Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ollis

Design University of FloridaEngineering Entrepreneurs NC State UniversityMulti-University Design Teams Clemson (UNC-Charlotte, Univ. South Carolina, Georgia Tech)Virtual Corporation Virginia TechQuality Improvement Partnership NC State UniversityCross-Disciplinary Education Clemson UniversityMultidisciplinary Design in a Global Environment Virginia TechCross-college Collaboration Laboratory in Engineering and Art and Design Virginia Tech.Integrated product and process design (IPPD) In 1995, the University of Florida instituted an industry sponsored, one yeardesign course which involved three

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Raymond Winton

the simulator that have provided thisenhancement are a consequence of upgrades in the post-processor. These upgrades nowallow the simulation data to be manipulated in ways that are much more than a simpleelectrical analysis, and extend well beyond the focus of circuit proof and performanceanalysis. And likewise the spreadsheet is a friendly and mature product that givesconsiderable flexibility and analytical power.And device models in pSPICE have evolved over time to a point that they now representactual device behavior to a higher degree of accuracy than simplified models ordinarilynecessary in the classroom or laboratory. This paper has found a practical and frienlyplatform for to investigation of device and circuit behavior from simulation

Conference Session

Distance & Service Learning, K-12, Web & Work-Based Projects

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jamie Piacentine; Tonya Emerson

on-line for anyone interested in pre-college outreach. Anexcellent source is the PBS ZOOM website. [1] Following the links for “Parents and Teachers”one can find a wide variety of hands-on science and engineering activities for K-6th graders aswell as preschoolers. These activities are incredibly well thought out with a pdf file listingsupplies needed, concepts covered, and supplemental activities to promote critical thinking. TheZOOM activities are targeted to meet educational science standards so that they can easily beincluded in the classroom. PBS’s Building Big series has been expanded to include a number ofoutstanding hands-on laboratories and instructional aids. [2] These activities are ideal for olderstudents and come with

Conference Session

Industrial-Sponsored Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Darrell Gibson; Patricia Brackin

training go hand inhand because students are required to manage “projects” that they must complete during thequarter. They are introduced to the concept of team roles, agendas, minutes, listening, decisionmaking, peer evaluation, and scheduling. In their sophomore year, students are given training inpeer evaluation that is reinforced in the junior year. In the junior year student laboratory groupsare required to complete open ended laboratory projects. These groups are responsible forscheduling their work and performing peer evaluations. During the senior Systems Designcourse, students are given more in depth training on team motivation and interaction. They areintroduced to scheduling concepts and are required to use Microsoft Project to complete

Conference Session

Visualization and Computer Graphics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Johnson; Jeffrey Will

andproteins using the various software packages. In addition, they were able to download their ownprotein database files and bring them into the visualization laboratory. Molecules or structuresthey were having difficulty understanding were prepared and shown on the system. Page 9.1086.2 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationVector Fields A challenging concept for many of our students in our third calculus course involves thevisualization of three-dimensional vector fields and associated curl

Conference Session

Teamwork and Assessment

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James West; Dennis Miller; Daina Briedis

-engineering” students at MSU takethree semesters of required courses before entering a major, there is a significant discontinuitybetween the learning and application of the enabling sciences of math, physics and chemistry.More effective use of the required humanities and social science courses was also encouraged,although this is a difficult coordination and management problem on a campus as large asMSU’s (40,000+ students). In particular, the need for improved writing skills was frequentlyidentified. Alumni further recommended the integration of laboratory experiences with themainstream chemical engineering courses allowing students to exercise problem-solving skills inexperiments with a clear purpose. The need to revise the process control course

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Suzanne Berliner-Heyman; Nicole Koppel; Rosa Cano; Siobhan Gibbons; Howard Kimmel

objectivessuch as classes, laboratories, hands-on activities, field trips, mentoring sessions etc. arespecific to appropriate grade course work. Each group has a main thematic unit linkingall other subjects and activities. Each group thematic unit and academic curriculum isaligned with the New Jersey Core Curriculum Standards for appropriate grade levelsproviding students with prior knowledge upon which we could build. FEMME groupsand their thematic focus are as follows: FEMME4--Environmental Science FEMME5--Aerospace Engineering FEMME6--Mechanical Engineering FEMME7--Chemical Engineering FEMME8—Biomedical EngineeringLooking at FEMME7 (Chemical Engineering), as an example, the seventh grade girlslearn about chemical engineering and

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Brown; Michael Flynn; Gordon Carichner; Dennis Sylvester; David Blaauw; Catharine June

