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Mariesa L. Crow; Kirk H. Schulz; James L. Drewniak; Noel Schulz

Session 3675 Dual Career Academic Searches for Engineering Faculty Positions * * # # Noel N. Schulz , Kirk H. Schulz , Mariesa L. Crow , James L. Drewniak Michigan Technological University*, University of Missouri-Rolla#IntroductionThe hiring and transferring of dual career couples is an increasing problem in industry [1-4] and academia.Many dual Ph.D. husband and wife teams seek faculty positions in engineering, and are often hampered byuncertainty in how to go about searching for two tenure track positions

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Richard J. Kozick; Maurice F. Aburdene

estimation experimentdescribed here is a prototype of remotely shared laboratory exercises that are safe and inexpensive.1 Introduction The concept of a remotely shared laboratory has been proposed previously [1] as a way to use read-ily available communication facilities to share expensive laboratory facilities among several universities.The laboratory at Bucknell University contains digital signal processing units from dSPACE corporationand Sun workstations. Each dSPACE unit [2] consists of four A/D and D/A channels and a digital signalprocessor. In addition, each dSPACE unit is directly connected to the Internet, which facilitates theremote access to the experiments. The dSPACE units can be programmed through Matlab, Simulink, orC language

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

integratingengineering design and industrial practice throughout all stages of Curriculum 21.” The NSF-funded coalitionsEXCEL and SYNTHESIS also are involved with early design. Especially notable is the work at the Universityof Maryland with freshmen,1 which was recently recognized by Boeing as one of the top four educationalefforts in the country. EXCEL and SYNTHESIS research has focused primarily on incorporating design in thefreshman year. SUCCEED has focused on integrating design throughout curricula. In the first year of funding, theCenter for Engineering Practice sponsored approximately 10 early-design projects. At the end of the secondyear, these projects were grouped together into a team called the Early Design Megaproject. The purpose ofthe

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William Swart; Lemuel Tarshis; Jack McGourty

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Jennifer M. Jacobs; Elizabeth A. Eschenbach

is well documented.1,5 In brief, theCornell College of Engineering's TA Development is a 1-credit mandatory program that includes aDean's Welcome, four interactive workshops, a microteaching (videotaping) session, andfollow-up activities. Programs and workshops continually evolve to reflect the current needs ofnovice TAs. The sessions offered in 1995 are briefly described below. Introductory Meeting Novice TAs explore their teaching philosophy and establish teaching goals. The TFs provide practical hints for establishing credibility, maintaining productive professor-TA and TA-student relationships, and preparing for classes. Teaching in a Diverse Community The workshop stimulates multicultural awareness in the

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

and 7academic instructional design, the plan is implemented with minimum intrusion. The plan incorporatesassessment of the Academy-desired educational outcomes with course-specific knowledge of fundamentals.Like the course, no assessment plan existed at the onset. The course designers had to decide the educationaloutcomes to target for Engr-110Z, and the assessement experts then had to pick the appropriate assessmentinstruments. Based on a review of known cognitive assessment methods used in other undergraduate 8engineering programs , the instruments shown in Table-1 are being used to assess Engr-110Z. Note that whilethe paradigm for Engr-110Z naturally includes all USAFA educational

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Lucian P. Fabiano

the author has written on developing student skills in industrial type project development (see references 1, 2, and 3) . PROJECT TEAMS Successful development of projects requires teamwork between individuals directly or indirectly associated with the project. For larger projects, an official project team is often defined. This team is lead by the person having overall responsibility for the project (i. e. the project manager) . Project team members consists of representatives from each functional discipline involved with the project (i.e. marketing, sales, engineering, manufacturing, factory test, installation and

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Monica R. Hitchcock; Diane Sherrard; Carol A. Wellington; Steven M. Click

I .— - . . . .. Session 1634 —. . ..- Proposal of a Teaching Mentoring Program Within the College of Engineering at NCSU Carol A. Wellington, Diane Sherrard, Monica R Hitchcock, Steven M. Click North Carolina State University 1) Introduction One of the main focuses of the North Carolina State University Student Chapter of American Society forEngineering Education has been to

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Pamela A. Hayward

Session 1161 Public Speaking 101: In 90 Minutes or Less Pamela A. Hayward Lake Superior State University The Challenge Having adequate communication skills is becoming more important than ever in the technicalworkforce. Recently, employers of entry level engineers were asked to prioritize the need for furtherinstruction. Over 60% of these employers identified communication skills as the primary curricularelement needing increased emphasis. 1 When ranking the top 30 types of

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Michael E. German; Matthew M. Mehalik

Session 1661 Putting Environmental Ethics at the Center of Design: A Case-Study Approach Michael E. German, Matthew M. Mehalik University of Virginia The case-study approach is being used increasingly to teach engineering design. 1 ~ 2 and also engineering 4ethics.3 Experts use case-based reasoning in making decisions; therefore, it makes sense to teach students theway experts learn. Most of the cases that combine ethics and design are post-hoc analyses of failures like the

