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Robert P Hesketh; Kauser Jahan; Stephanie Farrell; C. Stewart Slater; Kevin Dahm

Session 1526 8VLQJ 0HPEUDQH 3URFHVV ([SHULPHQWV LQ D 3URMHFW2ULHQWHG (QYLURQPHQW C. Stewart Slater (1), Kauser Jahan (2), Stephanie Farrell (1), Robert P. Hesketh (1), and Kevin D. Dahm (1) (1) Department of Chemical Engineering (2) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Rowan University Glassboro, NJ 08028 Abstract This paper describes a NSF-funded Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement (ILI) project onmembrane process

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W.D. Jemison; W. R. Haller; W. A. Hornfeck

Session 2532 Integration of a Circuit Board Milling Machine into an ECE Curriculum W. D. Jemison, W. R. Haller, W. A. Hornfeck Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Lafayette College Easton, PA 18042AbstractThree years ago, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at LafayetteCollege purchased a printed circuit board milling machine system and began integratingits use into the ECE curriculum. The system has been enthusiastically accepted by ourstudents and the faculty. This paper will describe our

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Kandace K. Martin; Justin Benna; Donald R. Flugrad; Anthony W. Hron; Barbara L. Licklider

Session 3430 Active Collaborative Learning in a Live Distance Education Class Donald Flugrad, Barbara Licklider, Anthony Hron, Kandace Martin, Justin Benna Iowa State UniversityI. IntroductionColleges and universities across the nation are finding themselves in the midst of several learning revolutions.Recognizing that the traditional classroom no longer meets the needs of the student, "the old telling-method" ofdelivering education is being replaced with a

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Rex E. Ward; Erdogan Sener

Session No. 1421 Addressing the Workforce Shortage in the Construction Industry: A Vision Erdogan M. Sener, Rex E. WardIndiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis/Ivy Tech State College Central IndianaIntroductionIt is common knowledge, substantiated by diverse sources and statistics,1,2 that the constructionindustry is currently experiencing a workforce shortage that will get worse in the coming yearsunless something is done about it and done soon. Even though the shortage will be felt indifferent ways, there is almost unanimous agreement that all the industry and country will beaffected one way

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Zenaida Otero Keil; Robert P. Hesketh

Building Bridges: A Course to Transition Chemistry Students to ChemicalEngineeringZ. Otero Keil and R. P. Hesketh, Chemical Engineering Program, Rowan University,Glassboro, NJ, 08028 There is a growing population of chemistry students and graduates interested inpursuing a graduate degree in chemical engineering. In general, these students arerequired to take the undergraduate core and mathematics courses before they canparticipate in a graduate engineering program. Although some undergraduate coursework is still necessary, transition courses that provide students with experimentalexperiences and theoretical background can serve to enhance learning and shorten thetime required to complete a Master of Science degree in engineering

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Robert H. Mayer

Session 2651 A Compendium on Environmental Engineering for Ocean Engineering Majors Robert H. Mayer United States Naval AcademyAbstractThis paper describes a new area of concentration within the ocean engineering major at the U.S.Naval Academy. This environmental engineering option finds its essence in two fundamentalcourses within the major that are complimented by multidisciplinary opportunities in othermajors. The first fundamental course, Ocean Environmental Engineering, focuses on marinepollution: its principal causes, effects, and its

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William H. Dennis; Jeff A. Risinger; Thomas Hall

Session 2647 NSU @ Alliance Thomas M. Hall, Jr., William H. Dennis, Jeff A. Risinger Northwestern State University of Louisiana/Alliance CompressorsAbstractNorthwestern State University of Louisiana and Alliance Compressors have developedinnovative programs designed to meet the needs of both the local industry and the University’sregularly enrolled students. This cooperative arrangement has become known as NSU @Alliance. Alliance began production of scroll air conditioner compressors for CopelandCorporation, Lennox Industries, and Trane Company in 1998. Its state-of-the-art

