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Partha P. Sarkar; Kishor C. Mehta; James R. McDonald; Ernst W. Kiesling

wind-related documen~s. Items such as the blueprint of an in-house tornado shelter available from the wind librw-v Page 1.267.2 @..% } 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘Jmj and damage documentation files are in high demand. These results are directly visible in the engineering community, including: a) Estimation of peak wind speeds in tornadoes (Mchta, McDonald and Kiesling, 1975; Mehta,McDonald and Minor, 1976): The maximum wind speed in a tornado used to be considered as high as 500”mph, but through

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Joey K. Parker; Dale Schinstock

. However, systemscontaining ten to several hundred individual components are not uncommon in industrial automation systems.The programmable logic controller (PLC) was developed in the early 60's to overcome the deficiencies of relaylogic systems. Programmable logic is implemented using a microcomputer instead of the hard-wired logic of theconventional hard-wired relay system. The major advantage of PLC's (frequently referred to as justprogrammable controllers or PC's) is that the programming can be done in ladder logic, just like relay logicsystems. The major criteria for specifying PLC's are the number of input contacts that can be read and the numberof output switches that can be controlled. Small PLC's might have 8 to 12 inputs and

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Benoit Cushman-Roisin; Elsa Garmire

-. ?$iiia-’> 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘O.,yyyc,: I.— - Some have concluded that the reason behind the U.S. weakness vis-a-vis foreign competition isthe fact that U.S. industries have inadequately addressed the role of technology in managing businesse~eqy@s.2 On a more positive note, others simply maintain that “big companies need managers well-versed in technical areas.”3 Such situation creates a distinct need for industrial leaders who havereceived a formal education in both engineering and management, and from an engineering rather than abusiness base

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Peter M. Boerger

bemapped to a total cost finction (in that “first cost s“ are represented in both), average cost fimctions are chosento coincide with the per-unit decision space normally illustrated in macroeconomic analyses. The average cost finction of macroeconomics does not include the time value of money, a significant dis- advantage for investment analysis. To overcome this problem, we assume that the uniform annual equivalent ofthe first cost is divided by the number of units expected per year to arrive at an equivalent uniform annual aver-age cost (EUAAC, see Boerger).’ In this way the optimization performed in macroeconomic space can be legiti-mately used to solve problems in which the time value of money is a significant factor. See Appendix 1

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William W. Predebon; Peck Cho; Diana George; Linda M. Ott; Philip Sweany

approach to faculty orientation. In the intensive two-dayorientation workshop held shortly before the fall term began, we focused on developing an appreciation for theavailability of research results with direct application to classroom practice as well as providing teaching "tips"to help new faculty with their first teaching assignment. In addition, we have held weekly one-hour seminarswhich focus on different teaching issues. This combined approach allowed time for in-depth investigation ofdifferent teaching methods as well as providing some help in getting started. A few words about the faculty attendees are in order. Initially we expected that the majority of the newfaculty attendees would be recent Ph.D.'s, i.e., earned their Ph.D

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Nancy L. Denton; Christine L. Corum

. • Covey, S. R., The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Restoring the Character Ethic, New York, NY, Simon and Schuster, 1989 • Douglass, D. N., Choice and Compromise: a woman’s guide to balancing family and career, New York, NY, AMACOM, 1983. • Levinson, H., Career Mastery: keys to taking charge of your career throughout your worklife, San Francisco, CA, Berrett-Hoehler Publ., 1992. • Mackenzie, A., The Time Trap, New York, NY, AMACOM, 1990. Page 1.353.5 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings • Messenger, J., Personal Excellence: a system for making

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Sarah Lynn Garrett

’} 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘.J31131L: ITfie Participants The idea for the project was conceived in the late 1960’s, when Polk County first began torealize the impa~t’ of the newly planned Disney World complex. Like many areas in the Sun Belt, centralFlorida was experiencing rapid growth; the Disney phenomenon catapulted the area into national andint~aticmal prominence as a tourism destination. Though not critical at the time, the coming need for morejudicial office space was clear to the county planners. Polk County itself is not a tourist destination. Thecounty’s

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Sarah Lynn Garrett

’} 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘.J31131L: ITfie Participants The idea for the project was conceived in the late 1960’s, when Polk County first began torealize the impa~t’ of the newly planned Disney World complex. Like many areas in the Sun Belt, centralFlorida was experiencing rapid growth; the Disney phenomenon catapulted the area into national andint~aticmal prominence as a tourism destination. Though not critical at the time, the coming need for morejudicial office space was clear to the county planners. Polk County itself is not a tourist destination. Thecounty’s

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Steven Beyerlein; John Law; Donald M. Blacketter; Herbert Hess

