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Kurt J. Colella; Vincent Wilczynski

among engineering educators on how to measure and documentperformance in this area. Though not a panacea, institutional design portfolios are proposed as a tool to helpassess and communicate the design content of an institution’s curriculum. The design portfolio can be a usefulmechanism for a program to articulate its design philosophy, document how student design experiences haveput that philosophy into practice, reflect on successful design exercises and evaluate the students’ completedesign experience. Creating and using a design portfolio highlights design as a developmental skill within theengineering curriculum and allows the faculty to focus on design as an integrated component of engineeringeducation. Because of this focused attention

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Ph.D., J.G. Shiber; H.R. Bogale

percent of teachers and 79% of students believe that learning & retaining course material, irrespective ofgrades, best reflects student success, but 21% of students thought getting A's & B's was the primary indicator, irrespective oflearning. Also, 38% did not seem to think that interest in a course is vital for success, while 84% of teachers did. Despite the differences, most students and teachers agreed that a serious but enthusiastic & optimistic student attitude,good personal discipline, and a knowledgeable teacher who explains things well are essential to student success. It is suggested,however, that student success initiatives cannot be fully effective unless student and faculty opinions and perceptions are knownand

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James W. Gentry

stirring rods and in a developing for quantitatively measuring the reflectivity of thesurface. Arguably the most significant contribution in the paper was showing that trace gascompositions in the furnace air can lead to tarnishing of the glass surface. Faraday showed thattrace amounts of CO reduced the lead oxide at the surface of the glass. The method used byFaraday for measuring the reflectivity is shown in the figure below. The intensity of the shadowfrom a lights source at a distance D2 is matched with the intensity of the shadow from the lightsource reflected from the glass measured at distance D1. Faraday showed that 8.5 YO of the lightwas reflected for his optical glass consisting of silica, boric acid, and lead oxide compared to 3.8%for

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John S. Gillard; Gary P. Maul

relevance of the information.This suggests differences between training and education. Learning is the difference between education and training. Education is the “why” and training is the“how”. Learning, by contrast, requires a desire on the part of the learner. The theory of learning can be shownas a circle with four parts; questions, theories, testing, and reflection.5 Normally the circle starts with Questions. This could be in the form of a problem that needs to be solvedor a dilemma facing the learner. Learning needs intrinsic motivation. The learner, must have the question anddesire to know the answer. The proposed answer to this question can be thought of as a theory. Dr. W. Edwards Deming spoke of itas a ‘prediction.’ Problem

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Gary S. Godfrey

and feedback; scaffolding and fading; articulating and reflections;exploration; and sequence. Table Three has been constructed to apply the cognitive apprenticeship model toprinciples of 3-D Visualization. Table 3 COGNITIVE APPRENTICESHIP AND 3-D VISUALIZATION CONTEXT Textbook Knowledge Mechanical Drawing Blueprint Reading ANSI Standards Computer Literacy Computer Aided Design 2-D Visualization & Construction

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Richard Gilbert; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College; Renata Engel, Pennsylvania State University

. As a Page 1.238.2 {tix~; 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘.,+,DIYH; 1result, these productions may project large quantities of free energy and ultirnatel y inject some of that energyinto the audience. The third and last variable of the information transfer function, contc?nt comnwd, reflects the level ofexpertise and familiarity of the subject matter. An ultimate example for this variable is a we] l-documented non

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E. Carr Everbach

research in acoustics. However, stone breakage is thought to be governed by eitherthe internal reflection of the compressional portion of the acoustic pulse (which becomes a tension wave)from the posterior of the stone, or the action of microscopic gas bubbles collapsing onto the stone surface inresponse to the rarefactional portion of the acoustic pulse.2 Both mechanisms may operate simultaneouslyor in combination, but each is dependent upon the temporal and spatial characteristics of the lithotripterpulse. Lithotripters of various designs produce acoustic shock waves using different techniques. Often aninitial shock wave is created by an underwater explosion driven by a high-voltage spark discharge.3 Thespark-gap electrodes are located