Table 3: Graduate VLSI requirements. 427:VLSI Design I 470: Computer Architecture OR 478: Logic Synthesis and Optimization 522: Analog Integrated Circuits OR 523: Digital Integrated Circuit Technology 627: VLSI Design II Table 4: VLSI graduate kernel courses. 413: Monolithic Amplifier Circuits 483: Compiler Construction 423: Solid-State Devices Laboratory 522: Analog Integrated Circuits 425: Integrated Circuits Laboratory 523: Digital Integrated Circuit Technology 470: Computer Architecture 527: Layout

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Information Technology

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Bailey

normally taught inelectronics is not included, but the material omitted is of little use from a systems perspective.The third benefit achieved by combining digital material with analog in this course is that thestudents complete the course doing something enjoyable. Even the most jaded engineer mustadmit that digital logic is much less stressful to understand than analog. This enjoyable secondhalf of the semester helps keep students enthusiastic about IT.Below are listed the topics covered in the analog portion of this class. The particular aspects ofdigital systems to which each pertains is in brackets. In all cases, laboratory experiments usingreal hardware are used to reinforce the concepts. • DC circuits and Ohm’s Law [This gives an

Conference Session

ECE Education and Engineering Mathematics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Cambron; H. Joel Lenoir

programs have incorporated practice-orientedexperiences into the curriculum by the addition of multiple laboratory experiences, designcourses4, and project classes. Introduction to Industrial Automation is an important course inthe fourth semester of both curriculums, intended to be a blend of these three types of practice-oriented courses. It serves as an important “building-block” in both programs, helping build afoundation for higher level integrated design courses.To help support the project-oriented nature of the course, each individual student is assigned ahardware kit containing an Allen-Bradley Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) and an AtmelAVR microcontroller. The list of assigned sensors, switches, and other input/output (I/O)devices

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Metzger; Polly Piergiovanni; S. Scott Moor

, but, as they learn more process control theory, theycan study, understand and modify the subpanels, which perform the control actions. Thesoftware is designed to work as a general control program for the LEGO RCX brick and willwork with any sensors and control elements that can be interfaced with the RCX brick.Development of the Laboratory Kits Flexible, inexpensive kits were developed which students used to quickly put togethersmall processes and their control systems. The kits contained a pump, two tanks, and a variety ofpiping, fittings and sensors. The main pieces have quick release fittings1 allowing a process,including sensors and control valves, to be assembled quickly and easily. Students connected thesensors and control valves

Conference Session

NASA Fellowship Program

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

with a 100 ft ethernet cable was located in a nearby laboratory in closeproximity to the launch site within the transmission range of the wireless transmitter to provide aseamless connection to the wired network. Appropriate settings were achieved to transmit the streamingvideo pertaining to the live blimp launch using one of the web servers on campus.Interested readers can acquire more information on the wireless ACCESS POINT and wireless PCNetwork Card from the website of the vendor 6.Blimp launch on November 21, 2003Goal (v) was demonstrated during the launch at NASA WFF on November 21, 2003.The gondola that was developed and instrumented for the Phase-I efforts worked adequately. However,the shape of the gondola did not allow for it to be

Conference Session

Opportunities in Environmental Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

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

data logging system (Loveland, CO) facilitated field measurements ofdissolved oxygen, pH, temperature, specific conductance, and oxidation-reduction potential.HACH CEL/890 advanced portable laboratory equipment (Loveland, CO) facilitatedmeasurements of ortho-phosphates, nitrates, and turbidity. Research Assistants also obtained andstored water samples that were taken back to the USF lab for further analyses. Among these,total coliform was measured using the most probable number technique and Hach MEL/MPNTotal Coliform and E. Coli Laboratory (Loveland, CO); total solids were measured by EPAstandard procedure, biochemical oxygen demand was measured using either a Hach BODTrakapparatus (Loveland, CO) or standard methods specified by the American

Conference Session

TIME 9: Thermal Fluids/Fluid Mechanics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Mueller; Hosni Abu-Mulaweh

temperature distribution, the heat transfer coefficient along the fin is assumed to be constant.This assumption is technically not correct as the temperature along the fin varies.Recently, a laboratory exercise in which students were to design, build, and test an “infinitely long”fin was proposed by Abu-Mulaweh [5]. One common question posed by students is “What valueshould we use for the heat transfer coefficient?” Apparently, most undergraduate textbooks do notaddress this issue directly. Thus, the motivation for this work is an attempt to answer that question.This paper examines the assumption that the heat transfer coefficient is constant and proposes asimple approach to estimate the average total heat transfer coefficient for a long cylindrical

Conference Session

Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Per G. Reinhall; Paula R.L. Heron; Lesley Low; Brian C. Fabien

