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Issues in Computer Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hassan Rajaei; Mohammad Dadfar

Session 3620 Job Scheduling in Cluster Computing: A Student Project Hassan Rajaei, Mohammad B. Dadfar Department of Computer Science Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, Ohio 43403 Phone: (419)372-2337 Fax: (419)372-8061 {rajaei, dadfar}@cs.bgsu.eduAbstractCluster computing has become widespread by utilizing COTS (Commercial-Off-The-Shelf) PCs,a high-speed network, and Linux operating system. This simple configuration of multiprocessorsystem can

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rufus Carter; Claudia Milz

two groups: they are the oneswe need to address as here the teaching methodology makes a difference. Of 28 students, there were x students with the following characteristics in addition to theones named above: they provided their team with perspective, help and organization, and helpedthem identify with a certain team pride. Weaker students most definitely improved with this A+student on their team.Table 1: Student interaction leading to grade changes F (does notGroups with x B (students D (could do I

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Bradley Burchett

Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Prefilter + Plant r c (s) e System gain: v b(s) y2 G pf = r 1/100 G= d (s) a(s) - Dynamic return path c y (s) G fb

Conference Session

Innovative Practices in NRE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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William Miller; Gayla Neumeyer; Matthew Schmidt; David Jonassen

argument scaffolding helps learnersidentify what action will be carried out to solve the problem. For example, for the problem“Determine the Baseline Selenium Status in Human Subjects”.1. Determine a method. Rather than asking novices to generate original solutions, weprovide them four plausible options from which they choose.1.) It has been determined that you will be using nuclear activation analysis (NAA) todetermine the selenium level in a biological monitor. From the following choices, which doyou think is best suited to measure the selenium level in a biological monitor? A. Prompt Nuclear Activation Analysis (PGNAA) B. Delayed Nuclear Activation Analysis (DGNAA) C. Instrumental Nuclear Activation Analysis

Conference Session

Design Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Hochstein; William Janna

“StronglyAgree,” a red color indicates “Agree,” yellow means “Neutral,” green signifies “Disagree,” whilecyan indicates “Strongly Disagree.” The colors in the legend are arranged purple to cyan—top tobottom. In the chart, purple to cyan is arranged left to right. A preponderance of purple and red atthe left edge is considered highly favorable.(a) Interacting with the freshmen was an academically rewarding experience.The response to Item a indicates that interacting with freshmen was not particularly rewarding for 6out of 17 seniors, although 5 of 17 thought it was.(b) The freshmen were able to provide our group with assistance/ideas.Despite the response to Item a, Item b shows that 15 of 17 seniors believed that freshmen wereable to provide some

Conference Session

Assessing with Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

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T.M. Wildman; M. L. Wolfe; Jr., O.Hayden Griffin, O.Hayden Griffin,; J. Muffo; G.T. Adel; G.V. Loganathan; Kumar Mallikarjunan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tamara Knott, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

& B, called MacGyver projects, students were providedwith a toolbox containing a set of basic tools and miscellaneous material (for example: set ofwheels, a motor, a basic set of tools, some paper clips, some paint stirrers, rubber bands, a coupleof mouse traps, duct tape pieces, etc.). In project A, the objective was to design and build adevice that would “trip” two mouse traps, with the second trap going off between five and tenseconds after the tripping of the first mouse trap. Project B required designing and building avehicle that would: i) pick up a playing card from a wooden block while en route to a one-footdiameter target area, the center of which was eight feet away from the starting line, ii) transportthe card to the area, and

Conference Session

Graduate Aerospace Systems Engineering Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Conrad Newberry

sort from point A to point B, or perform some sort of surveillance. Airplanes arecharacterized by their relatively frequent takeoffs and landings. Aircraft are generallyreuseable. Missiles, with some notable exceptions, are typically used as weapons of war. Theyare usually launched in an instantaneous manner (no taxi or takeoff run) from an airplane or aground station, and explode with some degree of lethality at their terminus (instant landing).Moreover, missiles are generally not reuseable.Airplane wings generally have higher aspect ratios than missile fins, although some fightersmight be viewed as exceptions. Airplanes are usually powered by reciprocating or jet engines.With some exceptions, missiles are typically powered by either liquid

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Warren Myers; Jack Byrd; Robin Hensel

