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Lt Col Rosario Nici; Col John Russell

and wascompleted within single 50-minute class sessions on two consecutive days. A crucial task was to develop the instrument itself. Although other assessment instrumentshave previously been developed, we felt they were not very relevant to our students, thus the studentswould not be motivated. Therefore, an instrument involving a relatively realistic Air Force problemwas developed by members of this team. It was designed to evaluate each cadet’s ability to:1) recognize the ill-defined nature of the problem; 2) resolve the problem; and 3) articulate theirsolution process and level of confidence in the process outcome. The exercise was presented as ascenario that provided information pertaining to the deployment of Air Force aircraft

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John C. Reis

. Page 1.454.1 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings In one study, students in three sections of an elementary economics class were evaluated with threedifferent testing procedures.1 One section was told at the start of the semester that they would be given testsperiodically during the semester, but were not told precisely when. The second section was given theadditional information that they would be given a test "soon" and the test was then administered frombetween 2 and 7 days after that announcement. The third section was told in advance the exact date of thetests. The section with no advanced warning performed significantly better than the other sections. Nosignificant difference in

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Hamid Khan

attitudinal organization’s growth and survival. More globallychange. competitive companies have decided to re-gain competitive advantage by strategic human resources This evaluation study attempted to measure management effectiveness through rigorousthose changes that occurred in the knowledge skills management development programs.and attitudes, from before to after the program. Further research questions of the study Black’s (1979) study showed the importancewere: of management development in developing 1. How

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Thompson Lewis; Samuel Agbo; Michael Wollman; Michael Fukatsu

Laboratory. The new experiments are (1) Spectral Attenuation ofOptical Fibers, (2) Optical Wavelength Spectral Analysis of Laser Sources and Light-emitting Diodes, (3) DynamicNarrowing of Linewidth and Changes in Modal Structure of Laser Diodes in the Vicinity of the Threshold Current,and (4) Spectral Responsivity of PIN Photodiodes. We have also prepared a video to demonstrate the dynamicchanges in laser diode spectra as the drive currents are changed. We have effectively utilized the LabVIEW graphical programming environment to implement computercontrol of the experiments over a GPIB interface. This enhances the speed of data collectio~ and the sophisticationof data processing in these experiments. Such computer control of the experiments

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Scott C. Dunning

Page 1.175.1 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedingsuser interface. All work is done on a one-line were selected from the Stevenson's text, "Elementsdiagram. This is important because it provides an of Power Systems Analysis"1. This appeared to beoverview of the input data. Data entry is quite effective since the students were able to seecompleted by choosing elements off a palette, how easy the software solved the problems. Theplacing them on the page and then entering the output from a sample problem is illustrated inrequired information about the element. The Figure 1. As can be seen, the power flows areprogram runs

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Sheila C. Palmer; Pamela M. Norris

, "One cannot be anoutstanding teacher without thorough knowledge of subject matter, but to possess that knowledge does notguarantee the ability to communicate it to a student. And this ability is by no means easy to acquire. ...Andjust as an artist or scientist needs to master necessary skills, so a teacher must do the same."1 A great number of articles and texts have been written on the subjects of teaching for both seasonedand new faculty.2-12 For the most part, these references provide information on both the theory andapplications of effective teaching skills. However, it is difficult to learn most material from simply reading atext on the subject and we feel that this holds true for the art of teaching as well. As stated by

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F. Coowar; Rosida Coowar

engineering freshmen are discussed. A simulation exercise centering on a visit to alarge industrial concern and “non-traditional” laboratory experiments are described.1. IntroductionThe development of any curriculum involves addressing such fundamentals issues as what should the studentsbe helped to learn, the learning experiences that should be provided for them to learn and how these learningexperiences can be organized to maximize their cumulative effects [1]. In Engineering Education, the endproduct sought is a student who has the ability to inquire independently and to be critical.The concept of engineering rests on the basic premise that many problems associated with the well-being of thecommunity must first be resolved through analytical

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

conservation by utilities that desire to control demand levels so expansion in capacitycan be delayed. Industries have benefited from these measures by reduced utility bills and, in some cases,rebates have been received from the utility to reduce initial capital costs. This paper will address how peakdemand can be reduced by the use of energy efficient equipment. On a per device level, “electric demand is the average load a device imposes on a system during aninterval.”[ 1 ] The interval can be 15, 30, or 60 minutes or any other predetermined time. From a utilitystandpoint, demand is the “generation capacity utilized during the billing period .’’[2] Billing for the demand isoflen determined by the peak interval demand that a plant incurs

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Michael J. Bartz

are locally interpreted, i.e., each browser produces a locally generateddisplay image of the HTML document obtained from the server. HTML documents, which may containaudio, graphic, and text files are transmitted as an as needed basis. Browsers interpret the various fileformats with helper applications that display the appropriate information. Examples include the JPEGand GIF image formats or the QuickTime video format. A typical example of an HTML Web documentis the author’s “Home Page” as shown in Figure 1. The HTTP environment has two modes of interaction between browswers and user-defined pro-grams. The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is a mechanism that governs communication between thebrowsers and programs maintained on the server

