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Jennifer T. Ross

" structure could be adapted to many other laboratory courses, however isespecially suited to integrated circuit design since the successful production of any IC chip requires the closeworking relationship of many corporate divisions. This paper reports on this course format including theadvantages and disadvantages for both student and instructor. This work is supported in part by a NationalScience Foundation Instrument and Laboratory Improvement Grant (DUE #9551598). I. Introduction Ideally, an engineering laboratory should serve several purposes: 1) aid in the understanding ofclassroom material through hands-on experiments, 2) teach measurement techniques, 3) provide opportunity toanalyze

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Willard D. Bostwick; Walter Buchanan

tocooperate with other segments of the Society on matters of common interest. 1 Although the ETC and the Engineering Technology Division (ETD) represent and are the voice of theengineering technology community within ASEE, it is generally recognized that the ETC has not become aneffective voice for engineering technology the way the Engineering Dean’s Council has become for theengineering community. This is unfortunate since the first guiding principle of the ETC in performing itsmission of promoting quality education in engineering technology is to speak collectively for engineering 2technology institutions. ABET Engineering technology has especially lacked an

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Lynn Kiaer

process with an arrival rate of .12 per hour, and an exponentialservice time with a service rate of 15 per hour:Time Number Inter- Inter- Next Next Time Time Time Time Time Time(min) in System arrival service Arrival Service N=O N=l N=2 N=3 N=4 N=50.00 0 1.80 1.801.80 1 0.08 3.58 1.87 5.38 1.80 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.001.87 2 4.33 6.21 5.38 1.80 0.08 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.005.38 1 10.70 6.21 16.07 1.80 0.08 3.50 0.00 0.00 0.006.21 2 5.16 11.37 16.07 1.80

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E. Carr Everbach

integrates the electrical and mechanical concepts the students are learning in their coursework. For thisreason, student participation in research is considered an important component of the educational process atSwarthmore. In the medical procedure known as extracorporeal lithotripsy,1 a high-amplitude acoustic shockwave is created by a device known as a lithotripter (from the Latin roots for "stone" and "break intofragments") and focused onto a patient's kidney stone, which is thereby pulverized. The procedure isconsidered much less traumatic than abdominal surgery, and cheaper, since it can be performed on anoutpatient basis. The precise mechanism by which the converging acoustic shock wave breaks the stone isstill a matter of active

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Joe King

the NSF publication, Undergraduate Education (NSF 94-160), “The objective of theILI (Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement) Program is to support the development of experimentsand laboratory curricula which improve the science, mathematics, engineering, and technology education ofundergraduate students, both science majors and non-science majors, including pre-service teachers.” The program consists of two options:1. The Leadership in Laboratory Development option (ILI-LLD), which provides funds for resources, including time, technical support, and travel, in support of projects that have the promise of being national models for laboratory instruction. Proposals submitted under this program must address a major challenge

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Joe King

the NSF publication, Undergraduate Education (NSF 94-160), “The objective of theILI (Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement) Program is to support the development of experimentsand laboratory curricula which improve the science, mathematics, engineering, and technology education ofundergraduate students, both science majors and non-science majors, including pre-service teachers.” The program consists of two options:1. The Leadership in Laboratory Development option (ILI-LLD), which provides funds for resources, including time, technical support, and travel, in support of projects that have the promise of being national models for laboratory instruction. Proposals submitted under this program must address a major challenge

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Juan J. Salinas; Don Westwood

Conference Proceedingsorientation and content of all pages had to be revised and adjusted to the constraints of the medium. Con-ceptually, an easy task, involving global searches, page formatting, font re-sizing and re-editing in our fa-vorite word processor; it turned out to be a time-consuming process. A good lesson here to be remembered.In general, we found that a 5:1 ratio of preparation:production times should be considered when planningthis type of course. This includes text and graphic materials. That is preparation for shooting of alreadyavailable material. The process of searching, obtaining, preparing and editing materials not already at handwould take just as much time. But this is a one-time endeavour; the benefits accrue every time the

