depth and breadth. Within the new educational model the student learns the foundations related to their field of concentration and is reinforced with exercises based on real problems. In addition to this the student is exposed to general knowledge that

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2001 Annual Conference

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Ron Hart; Marvin Adams; K. Peddicord; Ian Hamilton; Beth Earl; Alan Waltar

projects with industry andwith national laboratories. He serves on several national panels and review committees for the Department ofEnergy and for national laboratories. Dr. Adams received a B.S. degree from Mississippi State University in 1981, aM.S. degree from The University of Michigan in 1984, and a Ph.D. from The University of Michigan in 1986; alldegrees are in Nuclear Engineering. Page 6.1072.5Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering EducationIAN S

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2001 Annual Conference

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William Edward Howard; Joseph Musto

strengths and capabilities of MSOE.These types of programs have existed in various forms for decades; they traditionally followed atypical classroom model, where a combination of lecture and laboratory demonstration was usedto highlight engineering topics. Page 6.1047.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering EducationDuring the 1998-1999 academic year, an effort was undertaken to re-engineer the mechanicalengineering outreach offerings. Review of background literature indicated that the mostsuccessful

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2001 Annual Conference

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Mitzi Vernon; Richard Goff

Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering EducationAs a way to generate some immediate familiarity with the LEGO RCX bricks, we set up acontest called the "LEGO RCX Challenge". In the challenge, teams of four students designed anautonomous vehicle that would be capable of negotiating a course twelve feet square withobstacles placed randomly in the space. To win the challenge, a vehicle needed to negotiate thecourse and run over an 8-inch by 10-inch target of black paper within five minutes. The teamscould design either a wheeled vehicle or a tracked/treaded vehicle. Since laboratory time wasrestricted to two hours, the RCX bricks were pre-programmed with four robotic

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2001 Annual Conference

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Donald Goddard

are capable and truly oriented towards engineering because ofthe natural effects of attrition on the less motivated students. It is the upper division students thathave “the best stuff” coming out of laboratory experiments and design projects to present asartifacts for the high school students. The presentations that have been done by this author arisefrom incorporating a requirement of participation for all the senior design students and juniorlevel machine design students. In both of these courses, as taught at The University of Texas atTyler, there is a team based design project. The presence of such a project is a key requirementto establish involvement.The third “Who” relates to the audience for the presentations. Which high school

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2001 Annual Conference

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Stephen Dyer; Robert Krchnavek; John Schmalzel; Shreekanth Mandayam

component of an electrical engineering (EE) program.The numerous texts to choose from (see Refs. 1 and 2, for example) are typicallyorganized along traditional lines. Nonlinear devices are considered, beginning withdiodes and spanning transistor technologies (BJTs, FETs, MOSFETs, etc.). Basic circuittopologies are presented, followed by progressively more complex circuits to formprimitive functions. Feedback is treated along the way, as are other topics such as digitalcircuits. Most curricula also include an electronics laboratory, which may not be tightlycoupled to the electronics course.We are strongly motivated to change the way we approach teaching. ABET’s Criteria20003, the ASEE report, “Engineering for a Changing World”4, and discussions

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2001 Annual Conference

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Jeffrey Mountain

Programming and Technical Communications. Laboratory time for designactivity was allocated in each topic module. The modular approach permitted students to getacquainted with faculty members from both of the departments. A Fundamentals of EngineeringCoordinating Committee, composed of members from each department, was established in Fall1999. The primary purpose of the committee was to coordinate and oversee sequence designactivities.II. First Semester Design Activities:FOE I begins with the Introduction to Engineering and Design module. A ten-step designprocess is outlined, providing freshman students with an effective, easy to understand designmethodology1. The ten steps are: 1. Identification of need 6. Identify

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2001 Annual Conference

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Xudong Yu; William White; Scott Smith; Keqin Gu; Jerry Weinberg; Cem Karacal; George L. Engel

Annual Conference, St. Louis, June 2000.12. Kumar, D. and Meeden, L., “A Robot Laboratory for Teaching Artificial Intelligence,” Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, Atlanta, 1998, pp. 341-344.13. Russell, S. and Norvig, P., Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, Prentice Hall, 1994.14. Arkin, R., Behavior-Based Robotics; The MIT Press; 1998.15. Brooks, R., “A Robust Layered Control System for a Mobile Robot,” IEEE Journal of Robotics and Automation, Vol. RA-2, 1986, pp. 14-23.JERRY B. WEINBERGJerry B. Weinberg is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department at Southern Illinois University -Edwardsville. He teaches courses and conducts research in artificial