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Michael L. Smith; Mary R. Marlino; Jeff V. Kouri; D. Neal Barlow; A. George Havener

outcomes, only the priority ones, asshown below, are part of the assessment plan.Framing and Resolving Ill-Defined Problems 9 The Reflective Judgment Exercise (RJE) is the primary instrument used to assess performance forframing and resolving ill-defined problems, the highest priority educational outcome for Engr-110Z. Two RJE’sare administered, one at the beginning and one at the end of the course (see Appendix D). Each RJE has twoparts. In the first part, the student is given an ill-defined problem scenario containing overlapping sets ofincomplete information. From these data, students are required to make a decision based on their ability toextract information from the data sets. In the second

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James C. Sturm; A. Wolfe

issue may be part of a national trend, the second issue was more of a local concern. Ourundergraduate program had gravitated over the years to mirror our graduate program, with theend result that many of our students were leaving after four years with a degree of expertisealmost that expected of a master’s student, but with an extreme lack of breadth. Third, from thelate 80’s to early 90s the undergraduate enrollment in the EE department had dropped by nearly40%, an effect which was not reflected in the engineering school as a whole. Finally, there wasa desire to look forward and ask what the needs of future engineers would be. How could webest prepare our students to be future leaders in the field

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Lt Col Rosario Nici; Col John Russell

students were given 12 minutes to develop a response. They were allowed another 12 minutes to continue and/or reflect on their thinking and problem resolution. This was followed by 15 minutes of discussion to provide feedback and closure for the students and administrators. All 436 responses were scored and demographic information, which was not available to the raters, allowed an assessment of subgroups. Preliminary investigations suggested that student performance was not affected by gender or time of day. Effects of general academic performance (i.e., GPA) or choice of major had smaller than expected correlation. Additional research to examine convergence between scores on this instrument

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Prof. K.V.S Apparao

training, consultancy etc., as at present the industry is getting a ready made engineer, for which its contribution is almost zero. VI. Involve industry to play positive role in designing curriculum, to avoid criticism and encourage industries to spell out their requirements both in quality and quantity. Conclusions: The academicians alone cannot develop comprehensive technical educational programmed, reflecting the fast growing and changing needs of industry. Academicians, industrialist and administrators should work out for a viable system of technical education. Page 1.191.2

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Dianne Atkinson

Mechanical Engineeringat Purdue University tabulated current assignments in the School, noting content and format requirements aswell as modality--whether assignments were written or oral. An outcome of this effort was a decision to embedmore opportunities for students to develop oral communications skills. The “embedding strategy” is an effort tofold communications instruction into existing course work as a reflection of the belief that technicalcommunications are inherently part of technical work. While the first year engineering curriculum incorporates two semesters of communications course work,one written and one oral, these courses replicate communications assignments from secondary schoolcurriculum, e.g., general interest essays and

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Harvey A. West; F. Xavier Spiegel

energy at the layer interface) could reduce the rebounding. Abent specimen (even with concave side up) could lower the rebound by inefficient y reflecting the stress wavemoving through the test piece. The reduced rebound time with the thinner specimen suggests that, as in staticindentation tests, there could be a minimum specimen size necessary to characterize the hardness of the bulkmaterial.Notes to the Instructor: The above results give rise to many thought-provoking, yet simple experiments for the students. Theycould investigate rebound time vs. sample thickness (for the same material hardness). Would a stack of thinspecimens give the same result as one thick specimen? What is the effect of surface finish on rebound time

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Landon C. Onyebueke; Chinyere Onwubiko

structures ormachine elements. This technology has been successfully applied to various loading conditions encounteredduring space flights. However, this technology is yet to be accepted in the industries. This paper usesPDM to demonstrate the role of students in the transfer of technology. Included in the paper are overview of PDM, the different stages that are necessary in preparingstudents for effective technology transfer. Projects carried out by engineering students at Tennessee StateUniversity are used to illustrate the features of PDM and how students can be used as a means for thetransfer of the technology to industries.Introduction: The effectiveness of any new technology is reflected in its usefulness. Its popularity depends on

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Nancy L. Denton; Christine L. Corum

opportunity to pursue one’s interests within the constraints of university, family, society, and availabletime are much more significant. In order to achieve tenure and promotion, maintain an acceptable level of professional and personalsatisfaction, and allow time to pursue some of the activities enjoyed outside of the workplace, each facultymember should develop a comprehensive strategic plan. Based on the escalating workload which is imposed onfaculty (either by external or internal sources), the plan must encompass all aspects of life. The level, quantity,and quality of work produced by any one faculty member can be limited by many factors outside of theuniversity, and a realistic strategic plan will reflect these considerations (i.e