155 Page 10.417.11in the 2003/04 AY was 53.2% compared to 51.8% in 2002/03, 43.1% in 01/02 and 38.3% in2000/01. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationFigure 8. Stacked Bar Figure of MATH 155 Grades Including AY-GPA and % of Grades => C A B C D F I W 100% 90% 80

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Macy Reynolds

buthad trouble with traditional assessments in school. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Student BStudent B provides another example of a student with a borderline learning problem. Thisstudent was not a star in the mechanical engineering technology classes, receiving C’s in bothFluid Dynamics and Metrology. However in the Senior Project course this individual becamethe team leader and was responsible for keeping everyone on schedule, communicating with theteam, dealing with the customer, and producing the final product. This student handled all thetasks far better than expected and was a

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Education I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Davis

toward becoming awelcoming facility, one that invites users in to use it. By “users”, I mean everyone who uses it:students first of all, but also teachers, administrative, staff, and other school-related visitors. Oneessential component of “a welcoming” design is visibility. A user should always be able to findhis or her way from point A to point B with relative ease. This aspect of circulation (whicharchitects refer to as wayfinding) can be enhanced through clear, easily intelligible signage that Page 10.412.7is placed just where people will need it. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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James Higley; Gregory Neff; Susan Scachitti

SME Certification Exam in TC2K or EC2000 Outcomes Assessment,” Proceedings of the ASME 2004 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration, Biloxi, February 3-6, 2004.BiographySUSAN SCACHITTI is an Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering Technology at Purdue UniversityCalumet. She holds degrees in Industrial Engineering Technology from the University of Dayton and aMBA in Management from North Central College. She teaches TQM and consults in the area of continuousimprovement. Sue is past chair of the IE Division of ASEE and formerly served as division chair, programchair, newsletter editor and treasurer. She has served as a TAC/ABET commissioner since 2003 andprogram accreditation evaluator since 2001.JAMES B

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Projects

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary McDonald; Charles Knight

Experimental Laboratory provided a major component of support for the UTCmechanical engineering program meeting ABET 2000 Criterion 3 Outcomes a through k[8] and receiving ME program accreditation on first request in 2003.The laboratorycourse was found to be our major contributor to four of the criteria outcomes: b (anability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data), c (anability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs), e (an ability toidentify, formulate, and solve engineering problems), g (an ability to communicateeffectively), and k (an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools

Conference Session

ME Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Forsberg

be easily transported to classrooms.This would permit the runs to be made outside of the engineering labs.VII. ConclusionA heat transfer experiment in forced and natural convection has been designed andconstructed to illustrate the topic of dimensional analysis. The experimental apparatushas performed successfully and has provided results which clearly show the applicationand usefulness of dimensional analysis in correlating experimental data.VIII. Bibliography 1. Munson, B. R., Young, D. F., Okiishi, T. H., “Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics”, 4th Edition, Chapter 7, Wiley, 2002. 2. Fox, R. W., McDonald, A. T., Pritchard, P. J., “Introduction to Fluid Mechanics”, 6th Edition, Chapter 7, Wiley, 2004. 3

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Dick Blandford

(multiple word instructions possible) • user can single step or run microcode • Registers 16-bit program counter (PC) 16-bit stack pointer (SP) 16-bit memory address register (MAR) 8-bit accumulator (A) Six 8-bit registers for general use (B, C, D, E, H, and L) One 8-bit temporary register for microprogram use only (T) 4-bit flag registers (zero, carry, sign, and parity) 9-bit microcontrol address register • 16-function, 8-bit ALU • fully animated data, control, and address paths • built-in editor so the user can modify, save, and print Microcode file Instruction decoder file User program file • Can operate in pipelined or non-pipeline mode • Pipeline

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ahmad Pourmovahed

hydrogen and oxygen).The actual reaction is x x −1 H2 + [O 2 + 3.76 N 2 ] → H 2 O (liquid) + (1.88 x) N 2 + O2 (12) 2 2The minimum (stoichiometric) reactant flow rate required for current generation atstandard pressure and temperature may be determined as follows. The stoichiometricreaction of hydrogen and pure oxygen to form water can be written asH 2 → 2 H + + 2e − (a)1 O + 2 H + + 2e − → H O (b) 2 2 2which combine to :H 2 + 1 O2 → H 2O ( a + b) 2At standard temperature and pressure (STP), 1 kmol of any gas

