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package to simulate different types of electronic circuits. The benefits of using simulationsoftware before the actual connection of the circuit, and signal measurement is substantial. Students will have agood understanding of how the circuit will operate, and what the signals should look like. For further informationon Electronic Workbench the reader needs to contact the Interactive Image Technologies Ltd., at 1-800-203-8007.Reference:1. Electronic Workbench for Windows 4.0, Interactive Image Technologies Ltd., 700 King Street W, Suite 815, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5V2Y6.Massoud Rabiee received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, from University of Kentucky, in 1987. He ispresently an associate professor at Eastern Kentucky University. Dr

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orientation sessions. Since we have used electronics simulators in our upper semestertechnology classes for many years with good success, we were confident that such an approach could work withbeginning students if carefully introduced. We have chosen Electronics Workbench for electronics and Maple for computer algebra. ElectronicsWorkbench’ is a simulator which employs point, click, and drag technology in its user interface. Very little Page 1.100.1comes between the student and the problem which is extraneous. It is easy to choose circuit elements and to {fix~~ 1996 ASEE Annual Conference

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engineering. The failure ofthese languages to rise to prominence is probably due to many factors but the following would be amongthem:• they were not designed and used by practicing engineers• FORTRAN serves engineers and scientists quite well What if engineering instructors with multiple language experience got together and designed anideal language, from both a practical and pedagogical viewpoint? How would they do it? Probably theywould discuss the idea with colleagues and write a list of requirements. The authors did our version ofthat and here is our list, prioritized from the top down (just as in good programming style).• The language must be modern, i.e., modern programming concepts are available, e.g., objects, encapsulation

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the electrical engineering curriculum at the senior undergraduate and first-yeargraduate levels. Course 1 introduces digital and analog communication system design from a wirelessperspective. Course 2 presents a hardware-based design experience on the implementation of wirelessmodems using digital signal processing technology. Course 3 is a graduate course covering simulation andcomputer-aided design concepts for wireless communication systems. All three courses emphasize designand the combination of fundamental concepts with current industry practice, while attempting to convey to Page 1.135.1the student the entrepreneurial

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things happen in your life and your career, High Point, NC, Executive Press, 1990. • Taylor, H.L., Making Time Work For You: a guidebook to effective and productive time management, New York, Beaufort Books, 1991.REFERENCES1. Bryson, J.M., Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations, San Francisco, Jossey-Bass, 1988.2. Dooris, M.J., and Lozier, G. G., “Adapting Formal Planning Approaches: The Pennsylvania State University,” New Directions for Institutional Research, No. 67, Jossey-Bass, Inc. ,Fall 19903. Woo, C., luncheon talk, Purdue University Mechanical Engineering Technology Fall Planning Retreat, 1995.4. Covey, S.R., The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Restoring the Character Ethic

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faculty.Background of Chemistry of Materials Course At Rensselaer, all engineering students take a common set of core engineering coursesduring their freshman and sophomore years. Roughly five years ago, a two-semester coursesequence was created, namely Chemistry of Materials, that joined elements of previous courses 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings Page 1.516.1in General Chemistry and Materials Science and Engineering into a unified, two-semestercourse sequence. The two semester course emphasizes solid-state chemistry and materialsproperties 1. It has been taught with faculty from two schools, the Chemistry

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Scott A. Stefanov; Pamela J. Neal; George W. P. York; Daniel J. Pack

The study of robots has received a considerable amount of attention in the past two decades. The term“robot” was mentioned in the literature as early as the 1920’s. It was, however, not until the late 1970’s that acommunity of scholars dedicated in this subject emerged. The field of robotics is unique in that it incorporatesmultiple disciplines: specialties include computer science, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering,physics, and mathematics, to name a few. Due to this interdisciplinary nature, constructing a robot requiresunderstanding of various facets of the aforementioned areas of expertise. By the early 80’s the technology had matured enough to produce robots with reasonable size, weight,and capability. Robots can now

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laboratory expansion was essential to better achieve real-time executionof distributed simulation of plant-wide power plant systems. Prior to the expansion, the distributed simulationwas implemented on general purpose Vax mainframe computers with coordination through a Unix workstation.The general purpose Vax computers are used for a variety of College of Engineering research and courses. Itwas thus difficult to command enough priority to always obtain real-time performance when a large number ofother users were on the system. Priorities on the expanded IDCRL can be scheduled as required to achievedesired levels of real-time performance. And, the newer technology of the Spare computers offers betterperformance than the Vax 8550 mainframes. Since the

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

., Cooperative Learning: Effective Teamwork for Engineering Classrooms, ASEEElectrical Engineering Division Newsletter, April 1995.Biographical Information JULI L. SHERWOOD is a Ph.D. candidate in the Chemical Engineering Department at WashingtonState University. She is currently performing research on the biodegradation of chlorinated solvents, and isalso a tutor in the Minorities Engineering Program. JAMES N. PETERSEN is a Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at Washington StateUniversity. For the past seven years, he has been actively involved in experimental and theoretical aspects ofbioremediation technology, and in the instruction of numerical methods, process optimization, and processcontrol. JULIE M. GRANDZIELWSKI

