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Merl Baker

. process in U. S. universities is an integration of (a) a block of academic courses, (b) literaturereports, (c) academic work experiences, and (d) an original basic-~search dissertation. Initially in this paper, challenges byrespected leaders of the traditional process has been recognized. However, since it has been proven highly successful inmost respects the conclusion is that, “radically displacement is unnecessary and ill advised”. In response to Armstrong and GrifMhs’ deep concerns, significant and tangible incremental changes in the macroprocess by small sub-processes substitutions are deemed essential to achieve continuous improvements and provide highquality services to customers of all types. Customer demands are changing rapidly

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Joseph A. Shaeiwitz

. Principles of Assessment The term assessment is generally used in two contexts. Summative assessment (usually just calledassessment) is what an institution may use to make decisions about global learning outcomes, resourceallocation, and accountability. The assessment is usually a formal process and consists of documentation thatstudents completing degree programs have the knowledge and/or skills required of their degree program. Theaudience for summative assessment is usually external to the department or university. Formative assessment(often called classroom assessment) involves continuous, oflen informal, assessment of student learning withthe expressed purpose of improving teaching and learning within a specific course or curriculum

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Wayne E. Wells

develop a strategy for dissemination of the materials through channels such as ASEE and the various engineering societies, to gain rapid adoption and use of the materials. 3. To encourage ongoing development and dissemination through a series of annual workshops and seminars on topics related to environmental protection and environmental] y responsible manufacturing. The goals of the reference book itself are : 1. To integrate pollution prevention and waste reduction into the engineering curriculum. 2. To prepare students with the skills, knowledge and attitudes essential to making environmentally responsible engineering decisions. 3. To develop the materials in a &i-national effort and assure

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Richard Lundstrom; Jawaharlal Mariappan; K. Joel Berry

There has been increased attention on improving the quality of engineering education in the country.Engineering educators (Bieniawski, 1995; Cage, 1995; Dixon, 1991; Furman, 1995; Howel et al,1995; Wilczynski and Douglas, 1995) have been addressing several issues such as integrating designeducation into the engineering curriculum to improve the quality of engineering graduates. TheAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) has adopted new guidelines for therecognition of engineering programs. ABET requirement of minimum number of design credits from anycombination of courses has been changed, and now it is necessary for the engineering schools to pn~vide anintegrated design experience that builds upon the fundamentals of basic

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Timothy Sexton

software, there comes a perplexing problem. How does one balance the teaching of the basic concepts of a discipline and also teach complex software? If you concentrate on the software, students may become proficient but dangerous software users. They will not know its proper applications or the reasonableness of their solutions. If you concentrate on basic concepts at the expense of the software, students are not being exposed to the most efficient and effective tools of the respective discipline. The author teaches courses in Engineering Graphics in which Computer Aided Design (CAD) software is an essential and integral component of the discipline at the entry through advanced levels. But CAD software can be overwhelming to the student

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Kristin A. Young; Masoud Rais-Rohani

the form of classroom lectures is still the most prevalent methodat institutions of higher learning. While classroom lectures are an important component of teaching, theireffectiveness, as far as student’s comprehension of the subject is concerned, may be less than desirable. Ofparticular concern is the way engineering courses are typically taught — based primarily on lectures. In-depthunderstanding of the physical concepts and methods of analysis discussed in an engineering course, especially atthe senior-level and beyond, requires an enhanced method of instruction that gives full consideration tovariation in students’ learning styles and thinking preferences. 1 However, tailoring of classroom lectures alone,toward this objective, would

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Robert A. Chin; Amy R. Frank

the technology may be integrated, and to offer additionalperspectives on multimedia instruction. The objective is to encourage members to consider and to explorepossible options to the integration of such technology. The ultimate goal is improvement in the delivery ofinstruction in engineering education.THE MULTIMEDIA INSTRUCTION INITIATIVE Developed by the Division of Business Affairs in cooperation with the Division of Academic Affairs,ECU (East Carolina University), the MII (Multimedia Instruction Initiative) provides appropriate resources toassist faculty in integrating electronically based instructional computing technologies into the curriculum (T. E.Yarbrough, personal communication, April 20, 1995). Specifically, it provides

