Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in Engineering Ethics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Khan, DeVry University; Abdul Qadeer, Urdu Science University

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Engineering Ethics

AC 2010-2357: INCORPORATING SOCIAL AND ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OFNANOTECHNOLOGY IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY (STS)COURSESAhmed Khan, DeVry University Dr. Ahmed S. Khan is a senior Professor in the EET dept., College of Engineering & Information Sciences, at DeVry University, Addison, Illinois. He received his M.Sc (applied physics) from University of Karachi, an MSEE from Michigan Technological University, an MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management., and his Ph.D. from Colorado State University. His research interests are in the areas of Fiber Optic Communications, Faculty Development, Outcomes Assessment, Application of Telecommunications Technologies in Distance Education, and Social

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Malur Srinivasan

bicycle frame was chosen as the principal designed product for several reasons.The primary reason is that the frame is a highly evolved mechanical structure [3] for whichnumerous materials are used depending on the service requirements. The other reasons includeeasy access to bicycles, familiarity with the features and the enormous public interest in the fieldas evident from the internet search engines [e.g. 4]. Investigation of the reasons for the choice ofthe material(s) in each case and the processes suitable for making the frame out of them wouldprovide an exciting opportunity for mechanical engineering students to learn how to link productfunctional requirements with materials and processes in a rational manner.The CES 4.5 (Cambridge

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Sherwood; Stacy Klein-Gardner

Gender Equitable Curricula in High School Science and Engineering Stacy S. Klein1, 2, 3,4, Robert D. Sherwood, 4 1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN / 2University School, Nashville, TN / 3Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN / 4Department of Teaching and Learning, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TNAbstractAs part of a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) supplement to the VaNTH EngineeringResearch Center for Bioengineering Educational Technologies (www.vanth.org), aninterdisciplinary group of secondary teachers and college faculty have

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joanne Lax; Amy Van Epps

record is considered a measure of success of REUsis external validation for the importance of communication skills for engineers. Nearly 50 yearsago, the founder of the IEEE Professional Communication Society called clear speech andwriting “…prime and necessary characteristics of the successful engineer.”7 More recently,ABET 2000’s Criterion 3 (g) stated that “Engineering programs must demonstrate that theirgraduates have:…an ability to communicate effectively.”8Unlike the wide-angle view of many of the papers on REUs, in which communications andlibrary activities often are mentioned in passing, this paper focuses in on how one relatively new

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ollis

with a substantial technology advance, person, or company)Week two: Read entire book.Week three: Summarize the book in a single page (three paragraphs), which explain 1. What were the social and technical settings of the time ? 2. What was the particular technical challenge addressed, and why was it important ? 3. What was discovered/found, and how was it received by competitors, professionals (corporate management, etc), family, friends and society ?Week four: In nine-ten pages, respond to the following questions: 1. What technical challenge did s/he address

Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Blanton

-year Associate Degree Electronic EngineeringTechnology (EET) or closely associated BMET programs. Some applicants have a militaryelectronics background. Only a handful of applicants come from the very few Bachelors Degreeprograms such as the program at East Tennessee State University. Why would someone enterthe Bachelors program in BMET when he or she could enter the BMET profession in half thetime and for significantly less costs? The answer is expanded professional and financialopportunities during his or her professional career.The Biomedical Engineering Occupation SpectrumThe success and future of academic programs in engineering technology are often related to theemployability of its graduates.1 The U. S. Department of Labor expects

Conference Session

Energy Program and Software Tools

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammed Fahmy; Recayi Pecen; Faruk Taban; Ayhan Zora

engine.The fuel energy is calculated as mass flow rate (kg/s) times the lower heating value of diesel fuel(J/kg). The lower heating value for the No. 2 diesel fuel used in the tests is 42,550,560 [J/kg].The fuel mass flow rate is obtained by running the WAVE Engine model. The WAVE enginemodel also provides a good estimate for the heat for Gas-to-Metal that represents the heatrejected through the radiator.Brake power is defined as the power obtained from the engine after all the losses and can be Page 10.24.6calculated as the torque delivered to drive train (Nm) times the angular velocity of the flywheel Proceedings of the 2005 American Society

Conference Session

ECE Capstone and Engineering Practice

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Greco

., Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach featuring the Internet.Addison-Wesley, 2001. Page 9.14.54. Bersekas D. and Gallager R., Data Networks, 2nd Edition. 1992, Prentice-Hall. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2004, American Society for Engineering Education5. Tanenbaum, A. S., Computer Networks, 3rd Edition. Prentice Hall, 1996.6. Laboratory Manual, Laboratory and Software Projects to accompany Y. Zheng and S. Akhtar, Networksfor Computer Scientists and Engineers. Oxford University Press, 2002.7. University of Illinois, ECE 335 - Computer

