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Development of Manufacturing Engineering Laboratories I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University

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Manufacturing

learning experience is taking place,including the past offering when 100% of the students received at least B- (80%) letter grade.Course evaluations also indicated ratings mainly in the range of 4 - 5 in 5 scale.In summary, students gain 15 weeks of hands-on practical experience on industrial grade robots.They learn about trajectory planning, program planning and logic with flow-charts and state-flowdiagrams. The students also study the wiring process of inputs and outputs to the robotcontroller. But, most importantly they get exposed to scenarios replicating real-life cases such ashand-exchange and setting of a TOOLFRAME, palletizing and depalletizing, and mostimportantly wiring and programming of an actual work-cell, possibly twice – one with an

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BME Laboratory and Project Experiences

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Barbara Burks Fasse Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology; Essy Behravesh, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Biomedical

and Quinn, 2004, p.5). Developing, designing, and building a device, product, or process affords students theopportunity to apply their engineering content knowledge, problem-solving and planning skills,implementation abilities, and self-directed learning skills (Kitts and Quinn, 2004).The curriculum developed for the instructional lab reported here is somewhat of a hybrid. It isgrounded in the principles of Problem-based Learning but also includes a Project-based Learningdesign-and-build element as indicated by the student-enacted protocols and labs for thetechniques students conduct as physical artifacts. For this paper, we will use the lower-casedesignation “pbl” to denote our approach that combines elements of both PBL and Proj

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New Classrooms, New Challenges I: Novel Approaches to Courses

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arthur Felse, Northwestern University

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Chemical Engineering

for their work on mild and selective polymerizations using lipases. Page 25.1111.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012Regulatory Compliance Training in Bio/Chemical Engineering Courses I WOULD LIKE THIS PAPER TO BE IN A REGULAR SESSION Page 25.1111.2Introduction:Regulatory compliance (RC) refers to a set of federally mandated guidelines under whichindustrial processes and scientific experiments are planned, conducted, monitored, recorded, andreported. RC is typically achieved through a set of well-developed

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Laboratory Development in ECE I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Victor P. Nelson, Auburn University; John Y. Hung, Auburn University

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Electrical and Computer

assess certainperformance indicators, leading to results that were not as meaningful as they should have been.Consequently, the course instructors made some relatively simple changes to course assignmentsto ensure that students provide evidence of achievement of each of the desired performanceindicators. This serves both to facilitate assessment and to emphasize to the students what theyare expected to know and be able to do. The following sections describe how this has been donein ELEC 3040/3050.IV. Course assignments and assessmentIn the past few years, Auburn University has emphasized writing across the curriculum. Eachprogram in the university has been required to submit a plan for writing within the majorcourses, with students expected to

Conference Session

Innovative Energy Projects

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven R. Walk, Old Dominion University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

” oninstructions sets for colleagues rather than for their own immediate experimentation. Thebenefits and advantages of this procedure, accruing to the students learning and the author‟sdesign philosophy and plans, are discussed below.Fuel Cell Experimentation SystemThe fuel cell experimentation system used was manufactured by h-tec, Wasserstoff-Energie-Systems GmbH (see www.h-tec.com) and included the U102 Stack Experimentation SetComplete (Figure 1.). The system includes apparatus sufficient to complete experiments: aphotovoltaic module (converting light energy to DC electric energy); an electrolyzer (using thephotovoltaic module DC current output, or optional wall-plugged AC/DC power supply output,to separate hydrogen from oxygen in distilled water); a

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First-year Programs Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Berg, University of Texas, Brownsville

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First-Year Programs

2013SP 2015 To graduate Page 25.1203.6Student 5: Took Dual Enrollment Precalculus in Fall 2005. Freshman in Fall 2008 in B.S.Computer Science program. Plans to graduate in Spring 2012.Student 6: Took Dual Enrollment Precalculus in Fall 2005. Freshman in Fall 2008 in B.S.Computer Science program. Plans to graduate in Spring 2012.Student 7: Seems to have found his niche in Psychology. However, has only take one upperdivision course. Needs 33 more hours of upper division courses and 20 hours of lower divisioncourses to graduate.Student 8: Completed only one semester. Accepted into Calculus I but then earned “D