Session Number 3668 Development and Assessment of Tutorials for Introductory Engineering Dynamics Lesley Ann Low*, Paula R.L. Heron, Brian C. Fabien, Per G. ReinhallDepartment of Physics, University of Washington/Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington/*currently at Information Systems Laboratories, Inc. Introductory engineering dynamics is an important course for (at least) three reasons. First, it is essential to have a strong grasp of the concepts covered in the course when pursuing a degree in engineering. Second, it is a required course for most engineering departments and is the first engineering course that covers both

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Courses and Issues

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Wayne Wentzheimer; Jeremy G. VanAntwerp; Douglas A. Vander Griend; Jennifer VanAntwerp

) many students have said that theyappreciated they project, that they learned a lot, or that it was the best part of the course becauseit helps them to understand how the course material comes together. Thus, engineers aremotivated to learn chemistry when they see the relevance of chemistry to engineering.5 The Laboratory ExperienceThe laboratory has been essential to the success of this new course. Evaluations of the previousmaterials science course indicated that lack of a regularly scheduled lab was a seriousshortcoming. Students felt the course material was too theoretical and not relevant to real life.The occasional lab or demonstration in the old course was always mentioned by students asbeing the high point of the course. Incorporating

Conference Session

Engineering/Education Collaborators

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Connor; Vinod Lohani

& Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education" Session 3130the freshmen year in GE program, theme related problems will be dealt with on a lower level orusing simulation models like the Alice system12 and laboratory exercises that do not requireupper level curriculum knowledge. As the student progresses through the curriculum, the sameand new sustainability problems will be addressed with increasing sophistication using morerecently acquired skills and knowledge from engineering and other courses. Successfulimplementation of this proposal will be used as a model for incorporating similar

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: Faculty/Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jan Rinehart; Robin Autenrieth; Karen Butler-Purry; Angie Hill Price

and then provide service to the students and administration.The FutureWEFIG was formed so that the women faculty would have more of a voice in theCollege. The Dean has been supportive of our request to conduct a self-study to evaluate‘where we are and what we need’ with concerns of equity a driving force. However, self-studies must be used carefully. They may indeed identify problems that can be fixed withrelative ease, such as salary disparities or laboratory space allocation bias. Such Page 9.7.5 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering/Technology

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Heidi Sherick

colleges and MSU-Bozeman dedicated to providing undergraduate research and scholarship opportunities for American Indian students in career fields of science, math and engineering. • Montana Apprenticeship Program (MAP): MAP is a summer academic enhancement program designed for American Indian juniors and seniors in high school. MAP has been running for 22 years and has hosted over 300 students from all over the U.S. MAP is a six- week program that provides pre-college academic preparation, and offers students experience in a scientific-research laboratory. Eighty percent of students from MAP enter college. • American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES): The AISES student chapter at MSU was chartered

Conference Session

Projects,Teams & Cooperative Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Eschenbach; Eileen Cashman

. Each week, students participate in acreativity/teamwork exercise. These activities will be described in the paper. Students evaluatetheir peers’ teamwork skills at mid and end semester via web based software. This work isfunded is partially with an NSF Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) GrantAward 0127139. A description of the creatively/teamwork exercises as well as the lessons ondesign, ethics and project management will be made available athttp://www.humboldt.edu/~eae1/CCLI02/.Introduction and Course DescriptionFaculty members in Humboldt State University’s (HSU) Environmental Resources Engineering(ERE) program are revitalizing an introductory course, ENGR 215: Introduction to Design, toimprove the retention and

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in MFG ET

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mitch Keil; Sam Ramrattan; Jorge Rodriguez; Alamgir Choudhury

© 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationmade. As well, based on the initial mass of a specimen and the mass after thermal distortiontesting, a percent degradation loss of specimen can be determined.Methodology The defined testing methodology consists of four major steps, which are described in the nextparagraphs. It is important to note that all specimens preparation and testing needs to beperformed in a controlled laboratory environment. Temperature was controlled at 23.9±1.1°C,and relative humidity was controlled at 50±3%. The four steps are: • Preparation of Disc Shaped Specimens • Scratch Hardness Testing • Thermal Distortion Testing • Testing Methodology1. Preparation of Disc Shaped Specimens

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Lin; Harold Broberg

of descriptions of physical phenomena, results from experiments, demonstrations, and solved problems. • Use of physical analogies and demonstrations to illustrate the magnitudes of calculated quantities. • Experiential learning in laboratories • Collaborative learning for laboratory exercises Page 8.981.6 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education” Should be used more in Engineering Technology Education • Use of collaborative learning in the classroom