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Bahr; M. Grant Norton

2001 Annual Meeting, General Abstracts Adhesion Symposium February (2001)12. Slip Band and Step Formation Around Small Scale Indentations, D.F. Bahr, C.L. Woodcock, and K.R. Morasch, in: Material Instabilities and Patterning in Metals, Proceedings of the Materials Research Society (2001)13. Micro-Machining Of PZT-Based MEMS, T. B. Myers, S. Bose, J. D. Fraser and A. Bandyopadhyay, in: Proceedings of the Innovative Processing and Synthesis of Ceramics, Glasses and Composites, American Ceramic Society (2001)14. Polymer-Ceramic Composites for bone Graft Applications, S. Bose, T. Myers, A. Bandyopadhyay and H. L. Hosick, Polymer Preprints, 41, 1620 (2000)15. Electro-Mechanical Coupling And Power Generation In A PZT

Conference Session

ECE Education and Engineering Mathematics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Roland Thomas; Albert Rosa

by beginning with dc circuits, introduce circuittheorems, then possibly teach dependent sources and the operational amplifier, introduceinductors and capacitors followed by first-order RL and RC circuits, then transition to ac circuitsusing phasor analysis. Subsequently there appears to be two major approaches. Some will teachfrequency response and three-phase power using only phasor analysis, while others willintroduce Laplace transforms and do ac circuits using Laplace analysis.Up to the early 1990’s essentially all circuits courses that were taught solved only analysisproblems – that is, circuit problems were usually constructed so that students determined anoutput of a circuit given one or more inputs. There was only one acceptable

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in MFG ET

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shawn Strong; Scott Amos; Richard Callahan

E g l d. s C dy t . en tro at es

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Outreach and Recruitment

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dae-Wook Kim

Session 2563 An Outr each Pr ogr am To Pr omote Manufactur ing Car eer s To Under r epr esented Students D. Kim 1, I. Cossette2 1 School of Mechanical and Mater ials Engineer ing, Washington State Univer sity, Vancouver , WA / 2Edmonds Community College, Edmonds, WAAbstr actThe Puget Sound Consortium for Manufacturing Excellence (PSCME), funded by theNational Science Foundation, and the Mathematics, Engineering, and ScienceAchievement (MESA) Program co-sponsored two student field trips; one to RentonTechnical College, and another to Edmonds Community College and Dillon Works

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joanne DeGroat

architecture tracts. There are several important benefits of using a Hardware Description Languagefor design. The most obvious is the exploration of the design space. With a HDL,alternative design approaches can be explored. Another benefit is documentation of thedesign. A well written HDL model documents how the design was implemented. This isespecially important when the design is later synthesized. Synthesis of the IC circuit forthe design is yet another benefit, significantly reducing the time needed for the layout ofthe design. Another not so obvious benefit is that the design can be simulated in theenvironment in which it will later run. In the 1980’s getting first run silicon that workedwas considered success. In an article

Conference Session

Engineering in High School

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Schleicher; Aubrey Hunt; Sean Brophy; Christopher Garay; Cynthia Paschal; Stacy Klein-Gardner

Teaching X-ray Imaging in the High School Physics Classroom: Safe, Hands-On and Inexpensive Instruction Christopher D. Garay1, Aubrey A. Hunt1, Stephen M. Schleicher2, Sean P. Brophy1, Stacy S. Klein1, 3, 4, Cynthia B. Paschal1, 4, 5 1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN / 2Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, MO / 3University School, Nashville, TN / 4Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN / 5Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Nashville, TN A new hands-on curriculum developed at

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Musto; William Howard

of Engineering (MSOE), which includes: • A balance of MATLAB programming and spreadsheet usage. • An emphasis on selecting the appropriate tool for a specific task. • Instruction in the presentation of problem statements and results. • A focus on applications.BackgroundComputer programming has been a required skill in most engineering and engineeringtechnology programs for several decades. From the 1960’s through the 1980’s, some knowledgeof programming was necessary or at least preferred in order to perform computing tasks onmainframe computers. Until very recently, ABET requirements for engineering technologymandated the instruction of at least one computer language. Criterion I.C.6 of the 2003-2004conventional

