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Lt Col Rosario Nici; Col John Russell

to the Department of Defense acquisition process through hands-on experience gained during the design, construction, testing and deployment of an engineering designproject. Each section of approximately 20 students works on a different project, most of which have apublic service orientation. The mix of students within each section is random, with a broad range ofacademic majors represented. Roughly half of the senior class takes the course in the fall semester,with the remainder completing it in the spring semester. Our assessment instrument was administeredto 436 seniors enrolled in Engr 410 during the Spring ’95 semester. The assessment process included astandard introduction, two-stage administration, and group debriefing for each section

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Thomas M. Lahey; Thomas D. L. Walker

researchscientist to the Chairman of the Physics Department at a University considering dropping FORTRAN andmoving to C++. “One of our largest computational physics projects is the development of advanced methods for modeling solid dynamics based on first-principle physics. This is a multi-year, multi-million dollar project....For all of these projects, we employ FORTRAN 90 as our main language. We do some development work in FORTRAN 77, C, and C++, but we are moving away from those languages as quickly as possible. There are many reasons for our choice of FORTRAN 90, but first let me say a bit about why we are not enthusiastic about C++. The biggest strength of C++ is probably the availability of relatively

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Prof. K.V.S Apparao

time for the responding system of the changing curriculum. II. Project possible connections between presently distant technologies and identify the need of the emergence of new fields. III. Associate professional bodies like Institution of Engineers (India) and Indian Society for Technical Education should participate in the technical education planning. IV. Start science and technology entrepreneur park (STEP) for effective interaction between educational institutes and industry. For example: Birla Institute of technology, India. v. Encourage industry to share cost of engineering education as educational access to provide funds for R&D, industrial

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Dianne Atkinson

informal short speeches, all intended for peer audiences.Engineering students, if they are to move toward competence in an increasingly media-intensive workplace,need experience with more professional tasks, e.g., technical collaboration on design projects. Considerableinstructional investments already support written communication skills; engineering schools have longemphasized formal laboratory reports. The agenda now is to find ways to build better oral communication skills.2 Design in the Curriculum The increased emphasis on design in engineering curricula does offer an important opportunity tosupport oral skills. One implication of incorporating more design work into the curriculum, especially designprojects carried out with small

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Latif M. Jiji; Benjamin Liaw; Feridun Delale

into courses of thermodynamics, fluid flow, heat transfer and solidmechanics are presented. Feedback fmm student evaluation is also shown. The purpose of this project is to use homeexperiments to improve students’ comprehension in theoretical and laboratory courses. It is expected that significantlearning will take place when students perform experiments at home. Carrying out the home+xpetient assignments isexpected to help students translate what seem to be abstract theoretical concepts into physical nmlities.IL Concept Description The simple experiment concept is distinguished by several important features. First, it addmses a broad segment ofthe undergraduate engineering curriculum affecting lecture cmrses in several disciplines

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Sanford Bordman; Iftekhar Hasan

externally). Thecomputer and telecommunication revolution place technocrats in direct and closer contacts with internalworkers, suppliers, competitors, and clients. Moreover, recent statistics show a significant shift of U. S.companies towards a more service-oriented global network and all these changing scenarios demandengineers with multiple roles of technology experts with efficient management skills. However, thetechnology education institutions have not focused on the need of educational training for ourengineering or technology scientists to cope with their emerging role. In a broader theme, this article is an attempt to project some thoughts on how educationalbackground can be re-organized in order to better prepare today’s engineering

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Steve Ligh; David Fung

in the reform movement is the Consortium based at Harvard University. The text [2] for this project begins with a discussion of a library of functions. We introduced in our first semester calculus class several functions that are applicable to students’ environment. The postage stamp function and the grading function are examples of step functions, such as the greatest integer function. The greatest integer function, oft, denoted by [t], is defined as [t] = n for every t c [n, n + 1) with n being an integer. Our study of the greatest integer function started with the use of the Computer Algebra System, Derive version 2.0. In order to study greatest integer function in Derive, one must first load the utility

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Joey K. Parker; Dale Schinstock

controlsystems, including programmable logic controllers (PLC’s), are introduced next. Pneumatic systems areintroduced as a special form of hydraulics. Some tutorial introduction to the material is given along with severalspecific design guidelines for the students. A representative student design project is also described.Introduction Many mechanical and electrical engineering programs include a required or elective course in controlsystems. The topical outlines for these courses typically follow the approaches used in the numerous textbooksavailable. Closed loop, feedback control system analysis is greatly emphasized, both from the transfer functionand state space points of view. Little or no mention is made of another broad class of topics