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Nuno Delfino; Calvin Cutshaw; Brian McGee; R. Mark Nelms

Saddle River, NJ, 2003.2. F. G. Martin, Robotic Explorations: A Hands-on Introduction to Engineering, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River,NJ, 2001. Page 10.349.7 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for engineering Education”3. J. W. Dally and S. J. Reeves, Introduction to Engineering Design, Book 7: Projects, Skills and LEGO Challenges,College House Enterprises, Knoxville, TN, 2001.4. B. S. Heck, N. S. Clements, and A. A. Ferri, “A LEGO Experiment for Embedded Control System Design,” IEEEControl Systems

Conference Session

Controls, Mechatronics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hugh Jack

Microcontrollers“, ASEE Annual Meeting, SaltLake City, June 2004.[3] Murray, W. R., Garbini, J. L., “Embedded Computing in the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum: A Course Fea-turing Structured Laboratory Exercises”, Journal of Engineering Education, pp. 285-290 July, 1997.[4] Moallem, M., “Design and Implementation of Computer Control Software”, IEEE Control Systems Magazine, pp.26-29, February 2005.[5] Arzen, K-E., Blomdell, A., Wittenmark, B., “Laboratories and Real-Time Computing”, IEEE Control SystemsMagazine, pp. 30-34, February 2005.BiographyHUGH JACK earned his bachelors degree in electrical engineering, and masters and Ph.D. degrees in mechanicalengineering at the University of Western Ontario. He is currently an associate professor at Grand

Conference Session

Curriculum Innovation & Assessment

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Urban-Lurain; Taner Eskil; Marilyn Amey; Timothy Hinds; Jon Sticklen

increasingdifficulties in the nation’s engineering curricula and resultant general shortcomings ofengineering graduates as determined by outcomes assessment. Although these shortcomingstake many faces, root causes are traceable to shortcomings in the core-defining characteristic ofan effective engineer: strong problem solving ability. Effective problem solving is predicatedon: (a) thorough understanding of technical background material required for the problem athand or an ability to obtain that understanding; (b) ability to integrate background material; (c)ability to sharpen a stated problem and produce a well-structured problem from an ill-structuredproblem; (d) ability to apply the background material systematically and effectively to theproblem; (e

Conference Session

Integrating Materials and Manufacturing

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gerald Sullivan

the Continuum, J. of Materials Education, 21, 47-56, 1999.5. Will, J.D., and Johnson E.W., Scientific Visualization for Undergraduate Education, Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Session 31386. Collura, M.A., Aliane, B., Daniels S., and Nocito-Gobel Jean, Development of a Multidisciplinary Engineering Foundation Spiral, Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Session 2630Biographical InformationGerald Sullivan:Dr. Sullivan, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Virginia MilitaryInstitute, received his B.S.M.E. from the University of Vermont in 1985, and hisM.S.M.E. and Ph.D

Conference Session

Manufacturing Program Innovation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hugh Jack

/Competency_Gap.pdf, 2001.[3] Halford, B., "Pursuing New Paths", ASEE Prism, http://www.prism-magazine.org/nov03/pursuing_paths.cfm,Nov., 2003.[4] SERVICES 2000; A Conference and Dialogue on Global Policy Developments and U.S. Business, http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/sif/2kfullreport.htm, 1999.[5] Kanter, E., "Women in the Driving Seat", Asbury Park Press, http://www.app.com/ontherun/story/0,20853,948356,00.html, April 21, 2004.[6] McNulty, Z. (translated by), "Female Printer from Epson", http://www.techjapan.com/modules.php?op=mod-load&name=News&file=article&sid=170&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0, Mar., 16, 2004[7] Kelley, C., Wang, M., et.al., “High-Technology Manufacturing and U.S. Competitiveness”, Rand Science andTechnology technical

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Education II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Suketu Shah; Gaurav Agarwal; Mohammed Haque

Session xxxx A Virtual Tour of Energy Conscious Architecture Mohammed E. Haque, Ph.D., P.E., Suketu Shah, Gaurav Agarwal Texas A&M University, Texas, USAAbstractAs technology rapidly changes, the importance of educating and training diverse populations ofcivil/construction engineering/science students becomes more critical. With the advances ininformation technology (IT) over the last decade, the traditional teaching format of having anindividual lecture to an audience has been supplemented, and in some cases, replaced by therapid development and implementation of new distance learning