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Martha Ostheimer; Hal Tharp

, peer-evaluation, and group evaluation of problemsolving strategies, as well as written and oral communication skills. The course is built around uniqueteam-projects that each group creates. The course also includes significant writing-to-learn activities thatencourage students to reflect on and develop an awareness of their problem solving processes andcommunication skills. The students also work in teams, and in pairs, to evaluate the process of solvingproblems. Their written and oral presentations are also self-evaluated and peer-evaluated. This emphasison students becoming more self-aware of the strengths and weaknesses of their problem solving abilities,and on students becoming capable of evaluating the effectiveness of their communication

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Jerry Hamann; Raymond Jacquot

a particular numerical solution technique. The recent availability of MATLAB for desktop computing has provided a computing environment withrobust built-in routines for matrix manipulation and seamless two and three dimensional graphics for presentationof the solutions thus obtained. In short, using MATLAB turns efforts the duration of which was formerlymeasured in days to durations of a few hours. In the past, implicit methods were often avoided because of the need to solve a set of algebraic equationsat each step in time. In the case of linear problems this is reflected by a need to invert a matrix at each step in time. In the case of linear and time and spatially invariantsystems, this solution method requires the

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Denise Dorricott; Richard Devon

current information can be garnered. A second trend which also reflects larger social trends, is the demand for a more "consumer oriented"approach to education. This requires shifting the focus of education from teaching to learning; from instructorto student. Curriculum content and methodologies which were once based on the expertise and preferences ofthe instructor, shift towards the needs and preferences of the learner. In its pure form, this trend would havestudents in the role of designer, researcher, and problem-solver, responsible for their own learning, andcreating their own paths through course content. Instructors shift from a 'sage on the stage' to a 'guide on theside' as they help direct student inquiry, facilitate research and

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Amitabha Bandyopadhyay

reflect the newly emerging fields of the applied sciencesand technologies.”2 After considerable discussions and waiting, at the end of FaH 1991the mission change was approved. Budget Situation -- Incentive for Change At the same time that senior administrators were fashioning an expansive andforward looking vision for SUNY Farmingdale, the institution was facing some significantand persistent budgeta~ problems. Farrningdale had been forced to endure severalyears of budget reductions. Specifically, the college’s 1989-90 base budget had beenpermanently cut by 14 positions. The 1990-91 base budget was permanently cut by anadditional 7 positions. In September 1990, the college had submitted and original FY 1992 budget

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Yolanda Guran

Session 1160 CROSSING FRONTIERS IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION - WHOSE BENEFIT? Reflections on an Unorthodox International Exchange Yolanda Guran Oregon Institute of TechnologyAbstractIn the new reality of a global world economy, it is more and more important to expose the engineering studentsto international experiences. For small teaching institutions without a research program it is a challenge to runexchange programs. With budget reductions encountered by state institutions in USA and Europe as well, tomaintain such a program

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Arthur T. Johnson

applications. Problems and examples in this course must reflect students' interests, as well. Thus, there must besome problems with medical overtones, some with clear connection to the environment or ecology, andothers dealing with biotechnology. This mix is not normally found in programs of a more specializednature. There are three assigned design problems in this course, one each for fluid flow, heat transfer, andmass transfer. Each is expected to be completed in about two weeks. The short time is meant to reflectthe real-life time constraints engineers often face after graduation. Each design problem is given verbally,without complete specification, to give students practice in posing questions and defining problems.Students are

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Robert P. Morgan; Nirmala Kannankutty; Donald E. Strickland

oversampling in the top stratum was designedto reflect the disproportionate amount of research activity in stratum 1 schools without neglecting faculty inthe other strata.” The questionnaire covered a range of topics related to university-based engineering research,including: the nature of the research; disciplines and fields of research; organization, funding levels, and Page 1.218.2 .@&’-’ ) 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘.,,,HJ