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Capstone Design II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yuyi Lin P.E., University of Missouri; Xiuting Wei, Shandong University of Technology; Lanmei Wang, Shandong University of Technology; Yanfei Zhang, Shandong University of Technology; Wenqiang Yu P.E., Shandong University of Technology; Yufeng Sun, Shandong University of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

work, project planning and management. The Americansystem contains a series of software applications including calculation, presentationsoftware for CAD and analysis, such as MATLAB, MS Office, SolidWorks, Algor, etc.Chinese students emphasize individual design performance and one-on-one meetingswith their faculty adviser. The Chinese system requires more detailed analyses and reviewof specific calculations, such as gear tooth strength verification, bearing life calculations,and other specific calculations.With all these recognized differences, a few commonly agreed upon objectives are clear.For the benefit of training global engineers, and for the efficient teaching of the seniorcapstone design course, it is desirable to develop a common set

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Engineering Education Ties and Engineering Programs in the Middle East and Latin America

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jaby Mohammed, Petroleum Institute

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International

AC 2012-5460: TEACHING FRESHMEN ENGINEERING DESIGN VIAHYBRID MODE: A CASE STUDY IN THE MIDDLE EASTDr. Jaby Mohammed, Petroleum Institute Jaby Mohammed is a faculty at the Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE. He received his Ph.D. in Indus- trial engineering from University of Louisville (2006), master’s in industrial engineering from University of Louisville (2003), and also a master’s in business administration from Indira Gandhi National Open University (2001). His research interests include advanced manufacturing, design methodologies, Six Sigma, lean manufacturing, and enterprise resource planning. He previously taught at Indiana University- Purdue University, Fort Wayne in Indiana and at Morehead State

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2001 Annual Conference

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James Landay; Francis Li; Anthony Joseph

6.916.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Educationbased system for collecting and presenting those metrics to both students and instructors forawareness. We have performed a pilot evaluation that we detail in the next section, followed by adiscussion of the results. Finally, we discuss future plans for the system and conclude.II. Progress and Performance MetricsWe began our design by choosing a set of progress and performance metrics. They are: 1. Individual time spent 2. Team time spent in meetings 3. Individual action items completed 4. Team milestones achieved 5. Peer evaluation

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2001 Annual Conference

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Bahador Ghahramani

the test case implementation and results. The results were then comparedwith the standards specified in the system plan to rate progress of every phase of the model. TheSA&D plan also indicated the implementation process, acceptance criteria, and pass rates togauge model’s phases and system readiness. Table 1 depicts the SA&D process incorporatingthe above outlined methodologies activities. Page 6.116.5 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright O 2001, American Society of Engineering Education” TABLE 1, SA&D PROCESS AND TESTING

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Ryan Wicker; Connie Della-Piana; Bill Diong

6.926.3implement process.Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2001, American Society for Engineering Education To run the described software and hardware in this laboratory are 10 Pentium II PCs thatwere donated by the Hewlett-Packard Foundation. A network server and printer, also donated bythat Foundation, round out the list of equipment available in this lab. The following figure shows the hardware configuration for each station in this laboratory. Figure 1 – Dynamic Systems and Controls laboratory station configurationIII. Impact on UTEP’s Electrical and Mechanical Engineering programs Our plan to motivate students in their study of engineering

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Shirley Holloway

curriculum redesign and implementation and to combine this activity with dayto day teaching and their own professional development.The keynote of NAIT’s mission, academic plan and business plan is to promote student successin this new global economy. Whilst surveys show that NAIT is maintaining an excellent recordof student retention, graduate placement and employer satisfaction, it is clear that true graduatesuccess will depend on preparation for continued learning and development. There must be achange from curriculum that emphasizes the here and now of existing jobs to one which providesa platform for further learning. Traditionally the content of individual programs at NAIT hasbeen set specifically for regional and national industry needs, with

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Natalie Mello

sendingstudents to all parts of the globe. Current national opinion is that universities owe their studentsmore attention to risk management and care when students travel as part of their academicexperience. 9 With the recent unfortunate tragedies that have occurred in Costa Rica, India,Guatemala and Japan involving students on some form of “study abroad”, more attention isbeing paid to how these experiences are managed by the institutions. 10-14II. WPI’s Global Perspective ProgramIn 1970, WPI adopted a new curriculum, called the WPI Plan. The WPI Plan replaced atraditional, course-based technical curriculum with a project-based program emphasizingteamwork, communication, and the integration of technical and societal concerns. Among thedegree