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Weber; Nathan VanderHorn; Rashmi Bahuguna; Arun K. Somani; Mani Mina

backbone and highspeed measurement capabilities) is enhancing interaction between faculty, graduate andundergraduate students. Finally the paper will examine how HSSE has been successful inencouraging students from all undergraduate levels (freshman to senior) to participate in learningand experimenting in the State-of-the-art laboratory and are encouraged to be involved inresearch and graduate studies.The motivationCurrent fiber-optic technology will soon be augmented to allow transmission of data at 40 Gb/sover a single communication link. 40Gb/s is soon the state-of-the-art of the electronic systems2,3.Comparing this to several decades ago when a single link, early versions of a twisted copper pair,would transmit data in the rate of 100 kb/s

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Don Millard

dynamic and compelling media to re-engage and inspiretoday’s adolescents. General Electric (GE) had recognized the potential for capturing the interest “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”of K-12 students in the 1940’s and 1950’s through the creation and distribution of technologyoriented comic books (as depicted in figure 1 below). Figure 1 - Sample Pages from GE Comic Book #1Comic books have historically been banned in K-12 environments, viewed by the administrationas diversions that students would be reading during a teacher’s instruction. Now comic books areviewed as an

Conference Session

New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Josef Rojter

recognition that professional engineering work discourses encompasshumanities has been mentioned as early as 1853. These ideas of engineeringprofession as productive pragmatists which uses the tools of technosciencethat is inclusive of humanities and social sciences has widely recognized. Inthe concluding comments of the Inquiry into engineering profession andeducation in Britain the need for the inclusion of greater humanities contentinto engineering curricula has been recognized if the engineering professionwas to be transformed from a technical profession into a social profession thatreflects the realities of engineering workplaces [15]. A major review intoengineering education in Australia in the late 1980’s identified human aspectsof

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electr-Mech ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Wm Evans

Programmable Logic Controller Teaching Method by Wm. Ted Evans Engineering Technology College of Engineering U of Toledo Toledo, OhioAbstract:Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC's) have been found in industry since the early1970's. The application of PLC's has long been considered a required course for majorsin Electrical Engineering Technology. Course content has traditionally centered onhardware with labs giving some programming experience. It is proposed that theeducation process for teaching PLCs should concentrate on programming from

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Nirmal Khandan

correctly and efficiently.Preliminary validation data indicates that the approach is effective in assessing the problem-solving skills of these students.BIBILIOGRAPHY1. Maul G. P. and Gillard, J. S., “Teaching problem-solving skills”, Computers in Ind. Engrg., 31, 17-20, 1996.2. Taylor, P. A., Woodhouse, K. A., and Bouchard, C. G. K., Developing problem-solving skills: The McMaster problem-solving program, Jour. Engrg. Educ., vol 86, p 75-91, 1997.3. Woods, R. D., Hrymak, A. H., Marshall, R. R., Wood, P. E., Crowe, C. M., Hoffman, T. W., Wright, J. D., Taylor, P. A., Woodhouse, K. A., and Bouchard, C. G. K., Developing problem-solving skills: The McMaster problem-solving program, Jour. Engrg. Educ., vol 86, p 75-91, 1997.4. ABET 2000

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thanassis Rikakis; Jiping He; Hari Sundaram; Andreas Spanias

selecting the board members include (1) reputation in their expertise fields; (2)experience in interdisciplinary research and education; and/or (3) education/researchassessment. The board will meet once a year to visit AME program for annual evaluationin addition to communications through meetings, emails and phone conversations. Thetwo founding colleges and the university are supporting AME through dedicated facultylines, staff positions, facilities and seed research funds.References[1] G. Qian, F. Guo, T. Ingalls, L. Olson, J. James and T. Rikakis, "A Gesture-DrivenMultimodal Interactive Dance System," in Proceedings of the International Conferenceon Multimedia and Expo, Taibei, Taiwan, China, June 27-30, 2004[2] S. McAdams, Thinking in sound

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Morgan; Beverly Davis

intheir education that engineering is not for them. The number of earned degrees inengineering and computer sciences grew sharply in the early 1980s, peaked in 1986, andthen dropped precipitously before leveling off in the 1990s [2]. In addition, a 2001National Science Foundation/Division of Science Resources Statistics, Survey ofGraduate Students and Post-doctorates found that graduate student enrollment in thesciences and engineering fields have dropped significantly between 1994 and 2001.Clearly, engineering as a profession needs to promote itself on numerous levels. Oneavenue available is to seek to understand and promote engineering to the futuregenerations, or specifically the millennial generation (Born in the 1980’s-2000’s).The different

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Wills; Mihaly Lenart; Peter Tarjan