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2001 Annual Conference

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Maria Velasco; Joséantonio Turégano; Jesús Alastruey

matter14. - ARIES: a JAVA program that allows the resolution of problems referred to thermal installations. Fig. 8. - Aries screen with some of the components to work with. - PropSust: developed with C++. PropSust specifically calculates thermodynamics properties, including a graphical analysis, and likewise it can be used for the resolution of general thermodynamics problems.• Simulation programs: programs for virtual laboratory practices consisting of a set of five simulation programs to work with those concepts that are not encountered in theoretical Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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2001 Annual Conference

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Mark Smith

computing is, who the major players in the industry are, and how it can be used tomonitor and control remote processes. Session attendees will also see a case study of remote-control computing software in operation, monitoring and controlling a plant floor productionsystem.IntroductionNetworking technologies, and especially the Internet, have become a major component ofapplication systems. As we teach the design and implementation of process control systems inthe Engineering curriculum, we must recognize that these systems will require capabilities forcontrol and support from remote locations. For example, the need for remote control may bedriven by the high cost of a particular process. The Oak Ridge National Laboratory uses remoteprocess control

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2001 Annual Conference

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Charles Nippert

the startup,total reflux operation, production of product, through shutdown. The control scheme isincluded so that users can operate and tune controllers. In spite of numeroussimplifications, the model preserves the essential features for a real time simulation. Theentire applet is only approximately 70K and is used for Internet based laboratoryinstruction. This paper focuses on the derivation of the model. A more completediscussion of the results will be presented at some other time.BackgroundA process simulation of a binary batch distillation column was desired for a portion of theon line Virtual Chemical Engineering Laboratory (VCEL) being developed at WidenerUniversity1. The model was to be used to acquaint students with the operation of

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2001 Annual Conference

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Mark Smith

industry are, and how it can be used to monitor and control remote processes. Acase study of remote-control computing software in operation is also presented, describing howone off-the-shelf package was setup to monitor and control a plant floor production system.IntroductionNetworking technologies, and especially the Internet, have become a major component ofapplication systems. As we teach the design and implementation of process control systems inthe Engineering curriculum, we must recognize that these systems will require capabilities forcontrol and support from remote locations. For example, the need for remote control may bedriven by the high cost of a particular process. The Oak Ridge National Laboratory uses remoteprocess control at its

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2000 Annual Conference

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William E Maddox; Theodore D. Thiede; Stephen H. Cobb; Scott R Hickman; John Crofton

conception to product testing and marketing. Specific topics and how they are implemented into the design process include: economic analysis and time value of money, optimization techniques, statistical methods, and the design of experiments. One or two major design projects are required each semester. Typical activities have included: the construction of a Pitot tube which would mount outside a car window to measure velocity; the design of an orifice plate fluid flow transducer to measure flow velocity in a pipe; the design and implementation of a strain gauge laboratory where strain gauges measure deflections on a golf club, a cantilever beam, and a pressurized can. A team project asked students to specify, estimate

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2000 Annual Conference

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Zheng-Tao Deng; Abdul R. Jalloh; Amir Mobasher; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

terms of percentage points. This is theinitiation of their professional development plan. The plan represents the student’s choice,and it is expected that the students will feel more comfortable, motivated, and eager to worktowards the realization of their own plan.The lecture is one credit hour and has as co-requisite a one credit hour laboratory listedas: Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Laboratory (ME101L). Page 5.230.2The introductory course in mechanical engineering has been designed to:* Provide a first hand experience about the engineering practice* Provide an opportunity to first time freshman to work directly with the

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2000 Annual Conference

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Patricia Davies; Leah H Jamieson; Laura A Guedelhoefer; Edward J. Coyle; James D. Jones

ofopportunities throughout a standard curriculum to incorporate manufacturing experiences.III. Purdue hammerIncluded in the current paper are two examples of small projects that can be completed in 1-2 hours,yet still provide a valuable introduction to the machining process. A laboratory or machine shopshould have the instrumentation and machines to provide significant hands-on experience for students. Machining is not an observer’s sport [2] and needs the proper amount of supervision to provide a safeenvironment. The Purdue hammer project, which is introduced in a sophomore introduction tomechanical design course, discussed earlier, is a brass hammer with a wood handle. Using hexagonalbrass stock, the students learn drilling and milling, while they