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arcades and entertainment development, brought this technology to the public forefront.The third and current stage, which is still in its infancy, sights VR becoming used more and more inthe business arena and scientific community. The current and possible applications for scientificmodeling and virtual environments include: air traffic control simulations, architectural design,aircraft design, acoustical evaluation (sound proofing and room acoustics), computer aided design,education (virtual science laboratories, cost-effective access to sophisticated laboratoryenvironments, virtual planetariums), entertainment (wide range of immersive games), legal/police(re-enactment of accidents and crimes), medical applications (surgery, molecular docking

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, Douglas J., “Rework and Repair of TAB and FPT Devices,” Circuits Assembly, May 1993, pp. 42-54. 5. Comizzoli, Robert B., James M. Landwehr, and J. Douglas Sinclair, “Robust Materials and Processes: Key to Reliability,” AT&T Technical Journal, November/December 1990, pp. 113-128. 6. Navin-Chandra, D., “Designing Products for Environmental Compatibility,” Version 5, February 9, 1993, pp. 7-8.RICHARD CIOCCI, P. E., is a part-time research assistant at the University of Maryland at College Park anda full-time professor of engineering and mechanical technology at the Harrisburg Area Community College.Rick’s area of research is in developing environmental cost comparison methods for no-clean solderingtechniques that can

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department head, Dr. Lee Harrisberger, for introducing him tothis topic and providing most of the initial materials for the hydraulics and logic control module.References 1. Nise, Norman C., Control Systems Engineering, 2nd ed. Benjamin/Cummings, Redwood City, CA, 1995 2. Sullivan, J. A., Fluid Power - Theory and Applications, Reston Publishing, Reston, VA, 1982. 3. Hedges, C.S., Industrial Fluid Power, Volume 1-3, Womack Educational Publications, Dallas, TX, 1984 Joey K. Parker is currently an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University ofAlabama, where his teaching responsibilities include control systems, instrumentation, and design. He received aB.S.M.E from Tennessee Technological University and a Ph.D. from

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

Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH in 1992and the B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University, Ithaca, NY in 1989.DANIEL J. PACK is an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at the USAF Academy, CO. He receivedthe Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering in 1988, the Master of Science in Engineering Sciences in1990, and the Ph. D in Electrical Engineering in 1995 from Arizona State University, Harvard University, andPurdue University, respectively.RANDY L. HAUPT received his Ph.D. in Elect. Engr. from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI in 1987,the M.S. in Elect. Engr. from Northeastern University, Boston, MA in 1983, the M.S. in Engr. Managementfrom Western New England College, Springfield, MA in

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Business School Press, 1989.bKepner, Charles & Tregoe, Benjamin, The New Rational Manager, Princeton University Press, 1981.7 Deming, William Edwards, Out of the Crisis, Cambridge University Press, 1986.‘Kepner, Charles& Tregoe, Benjamin, The New Rational Manager, Princeton University Press, 1981.91accoca, Lee, Actiordine, AIAG, 1989.10Kilian, Cecelia, The World of W. Edwards Derning, SPC Press, 1992.1 lDerning, William Edwards, The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education, Massachusetts Instituteof Technology Center for Advanced Engineering Study, 1993.GARY P. MAUL is an associate professor in the Department of Industrial, Welding and Systems Engineeringat The Ohio State University. He recently has worked at Honda of America

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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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toyear level, are that many of these students fail. At the spend their time elsewhere. It is also possible that theseUniversity of Western Australia an attempt has been made to students discover that the problem classes do not ‘work’ foraddress the two problems noted above (feedback to lecturers them: that they are too difficult, or too noisy, or that the tutorand identifying students at risk). This has been achieved for is on a different wavelength – and then opt to study in somea first year engineering dynamics class which historically other environment, such as the cafeteria.students have found hard. All example problems are now What is our response to this situation

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James V. Masi

Session 1664 Experiments in Natural and Synthetic Dental Materials A Mouthful of Experiments James V. Masi, Western New England College, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Springfield,MA01119, Key Words: Biomaterials, dental, corrosion, composite, amalgam. Prerequisite Knowledge: The student should be familiar with the basics of materials science, metallography, and chemistry. Levels at which these experiments are

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David G. Meyer

Session 2532 A Criteria-Based Course and Instructor Evaluation System David G. Meyer School of Electrical & Computer Engineering/Purdue University ABSTRACT This paper describes a criteria-based course and instructor evaluation system that has been recentlydeployed by the School of Electrical Engineering at Purdue University. The various evaluation forms aredescribed along with the criteria used to evaluate both lecture and lab oriented courses. The software used toanalyze the scannable forms and the

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gives students an opportunity to develop an intuitive feelfor chemical processes to complement their ability to do repetitive, detailed calculations. Joseph A. Shaeiwitz received his B. S. degree from the University of Delaware and his M. S. andPh.D. degrees from Carnegie Mellon University. His research interests are in design and design education.Of particular interest are the use of performance problems to complement design problems, the integration ofdesign experiences throughout the curriculum, and assessment of learning outcomes. Richard Turton received a B.Sc. from the University of Nottingham and an M. S. from Oregon StateUniversity. He then worked for 4 years in the engineering and construction industry prior to obtaining