1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings[2] R. Wall and K. Belknap, "Capstone Design for Education and Industry: ThePerspective of Industry Sponsors and Graduates," ASEE Annual Conference, June 1996.[3] E. Zinser and R. Jacobsen, "A New Paradigm for Engineering Education in Idaho,"Report to the State Board of Education, January 27, 1995.[4] S. Beyerlein, D. Blackketter, T. Gottschalk, and B. Willis, “An Interactive Model ofStatewide Engineering Education," ASEE Pacific Northwest Annual Conference, April1995.[5] H. Hess, R. Rinker, R. Wall, J. Peterson, and K. Belknap, "Two UniversityCooperation: Paradigm for the Future of Statewide Engineering Education," ASEEAnnual Conference, June 1996.[6] Barry Willis, Distance Education, Strategies and

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Michael H. Gregg; Dr. Deidre Hirschfeld; Dr. Bevlee Watford

Average A’s F’s 31 95 W/S 15/16 2/0 N/A 2/1 3/4 Success/Failure Rates -- Clustered SectionsNumber of Students Year Clustered M/F Non-Motiv’td Class Number Number Non-Clust Ratio Average A’s F’s 30 95 C 14/16 5/3 76 4/2 7/3 30 95 C 19/11 2/3 72 1/0 5/4 28 95 C 18/10 3/3 65 0/1 8/4

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III, John J. Bausch; Fredric M. Gold

International Conference on Education in Manufacturing, San Diego, CA, March 13-15, 1996.(Hoffman 1991) Hoffman, E. G., cd., Fundamentals of Tool Design, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Dearborn, MI, 1991.(Sisson 1994) Sisson, Jr., RD., George, A., Shyam-Sunder, S., Eager, T , Park, E., Ray, P., Durgin, W., “Manufacturing Education for Product Realization: The REALIZATION Consortium”, A Proposal to the Technology Reinvestment Project 1994.(Sisson 1996) Sisson, Jr., R. D., Acuna, N. M., “The Results of the ‘Gaps Analysis in Undergraduate Engineering Education’ by the Industrial Advisory Board to the REALIZATION Consortium: An Analysis”, ASEE Conference on Manufacturing Education, Washington, DC., June 1996

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Sylvia D. Pifion; Elsa Q. Villa; Connie Kubo Della-Piana

. Page 1.507.6 $!&”-’ } 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘.,+,HypjREFERENCES1. Astin, H. S., A. W. Astin, A, Bisconti, and H. Frankel, Higher Education and the Disadvantaged Student. HumanScience Press, Washington, D.C. 1972.2. Barefoot, Betsy, Follow-up Report to Visit to The University of Texas at El Paso, July 1994.3. Bonwell, Charles C. and J.A. Eison, Active Learning: Creating Excitement in the Classroom, ASHE-ERICHigher Education Report No. 1, Washington, D. C.: The George Washington University, 1991.4. Felder, Richard M. and R. Brent, Cooperative Learning in Technical Courses: Procedures, Pitfalls, andPayofls, National Science Foundation Report, Division of

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Troy E. Kostek

communications 4to Allen-Bradley, GE/Fanuc, Modicon, Square D, and Reliance PLC S . In an Allen-Bradley environment, thecommunications hardware shown in Figure 1 could consist of a 1784-KT adapter card which allows thecomputer to function as a node on Allen-Bradley’s Data Highway Plus LAN. The client program can thencommunicate to any PLC on the LAN. Application, Topic, and Item Names Each DDE conversation can be described by 3 pieces of information: application name, topic name,and item name. The application name is the name of the server. The application name is the name of anexecutable (.EXE) program. For example, if Microsoft Excel is the DDE

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Steven Wayde; Ph.D., Roger W. Webster

) with X-windows. Other software includes:Sense8 Corporation's WorldToolkit Virtual Reality software for Virtual World Modeling, the 3DStudio graphics modeller system used to build 3D models and textures on the Pentium systems, XIL,XGL. All programming code is written in SUN 'C' using the Sense8 WorldToolkit library calls.Sense8's WorldToolkit (WTK 2.1) is a very powerful, easy to use, object oriented package of 'C'programming function calls for visual simulation and virtual reality applications. WorldToolkit's high-level application programmer's interface (API) allows students to prototype applications quickly andreconfigure them on the fly. WTK also supports many vendor's virtual reality devices and has devicedrivers built in to the package

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Jennifer T. Ross

Engineers, "Report on Surveys of Opinions by Engineering Deans and Employers of Engineering Graduates on the First Professional Degree", no. 3059, pp. 1-15, Nov. 1992.5. P.A. Rosati, and S. Surry, "Female Perspectives of Engineering Education: A Qualitative Assessment", International Journal of Engineering Education, Vol 10, No. 2, pp. 164-170, 1994.6. Douglas A. Pucknell, and Kamran Eshraghian, Basic VLSI Design, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1994.7. John. P. Uyemura, Physical Design of CMOS Integrated Circuits Using L-Edit, PWS Publishing, Boston, 1994.8. Wayne Lang, Dean Brock, and Mark Boyd, "An Undergraduate VLSI Design Course Using OASIS", Computers in Education Journal, Vol. IV, No. 3, pg 83, 1994.Jennifer T. Ross is an