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Clare F. Cook

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Michael Bowman; Elaine M. Cooney

2563 ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING CURRICULUM: WHAT INDUSTRY WANTS Elaine M. Cooney, Michael Bowman Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUIBACKGROUND Electronics manufacturing is a major industry, one of the largest in the United States. Even thoughthe electronics industry is well established, industry representatives claim there is a lack of qualilledemployees [1]. Many technical positions are fflled by people who have little or no preparation inmanufacturing equipment, problems, and processes. Programs are needed to train and retrain people forthis fast growing

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Christopher G. Braun

anythingpractical.[1] The CSM Electronics Prototyping Facility (EPF) provides students with thetools to design and build electronics equipment for real engineering applications. It is apowerful tool to reshape the way students learn and think about electronics. The Electronics Prototyping Facility brings a vertical integration of designsoftware, programmable devices and local (quick) printed circuit board fabrication thatgives the users the ability to create prototype electronic circuit boards in a matter of hoursinstead of days; the use of programmable logic devices (PLDs) permits the modificationof existing circuits in minutes. This has brought a capability to our undergraduatelaboratories to design and construct circuits that used to be abstract

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Mohammad H. Ahmadian

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Thomas M. Lahey; Thomas D. L. Walker

oflegacy code must be maintained and updated, new code is still written every day. Why? According toone industry leader “FORTRAN was designed with the end user in mind,...[The user] is only interested inthe logic being correct. In C, the assumption is that the user wants to have control of every single aspect Page 1.182.2 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedingsof his computer. As a result, the C programmer runs into problems that the FORTRAN programmer willnever see.”1 Lest we forget, FORTRAN was designed for scientists and engineers, and it was very welldesigned. Additionally, the regular updates to

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Sencer Yeralan

solving a given problem, the future IE may be charged with designingsubsystems that solve their own problems when they arise. This indeed would be a boldconceptual step.Bibliography(1) Yeralan, S. and A. Ahluwalia, "Programming and Interfacing 8031 Microcontrollers," Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1995.(2) Yeralan, S. and B. Tan, "Embedded Fuzzy Logic Control," Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, forthcoming in 1996.(3) Yeralan, S., "Computer Networks in Manufacturing," Handbook of Manufacturing and Automation, pp 727-736, Editors R. Dorf and A. Kusiak, John Wiley, 1994.(4) Yeralan, S. and B. Tan, "Fuzzy Logic Control as an Industrial Control Language for Embedded Controllers," Design and Implementation of

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David G. Meyer

. Opportunity #1: Perhaps the greatest opportunity currently available is the ability to effectively teach in the visual arena,i.e., to make increased use of computer-generated text, graphics, and images in classroom presentations. Theargument for increased use of visual media in engineering education has been aptly articulated in the litera-ture.6−8 Since print dominates our environment and educational methods, students are forced to process infor-mation and learn predominantly with the brain’s left hemisphere. Most of what engineering students mustlearn, however, requires them to develop right-brain processing skills. This leads to a fundamental incompati-bility in the general learning process, an incompatibility which is particularly acute

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Kathryn A. Neeley

1 Session 3261 THE ENGINEER IN THE MUSEUM: Helping Engineering Students Experience Technology as an Art Kathryn A. Neeley TCC/School of Engineering & Applied Science/University of Virginia In Getting Sued and Other Tales of the Engineering Life, Richard Meehan describes the process ofdesign and the satisfactions of being a designer: I learned the pleasure in it, in this design, the satisfaction in

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P.E., Dr. M. David Burghardt

: .Evaluation guidelines, rubrics in educationaleaz, need to be specific and provided to the students at the start ofthe portfolio assigned or design project. The following chart describes generic assessment guidelines for adesign project. Authentic Assessment Guidelines Assessment Scale 4 Accomplished: Work demonstrates mastery of this portion of the activity. 3 Acceptable: ‘Work fulfills all objectives of this portion of the activity. 2 Minimally Acceptable: Work acceptable, but needs minor revisions. 1 Unacceptable or Missing: Work is incomplete or needs major revisions. Student Design

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Michele M. Putko

1 Session 3592 .— - . . ..-. ..— Engineering and Motherhood: An Unspoken Combination Michele M. Putko United States Military Academy Abstract instincts and a great dedication to my husband and The representation of females in the children.engineering world has grown considerably inrecent decades. The message heard

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Ajay Mahajan; David McDonald

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Jerome P. Lavelle

teach engineering economy within theirrespective colleges/universities. The surveys, containing some dozen questions, were completed and returned tothe author during the fall semester of 1995 — the names of those who participated in the survey are given inAppendix A. The results of the individual questions from the survey are given below:QUESTION: Which department(s) Teaches Engineering Economy at Your School? Entity No. of Answer Entity No. of Answer That Teaches Responses Frequency That Teaches Responses FrequeIndustrial Engineering 26 54.2% Industrial Technology 1 2.1%Engineering