Respirator (2003-2004) – 3 membersFireman’s helmet with enhanced communication and protection – 5 membersOxygen saturation monitoring within a firefighter’s helmet with two-way communication and one-way data transmission of physiologic data – 5 membersSummary and ConclusionsSuccess stories: 4 Advanced E-Team Awards from NCIIA1 US Patent pending1 SBIR proposal received encouragement to resubmit1 special award from the Center for Aging at the UniversityStudents from electrical and mechanical engineering are beginning to join the BMEteams.An interdisciplinary doctoral student in Entrepreneurship (S. Wills), who holds an MBAhas joined the instructors as a volunteer.Participation in local and televised enterprise forums.Gathering external support for the

Conference Session

Course and Program Assessment

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sohail Anwar

enrolled in ELEC 495 (or NUC 495) are required to develop learning statementsthat objectively address the ITA learning objectives. A learning statement must includean explanation and example(s) of how a given learning objective has been met. Evidencemust be provided in support of every learning statement. The relationship between thegiven learning objective and the corresponding evidence must be explained. The essentialelements of good learning statements are as follows:• Written clearly and concisely in Standard Written English• Written in the form of a narrative• Supporting evidence is referenced and provided• Describe how the evidence supports the learning statement• Show how the learning statements

Conference Session

Techniques for Improving Teaching

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cottrell

Session 2230 Developing a Dynamic Classroom with "ExCEEd" Teaching Workshops: Separate but Equal in New York and Arkansas David S. Cottrell Pennsylvania State University at HarrisburgI. IntroductionFor the second year, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has sponsoredworkshops to answer a call for formal educational training for engineering facultymembers. Conducted both at the United States Military Academy at West Point and atthe University of Arkansas, these “Excellence in Civil Engineering Education” (ExCEEd)workshops provided an effective venue to foster and improve

Conference Session

Assessment in EM Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cottrell

Session 3642 Evaluation and Outcomes Assessment During the Semester: Putting Course Learning Objectives to Work David S. Cottrell Pennsylvania State University at HarrisburgI. IntroductionIn recent years, much has been written about the requirement to perform outcomes andobjective assessments to evaluate the strengths of ABET accredited programs in allengineering disciplines including engineering management. In particular, the criteria foraccrediting engineering technology programs stipulates that programs must demonstrate thatgraduates have a commitment to quality

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research and New Directions

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Shehu Farinwata

2002-2317 Engineering First: An Undergraduate Dilemma Shehu S. Farinwata, Ph.D., P.E., Senior Member, IEEE Department of Electrical Engineering The University of Texas at Tyler 3900 University Blvd, Tyler, TX 75799, USA1AbstractThe trends brought about as a result of computer software revolution and evolution aremany and varied in just about any of the traditional engineering disciplines. A lot of suchtrends might be seen as a response to an interesting reversal of opportunity, which isapplication-driven research. Not too long ago it had been research

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Rusek; Barbara Oakley

figure. The uppermostfilter is designed to detect a ‘1,’ while the filter below it is designed to detect a ‘0.’ Theassociated voltage waveforms are shown in Figure 12. Figure 13 illustrates a slightly more complex method of handling FSK. Once again, theinput to the system (shown in green) is fed into a VCO (in blue). This time, however, the receiveris essentially a phase locked loop system. The PLL filter output voltage is proportional to thefrequency changes, which represent the 0's and 1's of the transmitter. Figure 14 shows thecorresponding waveforms.4. Frequency hopping Frequency hopping is illustrated in Figure 15. The ‘hopping code’ signal is provided bythe two pulsed voltage sources (in green). These provide for several

Conference Session

Design in the Engineering Core

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Josue Njock-Libii

. This paper discusses the main reason that led to the introduction of design in this course, the process that was followed to achieve integration of design, examples of projects that were carried out by students, the benefits and disadvantages that have been identified, and the author’s assessment of the whole experience. 1. Reason for adding design into the course: Need for reform Design was added to the first course in fluid mechanics to respond to the criticisms of engineering education that were prevalent in the literature at the end of the 1980's and the beginning of the 1990's. People who wanted reform criticized engineering education. They charged that graduates of American Engineering

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanics Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Danielson; Sudhir Mehta

test is a starting point and one, to the authors’ knowledge, notavailable for any other engineering subjects. Mechanics educators have the potential to begin anew chapter in mechanics-education research with the development of a high-qualitystandardized test for statics.References 1. ABET (2000). See http://www.abet.org and follow the accreditation link to both the engineering and engineering technology criteria for the new accreditation criteria. 2. Danielson, S., & Mehta, S. (2001). “Teaching Resources for the New Millennium: Statics as an Example,” Journal of SMET Education: Innovations and Research, Vol. 2, Issues 1&2, pp. 37-45. 3. Hake, R. (2001). "Lessons From the Physics-Education-Reform Effort