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Jean K. Sando; Gloria Rogers

designed toenhance students’ abilities to solve complex problems using computers and active learning. The curriculumalso strives to create experiences which parallel those in the workplace. This curriculum is voluntary and one-quarter of the RHIT freshman class typically volunteers for the program. In the IFYCSEM curriculum, alltechnical courses in the first year have been integrated into three, twelve-credit courses which are team taughtby an interdisciplinary group of faculty. Courses include calculus, physics, chemistry, computer science,desi~ and graphics. There is special interest in examining the processes used by students in solving complex engineeringproblems. The study will answer the questions: 1) What processes and tools are used

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William T. Brazelton

undergraduate engineering office that admitted women and minority students belong very naturally in engineering and are expected to succeed academically. Thus, two guiding principles were recognized from the outset of our minority effort: (1) there should be no separation of academic support programs, and (2) success would be expected from all students admitted to engineering programs. Early Minority Experiences In 1965, Northwestern University set forth a plan and developed a concerted effort to bring an increased number of minority students into undergraduate studies. The initial efforts were directed toward African-American students in Chicago area schools. [Throughout the first

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John T. Bell; H. Scott Fogler

, desire to reach 4 1students that have alternate learning styles ’ 1, to provide experience based education and to augment .traditional laboratory facilities that are being stretched increasingly thin with growing enrollments Computersimulations also provide students with access to environments that would not otherwise be available to them. Virtual reality, VR, is an emerging technology that strives to greatly increase the realism of simulationsby immersing users deeply within interactive three dimensional computer generated environments. This addedrealism has great potential to increase the

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Wieslaw Grebski; Marlene Guers; Maryam Ghorieshi

input and output information to trace the path of the volcanic fallout. Page 1.370.2 {tix~j 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘..+,lzlyqlj .In addition to the hands-on technical experience the ACE participants were exposed to a variety of topicsrelated to career choices in engineering and mathematics, These included: Career Decision Making (1 hour) The students were introduced to a systematic approach to making decisions and planning a career. These included self-assessment, information gathering, and

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Merl Baker

Session 3652 REDIRECTING ENGINEERING Ph.D. PROGRAMS TO MEET JOB DEMANDS Merl Baker College of Engineering and Computer Science University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Abstact Recent articles by John A. Armstrong, “Rethinking the Ph.D.” [1] and Phillip A. Griffiths, “Reshaping GraduateEducation”, [7] prompt faculty and administrators responsible for graduate education to study and implement changes thatare needed in our

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Merl Baker

Session 1255 REENGINEERING Ph.D. PROGRAMS Merl Baker College of Engineering and Computer Science University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Abstract Recent articles by John A. Armstrong, “Rethinking the Ph.D.” [1] and Phillip A. Griffiths, “Reshaping GraduateEducation”, [6] prompt faculty and administrators responsible for graduate education to study and implement changesthat are needed in our programs. An analogy is

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John A. Fillo

the education of the engineering student more relevant and versatile, we need toask ourselves what this actually means and how do we translate this into the Master of Science. There are twofactors which are required: 1) faculty understanding; and 2) program change. Before we talk about programchange a key factor in all of this discussion is the faculty and their understanding of the changing market placeand what it will take to make the education of their students more relevant and versatile. This is a separateissue and one that is not filly addressed in this paper. What might program changes be to bring about the needed change? Four areas are explored:1) communication skills; 2) technical literacy 3) industrial research; and 4

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Ph.D., Joel L. Cuello

, decreed to provide Harvard Page 1.374.3 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedingsstudents with three essentials: (1) freedom of choice in studies; (2) opportunity to specialize in agiven field of study; and, (3) a curriculum design which places on the student the responsibility toguide his conduct.25 By 1874-1875, Eliot confined all Harvard required courses to the freshmanyear with the exception of rhetoric, philosophy, history and political science. Electives wereextended to freshmen in 1883-1884 and, in 1895, the remaining required courses for freshmenwere reduced to two English courses and a modern foreign

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Richard West; Paul J. Laumakis

)from firing on Bradley Vehicles (BV) when engaged in close combat. The three major subsystems are the MT,the Thermal Imaging Subsystem (TIS) mounted on the MT, and specially treated Heat Emitting Panels (HEP)mounted on the BV as shown in Figure 1. All components and subsystems fail independently of one anotherand all component failure times are exponentially distributed with daily failure rates as shown. The goal is tocompute the overall reliability of the VIS, denoted R~Y~ (1). Page 1.375.1 -. ... , @xi~ 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

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Larry D. Goss

improve the efficiency. Flint& Wailing Company is still in business in their original buildings in Kendallville,Indiana. Their current company product line includes a variety of hardware for water supplies. John Fetro, theirvice-president of International Sales, has access to the company archives and provides as much help as he cantopeople who attempt to restore their older mills. He was able to locate the original engravings used by thecompany in printing the promotional literature and assembly instructions for this mill. His unselfish cooperationmade this restoration project possible. See Figure 1. Figure 1. Flint & Walling

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Gary S. Godfrey

and tosolve them in a more sophisticated manner. The traditional method of teaching 2-D visualization skills in engineering design graphics classesemploys various techniques and student activities. These techniques and student activities are shown in TableOne. Table 1 2-D VISUALIZATION MODEL Type Technique Student Activitv 0>0 2-D Orthographic Produce orthographic drawing Add missing orthographic lines p>() 2-D Isometric Pictorial Produce