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Mohammad A. Zahraee; Gregory P. Neff; Susan Scachitti

Session 3148 Continuous Improvement of Engineering Technology Programs -- Coming Soon to a University Near You Gregory Neff, Susan Scachitti, and Mohammad Zahraee Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, IndianaAbstractWhile engineering technology programs have long had input from alumni, employers andindustrial advisory committees, few departments have had a formal continuous improvementprogram in place. Continuous improvement has become a key component in the quality systemof many businesses striving for a competitive edge. Research shows that no matter how solid anorganization’s foundation, if

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Rudolph Marloth; Rafiqul I. Noorani; Mark A. Hinton

Session 2259 Data Acquisition System for an Undergraduate Fin Heat Exchanger Experiment Mark A. Hinton, Rudolf Marloth, Rafiq I. Noorani Loyola Marymount UniversityI. IntroductionIn an effort to meet ABET requirements for utilizing Data Acquisition Systems (DAS) in thermalscience, the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Loyola Marymount University hasdeveloped and incorporated a new experiment into the required junior-level thermal sciencelaboratory course in mechanical engineering. The purpose of the experiment is to teach studentswhat modern data acquisition

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Jr., Michael E. Hanyak; James A. Van Fleet

Session 2341 Engineering Design: the Information Component James A. Van Fleet, Michael E. Hanyak, Jr. Bucknell UniversityAbstractThe curriculum of the Bucknell University Chemical Engineering Department includes arequired senior year capstone course titled Process Engineering, with an emphasis on processdesign. For the past ten years library research has been a significant component of thecoursework, and students working in teams meet with the librarian throughout the semester toexplore a wide variety of information resources required for their project.The assignment has been the same

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Eric A. Stueber; Chiang Lin; Susan M. Morgan

Session 1554 Web-Based Database for Laboratory Courses Chiang Lin, Susan M. Morgan, Eric A. Stueber Southern Illinois University EdwardsvilleAbstractAs many other departments are doing, the Department of Civil Engineering at Southern IllinoisUniversity Edwardsville is in the process of incorporating the Internet into courses. Inconjunction with a project to develop course web pages, it was determined that there was a needin laboratory courses to find a method for students to share data more readily. In the past, thestudents posted their laboratory data on a hall bulletin board. However, these

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James A. Ozment; Alison N. Smith; Wendy Newstetter

Session 3230 Causes for Cheating: Unclear Expectations in the Classroom Andy Ozment, Alison Smith, Wendy Newstetter Georgia Institute of Technology College of ComputingAbstractA survey was submitted to faculty, teaching assistants, and students as part of a larger study onundergraduate cheating in an introduction to computing course at Georgia Tech. This coursewas chosen because it is taught by a variety of professors and relies heavily on teachingassistants. The goal of this survey was to emulate earlier work done at M.I.T. and determinewhether these groups held similar beliefs about what actions constitute

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Robert Engelken

Session 2793 The Role and Scope of Engineering Consulting in a Balanced and Integrated Career and Personal/Family Life of a New Engineering Educator by Dr. Robert Engelken, Professor of Electrical Engineering Arkansas State University P.O. Box 1740 State University, AR 72467 (870) 972-3421 (870) 972-3948 (FAX) bdengens@navajo.astate.eduI. Abstract/IntroductionThis paper will

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Tim O'Neill; Gregory M. Maxwell

Session 2793 The Iowa State University Industrial Assessment Center- A Winning Combination for Students, Faculty and Industry Gregory Maxwell, Tim O’Neill Iowa State UniversityAbstractThis paper describes the Industrial Assessment Center at Iowa State University. The center’smission is to provide a service to small and medium-sized manufacturers to help reduce energyusage, waste generation and increase plant productivity while at the same time providing aneducational opportunity for engineering students. The center utilizes teams comprised ofundergraduate and

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Mark W. Fitch; Joel G. Burken; Craig D. Adams