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Don Engelberg

technicians to distributed feedback (DFB) lasers anderbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs). The concept behind the project is to teach the students not onlyhow the devices work and how to operate them, but also how to characterize and test them. Thus, we had todeal with an array of test instruments as well as the devices themselves. The Equipment EDFA Most mature of the optical amplifiers k the erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA). A practical EDFAsystem has several parts in addition to the doped fiber itself. [See Figure 1] A pump laser producing radia-tion with 980 nm wavelength works well for erbium-doped fiber. The laser is most conveniently

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Nancy L. Denton; Christine L. Corum

whenformulating your plan. Special consideration is warranted when setting major milestones other than tenure and promotion (dueto their fixed time period). Do you wish to write a nationally accepted textbook within three years after yourpromotion? Is receiving another promotion within five years of tenure important? Have you set your sights onan administrative position within the next ten years? Would serving as principal investigator for amultidisciplinary, multi-campus project within six years satisfy your desires? Is being recognized as the bestengineering educator at your campus within eight years the goal you are striving for? Achieving any of thesemilestones requires long-term preparation and accomplishment of specific actions in a

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

1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedingsscheduling request, and to clarify instructor as well as technician roles.[4] The coursewould stress a structured approach to engineering problem solving, would involve tenhands-on sessions in a computer lab, and would require students to work together in amini-design/modeling project. Both classes would meet together twice a week in a lectureenvironment and would meet separately once a week in a computer lab. Twenty-fivestudents were expected on the Moscow campus and ten students were expected at theBoise campus. The Electrical Engineering curriculum requires the student take three of sixintroductory senior-level technical electives for technical breadth. The ElectricalEngineering course, Power

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Bryan Pfaffenberger; Susan Carlson-Skalak; John P. O'Connell; Timothy P. Scott; Mark A. Shields

After taking TCC 101, • Engineering Career Options Program students will understand the changes taking (ECOP) An outgrowth of the TCC 101 place in engineering industrial practice. They Research Interview Project (RIP), in which TCC will understand the importance of working 101 students interviewed individual faculty con- effectively in cross-functional teams and they cerning their research interests as an aid to major will seek out and value contributions from co- selection, this project was substantially workers who have thinking styles that differ redesigned to emphasize team work, markedly from their own

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Vipin Kumar; Miguel Torres; Jens Jorgensen; John Lamancusa

philosophy and content of this courseand presents results from two years of development and deployment.Acknowledgement: This project was funded by TRP Project #3018, NSF Award #DMI-9413880.I. Introduction:1.1 Engineers are tinkerers A straw poll of engineers who grew up before computers were a fixture in every grade school wouldprobably show that most preceded their technical careers with long hours in the basement or the garage,fixing moms appliances, wiring a radio that could listen to Europe, or keeping a British sports car inrunning condition. These tinkerers developed an instinctual, common sense feel for engineering; learnedabout basic hardware and tools and how to use them; and developed a visual way of thinking. With this

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Vijay K. Madisetti; James H. Aylor; David P. Wilsey; Anthony J. Gadient

resulting in new market pressures that require design cycle times for large electronic systems be reduced from years to months, with no impact on quality.4. Competitive pressures have also required that the cost of these systems be reduced by an order of magnitude. The application needs of industry and government are driving the development of new designmethodologies that can overcome the problems described above. To keep the industry competitive it isimperative that rapid transfer of this technology takes place.3. The RASSP Technology Program The Rapid Prototyping of Application Specific Signal Processors (RASSP) Program is a $150MDepartment of Defense (DoD) Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) and Tri-Services initiative

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Richard L. Marcellus; Jr., John Felver; Joy Pauschke

academic skills, career, and professional development. Several of these activities are scheduled eachmonth in order to offer students a choice of activities and times to fit into their schedules. The College providesbus service for industrial tours and trade shows.Table 2 - Academic Residential Program Academic-Related Activities Informal Activities Guest Speakers Skills Seminars Field Trips/Tours Team Projects Fall kick-off party Dean Study skills National laboratories Design competition Lunches/dinners Department Chairs Team building Fermi ● Academic Bowl Faculty Time management Argonne ● Lab tours