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Timothy L. Skvarenina

for power systems. Nonlinearloads, such as the power supplies for electronic devices, introduce harmonic currents into the power system,which can cause failures in power system equipment as well as in other loads. Evidence of harmonic problemsinclude circuit breakers tripping when they shouldn’t or failing to trip when they should, overheated neutralconductors or transformers, erratic operation or tripping of adjustable speed drives, blown power factorcorrection capacitors, and communication interference. The problems are different, but their causes are related. Since every user of the power system contributes to the problem, I believe all electrical engineers andtechnicians need to have a basic understanding of power quality issues

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Jack Zecher

through higher level courses, such as Design of Machine Elements, and SeniorDesign Projects, the program can serve as a valuable resource to perform calculations on shafts, frame rails, etc. REFERENCES1) BeamBoss - Computer Program, Software Consulting Specialists, Ft. Wayne, IN 19852) Microsoft Mouse Programmer’s Reference, by Microsoft Press, 19893) Zecher, J. E., Computer Graphics for CAD/CAM Systems, Marcel Dekker, 19944) Cook, R. D., Finite Element Modeling for Stress Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, 1995Jack Zecher is a registered professional engineer in the state of Indiana and Professor of MechanicalEngineering Technology at Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis. He

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Richard West; Paul J. Laumakis

-a”. Session 3565 RELIABILITY: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATION Paul J. Laumakis, Richard West United States Military AcademyIntroductionAssessing the reliability of large-scale systems is a problem common to all engineering disciplines. Fromsimple piping systems to highly complex computer networks, reliability issues are of major concern to bothdesigners and manufacturers, as well as customers. At the same time, the national mathematics reformmovement would like us to introduce our students to the relevance and usefulness of the mathematics used

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John H. Damell

competitive for funding, aneducator must submit a strong proposal that creates a good first impression to the reviewer. A proposal that iswell written, clear, and easy for the reviewer to read and understand generally has a better chance of beingfunded than one that is poorly written. Since many engineering educators have little background in writing, this paper gives guidelines forcreating a strong proposal to prospective authors. General appearance of the proposal, including graphs,figures, and charts, is an important part of writing a successful grant. Common errors in writing are included,and basic rules for most frequently misused grammar are given with a discussion of words, sentence structure,and paragraph organization. General

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competitive for funding, aneducator must submit a strong proposal that creates a good first impression to the reviewer. A proposal that iswell written, clear, and easy for the reviewer to read and understand generally has a better chance of beingfunded than one that is poorly written. Since many engineering educators have little background in writing, this paper gives guidelines forcreating a strong proposal to prospective authors. General appearance of the proposal, including graphs,figures, and charts, is an important part of writing a successful grant. Common errors in writing are included,and basic rules for most frequently misused grammar are given with a discussion of words, sentence structure,and paragraph organization. General

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Troy E. Kostek

a minimum, technical graduates enteringthe work force should have a basic understanding of DDE concepts and capabilities. . . References1. Microsoft Corporation. (199 1). Dynamic data exchange (DDE). Unpublished manuscript.2. Feldman, P. (1993). Using visual basic 3. Indianapolis, IN: Que publishing.3. Rockwell Software Incorporated. (1993). Using visual basic and winlinx. Unpublished manuscript.4. Rockwell Software Incorporated. (1995). WINtelligent Iinx. User’s guide.5. Gurewich, N. (1993). Teach yourself visual basic 3 in 21 days. Indianapolis, IN: Sams Publishing. —TROY E. KOSTEKTroy E. Kostek is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at

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Michael V. Doran; Herbert E. Longenecker; David L. Feinstein; David D. Langan

by both the instructor and the student, a more efficient andeffective learning experience can be achieved. In this paper we define an approach to accomplish thisimproved understanding and we report on initial experiences with the use of that approach in the classroom. CS CURRICULUM First courses in any discipline are crucial. In Computer Science, students develop and apply problem-solving skills and learn elementary software engineering principles. These first courses, previously referred toas CS1 and CS2, were topically defined11,12. In 1991, the ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Curriculum Task Force released Computing Curricula 1991.Computing Curricula 1991 defined multiple options by proposing a

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Richard E. Pfile

1 2520 Using the Motorola DSP56002 EVM for Audio Processing in a DSP Laboratory Richard E. Piile Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI Abstract The EET department at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis developed a RealTime Digital Signal Processing course with a practical focus on the implementation of DSP algorithmson a

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Session 1220 Fault-Tolerant Multicomputer Design with DSP96002 Microprocessors Alan D. George High-performance Computing and Simulation (HCS) Research Laboratory FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Florida State University and Florida A&M UniversityThe objective of this paper is to overview the design and performance results of a fault-tolerant multicomputer architectureimplemented with DSP96002 microprocessors. Topics include processor architectural features, multicomputer