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T.C. Young; S.E. Powers; Norbert L. Ackermann; Anthony G. Collins

and Environmental Engineering, ClarksonUniversity, where he has been a faculty member since completing his Ph.D. at Michigan State University in1977. His teaching and research interests are in environmental engineering and address topics related to thetransport and fate of pollutants in aquatic systems.SUSAN E. POWERS received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering (1983) and M.S. in Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering (1985) from Clarkson University. After two years as a project engineer with Engineering Sciencein Syracuse, NY, she completed the Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering (1992) at the University ofMichigan. In 1992, Dr. Powers became an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering atClarkson University.ANTHONY G. COLLINS is

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Fred M. Young

education funding. Therefore, theinvestments must be made in technology that has a direct educational pay off with very little room for failure.The ideal low risk path would involve an evolution of traditional instructional methodology into the emerginghigher education environment of greater teaching obligations combined with students who may be time and/orlocation constrained. Mathcad appeared to offer some assistance along this evolutionary path at least for quantitativeengineering courses. A project of using Mathcad to prepare and distribute lecture notes for a senior/first levelgraduate course in compressible flow was initiated. Since the lecture notes existed in electronic form, the nextlogical step of using other software packages to

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William Davis; Joseph A. Heim

will be needed to extract data from hardwareused in the manufacturing system. Extracting information from a Programmable Logic Controller PLC or other Page 1.517.4 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedingsequipment requires coping with communication protocols used by the manufacturer of the product. Includingthis functionality is the ultimate goal; however, interfaces with this type of equipment will vary depending on thesituation.Curriculum The objective of this project is to create a situation that illustrates many of the techniques and processes thatgo on behind the scenes when

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

the structure. Several differentbracing systems can be installed. These include X, K, and knee bracing (creating an eccentrically bracedframe, or EBF), as well as pieces of Styrofoam that simulate concrete shear walls. The different bracing typesare easily interchangeable. Thus, in class, the instructor can use the models to demonstrate how each systemachieves its lateral stability, and to illustrate the relative effectiveness of each system in controlling lateraldrift.K’NEX Building Set Often we have felt the need to model a particular structure, or perhaps just a portion of a structure, toillustrate a teaching point or to explain an upcoming design project. We have found an ideal tool for thispurpose--the K’NEX Building Set (Figure 9

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Jerry W. Samples; Colonel Kip P. Nygren

. Page 1.86.1 - $iiiii’ }- 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘..,~yyc,? . Figure 1. Teacher Development Model. Our teachers are not lecturers in the classic sense. As a matter of fact, they are excellent facilitators,using a myriad of techniques in the classroom. They use many of the eight lecture methods outlined in Lowmanlas they take their classes through their paces. Relevance is ensured through introduction of equipment andthrough laboratory exercises. The normal classroom is interactive and fin. Group discussion is important in theadvanced courses and team projects are the norm in the design courses. These

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Sudeep Bhoja; Ku-Jei King; Krish Bandaru; David G. Meyer

instructional delivery impacts student performance andperceptions. Data from exit surveys, course and instructor evaluations, performance on similar exams, and stu-dent comments are presented to document the results obtained. INTRODUCTION We’ve all heard the hype about how the "information superhighway" will affect the future of education,at all levels. An example to this effect follows: "Ultimately, network access will provide students with instantaccess to virtually any research document currently published, as well as a convenient mechanism for colla-borating with each other on major projects. Additionally, computer-based conferencing will remove the con-straints of classroom attendance

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Richard Lundstrom; Jawaharlal Mariappan; K. Joel Berry

way to gain student trust is to ask them to set the ground rules for the course. In theearly sessions, we usually ask the students to set the grading policy, schedule for turning in homeworkassignments, projects, exams and groundrules for the course. Students are also asked to discuss and suggestthe weight of each of the category in the final grade. This whole procedure should be done carefully withoutimposing one’s own personal bias. Instructors role during this time is more like facilitator rather than alecturer. It must be noted that it is a difficult to gain students’ trust. It is a slow but highly rewardingprocess. This process gives the students a chance to voice their opinion, understand the course requirementsand the difficulty in