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Manon Bourgeois; Gilbert Drouin

percent to 74,596students, reflecting a reduction in the number of foreign nationals (residents of other countries) enrolled.”(1). In Quebec, we have noticed the same pattern in all the cycles of studies. And at Ecole Polytechnique the samesituation prevails. If we look at some recent figures, it clearly shows the clientele of fill-time undergraduateenrollment in engineering dropped almost 12% from 3704,60 students in fall 1992 to 3262,73 students in fall 1994. Page 1.257.1 $&&’-’ F 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘@llHllL

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Timothy Cameron; David W. Russell

plane sound wave reflects from a partially absorbing surface, theyare asked to calculate the absorption coefficients by hand. One end of the impedance tube is driven by aloudspeaker at a single frequency, and the sample is placed at the other end of the tube, held in place by arigid cap. Students locate a pressure maximum (antinode) and minimum (node) by moving a microphonealong the length of the tube and observing the pressure level using the B&K 2133 octave band analyzer.After calculating the standing wave ratio, sound power absorption coefficient, and the mechanical impedanceof the sample by hand the students are allowed to use an older B&K analog analyzer which measures the ab-sorption coefficient directly. Testing several samples

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Norbert L. Ackermann; Anthony G. Collins

quality undergraduate education as a primary mission.Typically schools that listed graduate education as a goal also considered research and scholarship as agoal. A number of issues stressed by ABET were apparent for a cohort of schools. There weredistinctions between departments however in terms of what was reflected in the overall expression ofdepartment goals. Interestingly goals did not commonly reflect teamwork, the development ofinterdisciplinary perspectives, a personal concern for student development, or leadership of educationalinstitutions in defining the Civil Engineering profession. Those institutions that demonstrated a seriouseffort by developing a strategic plan for establishing their mission and goals statement appeared to

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Merl Baker

programs. An analogy is drawn between the issues proposed by these articles and deep-rooted problemstargeted by Michael Hammer’s and Steven Stanton’s [10] in the “Reengineering Revolution” and Hammer’s and JamesChampy’s justifications for “Reengineering the Corporation” [9]. However, caution must be exercised not to erode theproven process. This alert is well justified by Norman R. Augustine. [2] Arguments for Change Armstrong and Griffiths make strong arguments for change in order to meet employer’s demands. Phillip Griffithsis Chair of the National Academies’, (NAS, NAE, NIM) Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy,(COSEPUP). His article reflects the deliberations of the

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Byron S. Gottfried

was only1.85 (because of the much larger number of low-valued responses). The listings of “other” topics is quite broad, reflecting various disciplinary interests.I. Required Prerequisites1- Basic computer skillso 1 2 3 4 Total Average 20 22 17 12 71 2.302- Word processingo 1 2 3 4 Total Average 19 14 16 12 61 2.343- Spreadsheet applicationso 1 2 3 4 Total Average 17 10 12 3 42 2.024- Equation solverso 2 3 4

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Stephen J. Ressler; Thomas Lenox

challenges facing civil engineers in professional practice. (P04) ● use the computer effectively and appropriately as a problem-solving tool. (P05) ● write and speak effectively. (P06) ● are prepared for and motivated toward continued intellectual and professional growth. (P07)Develop and maintain a faculty that serves as a model of professional excellence for our cadets. (P08) Objectives PO1 through P07 emanate directly from the institution’s published Academic Program Goals.These objectives are focused on the principal products of our program--our graduates--and on the qualities andskills we expect them to possess as a direct consequence of their undergraduate education. The relatively broadscope of the objectives reflects the

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Rick L. Homkes; Kevin D. Taylor

and curricular mattersfrom the two local universities. The teachers receive a stipend and three graduate credits in education forcompleting the program. Improvements were made in the 1995 VISION project based upon lessons learned from the 1994 pilot.These included increased instruction time from faculty members of Purdue and Indiana Universities, especiallyin the areas of statistical control, quality management, biology, and physics. A second change provided theteachers more time to both reflect upon the industry experience and prepare the required instructional module.VISION 95 attracted more teachers, more industry partners and received funding from an Eisenhower grant. The major goals of the program continue to be increased

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Robert L. Drake

is available only as a result of a test.(8) A complete project is chosen by the student reflecting his or her personal interests. In the past, this has proven to be one of the best motivational aids in the course (and perhaps the best incentive for teaching the course) . Page 1.389.3 ?@iii 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘.ylly’,: 1 2520 Expected Results Based upon previous experience, expected results