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Judith E. Miller; James E. Groccia; David DiBiasio

model. The Davis model was introduced and discussed in the Seminar in College Teaching. A third important course component was an introduction to project-based learning. Since 1971 WPI has been a leader in using noncourse-based project curricula to teach humanities, integrate societal and technological issues, and to provide a capstone design/research experience within the major discipline. We wanted to instruct future faculty in how to properly design and conduct these project structures. More details on the course can be found by visiting the Web site constructed by some students as one of their optional projects (see below). The site address is: http://www.wpi.edu/-isg_501. ..- Course Assessment and Evaluation Evaluation

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T. N. Jones; P. K. Allen; P. A. McCoog; J. P. Crosby

funded by the National Science Foundation Combined Research- Curriculum Development program (CRCD) aimed at producing instructional lab modules for new and emerging techniques in robotic vision. VVL uses an integrated multi-media presentation format that allows the student to learn about robot vision techniques from textual sources, runtime algorithm codes, live and canned digital imagery, interactive modification of program parameters and insertion of student developed code for certain parts of the tutorial. It aims to translate a research paper in robot vision into a usable and understandable laboratory exercise that highlights the important aspects of the research in a realistic environment that combines both simulated virtual

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

interrelatedactivities involving the disciplines of engineering, economics, politics, sociology, medicine and psychology, andlaw. Therefore, USFAFA graduates must possess an integrated body of fundamental knowledge. So the projectgiven in Engr-110Z is selected deliberately to engage the students in numerous integrated technical and non-technical issues: the design and deployment of a manned research base on Mars. The interdisciplinary nature ofthis project requires the students to interact with many instructors from engineering and social science faculties.Research done by sub-groups meeting with faculty experts, investigations on sub-system components,interactions with cadets in other classes (upper division cadets), and contact with other agencies like the

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David F. Ollis; Ann Brown

e e x p e c t e d t o p a t t e r n themselves after existing requirements, in order to satisfy the argument of the type “please accept new course X in lieu of current Y“. A new example from our NCSU College of Engineering is an integrated version of mathematics, physics, and chemistry, known as IMPEC and described in the preceding paper (l); here the challenge is largely curricular integration to give physics or chemistry a “just-in- time” mathematics component, all spiced with design examples from Page 1.435.1---- {iiii’) 1996 ASEE Annual Conference

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K.A. Korzeniowski

samplesurrounding physical phenomenon such as light level, temperature and pressure. Electronic InstrumentationSystems are concerned with data acquisition, signal processing and computer control. In these systems, dataacquisition circuits use sensors and signal conditioning electronics in order to convert physical environmentalchanges into electric signals that can be processed with a computer. Gaining experience with practical electronic instrumentation is an important experience for anyengineering student and should be a part of a rounded engineering education. Design is a major component ofthe course described in this paper, therefore the course complies with the American Board for EngineeringTechnology (ABET) requirement that the design process

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Maher E. Rizkalla; Charles F. Yokomoto; Carol L. O'Loughlin

professional- quality design.4. It must include industrial linkages so that students will be exposed to the industrial world early in the curriculum.5. It must integrate principles of cooperative learning.6. It must include material of an interdisciplinary nature.7. It must be pedagogically sound. 1 This project is partially funded by FIPSE grant #Pl16A-50067 Page 1.24.1 ?$ihj 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘..+,El#l,: ‘ 1

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Pamela Brown; Harry Sills

assignment. Because of the magnitude of the assignment, delegation of tasks, and parallel completion of tasks was necessary. Weekly private meetings with the instructors and teaching assistant were scheduled with each team to answer questions, and simulate industrial progress meetings with supervisors. The students reported that the assignment was demanding, but worthwhile. They integrated concepts learned throughout the undergraduate curriculum had experience writing a formal report, meeting a deadline, preparing concise questions and progress reports for the weekly meeting, and working in teams. The problem follows: Problem Statement: Propylene is stored at 700 psia and 60 OF by dissolving it in liquid n

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D.E., Lt. Col. Randall K. Liefer

highaltitude, helium filled balloons. The following sections will briefly discuss what balloons can offer to aspace engineering curriculum and describe some of the organizations and bureaucracies with whichthe hopeful ballooner may want to or may have to coordinate. Finally, the Academy’s recentexperience and future plans are presented as an example of one school’s first ever ballooningadventure.Whv Balloons for a Space Experiment? Clearly, a balloon payload at 100,000 feet isn’t “in space” but it is in a harsh environment thatchallenges the student designers to toughen or protect the equipment they plan to send aloft.Atmospheric pressure is reduced by a factor of 75 and the craft is cold soaked for hours at -50 to -70