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Professor Michael J. Rabins; Jr., Professor C. Edwin Harris; Jeremy E. Hanzlik

in a number of designcourses. “The Sinking Tower” as originally developed, is appropriate for use in a Junior level soils course.With the inclusion of two or three additional design problems, the case would be appropriate for courses inreinforced concrete design, structural steel, design project management and, possibly more appropriately, in acapstone design course. The case involves the construction of a new football stadium. This is a particularly interesting problembecause, as in a Tolstoy novel, it has many different characters and plots each with a compelling need to walkclose to an ethical or morally responsible line. The City of Pitcher formed the Stadium Authority (a separate governmental entity), which will build,own

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, expanded answering, reviewing ofreadings and activities, and the presentation of material that is collected in laboratories prepare the studentin a comfortable manner for the larger task of presenting much more extensive work. This larger work comes in the form of the Senior Design Project which incorporates casualpresentations to the faculty advisors and more formal meetings with corporation sponsors, activities thatculminate in a formal presentation at the Senior Design Day Conference attended by undergraduates,graduate students, faculty, and corporate representatives.Conclusions Departments of engineering in every major need to address the oral communication skills that arebecoming more and more important to the graduating engineer

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R. Rinker; J. Peterson; H. Hess; Richard Wall; Kathy Belknap

compressed video system will be presented by UI faculty at the ASEE 1996 Annual Conference.[7]. Faculty visit each other typically once or twice per semester to maintain personal contact. Facultyfrom both sites found opportunities to collaborate in research. Much of the industrial activity in the stateis in the Boise area. With local industry connections, numerous small projects quickly developed:sponsors included Hewlett-Packard, Morrison-Knudsen, Idaho Power Company, Preco, Santa ClaraPlastics, Intel, and J.R. Simplot Company. Often these took the form of senior design projects that havebeen a catalyst for significant student-industry interaction.[8,9] Also, some senior design projects haveled to funded research projects with industry

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L. F. Borjón; F. Martín del Campo

international requirements. The moment was ideal ever since UIA was in theprocess of implementing a curriculum evaluation and so the results could be useful in order to be prepared forfuture educational constraints. Based on the council's advice, in agreement with the Dean's opinion, it wasdecided to apply the schemes proposed by ABET. The bachelors program participating in the process were: Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering,Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and PhysicsEngineering, as well as the Mathematics, Physics and Computers departments who form the Division ofScience and Engineering. The project relied on the President's support and was coordinated by the Dean's

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John K. Brown

introduction to systems engineering, while engineering students might study economics. Thesequence will culminate in a year-long, two-semester course in which students will write senior theses on topicsof their choice that integrate concerns in technology management and policy. This class should allow studentsto draw the diverse elements of the minor together in a research or design project that combines theory withpractice. To further illustrate interdisciplinary character of the program and its practical and professionalorientations, the remainder of this paper will focus on describing the micro and macro introductory courses.These classes will be structured around case studies. Such cases will provide a factual framework that will

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

focus of new faculty orientation will not do much to change the status of pedagogyacross campus. Once the quarter or semester begins, issues raised in orientation are rarely a priority as newfaculty struggle to find time to begin research projects, to learn and help do the business of the department, andto prepare new classes for a new student population. The pressures of beginning a university career, we wouldargue, too often make the talk of classroom practice infrequent and devalued. New faculty, in particular, taketheir cue from tenured colleagues and from university administrators. If there is little concern about ongoing 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

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Merl Baker

mostpromising and can be achieved by sub-process substitutions. One example is a program which substitutes a high-leveldesign or engineering project, or a complex case study, in industry or a government laboratory for the traditional basic-research dissertation. This substitution would not necessarily require any change in the course work specified. While Chancellor of the University of Missouri-RoM with the encouragement of regional high-tech employers,I proposed to the engineering faculty a doctor of engineering as an alternative to the Ph.D. Only the departments with anestablished Ph.D program were to be eligible to offer this option. This restraint was effective in responding to criticsthat quality would be eroded. The faculty approved the

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Julie M. Grandzielwski; Juli L. Sherwood; James N. Petersen

