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Issues of Building Diversity

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2005 Annual Conference

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Carla Purdy; Mara Wasburn

would alsohelp researchers to be more aware of what is not known and thus could help to speed up progressin this area.3. ConclusionAlthough some studies of the problems of diversifying the science and engineering graduatepopulation have been done12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20, much more work is needed in this area. Attractingmore of our qualified students to graduate degree programs will require continued effort, but thebenefits to the engineering profession will be enormous.Bibliography1. S. Greenwood-Gowen and A. Waller, An Introduction to Educational Research, ASEE National MeetingWorkshop, Montreal, Canada, June 16, 2002.2. National Science Foundation ADVANCE Program, RFP, 2002,http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2002/nsf02121/nsf02121.htm#TOC3. Report of

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Eugene Perry Deess; Judy Valyo; Kamal Joshi; Vladimir Briller; Raymond Calluori; John Carpinelli

experience has helped NJIT increase student performance and rates of on-time progression to the sophomore year. This paper examines the effects of the freshman designexperience on student performance in an introductory sophomore circuits course taken bystudents majoring in either electrical or computer engineering. Students who took the freshmandesign experience performed significantly better in the circuits course than those who did not.Students who took the electrical and computer engineering module in the freshman designexperience performed slightly better in the circuits course than students who took a differentmodule.1. IntroductionSince the early- to mid-1990’s, incorporating a design experience into the freshman year ofengineering curricula

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ECE Lab Development and Innovations

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2005 Annual Conference

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James Kang; Alan Felzer

A Digital Signal Processing Laboratory Course Using Field Programmable GateArray BoardsJames S. Kang and Alan P. FelzerDepartment of Electrical and Computer EngineeringCalifornia State Polytechnic University, PomonaAbstractInstead of using digital signal processor (DSP) boards from Texas Instruments or AnalogDevices, field programmable gate array (FPGA) boards using Xilinx chips can be used inteaching a laboratory course accompanying a junior level discrete-time signals andsystems course, and a laboratory course accompanying a senior-level digital signalprocessing lecture course. A peripheral board that includes a 16-bit analog to digitalconverter (ADC), a 16-bit digital to analog converter (DAC), a serial port connector, auniversal serial

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Bassem Ramadan; Karim Nasr

appeared recently.[24]The module-based layout does not compromise typical topical coverage[25] but ratherencompasses coverage in the context of real-life, open-ended problems. For each module,students tackle a practical, complex but well-designed, problem(s) to solve, employing just-in-time discovery of principles in a cooperative-learning environment. The class motto is "thinkbetter and retain more". The first two modules are, to a large extent, the largest and mostextensive as concepts encountered there are extended to the other modules. The instructor firstintroduces the application, followed by the students setting initial desired objectives (power andefficiency) of the problem. The instructor facilitates the modeling phase, probing students

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Tricks of the Trade

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2005 Annual Conference

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Susan Freeman; Beverly Jaeger; Maurice Aburdene

Empty-Handed Demonstr ations for Engineer s: Think Inside the Box Maurice F. Aburdene*, Beverly JaegerŒ, Susan FreemanŒ *Bucknell University, ŒNortheastern UniversityAbstractRecently there has been much emphasis on the inclusion of technology to improve student learning inengineering and this has proven to be very effective in a variety of engineering courses. The objective ofthis paper is to supplement technology-based education by teaching fundamental concepts using "empty-handed" demonstrations. This instructive technique is defined as one that is accomplished by usingwhatever is typically available in or near traditional classrooms and by simulating concepts with studentsand/or

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Web-Based Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Steve Edwards; Hussein Vastani; Manuel Perez-Quinones

while providing feedbackThirty two out of sixty two responses stated that students turn in their source code print-out forthe graders to read and assess. Almost an equal number of responses mention the use of anelectronic submission system. About 65% of graders write their comments on a paper printoutand primarily use plain text with occasional arrows, circles and lines to point out source codeissues. One person stated that s/he provides “hand written” comments, typing them would bepreferred but it is not done “simply as a time factor issue.” From those that provide commentselectronically, one “include[s] a link to a Web document that contains the instructor's solution atthe relevant line in the instructor's solution source code.” Comments are

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Programming for Engineering Students

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2005 Annual Conference

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Eric Hamilton

, are intended to pass affectively attunedcommunication on to students – the same kinds of messages that occur in normal person-to-person discourse. We will test whether ALASKA will provide a significantly higher“interactional bandwidth” or density of affect-rich messages than can take place in aconventional classroom. The teacher station will include a “response palette” that includes arepertoire of facially- and voice- nuanced responses s/he has available for agent inheritance orpass-through transmission to the student. In the ALASKA shared-workspace environment, theteacher can overview the thumbnails of everyone in the class simultaneously, collecting enoughinformation to judge fairly accurately what group of students was starting on track