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer/Communications ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Chandra Sekhar; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

theoptical receptor. Some of the reasons of misalignment are a) swaying of upper floors in tallbuildings, b) vibrations in the mounting structures, c) variations in the refractive index structure Page 10.416.3 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationof the atmosphere (beam wandering and scintillation) and d) the objects flying in the line ofsight. Active alignment by sensing the received power level and controlling automatically themechanical alignment is the best guarantee

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven VanderLeest

Advocating Breadth in a World of Depth Steven H. VanderLeest Department of Engineering, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI1 AbstractA typical four-year engineering curriculum is chock-full of courses, concepts, and ideas.However, four years is simply not enough time to explore the vast landscape of engineeringknowledge thoroughly. Thus trade-offs are made selecting material within a course as well asselecting courses within a curriculum. One of these trade-offs is depth versus breadth. At theextremes, the specialist is too narrow while the generalist is too shallow. Most curricula locatethemselves between these two poles, with general engineering programs leaning

Conference Session

Pedagogy

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Musa Jouaneh

A Study of Learning Styles and Team Performance Musa K. Jouaneh1 Department of Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 02881Abstract This paper reports on a study that was performed over a 4-year long period in which theperformance of undergraduate mechanical engineering students on a team project, enrolled in asenior mechanical systems course at the University of Rhode Island, was correlated with theirlearning styles as measured by the Brain Dominance Model. To measure the learning style ofeach student, the Brain Works program

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Johnson; Shannon Sweeney; Richard Englund

similar, butnot close enough to assume that it will always be the same. Figure 1 is a graph of Rockwell Chardness as a function of distance from the center of the weld on one of the tests. Page 10.33.3 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education 45 40 Rockwell C Hardness 35 30 B end

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth DeBartolo; Margaret Bailey

her parents favored women’s rights and her mother was a staunch suffragist andfriend of Susan B. Anthony. Ms. Gleason studied mechanical arts at Cornell University and atMechanics Institute, now known as the Rochester Institute of Technology. Shortly thereafter, shejoined her father at his factory - Gleason Works. Kate Gleason promoted his business, whichbecame one of the leading sellers of machine tools in the United States and Europe largely due toher efforts.“Kate Gleason's place in American history is ironic. The accomplishment she is most oftencredited with, the invention of the gear planer, was her father's. Henry Ford mistakenlyattributed the invention to her, the press picked it up and it stuck. That overshadows her reallegacy: using

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Leslie Collins; Lisa Huettel

provides an overarching, application-based approach to ECE education. Page 10.105.10 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Bibliography1. R.G. Baraniuk, C.S. Burrus, B. Hendricks, G. Henry, A. Hero, D. Johnson, D.L. Jones, J. Kusuma, R. Nowak, J. Odegard, L.C. Potter, and K. Ramchandran (2002). “Connexions: DSP education for a networked world,” 2002 Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, pp. 4144-4147.2. The

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Doucette; Gunter Georgi

Session Number ______ ASEE Paper # 2005-0659 A Simple Digital Logic Project for Freshman Engineering David R. Doucette, Gunter W. Georgi, and Lorcan M. Folan Polytechnic UniversityAbstractLike many other schools, Polytechnic University has developed robotics projects usingcommercial products such as Robolab for its Freshman Engineering course. These projects havebeen well-received by many students1. However, some Freshman students have commented thatthey wanted something more related to Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering.To meet this demand, we have developed a project for digital logic design that

Conference Session

Faculty Development II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Keith; Adrienne Minerick

Culture Shock: Acclimating as a New Faculty Member Adrienne R. Minerick1, Jason M. Keith2 1 Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS 39672 / 2 Department of Chemical Engineering Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI 49931AbstractNobody said that the first year of teaching engineering and mentoring graduate studentsat a college or university was going to be easy. With the

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Ameya A. Chandelkar; Deepak G. Bhat

test blocksof calibrated hardness values. Table. 1 Hardness of cemented carbide cutting tool grades from room temperature to 800oC. Sample WC + 6% WC + 13% WC + WC +25% Composition Co Co 15.5% Co Co Temperature, oC Sample A Sample B Sample C Sample D Room Temp 1103 1003 917 740 200 1030 883 698 638 400 900 793 642 466 600 788 671