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Arup K. Mallik; Sanjiv Sarin

. Unfortunately, this course is not integrated withthe remainder of the curriculum. For instance, after taking this course, an EE or ME major rarely sees thetools employed in a sequel course within his major. This issue has been addressed by a multi-university project funded by the National ScienceFoundation [1]. Tasks accomplished by this coalition during the period 1991 - 1992 include thefollowing: (i) Integration of economic principles in a Thermosystems Design Analysis course, (ii)Development of a economic design simulator for estimating cost to manufacture for various thermalcomponents, (iii) Development of case studies focusing on economic principles in design, and (iv)Development of course materials for a course entitled Economics of

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Ron K. Bhada; J. Derald Morgan; Abbas Ghassemi

Session 2 2 5 1 Engineering Education by An Application Oriented Design Ron K. Bhada, Abbas Ghassemi, J. Derald Morgan New Mexico State University Waste-management Education & Research ConsortiumIntroduction: Efficient and safe management of a sustainable environment is an increasingly critical national goal. It is a b r o a d i s s u e which c a n n o t b ea d d r e s s e d b y a n y o n e entity a n d r e q u i r e s a multi-disciplinary, multi-organizational a p p r o a c h . In 1990, the U . S . D e p a r t

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Prof. K.V.S Apparao

reasons. In view of liberalization policies of the various nations, the engineering needs are no longer. confined to a . particularly locality but should also cater to the needs of the entire World. This paper briefly reviews the present educational system in India and suggests suitable strategies for restructuring engineering education to suit the needs of the 21 ‘t century, taking into consideration local and global needs. 1. Technical education in India: India is a vast country with a population of 843.9 million (199 1 census) with literacy rate of 52.11 O/O. India is a nation having twenty five states and fifteen constitutionally recognized languages and different socio- economic

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Ralph O. Buchal

technology enables learning tooccur anywhere, at any time. This paper describes the new model of collaborative learning, and evaluatesemerging technologies to support it.Introduction We live in a time of unprecedented change. All aspects of our society and economy are beingtransformed as we move to a knowledge-based economy. Education is becoming increasingly important, yetfunding for traditional educational institutions is being cut. Universities must transform themselves to addresschanging educational needs. 1 For knowledge workers, work and learning are becoming the same thing . Learning is becomingproblem-driven, as people continuously seek new knowledge

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Gad Engler

a collection is the sum of the worth of its individual journal titles. It rises when an includedor added journal is useful, pertinent, or relevant. Also, the worth of a collection does not rise and may decreaseif such journal is not acquired1. (p. 167.) Indeed, the worth of a collection decreases both when a high worthitem is not included or acquired and when a low worth item is. The rationale is that both cases constitute afailure to make the best use of scarce resources. For a particular journal title, journal worth involves three factors: (1) usage, (2) relevance and (3)availability elsewhere1 ( p. 177.) Let us expand a bit on each. (1) Usage is the first factor in calculating journal worth. The library seeks to acquire

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George Bugliarello

processing of financial transactions, an activity involving, e.g., telecommunications and informationprocessing. Competitiveness in the industry is heavily dependent on efficiency in carrying out transactions andon finding ever more effective ways of reaching and serving customers. For example, the ability of the NewYork Stock Exchange to process today a peak of some 500 million shares a day has been critical to theExchange’s continuous primacy over other exchanges abroad. To remain competitive the Exchange is aiming ata capability of 1 billion shares a day by the year 2000, a goal requiring continuing advances in hardware,software, and telecommunications. The second career path open to engineers in financial services is in the evaluation

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Larry C. Burton; Jeffrey G. Soper; Jack V. Matson

information session is held to ( 1 ) ensurethat students are self-motivated towards developing leadership skills, (2) inform students about the Minor,and (3) brief students on the application process. Application includes a personal resume, transcript andpersonal interview. A final screening is conducted by representatives from the Electrical EngineeringDepartment, the Leonhard Center, and the Leadership Development Minor Committee. Approximately 30students are to be admitted into the Minor during the 1995-96 academic year.Course SchedulingThe new Minor was named “Engineering Leadership Development.” It started fall 1995 and is open tostudents from all engineering majors. Initial enrollment was limited to 30 students, representing sevenmajors. A

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Lawrence Genalo

computer drawn plots on spreadsheets [1] and the report is now written with a word processor instead of being hand lettered. There are still engineering problems introductory topics such as statistics, engineering economy, and statics, but changes have brought an integrated hands-on and computer applications approach [2]. And, of course, there are still programming topics to learn, but changes in the way all course topics are taught have been made as new teaching tools have been implemented [3,4]. With all of these changes the greatest impact was in a very local environment. Although the improvements were reported on at previous ASEE meetings and appropriate courseware materials were included in the Synthesis Coalition NEEDS Database [5-8], the

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Xu Ming