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Major Robert R. Schulz; Colonel Kip P. Nygren

Session 1265 Breguet's Formulas for Aircraft Range & Endurance An Application of Integral Calculus Colonel Kip P. Nygren, Major Robert R. Schulz United States Military AcademyIntroduction At the United States Military Academy, faculty attempt to expose cadets to highly integrated learningscenarios. In an effort to reinforce that the world is not compartmentalized similar to the academicenvironment, the Department of Mathematical Sciences conducts sessions known as Interactive LivelyApplications Projects (ILAPs). In

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Phillip J. Cornwell

, the easier it is to form generalizations and toapply the concepts to a wide variety of problems. The lecture is one of the primary vehicles for informationtransmission in higher education today and is used by educators to help students in their journey through thelearning hierarchy. However, for most students the basic lecture, when used exclusively, is not the mosteffective technique to facilitate optimum student learning and to help students understand complex and subtleinterrelationships. For this reason, lectures must be supplemented with the textbook, homework, projects, groupwork, etc. Recently there has been a school of thought that emphasizes cooperative learning to the point ofeliminating lectures completely. I believe that this is a

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Youlu Zheng; Xiaoan Hou

automated periodical device status polling, event (or problem) notification,hierarchical discovery of all the nodes in a wide area network, and many others. ACKNOWLEDGMENT Page 1.450.5 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings This project was supported, in part, by the National Science Foundation via the Instrumentation andLaboratory Improvement (ILI) program. A Computer Graphics and Visualization Lab with clustered IBMRS/6000 workstations was established in 1993 with a grant from the program with matching fund from theUniversity of Montana. The

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F. Coowar; Rosida Coowar

awareness of socio-economic, environmental and other issues associated with engineering projects, and(d) an ability to work in a team.The subject consists of the following components: a lecture series a site visit a debriefing session writing and submission of a report, and a simulation exerciseThe subject centers on a visit to a major engineering installation which, initially, could be a hydro-electricpower station. This would provide the students with an insight into the complexities of not only electricalengineering but also of such major disciplines as civil and mechanical engineering. Later, depending on theorientation of the departmental staff, and the availability of suitable sites, other

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L. Christopher Komo; John W. Sheffield; E. Keith Stanek; Burns E. Hegler

of high-efficiency equipment in an industrial setting. This demand reduction isdealt with on a separate basis from the energy savings attributed to these high-efficiency devices. A summaryof the loads surveyed will be presented to give the reader an idea of the scope of this project. A computerprogram has been written to aid in the calculation process which is described and sample results demonstrated. Energy efficient equipment and techniques have been used since the original “energy crisis” of the 1970s.Some replacement equipment includes high-efficiency motors, cogged V-belts, high-efficiency lighting,electronic ballasts, and other energy conservation measures. In some instances, industries have beenencouraged to use energy

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Mohamed I. Dessouky; Murali Krishnamurthi

teach to accommodate different learning styles of students in their courses. The four teaching styles have been accommodated in the course by the careful design of courseactivities, such as group discussions, videos, computer demonstrations, laboratory visits, guest speakers, andconceptual design projects. These activities are intended to supplement the traditional professor-dominatedteaching style which does not match the learning style of all students.5. COURSE ASSESSMENT One of the essential components of any good course design is its assessment mechanism, This includesdesigning proper assessment procedures and analyzing and interpreting the results appropriately. For the coursediscussed in this poster session, four different

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Raj Mutharasan; Alan Lawley

Laboratory,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 82, No. 4, p. 223, 1993. — . 45. D.H. Thomas and A. Lawley, “Drexel’s E Project: An Enhanced Educational Experience,” JOM, Vol. 43, No. 3, p. 32, 1991.6. E. Fromm, Gateway Coalition Conference, Gateway Engineering Education Coalition, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, October 1993.7. R. Mutharasan,. and A. Lawley, “Materials Processing: Science and Practice”, ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, p. 1044, (1995).AcknowledgmentThis project was supported in part by the Combined Research and Curriculum Development Program of NSF,Grant No. EEC-9315508.RAJ MUTHARASANRaj Mutharasan, the Fletcher Professor of Chemical Engineering at Drexel University