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Rick L. Homkes

. The next hurdle, you quicklyrealize, is that you must obtain tenure in order to stay. Tenure soon becomes the “Holy Grail” that the newassistant professor quests after, sometimes without knowing exactly what it is. Tenure, an old concept related toacademic freedom, is most often defined in accordance with guidelines from the American Association ofUniversity Professors (AAUP). A summary of these guidelines follows: 1) The purposes of tenure are to provide for freedom in teaching, research, and outside activities and for economic security in order to attract people into the profession. 2) Tenure is defined as permanent and continuous except for age or retirement. 3) Dismissal can be for adequate cause only. 4

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David N. Koert; David A. Nordling

as shown inFigure 1. The presentation uses colorful andattractive overheads describing an undergraduateresearch experience at NASA Lewis ResearchCenter in the Space Experiments Division (thisgroup develops experiments for the space shuttleand trains astronauts in their use). The presentationis supplemented with slide photographs and videotape of the work which was performed at NASA.BACKGROUND Since the early 1970's, microgravity scienceresearch has emerged as a new way to reveal theunderlying physics and chemistry of combustionphenomena. The early work in microgravitycombustion, and the majority of the work done thusfar, has been conducted in ground-based facilities, FIGURE 1. WSU engineering student Davidi.e., the 2.2- and

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Lisa Brannon-Peppas

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Michael J. Pavelich; Barbara Olds

basis of the annual report to the CSM campus and to CCHE. Table 1 - Educational Goals * Technical ability, knowledge (Tech) * Communication skills (Comm) (oral, written, graphic, computer) * Critical thinking, intellectual development (CT) * Ability to self-educate (SE) * Familiarity w/ humanities, social science (HSS) * Leadership, teamwork (TM) Based on our institutional mission and goals as defined in our Profile of the CSM Graduate, wedecided to assess the areas

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K.A. Korzeniowski

non-Electrical Engineering student. Most engineeringstudents take some introduction to basic electric circuit analysis, DC and AC circuits, therefore this course is notmeant to be another Electrical Engineering circuit theory course. Some of the books used in the basic circuit 1 2analysis courses at the USNA are listed in the Bibliography section of this paper ’ . This course was developed to meet a need expressed by members of Physics, Chemistry and theEngineering Departments at the USNA, to provide a course that applied the circuit theory material to the nextlevel. Most of these students will be involved with Capstone Design projects and will be

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Virendra K. Varma; Mohammad Najafi

developing subject matter of trenchless technology.INTRODUCTION The demand for improved quantity and quality of community services such as utilities andcommunications has placed an ever increasing burden on planning, engineering, installing, and maintaining theseservices. According to a recent study1, some 800,000 miles of corroded and leaking wastewater systems arecausing environmental problems. It is estimated that approximately 200,000 miles of pipelines are in need ofimmediate repair or replacement. It is also estimated that approximately 3% of the existing systems are beingadded to this need annually.1 Trenchless technology techniques offer an alternative for these situations in manycases.2 Trenchless technology methods by

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Peter J. Biegel

communication to another there is animplied expectation of how the other will respond. On the other hand, having the ability to select the appropriateego state to transact can positively impact one’s chances of obtaining the consequence that one desires. Thesetransactions are viewed in terms of three major classes of communication as part of their associated TransactionalAnalysis Laws of Communication. Transactions are either complementary, crossed, or ulterior. They can beexpressed diagrammatically (a transogram) by pairs of circles marked P (PARENT), A (ADULT), and C (CHILD).(Figure 1) Drawing lines between appropriate circles to represent behavior. Unbroken lines between circlesshow overt behavior or spoken words. Broken lines represent non-verbal

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Richard A. King; Jack Van de Water