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W. M. Waite; Rommel Simpson

thenecessary skill acquisition. This paper discusses the structure and support of this course, and our experiencewith teaching it.1. BackgroundFalling enrollments and problems with retention of sophomores prompted us to examine our curriculum in1992. We interviewed students, looked at initiatives at other schools, consulted with industryrepresentatives, and debated strategy and tactics internally. Our conclusion was that we needed to improvethe students’ laboratory experience and integrate it more closely with lecture material. In that way, we feltthat we could provide stronger motivation for the lecture material and also reinforce it through immediateapplication.There has been a trend at the University of Colorado towards a separation of lectures

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Ishwar Rattan

traditionalcentralized operating systems. To integrate the concepts of distributed operating systems(DOS) in out undergraduate curriculum, a new course has been designed. It uses DOS laboratorywhich contains fourteen PC/ATs running under MINIX 1.5 (with networking kernel). This paperdescribes the course, the laboratory set-up, and the experiences in using the laboratory.Introduction Since the mid 1980s, two major advances in computer technology have been evident. First,powerful microprocessors (16, 32 and even 64 bit) with computing power of earlier mainframesare abundant. Secondly, a larger number of these can be connected together through high speednetworks which allow data transfer at 10 to 100 million bits per second. These have lead to increasing

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Ajay Mahajan; David McDonald

toengineering and technology. This paper describes two such courses that fall in this category and fulfill thenew general education requirements. Introduction ] For the third time this century there is a revival of general education . This revival of generaleducation is resulting in an increase in both the quantity and quality of general education. The changes aremore than breadth and depth, however, as they encompass several elements including the integration of zideas from a variety of fields . Many new programs also include a fresh look at science education and theuse of active-learning

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Harry Knickle

that can run on Intel 486 computers has started. This will be an attempt to institutionalize the major concepts taught in these course and provide the students with visual engineering experiences. FOUNDATIONS OF ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM Foundations of manufacturing was incorporated into the structure of each course wherever it was appropriate. These foundations include the following. Teaming - It is important that projects which are worked on by groups are divisible tasks. It is helpful if professors give the teams guidance in dividing up projects. One possibility is that groups elect a team manager who is responsible for

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Robert L. Drake; Ottis L. Barron; J. Douglas Sterrett

system flow rate to the computer output. Thiscorrelation curve is then used to determine keyboard entries for predetermined flow rates. An additional laboratory exercise involves measuring and controlling the fluid level in a tank. Thestudents use the computer to monitor the fluid level and to provide the necessary control si~als. If timepermits, additional exercises are completed by closing a feedback loop through the computer. A fourth laboratory exercise involves measuring and controlling the speed of an integral horsepowerelectric motor with the computer. A standard 4 to 20 mA signal from the computer determines motor speedthrough a power electronic controller. A tachometer senses the speed of the motor shafi and this speed

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Mohamad Qatu; Ajay Mahajan; David McDonald

isespecially true for new general education courses and unique freshmen and senior level courses. As aresult, the instructors often come from different disciplines. This team instruction approach has bothstrengths and weaknesses depending upon the course needs and the style of team teaching that is employed. In recent years, a renewal of general education has resulted in an increase in both the quantity andquality of the general education programs.’ Two specific areas of interest to engineering educators are an 2increase in courses that integrate ideas from a variety of fields and engineering-focused courses that non-majors take for general education credit.3’4’5 Engineering

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Robert Madar; David L. Huggins

the reader board with its separate camera. Initial adjustments were necessaryin order to allow the time delayed video reception site to see lecture notes presented on a board without a handshadow blocking part of the presentation. IV. Instructional Motivation: As this and other courses are developed, multimedia interactivecomputer presentations should enhance the delivery of materials at distant locations. This however, is an entireadditional series of processes that need to be presented separately. As faculty become more in tune with distantlearning capabilities, instructional techniques will improve and learning motivation will surely follow. The integration of distant learning techniques into the curriculum should be

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Richard W. Crain; Michael S. Trevisan; Kenneth L. Gentili; Dale E. Calkins; D. C. Davis