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Innovative Topics in ChE Curriculum

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2005 Annual Conference

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Daniel Fichana; Ann Marie Flynn; Robert P. Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater; Jim Henry

, respectively[5].The traditional and probably most common method of introducing aspects of green engineeringhas been through a senior and graduate level elective course on environmental engineering, withan emphasis on process treatment. Courses were developed that focus on methods to minimizeor prevent waste streams from existing chemical plants in the 1990’s. The educationalprogression mirrors the progression in industry. In industry initial efforts were applied to wastetreatment whereas current efforts are aimed at reducing the total volume of effluent treated aswell as the nature of the chemicals treated. Currently, many of the environmental and pollutionprevention courses have been replaced by courses in green engineering, environmentallyconscious

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Rajab Challoo; Shuhui Li

important to introduce feedback control design and analysisin the course of Power Electronics. However, it is not required for students to have the linear control background [16]. Todevelop student ability in feedback control design and analysis of a power electronic converter,the following approaches have been used: 1) introducing from typical control examples to basiccontrol concepts and block diagrams representation of Figure 6; 2) understanding that thefundamental design objective is to make controlled variable follow the reference input change bydesigning feedback H(s) or compensator D(s) [16]; and 3) designing H(s) and D(s) by using theBode plots which students normally have extensive practices from previous courses such asElectric

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ERM Potpourri

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2005 Annual Conference

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Stefani A. Bjorklund; Norman Fortenberry

] Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. 2003-2004 Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, Baltimore, MD: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc., 2002.[3] Moore, Paolo Davidian, S. M. Cupp, and N. L. Fortenberry. “Linking Student Learning Outcomes to Instructional Practices – Phase II.” Annual Frontiers in Education Conference, Boulder, CO: ASEE/IEEE, 2003.[4] Chickering, Arthur W. and Z. F. Gamson (Eds.). “Applying the Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education.” New Directions for Teaching and Learning, Vol. 47, 1991.[5] Bransford, John D., A. L. Brown, and R. R. Cocking, eds. 2000. “How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School.” National Academy Press, Washington, DC

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Women in Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Mara Wasburn

, are neither unbiased nor value-free. Everything from what is studied to the subjects forthe experiments is male-dominated. When women begin to enter a field, different questions areasked and methodological and theoretical assumptions challenged. This often leads to thetrivializing of their scholarship Often the only women in their departments, female faculty in the STEM disciplinescommonly are not part of the camaraderie that often develops among young colleagues. This canresult in lack of access to information and professional opportunities (Fox, 1996). Johnsrud andDes Jarlais ‘s (1994) research reveals that faculty women report greater isolation and fewermentors than do their male peers. Their data indicate that women tend to be

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Lessons from Entrepreneurship Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

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R. Keith Stanfill

Directors developeda set of lessons learned in managing these expectations and developed going forward strategiesfor current and future offerings of the ITV program.Stakeholder expectationsThe stakeholders in the ITV program include the following: 1. Board of Directors 2. Chief Executive Officer 3. Inventor(s) 4. Chief Business Officer 5. Chief Technology Officer 6. Business development team 7. Engineering development teamDuring the fall 2003 – spring 2004 pilot implementation of the ITV program, there was a verylimited understanding amongst the various stakeholders of their roles and the roles of the otherstakeholders. The following sections describe some of the experiences during the pilot for eachof these stakeholders and the

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Multidisciplinary Engineering by Design II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jeffrey LaCombe; James Detweiler; Daniel Loranz; Eric Wang

. These included Mechanical, Electrical, Computer, and Materials Engineering. 5 Students should participate in the design, Students were very hands-on and learned many skills not fabrication, operation, and evaluation of normally associated with their “home” disciplines. The team their overall effort. performed individual and group assessments of performance. 6 The student researcher(s) will obtain Students prepared a poster and made a technical presentation experience in communicating the results of at the ARLISS competition. Students assisted in preparing a their design efforts. paper to be

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Visualization

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2005 Annual Conference

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Paul Charlesworth; Thomas Drummer; Kedmon Hungwe; Sheryl Sorby