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Michael J. Pavelich; Barbara Olds

assessment measures to meet their specific needs.The Assessment Committee is focusing its efforts on advising these faculty groups as they developappropriate assessment strategies. We believe that our experience over the past decade has providedus with insights and experiences that will make the new CSM assessment process even more effective.1. Forrest, Aubrey, et. al. Time Will Tell: Portfolio-Assisted Assessment of General Education. The AAHE Assessment Forum, 1990. [2] [3]2. Pavelich, M. J. and Moore, W. S. "Measuring Maturation Rates of Engineering Students Using the Perry Model." 1993 Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference, pp. 451-455, American Society for Engineering Education, Washington, DC, 1993.3

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Mark Gordon; Joel Greenstein; Jack Hebrank; Douglas E. Hirt; Daniel P. Schrage; Bill Mason; Tom Miller; Jim Nau

results obtained thus far indicate that relative toother courses taken, students are more satisfied with their experiences in IE 201 along the followingdimensions: atmosphere developed among the students and instructor; degree to which the instructor’sknowledge was communicated; level of knowledge gained; level of ability gained in applying the knowledge;integration of speaking activities; and integration of design activities. Cross-Disciplinary Education in Human-Centered Design , Joel S. Greenstein , Department of Industrial Engineering Clemson University See http://succeed.ee.vt.edu/edm/chap_4.html for complete details.4. Electrical engineering multi-semester entrepreneurial teams develop the technology and business aspects

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R. H. Parsons; S.J. Steiner; K C Dee; G. Judd

which sound goes with what. I didn’t know we had so many sounds. This is really difficult.” Cultural Laboratory Experience with American UndergraduatesThe class is divided into smaller groups (6-8) for the cultural laboratory experience. The laboratories are ledby an English-speaking graduate with the help of 2 to 3 English speaking undergraduates. This greatlyincreases the ITAs exposure to different English speakers and exposes them to their future audience ofundergraduate students. The cultural laboratory is a time where ITAs, the ESL TA, and 2-3 undergraduatesmeet for an hour a week at the Student Union to discuss any topic(s) the group wants to talk about.Sometimes, the group watches part of a sitcom (like Seinfeld and

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Sheila C. Palmer; Pamela M. Norris

Session 363021. Sullivan, T.A., "The 'Skimming Effect': Why Good Graduate Students are Unprepared for the Professorate of Tomorrow," in Preparing the Professorate of Tomorrow to Teach: Selected Readings in TA Training, Kendall/Hunt, Dubuque, IA, 1991, pp. 17-23.22. Stice, J., "The Need for a 'How To Teach' Course in for Graduate Students," Proceedings, 1991 ASEE Annual Conference, pp. 65-68.23. Ambrose, S.A., "From Graduate Student to Faculty Member: Teaching Ph.D. Candidates to Teach," in Preparing the Professorate of Tomorrow to Teach: Selected Readings in TA Training, Kendall/Hunt, Dubuque, IA, 1991, pp. 157-167.24. Denner, B.W., and S. Kirchhoff, "The Gahanna-Jefferson City Internship Program," Phi

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J. R. Yujnovich; N.W. Scott; B.J. Stone

Figure 1 A typical ‘lead-up’ problem card. every problem. The idea behind the diagnostic feedback was to determine a5 Students enter answers that are always a number with misunderstanding by working back from an incorrect units e.g. “3.2 m/s”. numerical answer. This is best summarised by the diagram6 There are typically eight ‘lead-up’ problems in each set, shown in Figure 2. The student answer is compared with a followed by two assessed problems. The assessed number of areas in the set of real numbers. The areas problems are marked based on the number of attempts labelled

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Randy L. Haupt; Gregory J. Toussaint; Daniel J. Pack

0.75 Selection Type Roulette Mutation Type Constant Number of Variables 1 Variable Max Min Bits x 10000 1000 64 Table 1: Parameter values for the resonant circuit example. The student can now execute the genetic algorithm and observe the fitness statistic, which representsthe magnitude of the current, as the algorithm gradually converges on the solution: x = ω o = 5000 rad/s andI = 10 A. Table 2 shows the actual results from the algorithm, and Fig. 3 shows a plot of

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Alan D. George

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Clifford Bragdon; Carl Berkowitz

fms willrevive this sector in the 2000-to-2005 period. U. S. transportation manufacturing are stronger than manyobservers realize. U.S. manufacturing continues to lead that of other nations in industrial productivity. Manyaerospace-related industries are now positioning themselves overseas with various sized operations.A 1993 study by McKinsey illustrates that, as of 1990, Japanese workers were only 83 percent as productive asU.S. employees in manufacturing, and German workers were 79 percent as productive. A key finding of theMcKinsey study is that competition played a key role in the U.S. lead. If Germany and Japan open their marketsto competition in the future, as is expected, sales and employment will gruw to meet export market