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2000 Annual Conference

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Jody A. Knoll; Jan T. Lugowski; Nancy L. Denton

Page 5.285.2cart-tipper, dial calipers, and micrometer calipers were kept in the CAD laboratory to facilitateanswers “from the source” whenever questions might arise.Undergraduates, particularly freshmen, rarely possess the time management skills, organizationalskills, and self-discipline needed to complete an extensive project without regular instructorintervention.5,6 The intervention strategy we adopted was twofold. First, students were givenweekly or bi-weekly project assignments containing portions (usually subassemblies) of the totaldrawing package throughout the semester, rather than the full project at one time. Eachassignment contained recommended intermediate deadlines, objectives and rationale for thatphase of the project, and

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2000 Annual Conference

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Wei Lin; Sharon Cobb; Floyd Patterson; Carol Davis; Robert Pieri; G. Padmanabhan

the agenda include: proposal goals, projectactivities, size of the college and area high school student body; location; course offerings;instructional needs including teaching staff, materials, equipment and laboratories; possibleprocess/procedures; how to determine priorities; and how the proposed resources would beallocated.The meeting leaders plan an agenda including the following activities: 1. Discussion of the three primary goals; 2. Identify the three most critical activities for each of their colleges, discuss them, and prioritize them; 3. List and discuss the information necessary for each activity; 4. Describe what the activity would need to look like at each site; 5. Identify Summer Programs and develop the concept; 6. Describe

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2000 Annual Conference

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Andrew J. Strubhar; Dennis Kroll

. These have been updated in 1999, but teamwork, communication skills and projectmanagement remain in the list and near the top.During the same time period as reports of these gaps were being developed, the Bradley IEdepartment (now IMET) was developing a course to bring students into the team problemsolving paradigm well prior to the senior capstone project. Plant layout and quality controlcourses came too late in the curriculum (6th or 7th semester) to allow for a series of engagements.A fourth semester course had recently been redesigned to combine work methods and study withmanagerial engineering. The faculty decided to develop this course into an experiential coursewith significant laboratories and projects, all fostering the team approach

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2000 Annual Conference

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Bethany S. Oberst; Russel C. Jones

mechanisms to teach engineering design across campus borders, utilizingwell-developed case studies. Gay and Lentini (17) further describe the advancedcommunication resources used by students engaged in collaborative design activity.The use of the Internet has enabled both teachers and students to lessen the burden ofdisseminating and acquiring knowledge, according to Young (18). Even laboratoryexperiences can be enhanced through electronic media. Karweit (19) has created a virtualengineering laboratory on the World Wide Web for the students in his introductoryengineering class and others. Experiments in this simulated laboratory include one thatmeasures the rate of a hot object’s heat radiation, and one that enables students to designbridges that

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2000 Annual Conference

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Zachary R. Kaufmann; Nickolas S. Jovanovic; Lance W. Laettner

Session 2532 Undergraduate Research Participation: Designing and Building a New Generation Beowulf-Class PC Cluster Nickolas S. Jovanovic, Zachary R. Kaufmann, Lance W. Laettner University of Arkansas at Little RockAbstractMassively parallel processors (MPP) are the laboratories for computational science andengineering. It is important for computational scientists and engineers to have a local platformfor developing, testing, and debugging MPP codes, so that computer time on large national-resource MPPs such as those at the national laboratories and NSF supercomputing centers can besecured and used

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2001 Annual Conference

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Robert Marine; Carol Colbeck; Alberto Cabrera

• Grants/publications • Group/design projects Adequate teaching resources • Administrative/clerical • Traditional • Computer/laboratory methods • Library / AV • Faculty development Page 6.210.3 Figure 1: Faculty Motivation to Use Alternative Teaching Practices Proceedings of the 2001