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito

students and at the same time to make it as a symbol of strength andpower. It has been carefully studied and analyzed to cause an impact in the schools and in thestudents. The goal has been achieved once it has been pointed out as the symbol of the program.The implementation of the program started in February of 2002; it has been dimensioned to serve10 thousand students per year, including the qualification of teachers and technical staff for thenext four years.7. Physical and material aspects of the ProjectThe physical infra structure of the project counts with 16 laboratories with 20 points of networkeach, in according to the international pattern EIA/TIA 568-A, where each lab contains one Rackwith key and the local network active element

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Walden Rio

. Theother problem is the fact that the visiting faculty may not be knowledgeable on the educationalprogram of the Philippines. Whatever knowledge he or she may share, may not be needed by theinstitution. It is therefore very important that a careful process be done to identify the needs ofthe school and what the visiting professor can deliver. Another way of answering the need of the faculty to undergo advance training is to sendthem abroad for short durations of at least two to three months. There is a distinct advantagewhen a faculty is sent abroad and exposed to Engineering education in a first world country as theUnited States. He will not only learn from the lecture and laboratory classes he or she attends butalso observe how each

Conference Session

Global Issues in Engineering Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wim Ravesteijn; Erik DeGraaff

Education • they worship a single god • they believe in the immortality of the soul and the happiness of life after death, and • while they believe fully in their religion and are convinced of its truth, they would abandon it for one that could be proved better(source: http://athena.english.vt.edu/~jmooney/renmats/more.htm )Bacon was the first philosopher to suggest the improvement of society through theapplication of science and technology. In his New Atlantis the House of Solomon – a kind ofobservatory and laboratory - was designated to realize this ideal. The high goal of thisinstitution was to keep order and harmony; to keep the people happy. This goal was to beachieved through extraordinary scientific advances that made it

Conference Session

Course and Program Assessment

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Kozak

total program evaluation. An adequate CGI program can be equally applied toSouthern Association Commission as Well as TAC of ABET self study practices.ABET AccreditationABET accreditation is shifting from auditing to learning outcomes of students. 1 Learning takesplace through hands-on activities that represent the application of real life problems. To providean environment of learning by doing, a series of activities must be carried out that achieves adesired outcome.2Learning strategies establish relevance and applications for all course material, balance concreteinformation with abstract concepts and use a variety of delivery modes. Learning strategiesinclude lectures, in-class demonstrations, laboratory experiences, consultations

Conference Session

Abroad Educational Opportunities in Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jo-Ann Murray; Urbain DeWinter; Solomon Eisenberg

sophomoreengineering undergraduates at Boston University. The program enables engineeringundergraduates to incorporate a study abroad experience in their undergraduate degree programswhile continuing to make normal progress toward their degrees. Prior exposure or facility withGerman is not expected before starting the program, but students must participate in an intensiveGerman-language course while in Dresden. The TUD was chosen as a partner in developing thisprogram because Boston University already had a small program and a resident directorestablished at this site. In addition, the TUD had appropriate faculty and laboratory facilitiesavailable to teach the requisite science and engineering courses in English. While in Dresden,students take three of four

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeff Will; Doug Tougaw

courses should becombined together and the teams integrated across disciplines.During the summer of 2000, a committee composed of faculty from each department metfor two weeks to discuss the desired features, format, and policies of the new coursesequence. Since the ECE department previously had a three-semester capstone designsequence and the ME department had a two-semester sequence, some substantialcompromises had to be made. At the same time, the decision was made to increase thelevel of structure in the course and to provide a high level of support for the studentteams. This support took the form of dedicated laboratory space, increased availability offaculty resources for advising and consulting with teams, and increased project

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Reid Vander Schaaf; Ronald Welch

• Assistant Project Manager • Construction Representative • Field Engineer • Project Officer In the second program, USMA civil and mechanical engineering majors who will beentering their junior or senior year are invited to participate in the US Air Force Academy’s(USAFA) Field Engineering and Readiness Laboratory (FERL). FERL is a hands-on classroomtype program that receives three-semester hour academic credit. The lab introduces the students Page 8.1259.1to the basics of civil engineering practice and it consists of three blocks: Surveying,Construction Methods, and Construction Materials. The three-week program

Conference Session

K-12, Teamwork, Project-Based Scale Models

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito

each school) connected in a network, with Internet access.The implementation of the program started in February of 2002; it has been dimensioned to serve10 thousand students per year, including the qualification of teachers and technical staff for thenext four years.7. Infra Structure of the ProjectThe project physical infra structure counts with 16 laboratories with 20 points of network each,in according to the international pattern EIA/TIA 568-A, where each lab contains one Rack withkey and the local network active element (Switch 24 doors 10/100 MBITS).The whole project is compounded by: 320 Celeron computers 800 MHZ/ Disk of 20GB and 128MB RAM/ Colored monitor with 15”/ CDRom/ Stabilizer; Supply of 32 printers, 2 for each lab;Large b and