Session 3151 Military on Campus: A Joint UMR-Army Program Providing Non-Traditional Master’s Degrees. Craig D. Adams, Mark W. Fitch, Joel G. Burken Environmental Research Center Department of Civil Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla 1870 Miner Circle, Rolla, Missouri 65409Abstract Through efforts to bring non-traditional students into the classroom, the EnvironmentalEngineering Program at University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR) has developed a program to offerMaster’s degrees to US Army Officers completing the Engineering

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Michael Keinath; Jr., Walter J. Weber; Hildegarde Selig

Session 2451 A Modular Ammonia Stripping Tower Design Project for an Environmental Process Dynamics Course Michael Keinath, Hildegarde Selig and Walter J. Weber, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Michigan, Ann ArborAbstractAs a requirement of a senior-level environmental process dynamics course, we developed amodular ammonia stripping tower design project. This course introduces fundamental principlesof process dynamics in environmental systems, focusing on their modeling and designapplications. The modular design project is intended to complement

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Deborah Hwang; D. Blandford

Session 2553 A Multidisciplinary Team Project for Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Computer Science Majors Deborah J. Hwang, Dick K. Blandford University of EvansvilleAbstractThis paper describes an interdisciplinary project for a freshman course designed for electricalengineering, computer engineering, and computer science majors. The project uses LEGObuilding sets and a microcontroller in the design, implementation, and documentation of asequence of increasingly complex tasks. Students learn interdisciplinary team skills, and areintroduced to computer hardware

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Matthew V. Galati; Joseph C. Hartman

Session 1339 A Revised Business Game for Use in Teaching Engineering Economy or Operations Management Joseph C. Hartman, Matthew V. Galati Lehigh UniversityAbstractWe report on the use of a revised business game as a supplemental teaching aid in a production andinventory control course in Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering at LehighUniversity. The revisions were born out of student evaluations of an original game developed atStanford and implemented at Georgia Tech and Lehigh. The basic premise of the game remainscentered around student teams

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Wesley P. Lipschultz; Jean Landa Pytel; Jayne Klenner-Moore

Session 1353 The Role of Real-World Experience in a Web-Based Engineering Major Selection Model Jean Landa Pytel, Jayne Klenner-Moore, Wesley Lipschultz The Pennsylvania State UniversityAbstractMany students who enter a College of Engineering are uncertain of what their major should be orthat the major they have selected is the right one for them. At Penn State, the College ofEngineering has designed a web-based program to help students through the process of selectingan appropriate major from the ones offered by the College. The program is based on a decision-making model

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W. Ed Howard; Stephen Rather; Joseph C. Musto

Session 3225 The RP Derby: A Design/Build/Test Experience for High School Students Joseph C. Musto, W. Ed Howard, Stephen Rather Mechanical Engineering Department 1025 N. Broadway Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee, WI 53202-3109AbstractThis paper details a weeklong summer session held on the Milwaukee School of Engineering(MSOE) campus for high school students. The design experience, called the Rapid Prototyping(RP) Derby, was modeled after the pine car race competitions held by civic organizations;however, it

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Patrick James Cronin

Session 3649 A Simple Problem Which Students Can Solve and Check Using an Inexpensive Calculator Patrick J. Cronin The Pennsylvania State University New Kensington CampusAbstractThis paper proposes a simple engineering structural analysis problem which can be used tointroduce lower division engineering or engineering technology students to the fundamentals ofthe finite element analysis (FEA) method. Step by step the student sets up the matrix equationwhich represents the system of simultaneous linear equations which is necessary to

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John S. Mullin; James J. Alpigini

Session 2793 The Software Studio: A Transitional Course for Those Entering the Field of Information Science James J. Alpigini, John S. Mullin Penn State Great Valley School of Graduate Professional StudiesAbstractThe Master of Science in Information Science degree program at the Penn State Great ValleySchool of Graduate Professional Studies attracts students from a diverse set of backgrounds. Forthose candidates with non-technical degrees, a need has been identified for a transitional course,namely a software studio which goes beyond traditional professional development