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2001 Annual Conference

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John Field; Janelle Tonti; Eric Beenfeldt; Isaac Horn; Edward Williams

engineering students. It emphasizes apersonal touch, which means the ECE Department devotes considerable resources to staffing.Two faculty members (1-FTE) are assigned to the course, which normally has about 60-70students. Also, three to four undergraduate students are employed as peer teachers and to helpin lab. The class meets Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings for 50 minutes.Additionally, there is a weekly 3-hour lab (four sections are offered with 15-20 students in each). As an aid to learning student names we take “mug shots” during the first laboratory period witha digital camera. The students print their names (using a nickname if preferred) on an 8.5” x11” sheet of paper that they hold up in front of them for the picture. A typical mug

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2001 Annual Conference

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Vincent R. Canino; Lisa Milkowski

(IRB)approval for testing to begin.II. MethodsCurriculum Structure for DesignThe distribution of design credits throughout the curriculum is illustrated in Table 1. Thedesign teams continue on the same project from product conceptualization in theirfreshmen year to pseudo-product release right before graduation.Table 1: Lecture and Laboratory Curriculum Structure. Credits indicated in parentheses. Fall quarter Winter quarter Spring quarterFreshmen -- Lecture & Lab (2) --Sophomore Lecture (1) Lecture (1) Lecture (1)Junior Lecture (1) Lecture (1) Lecture (1)Senior

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2001 Annual Conference

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Karen Batty; Joseph Clair Batty

, andexpectations would be clarified. Mergers would be made wherever advantageous and cost-effective.Business-Industry-Government (BIG) PartneringSignificant attention has been devoted to fostering the ties between engineering education andour BIG customers. Colleges and departments have advisory boards that meet, pontificate, and,of course, advise. Internships/coops are becoming widespread. Industry experts are coming oncampus to lecture and demonstrate. Faculty sabbaticals to industry are pointed out as beingdesirable though perhaps not yet adequately recognized and rewarded in the promotion andtenure process. Much of the equipment in university laboratories has been donated or heavilydiscounted. Government laboratories and military installations are

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2001 Annual Conference

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X. Qian; A. Jalloh; Zheng-Tao Deng; Amir Mobasher; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

water delivery methods and(3) to perform laboratory tests of hot water distribution conservation techniques/devices.This research contract provides design and analysis student projects to several mechanicalengineering courses, such as Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Heat and Mass Transfer,Computer Programming, Automatic Controls, and the mechanical engineering senior designcourse. Page 6.255.1 Proceedings of the 2001American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education

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1998 Annual Conference

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Kevin M. Hubbard

languages to ladder logic, is an "example generator", to be usedin conjunction with lecture and laboratory exercises. LadderCAD is such an example generator.With its Windows based graphical user interface, LadderCAD allows the user to easily constructladder logic diagrams using drag-and-drop, cut-and-paste methods.Once the ladder logic diagram has been drawn, it can be translated by LadderCAD into anEnglish-like text file. This file contains a set of instructions based on the QuickBASICprogramming language, and is known as a system state language (SSL) file. This file is easilyread and intuitively understandable. An examination of the SSL file provides an understandingas to whether the desired control program result has been achieved. This

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1998 Annual Conference

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Robert J. Hofinger

deduced from the teleconferencingsession and Jim’s thoughts? Every part of the above scenario has come from feedback andpredictions from someone who is knowledgeable in that field.In the coming 21st Century, for many jobs that do not require the specialized needs of expensiveor massive laboratory equipment, e.g. clean rooms, environmental chambers, specialized testingfacilities, direct interfacing with the manufacturing facility, etc., working in the home will be asnatural as working in the “office” or in the “lab”. Simulation tools will play a key roll in the“networked” home office environment. There will no need to be “stuck in the office”.Even today, the IBM Storage Systems Division in San Jose, CA. has found that with the use ofsimulation

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1998 Annual Conference

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J.P. Trudeau; Alan R. Klayton; A.L. Clark; Daniel J. Pack

, we have used a sequence of somewhat unrelated laboratory exercises to introduce theassembly language programming skills along with the hardware features of the Motorola68HC11 microcontroller. Unfortunately, our experience has shown that with this approach manystudents do not develop a sufficient appreciation for the integrated hardware/software power thata microcontroller provides system designers. To meet this challenge, we introduced a mobilerobot project (see Figure 1) through a series of integrated laboratory exercises to 34 studentsduring the Fall 1997 semester. Figure 1 also shows the lunch box sized 68HC11 portable labunit developed at the Academy1. In this paper we present the project, observations made by thefaculty who designed and