). This work is part ofthe TIDEE project described below. The “Transferable Integrated Design Engineering Education” (TIDEE) project, fundedby the Course and Curriculum Development and the Undergraduate Faculty Enhancementprograms of the National Science Foundation, is a collaborative effort among Washington StateUniversity, University of Washington, and Tacoma Community College with activeparticipation from over 25 institutions in the state. The overall goal of this project is to structureundergraduate engineering design education during the first two years to produce flexible yetconsistent engineering design preparation for a diverse pool of students following a variety ofpaths toward their degrees

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Christopher G. Braun

/fixedwiring would be connected to an inexpensive, dedicated terminal strip. The are many possible choices in implementing this system. Because we need toconsider fabrication as well as cost, one of the major constraints was to minimize thenumber of different integrated circuit packages. After considerable design work, we haveproduced a working prototype that is shown on Figure 1. A block diagram of the internalsystem functions is shown on Figure 2. [2] We were led to the use of an Altera programmable logic device (PLD), even at arelatively high cost, to handle the bus control and parallel port interfacing. This approachgreatly simplified the hardware

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Russell A. Aubrey; Dennis O. Owen; Jack Beasley

Session 2392 Tech Prep Student Activities at a Post Secondary Institution D. Owen, R. Aubrey, J. Beasley Purdue University Programs-Anderson Abstract National focus is turning toward keeping the American work force competitive in a global market. The transition of high school students into a university educational environment looms as a major issue in staying competitive. Tech Prep initiatives typically modify high school curriculum to meet certain state standards and

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N. A. Pendergrass

laboratories [4, 8]. Page 1.506.1 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings Putting Hands-on Experience in a Signals and Systems Course Unfortunately, it would be very painful to add even a one-credit laboratory to a signals and systemscourse in a tightly structured curriculum. Instead, significant hands-on experience was integrated directly intothe course with projects and interactive classroom activities. Students now work on high performancecomputers using SIMULINK, which is a graphical, block diagram oriented simulator that runs as an extension ofMATLAB. The

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Paul F. Packman; Charles M. Lovas

the potential for follow-on activities inthe engineering science courses. Emphasis was placed on developing design materials which could be integratedthroughout the engineering curriculum and which were easily transportable to engineering programs at otherinstitutions. The Need for Improving Design Education There is a widely held perception that U. S. industry’s extended period of world dominance in productdevelopment, manufacturing innovation, process engineering, and productivity has ended. The relative declineof U. S. productivity and competitiveness can be attributed to several factors, including national fiscal policies,exchange rates, international labor rates, deficiencies in manufacturing

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1996 Annual Conference

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Aaron R. Byerley; Edward M. O'Brien

background required to make good design decisions, they often need help in bringingstructure to their effort. Even though much progress has been made at Mercer recently in integrating designwithin the engineering science curriculum, students still have difficulty applying their engineering scienceunderstanding to the task of making good design decisions. This is particularly true when the project ismultidisciplinary and the functional requirements include those that are difficult to quantify. Often, thestudent’s experience with the aspect of design methodology dealing with feasibility and merit analysis hasbeen limited to classroom exercises. When an actual device must be designed, built, and tested, and thestudents must interface with a real client

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1996 Annual Conference

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

, allowing students to view lectures from their computer terminals. And, in atwo-way, interactive format, they’ll still be able to pose questions to the lecturer and interact with the lecturer’sdata and information in real time."1 Many questions, however, remain — such as: What curriculum changes need to be made in order toeffectively utilize technology-based instructional delivery? How well can students adapt their learning style tosuch an environment? How does technology-based instructional delivery impact academic performance —does it hinder or help students learn? What impact does technology-based instructional delivery have on stu-dents’ perceptions of the course and the instructor? What are the advantages and disadvantages of technology

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William H. Jermann

Session 1532 THE FRESHMAN PROGRAMMING COURSE: A NEW DIRECTION William H. Jermann The University of Memphis INTRODUCTION For decades typical Electrical Engineering curricula haveincluded a freshman-level course in computer programming. Inearlier days, this course included segments related to operatinga card punching machine as well as detailed coverage of theFORTRAN programming Language. Now the course frequently involvesuse of a more modern programming language such as c or c++operating under a system that supports integrated developmentalenvironments [1], [2]. Typical