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Craig W. Somerton

Session 1633 A Spreadsheet Program for the Calculation of Piping Systems and the Selection of Pumps Craig W. Somerton Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State UniversityI. IntroductionAn important topic taught in most energy related mechanical engineering courses, such asthermal design or HVAC, are piping system calculations coupled with the required pumpcalculations, so as to appropriately select a pump. To facilitate this instruction, an Excelworkbook program, Pump_Pipe.xls, has been developed that will perform flow systemcalculations and pump selection analysis

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Lang Wah Lee; Tamer Ceylan

Session 3253 Strengthening the Pipeline - A Workshop for Middle School Mathematics and Science Teachers Lang Wah Lee, Tamer Ceylan University of Wisconsin-PlattevilleIntroductionIt is a well-known fact that the majority of pre-college students have insufficient background inmathematics and science for attending engineering colleges. In the past two years, variousmeasures have been developed to make the two subjects more appealing to secondary schoolstudents. However, to strengthen the pipeline between pre-college students and engineeringschools, more attention

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Winston Conway Link

Session 3565 Student Project Groups in Statistics Classes at LSU-Shreveport -- A Four Year Review W. Conway Link Louisiana State University -- ShreveportAbstractStatistics courses have achieved among some students, the reputation of being difficult, useless, andboring, much like mathematics courses. Academic departments have attempted to eliminate the boringfactor by using texts with terminology and applications specific to the needs of their students. Thus, inaddition to those general statistics courses traditionally offered by mathematics

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Athula Kulatunga

Session 2647 Creating a Successful Academic-Industry Partnership with Industry: Southeast Missouri State University’s Experience Athula Kulatunga, Ph.D., CEM Southeast Missouri State UniversityAbstractPartnerships between academia and industry can be beneficial to both parties in many ways.Through such partnerships, new experiential learning opportunities for students can be initiated,professional development opportunities for faculty can be enhanced, and new technologies canbe introduced to area industries and students. This paper discusses how to initiate university-industry

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Stacy S. Wilson

Session 2547 Developing a Plan for Recruiting and Retaining Women and Minorities in Engineering Technology at Western Kentucky University Stacy S. Wilson Western Kentucky UniversityI. IntroductionThe underrepresentation of females and minorities in the areas of science, engineering, andtechnology is recognized as a serious issue facing academia and industry1. Researchers nowunderstand that the experience of young women in science and math classes is much differentthan that of young men2. Recently, the Department of Engineering

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Gerard N. Foster

Session 2793 Development of a Java2-based Tutorial Binary Calculator for the Instruction of Binary Arithmetic Gerard N. Foster Purdue University, School of Technology, Kokomo, IndianaAbstractThis paper describes instructional software developed to teach binary arithmetic. The heart ofthe software is a binary calculator written in Java2. This tutorial calculator performs addition,subtraction, and the logical operations, AND, OR, XOR and XNOR. There are two modes ofnumber entry. The problem values are either generated randomly or are entered by the student.A log of the number of

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James E. Fuller

Session 2606 History, Theory and Criticism in Technical Courses of Architectural Engineering Technology: A Necessary and Didactic Relationship James E. Fuller, AIA Ward College of Technology University of Hartford West Hartford, ConnecticutAbstractTraditionally technical courses in architecture focused on the then current methodologies,standards and procedures and did not consider the evolution of thought which brought us to aparticular point

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Ronald W. Garrett; Paul L. Stephenson III

Session 1463How a Course in Statistical Process Control Can Utilize Real-time Data from an Industrial Production Facility Paul L. Stephenson III and Ronald W. Garrett Grand Valley State UniversityAbstractEngaging students as active learners in applied statistics courses and getting them to thinkcritically about the workings of a full-scale production facility is a difficult task. Yet it isan important challenge that educators face when teaching a statistical process controlcourse.This challenge has been addressed at GVSU by giving students an opportunity toparticipate in projects and to interact