1 .— - . . . ..— Session 3 5 6 0 — PREPARING STUDENTS FOR ENGINEERING IN THE 21ST CENTURY THE OREGON INTERNATIONAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM by Richard A. King Professor, Oregon Institute of Technology and Jack Van de Water

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T. D. Moustakas; M. S. Unlu; M. F. Ruane; M. C. Teich; B. E. A. Saleh; B. B. Goldberg

challenges in the training of engineers andscientists. Photonics stands where the semiconductor industry was in the late 60’s – entering a time ofrapid growth, with broad impacts for society and the economy. The Optoelectronics Industry DevelopmentAssociation (OIDA) released a report 1 detailing that “industry sectors enabled by optoelectronics willgrow from approximately $75 billion worldwide today, to more than $230 billion within the next decade,to over $400 billion in twenty years (in constant dollars). The number of jobs worldwide dependent onoptoelectronics is expected to grow from several hundred thousand to several million. This is due both tothe growth in the overall electronics markets and the expanding role of optoelectronics within the

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Bruce A. Finlayson

Page 1.361.2 $!&-’ } 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘?,,yyy’.’transfer resistance is dT, (1-8) VP, CP, —dt = h S V (T – T,) + ~ V (–AHrXn) r(y,, zs, T,) ()= QCtOt MCpg(Tin-T )_h SV(T_T~) – O = Q CtOt (yin – y) – km S V Ctot (Y Ys) km S V CtOt (y – y,) = u V r(y,, zS, TS)with 1 ‘=zin+~(Y– Yin)This model requires solving sets of algebraic equations inside the ordinary differential equation solver. Analternative would

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Joseph A. Shaeiwitz; Ph.D., Richard H. Turpin

the flowsheet for cumene production from benzene and propyleneshown in Figure 1. The raw materials are assumed to be pure benzene and an inexpensive cut of propylenecontaining 5 WtO/O propane impurity. The reactions are as follows: In the assignment, students are given the following information: Lately, Unit 200 has not been operating within standard conditions. We have recently switchedsuppliers of propylene; however, our contract guarantees that the new propylene feed contain less than 5wt% propane. Upon examining present operating conditions, we have made the following observations: 1. Production of cumene has dropped by about 6%, but flows of benzene (Stream I) andpropylene (Stream 2) have remained the same

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Joseph A. Untener

reinforced and demonstrated throughout thesecondary and undergraduate programs. Upon graduation, these core competencies will be second nature tostudents, who will use them in all aspects of their professional lives to solve problems and manage processes.The core competencies identified are shown in Figure 1. External Validation. A process has been defined to solicit meaningful input into the proposedcurriculum modules and their content. An individual will be identified to “champion” the process, whichincludes the following steps: 1. Develop method for documenting input from key stakeholders. 2. Conduct interviews with representatives from industry and academia, reviewing the content of the modules and noting suggested

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Richard Ciocci

workable reuse policy for high-reliability products. 1. Review the customer requirements based on performance in order to reveal applications where areused product with a decreased reliability could be a sufficient substitute for a new item. 2. Develop the mechanisms necessary to recover used products from the initial customer; developthe necessary rework and retest procedures for recovered items, and establish the means to distribute thereused product to the secondary-use market. 3. Develop retesting procedures that measure product reliability of reused products. Determine if theretest specifications should be identical to new product specifications or if the requirements should beadjusted for reused products. 4

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Robert V. Peltier; Farouk Attia

progress in their careers.Engineering Technology Graduates Must: The following eight suggestions are meant to guide the ET student to develop some understanding ofthe importance of issues of interest to industry beyond merely competencies in applied science. For example;1) Understand quality and it’s impact on the enterprise. Quality is now designed into the product ratherinspected for after manufacturing. Not only does quality reflect on the whole organization but it has also beenshown to ultimately produce the lowest product cost. Also witness the purchasers of goods and services thatnow require an 1S09000 certification to even be on the qualified suppliers list.2) Have excellent verbal and written communication skills. The best academic