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Pieter A. Voss; James M. Tien; Anil K. Goyal

ticilitates introducing this risk-analytic approach.Computer spreadsheets and software can provide students with the ability to analyze entire probabilitydistributions. Such a junior or senior level Engineering Economy course would build on an earlier course inprobability and statistics, as well as courses in design and computing. A new Engineering Economy text is alsoproposed and outlined herein. 1. Introduction The purpose of Engineering Economy is to enable engineers and managers to accurately evaluate theeconomic consequences of capital investments in products, processes, and services. The time value of money,taxes and inflation are a few factors which can significantly impact the

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José L. Torres

Session 3 5 6 0 The Road to Engineering Programs Accreditation Under NAFTA Jose L. Torres Indiana Institute of TechnologySummary This paper describes the current status of the Engineering Accreditation rules contemplated underNAFTA and the significant practical obstacles that exist in the implementation of such rules.Introduction The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), in effect since January 1, 1994, has spurredconsiderable growth in the export business of its signatory nations 1. However, in spite of its economic success,one of

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and reference for the lecture special topics was Jones[ 1 ] and Driscoll[2]. A manual with hands-on exercises was developed by this author to supplement the documentation supplied with the robot kits. Students were required to submit project status reports every 2 weeks. Frequent meetings with the instructor to discuss progress were encouraged. In addition to the team-built mobile robot, each student was individually responsible for a small-scale project that related to the microcontroller operation or sensor technology. IndNiduaI project topics included: investigation of PWM motor control; analysis of servo control; sonar sensor interfacing; IR motion detector; assembly

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Robert J. O'Neill; Robert M. Henry; Thomas Lenox

-- especially concerning Questions 4, 5and 6. An attempt was made to identify the most important skills required by civil engineeringundergraduates, as seen by educators, by limiting the number of times that the highest rating could be used onQuestion 2. The survey was sent to 180 engineering educators selected Table 1. Responses by Subdisciplinefrom a database provided by the American Society of Civil # ofEngineering. Replies were received from 81 (45%) of the 180 Subdiscipline Responseseducators -- a high response rate for a random survey of this type. Structural

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Michael L. Mavrovouniotis

of Engineering Education, 83, 311-316 (1 994).Peters, M. S., and Timmerhaus, K. D. Plant Design and Economics for Chemical Engineers, 4th edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1991.Woods, D.R. Process Design and Engineering Practice. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, 1995. ***** Page 1.477.4 ?@xb’; 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘.,,,pylj . 4

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James W. Gentry

where they react and then aredesorbed. In some cases the properties of surface facilitate the reaction. Such a system is calledheterogeneous catalysis. One such reaction is the combination of oxygen and hydrogen to formwater. This mixture when ignited by a spark or flame will ignite and explode with violence.Normally, no reaction occurs at room temperature. However the presence of a platinum substratewill serve to catalyze the reaction. In the mid-1 820’s, Dobereiner passed hydrogen through aplatinum gauze. The hydrogen catalyzed by the platinum combines with oxygen from the air. Themixture ignites and then begins to burn. Dobereiner developed a very successful commercialproduct - fire lighter - based on this principle. The instrument was

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

describing their engineering analysis as well as their prototype.These are kept in a gallery maintained by Dr. Blackketter on the Moscow campus andwill be used in future course offerings to illustrate different mechanisms as well as thesupporting computer models. Similar strategies enhanced the electrical courses also,including the mid-course visit by Dr. Hess to Moscow and joint guidance and presentationof the course’s small design project.[1]Course Evaluation and Revision Common exams were used in both courses. Questions were developed based oninteraction between the primary instructor and the facilitator. Exam content and formatwere established before the class period prior to the exam. Exam guidelines and exampleproblems were then

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Russell J. Deaton; Michael J. Bartz

informal methods and through two formalall-teams meetings. The all-teams meetings were chaired by the instructors and used as informationdissemination and exchange between the companies. The specific details of each courses’ companies aredescribed below.Electronics Project As stated above, the students in the electronics course divided into companies with a design goalof producing a D/A converter that would meet their customers (the DSP teams) specifications. Theengineering teams were allowed latitude in their formal composition, but all teams were required to haveone project manager. Other identified functional areas included the following: 1. Design engineer: designs and constructs the laboratory prototype. 2. Quality control engineer

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William R. Conrad; Earl F. Brune; Elaine M. Cooney

resistor. These valuesare to be plotted for the input voltage shown on the schematic. The circuit shown in Figure 1. is used for theanalysis.Figure 1. Circuit for entry in PSpice. All of the output plots required can be created using PSpice. Therefore, this example will use CapFastto create the PSpice netlist.Using CapView to draw the circuit The creation of the circuit diagram in CapFast is made by selecting the Schematic Capture icon fromthe main menu. The drailing process is similar to schematics created with other dra.fling programs.Components needed to draw the circuit are found under the Get Parts menu listing. Since the analysis is to becompleted using PSpice, the parts are selected under the Spice Library submenu. The parts