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Larry D. Goss

project for an antique farm windmill is described. Narrative is devoted to the detailsof reconstructing nineteenth century technology with twentieth century hardware and processes. Specialemphasis is placed on reverse engineering to determine the design of missing features and parts through use of acomputer-aided design application program.Keywords: restoration, reverse engineering, computer-aided design, history of technology.Introduction In August, 1993, I purchased the remains of a Flint & Walling windmill with the intention of restoringand erecting it on a suburban lot. The mill was originally equipped with a 10-foot wooden wheel and woodenrudder which had almost completely disappeared through weathering and neglect. Many of the

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John Krupczak

technology. The class was envisioned as a broad-basedsurvey course of technology in the same sense of art, history, or music survey courses. The course was toprovide students with an understanding of major technologies and related scientific concepts at levelappropriate to their projected career path. Considering the evolving nature of technology, one other objectivewas to establish the student’s ability to find and understand scientific and technological information withoutoutside assistance. Other objectives were an emphasis on hands-on experience. Some experience should be gained in useof tools, building things, and making things work. As much as possible, students should have exposure to theworkings of actual technological devices of

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Mario G. Beruvides

University funded projects). This attimes does convert some individuals who are good teachers into poor ones due to the lack of time dedicated to theclassroom. A colleague once described a conversation he had with his department head at the time he was new tothe field. The older professor said to him, that as long as he showed up to class and didn’t kill any of the studentshe would be OK, so long as the publications and money were signiilcant. This of course is an exaggeration, butour work environments as professors is not too far off this mark. The question still stands, should we emphasize research to such a degree? As we saw in the quote by’Deming earlier, there may be some value to research in enhancing an individual’s abilities to become

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Craig Gunn

writer’stechnical knowledge and also ability to convey that knowledge needed to be judged together, not as twoseparate entities. The decision was made to give graduate students in the Department of MechanicalEngineering the responsibility for doing the combined evaluation. Some of the 16 mechanical engineering Page 1.407.2 {bx~j 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘.JRYRL:Tgraduate teaching assistants involved in the project had already been evaluating undergraduate writing. Theinitial comments made by these teaching assistants gave a good indication of how the project

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Robert Madar; David L. Huggins

costsavings down the road. They also view the purchases as essential to being current state-of-- art, and be able tocapture the projected markets that will develop. As the industrial/business base of our country changes from large corporate giants to the small andmedium size upscale organizations, delivery of educational packages will become focused to those universitiesable to have prepared for these changes. Continuing education components of most universities see this asessential for their ability to deliver programs to a few people, at a variety of locations economically. Residentinstruction will be close behind, particularly at those universities/colleges dispersed around regional or statewidelocations. Penn State is a university that

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Constantine A. Ciesielski

or management functions by requiring courses in planning, scheduling,estimating, codes, contracts, and other basic construction sciences to prepare graduates for contributory rolesin the industry. However, studies have shown that there are skills needed by the industry not covered bythese basic courses. Communications skills are among these. Communications in construction management takes on various forms. One form of communications,meetings, plays a key role in getting work done. For a construction projec~ meetings begin early on in theconceptualization, feasibility, and design phases of a project. They continue through construction forprogress reporting, coordination and resolution of special issues. Even after construction is over

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Karl F. Meyer; Stephen J. Ressler; Thomas Lenox

Session 1675 A Teaching Methodology that Works! Organizing a Class Stephen J. Ressler, Karl F. Meyer, Thomas A. Lenox United States Military AcademyIntroduction This is the first in a series of papers which describe a structured methodology for planning and conductingengineering classes. These papers are being developed in conjunction with a National Science Foundation-sponsored project entitled “Teaching Teachers to Teach Engineering”, establishing an annual

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Dennis Krumwiede; Chwen Sheu; Jerome P. Lavelle

cultures indicative of excessive hierarchy, rigidity, and a lack oftrust between management and labor are incongruent with TQM. Therefore, companies possessing this climatemust change in order for TQM to be successfully implemented. They also stated that such changes takesubstantial time (about 6 years). Management at the top levels of an organization are responsible for implementation of TQM. If topmanagement refi,wes to get involved and support the new philosophy, it will most likely fail. Top managementmust support this philosophy both monetarily and morally or TQM will probably not survive. 1 Here-in we findthe source of energy for all company-wide projects in industry (be they TQM implementation or anything else),management leadership