Session 2655 Faculty Mentoring A Unique Approach to Training Graduate Students How to Teach Juli L. Sherwood, James N. Petersen, Julie M. Grandzielwski Washington State University, Department of Chemical EngineeringAbstract This paper contains a summary of the motivations and observations of a recent faculty mentoringproject designed to provide a graduate student with practical teaching experience. The motivation for theproject, the approach taken, and the results of the project are described from the perspective of the facultymentor

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

Proceedingsquestions on a survey conducted by an independent group was only applied to one particular problem, which involvedwithin the university. Newton's second law of motion. During the program development it was decided that a text Error 2 Answer Error 1 based system would be adequate for testing purposes, and for this reason the designing of a suitable user interface was left 0 Reals until the latter stages of the project. The actual problem card

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Brian J. Winkel; Aaron D. Klebanoff

-based problems in calculus fromand science developed a collection of complex problems in science and engineering. We have done that! We presentmathematics which demand the use of technology. Specifi- situations in which students formulate strategies to reach acally, the underlying technology is a computer algebra sys- solution, work towards a solution using technology (in ourtem (in our case, Mathematical). The intent of the project is case Mathematical), and then evaluate the reasonablenessto provide faculty with a source of such problems. Accord- of their solutions in the context of a science or engineeringingly the problems

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Richard Magin; Margery Osborne; Bruce Bertram; Bruce Wheeler

activities were group execution of projects and construction of reports,where electronic file exchange made progress possible without the extra time needed to meet in person.However, the small size of the classes precluded the achievement of the critical mass needed to support ahighly interactive asynchronous environment. It was found that the all-electronic assignment methodology was effective once students werecomfortable with the computer environment and as long as the assignments were relatively simple. Morecomplex assignments often brought inefficiencies stemming from the difficulties of assembling large filesfrom multiple sources. Instructors often preferred printed documents to enable them to scan moreefficiently reports for

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Richard J. Reid

add $6,$6,$6 # count *= 2;Conclusions By using a simulation model of areal pipelined machine, in the computer architecture course laboratory, students complete arealistic design. Student work is easily validated in this laboratory since acorrect model allows executionof the standard codefortheMIPS microprocessor. Opportunities exist for reasonable extensions in this laboratory work. Themicroprocessor currently imple-mentedhas only thee stages ofpiWlining--this can beelaborated tothefour ormorecomonly used. Cache implementations of theinstruction memory is planned as an addition for these projects in the future.References1. B. Maccabe ’’Computer Systems: Architecture, Organization, andProgramming,” RichardD

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Tommy L. Waskom; Ping Liu

introduce students to compression molding of composite from recycled high density polyethylene (HDPE) and recycled automobile tire particles. To optimize the process parameters using design of experiments (DOE) techniques.Equipment: 1. Compression molding machine (A metallurgical specimen press can be good enough.) 2. Compression molds 3. Cutoff wheel or other cutting toolsIntroduction: Plastic and rubber recycling is an effective means of reducing solid waste to the environment andpreserving natural resources. A project aimed at developing a new composite material from recycled highdensity polyethylene (HDPE) and recycled rubber is currently being conducted at Eastern Illinois University.The recycled plastic

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Paul Kaczorowski; Fazil Najafi

University of Florida Paul Thompson (352) 392-0537 136 Table 2 presents credit-hour requirements for UF engineering programs. This data was prepared by W.Viessman, Jr., Associate Dean for Academic Programs in the College of Engineering at UF. The compilation isfor projected program hours for the 1996-97 catalog. Page 1.448.3 ?@iki; 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘..

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way for goodstudents . There are many more topics that could, and perhaps should, be included. I would likemuch more time on the analysis of designed experiments; we should spend more time onregression, especially with recent developments. One must caution, however, that our studentsare primarily deterministic thinkers and have only rarely been introduced to probabilisticmodels and random variation. They must shift intellectual gears to become comfortable withprobabilistic thinking. It is obvious that employers would like entering engineers to be more acquainted withstatistical process control and quality methods in general. The students are increasingly interested in hands-on experiences. It would be nice toinclude some projects

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Timothy Sexton

tutorials, students are guided through a project whose end results “look” more impressive, but the lack of breath in the basic commands is detrimental when more complex drawings are encountered. Tutorial Design Inherent and critical to the success of this instructional method is the need for the tutorials to follow sound instructional design principles. Some of the important principles imperative for success are: 1) stating Page 1.449.2,- . .- . . .- f@Xa/ 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘O,JHYH:wha~~task is (including the commands