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Timothy McLaren

will benefit most from the products(manufacturing engineers educated in semiconductor and microelectronics manufacturing). TheSociety of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation and the M. J. Murdock CharitableTrust have validated our concept and plans for the microelectronics manufacturing engineeringemphasis area through peer reviewed proposals and they have awarded WSUV significant grantsfor the acquisition of the manufacturing and diagnostic equipment for the MicroelectronicsLearning Laboratory. Page 6.50.3 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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Corinne Darvennes; Sally Pardue

was addressed in great detail withlittle student enthusiasm, beginning in the second week of the course. Multi-DOF discussionwas limited to 2-DOF in the last weeks of the course and focused primarily on the solution to theeigenvalue problem for natural frequencies and mode shapes. Additionally the course objectivesincluded instruction and usage of MATLAB.Our new implementation of the course material was as modules. We separated the 15-weeksemester into five modules. Initially we allowed three weeks per module, but adjusted the lengthduring planning sessions to accommodate topics. A description of the modules follows.2.1 Module 1: Modeling and Dynamics – 3 weeksWe introduced the course policy and presented the modular layout of the course

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Larry Williamson; William Drake

was not repeated the second year. The consequencebeing that it was difficult to coordinate student work on the project. This year, the third in ourseries, the lack of coordination resulted in cancellation of the project. This is probably influencedby the fact that our student body is largely composed of non-traditionals, who for the most parthold full time jobs.The second SMSU buggy project had the significant advantage of more advanced planning,experience and a graduate assistant. The Graduate assistant, Mr. Charles Roop had been SMEstudent chapter chairman the year before. Dr. Drake was drafted to teach the TEC 417 designcourse and integrated part of the project into that course. One of the problems that was noted inthe previous race was

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Willis Marti; Wei Zhao; Steve Liu

Switches Routers Others Servers Infrastructure Infrastructure Devices Figure 2 Structure of Web Access GatewayIn operation, the user (a) accesses the WAG with a browser, (b) is authenticated then (c)allowed to select an exercise from a list constructed depending upon an individual’sprogress and instructor’s plan. Other administrative services

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2000 Annual Conference

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Nicholas A. Scambilis

and businesspartners. Twenty-eight Tech Prep consortiums were formulated and now serve most of Ohio.The Miami Valley Consortium comprised of Sinclair Community College, the University ofDayton, and seven Vocational Education Planning Districts, serves 64 high schools and over 100business partners. In Ohio, the Miami Valley Consortium, which has the highest number ofenrolled students, was named “Best In The Nation - 1996”, by the U.S. Department of Education.High School Enrollments: National statistics on high school enrollment indicate that 50percent of high school students are generally unfocused, 25 percent are preparing for college and25 percent are preparing for vocational training. Furthermore, according to a 1993 study by theU.S

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Shawna L. Fletcher; Mary Anderson-Rowland

the student and the Program Coordinator. In addition, students wererequired to submit and to adhere to a strategic action plan for the Spring 1999 semester. Eachstudent maintained at least bimonthly contact with the WISE Program Coordinator to help ensurethe achievement of personal goals.Program evaluation included results from the Spring 1999 semester/cumulative GPA comparedto the Fall 1998 semester/cumulative GPA. Academic improvements were determined byassessing individual improvement in semester/cumulative GPA and overall improvement insemester/cumulative GPA. In addition, a log sheet was maintained to track personal contactbetween the student and the Program Coordinator.IV. Program ComponentsStudents were initially interviewed in one

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Jacek Jarzynski; Sheldon M. Jeter

favored themechanical systems course. In school year 1998-1999, 216 students took the mechanicalsystems course, and only 52 took the thermal/fluids course. This disparity is relateddirectly to the students’ choosing the overall mechanical systems track in preference tothe thermal/fluids track and not directly to a preference of one course over the other. The final lab course was a quarter long two quarter hour experimental engineeringproject planned and implemented by the students. This course and the introductoryinstrumentation and methods course suited the new curriculum without fundamentalrevision. The intermediate courses did not, so a new course was needed.GOALS AND CRITERIA FOR THE NEW COURSE For several reasons our experience

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Douglas H. Baxter

. Figure 11 -Final Beam Shape Page 5.290.11Future WorkFuture work on these examples is planned. The welded beam example could be greatly enhancedby using different solvers. Immediate plans are to implement a simulated annealing solver to showhow this class of solver differs from a gradient solver. Additional IED homework problems couldbe modeled and there are plans to add two new homework assignments next semester. Finally,there may be an opportunity to use the solid modeling software in other courses. Structures,dynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer and mechatronics should benefit from these types ofexamples. New software will be needed to

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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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Mahammad Najafi; George Yang

is inaccordance with projection. Student current employment situations and feedback from localindustries regarding the improvement of the curriculum is presented.IntroductionManufacturing Engineering Technology is the profession in which the understanding of abroadrange of technologies is necessary to apply and control manufacturing processes. It includesmethods of production of industrial commodities and consumer products. The manufacturingprofessional must be able to plan, design and implement the facilities, tools, machines, and thesequence of operations for producing high quality products at competitive prices.Manufacturing Engineering Technology is a highly interdisciplinary field, requiring elementsfrom other areas of engineering

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Susan Haag

attempt toreform engineering education, seven institutions formed the Foundation Coalition (FC) withsupport from the National Science Foundation. One method utilized by the FC member schoolswas to offer integrated freshman programs. Embedded within this curricular reform were studentlearning outcomes that were established in the FC’s strategic plan and were implemented andmeasured across selected subject areas. Student learning outcomes were defined by theFoundation Coalition as “the abilities that we must develop, continuously improve and use inorder to realize the overall mission and vision of the Coalition.”The Foundation Coalition (FC) at Arizona State University (ASU) has incorporated strategiesinto its curriculum to: a) reform engineering

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Robert L. Armacost; Robert Hoekstra; Michael A. Mullens

from George Washington. He teaches operations research and statistics coursesand is an active researcher in decision analysis, project management, scheduling, and new product development. Heis active in academic planning and assessment activities.Appendix A. Schedule of Project DeliverablesAssignment: Project Proposals Due: 2/2/99Each team will prepare project proposals for two selected concepts. A project proposal may useany format, but must fit on no more than three 8-1/2" x 11" pages. The proposal should identifythe names of the project team members, the designated team leader and a description of theproduct. Your description may include any of the following: documentation

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Kenneth Reid

to givereturning students a different experience. Students were given more advanced topics tolook into if they had previously completed the Electronics course. This course has onlyrun one time, so some future plans are included with the module descriptions:(1) Low-level SoftwareLecture:Operating systems, programming, C languageLab:We’ll get on the computers & use Microsoft Visual C++ compiler to write some C Page 5.660.6programs! (We’ll stick with code that will work on any C compiler)The students were given a crash course in computer programming, and given nearlyfunctional code in C to finish and run. They also looked at some confusing

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Julia Williams

order to“communicate effectively.” For others, good communication is defined by thedepartment writing manual and can be assessed by counting up the number ofgrammatical errors in a document. Unfortunately, these two definitions lead students intomisapprehensions regarding what constitutes effective engineering communication, howthey should develop those skills, and how their skills will be assessed. My issue here isthe current state of communication skills development and evaluation that have beeninspired by ABET EC 2000. While the national effort to improve students’ skills (both incommunication and the other objectives areas) are laudable, many engineering programsencounter difficulties with assessment plan development, particularly after

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Arthur Gerstenfeld

an interactive qualifying project(IQP). Prior to each one of these projects, there is a full semester preparation course thatfocuses on research methods, the culture of the country where the project is worked on,and the literature review in connection with each project. For example, a year ago whenwe were planning to do projects in Zimbabwe, we gave a preparation course that focusedon the culture of Zimbabwe. Unfortunately, because of political difficulties, we had tocancel the projects in Zimbabwe and those students did their projects in Costa Ricainstead.Typical projects planned for this coming year in Africa include:• Technology transfer opportunities between South Africa and New England businesses• Identification of key industries in

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Stuart Steele

. Page 6.221.5Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationV. Background and Overview of CS 398 (Advanced Senior Project)The senior project represents the capstone design course of the Computer and InformationScience (CIS) curriculum. The senior project provides an opportunity for students to apply theknowledge and skills gained in other courses as they synthesize a solution to a significant,realistic problem, plan and manage a software development project and implement the solutionusing state of the art methodologies, techniques and tools. Senior projects are carried out on ateam basis (individual projects are

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

Transfer, and MechanicalEngineering Senior design project.Students in the ME312 class were asked to design a Virtual House Hot Water Energy UsageMonitoring System using LabView as part of the required class project. The tasks are (1). Tocreate a three bedroom, two bathrooms, house plan. (2), Create a virtual hot-water system usingLABVIEW, and (3), Calculate the energy losses of the piping system in a 24-hour period.Students entering the Heat and Mass Transfer class have already taken Thermodynamics andFluid mechanics. In those two classes, feasibility studies on energy conservation techniques wereconducted. Table 1 shows one of the literature review results on potential energy lossdistribution. Table 1. Possible energy loss for