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Pamela Brown; Harry Sills

recovering propylene. c. determine the size of the phase separators and whether they should be horizontal or vertical. d. determine the temperature, pressure, flowrate, and composition in each of the process streams. Use the CACHE program to calculate the temperature and pressure in streams 5, 6, and 7, and to calculate enthalpy changes across heat exchangers for the propylene, octane mixtures. e. Select an appropriate heat transfer fluid for H-3. Estimate equipment costs using cost indexes and scaling factors. The following figures are also provided: Chilled Water (40°F) - $0.093/ton Steam - $8.07/ton yearly operation -8000 hours project life -8 years

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Julie M. Stocker; Edmund P. Russell III

: an essay onenvironmental ethics written by project consultant Patricia Werhane, and selections on ethical theories (especiallythose of Mill and Kant) from the ethics textbook. In class discussion, it became clear that students disagreed with some of the theories presented. Almost allagreed that McDonough sounded impractical. “How much would his ideas cost?” they wanted to know. Theessay on environmental ethics split the class. Many agreed that human beings should be concerned with the fate ofother species; one thought the essay was a parody of socialist thought and was surprised to learn that it wasserious. They dutifully recounted the main ideas of Mill and Kant. Then students read the A.C. Rich case, After we discussed the

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Mohamed I. Dessouky; Murali Krishnamurthi

together with the use of mathematical modeling and principles of management applied to production. In view of this, students with diverse skills and interests can readily relate to this field. The course design consists of three dimensions, namely, (1) Manufacturing Concepts, (2) Learning Preferences, and (3) Teaching Methods. Students are introduced to manufacturing system concepts using basic principles in algebra, physics, and chemistry, in addition to introductory statistics and other mathematical and scientific principles. The teaching methods include lectures, videos, laboratory experiments, creative design exercises, problem solving sessions, and group projects to meet the needs of different learning

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Laura L. Sullivan; Winston F. Erevelles

curing conditions of prototype integrity, to the study of the effects of solid modelorientation on support mechanisms. A three tier approach, outlining specific problems to be addressed hasbeen detailed, and more extensive independent study projects with undergraduates are likely. Initialimplementation of this equipment is planned for this summer, with full use expected by the end of 1996.BiographyDr. Laura L. Sullivan is an Assistant Professor of Manufacturing Systems Engineering at GMI Engineering &Management Institute, where she has taught Engineering Materials, Advanced Engineering Materials, PolymerProcessing, and Polymer Properties. Her research interests extend from polymeric materials and processing tobiomaterials. She has conducted

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James Smith; David Elizandro

ProceedingsJAMES SMITH is Professor of Industrial Engineering at Tennessee Technological University. His interestsare in using statistics to improve processes. He is a senior member of ASQC and is an ASQC QualityEngineer. Page 1.292.5 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings Sample Experimental Design Project Control Parameters Temperature Pressure TimeIngredients: Output: #1 Y1- yield #2 Batch Process

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Zuhdi Al-Jobeh; James E. Schueler; Gerald R. Seeley

quantities to be representable by a single number (i.e., E =29,000 KSI). This nearly ubiquitous mind set has generally prevented engineers from viewing andevaluating their projects as systems of interrelated random variables. Additionally, the “factor ofsafety” approach to managing the variability inherent in all physical quantities and propertiesprecludes quantitative estimates of the chances of “failure.” Page 1.309.1 ?@X&) 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘.,+,yyy%.~ . The “Monte Carlo Simulation

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Rudi Schoenmackers; Ricardo B. Jacquez

initiative for increasing the participation of individualsfrom minority groups underrepresented in the SMET work force. For over two years, the New Mexico AMP hassuccessfully engaged the resources of the scientific community in a statewide initiative aimed at increasing thenumbers of minority individuals receiving baccalaureate degrees in SMET fields. Specific project activitiesinclude: • Developing articulation agreements • Providing recruiting and retention programs • Providing courses by distance learning • Establishing internships • Providing scholarships and student stipends • Maintaining a comprehensive tracking system The goal of the New Mexico AMP is to increase the