Page 10.428.9 4(1), 1-22. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationBarke, H.-D. and T. Engida, (2001). Structural Chemistry and Spatial Ability in Different Cultures. Chemistry Education: Research and Practice in Europe, 2(3): p. 227-239.Bishop, J.E.(1978). Developing students spatial ability. Science Teacher, 45, 20-23.Bennett, G.K., Seashore, H. G., & Wesman, A. G. (1973). Differential aptitude tests, forms S and T. New York: The Psychological Corporation.Bodner, G.M. and T.L.B. McMillen, (1986). Cognitive restructuring as an early stage in problem solving. Journal of

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Distance & Service Learning, K-12, Web & Work-Based Projects

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2005 Annual Conference

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Serdar Tumkor; Ismail Fidan

sampleoutputs are presented. More detailed information can be received fromhttp://n.1asphost.com/forging/.AcknowledgementsThis project has been funded by the Office of Research in Tennessee Tech University.Authors greatly appreciate this financial aid required to complete the current project.Bibliographical Information1. T. Altan, F. W. Boulger, J. R. Becker, N. Akgerman, H. J. Henning, Forging Equipment, Materials, and Practices, Metals and Ceramics Information Center, October 1973.2. T. Altan, S. I. Oh, H. L. Gegel, Metal Forming Fundamentals and Applications, American Society for Metals,” 1983.3. S. Kalpakjian, Manufacturing Engineering and Technology, pp. 384-416, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1989.4

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Diversity: Women & Minorities in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Stephen Kuyath

moderate success, so a more holistic approach must betaken to encourage women and underrepresented minorities to consider engineering orengineering technology as an attainable career goal. Outreach programs that focus only on thetargeted groups may not be doing enough.The Theory of Planned Behavior describes three main factors that directly affect a person’sintentions to behave in a particular manner, such as enrolling in an engineering or engineeringtechnology college program. Once a person intends to engage in an activity, s/he will typicallyproceed unless some mitigating circumstances arise. The three main factors affecting intentionsare 1) the person’s attitude toward the behavior or activity, 2) the perceived subjective normsregarding the

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Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2005 Annual Conference

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Tolga Duman; Cihan Tepedelenlioglu; Antonia Papandreou-Suppappola; Venkatraman Atti; Andreas Spanias

. Early applications were military (secure communications) and while defenseapplications continue to use extensively such algorithms, speech coding has found applications in largescale and volume in cellular telephony and internet telephony (voice-over-IP). The purpose of speechcoding algorithms is to represent speech signals with a minimum number of bits while maintaining theperceptual quality and intelligibility of the signal. The research frontier in the area is to develop robustlow-complexity algorithms that maintain high quality signal at bit rates below 4 Kbits/s. The speechcoding algorithm paradigm lends itself well to education and the PI of this project has used the model

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Systems Approach to Teaching ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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David Myszka

different approaches used in mechanics courses indifferent engineering technology programs. Additionally, a study that distinguishe s thefactors of success in the engineering mechanics courses at the University of Dayton willbe reviewed. Using these studies, recommendations for an ideal approach will besuggested.IntroductionStatics and Dynamics is the first course, or courses, in a series commonly referred to asengineering mechanics. It is a fundamental prerequisite for subsequent courses such asstrength of materials and kinematics. Further, performance in these latter courses can bedirectly correlated to success in Statics.4Since understanding Statics and Dynamics is crucial to the future work of technicalprofessionals, Concept Inventory projects

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Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jr., Donald Mueller; Hosni Abu-Mulaweh

properties, Ⱦand ׾ , are available to fix the outlet temperature, ̾ . For the isentropic compression of a gas withconstant specific heats, ̾ can be calculated directly, while for a gas with temperature-dependentspecific heats a numerical solution is required. P2 1 T T2 P1 compressor T1 2 s

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Engineering Education Research and Assessment III

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2005 Annual Conference

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Daniel Bailey; Andrew Ricke; David Spurlock; Susan Murray

A Matter of Priorities: Effects of Increased Opportunities for Extracurricular and Non-traditional Learning Experiences on Student Time Management and Attitudes David G. Spurlock, Ph.D., Daniel J. Bailey, Susan Murray, Ph.D., and Andrew S. Ricke Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Department University of Missouri-Rolla AbstractMany schools are emphasizing non-traditional and extracurricular learning experiences forundergraduate engineering students. These include activities such as incorporating service-learning projects into the classroom

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Crossing the Discipline Divide!

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2005 Annual Conference

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Aiman Kuzmar

Undergraduate Research Collaboration Between Penn State Main Campus and One of Its Remote Campuses Aiman S. Kuzmar, Ph. D., P. E. Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus One University Drive, Uniontown, PA 15401AbstractUndergraduate research has been heavily promoted recently by universities and through local,state and federal agencies. The importance and benefits of this type of research have been welldocumented in the literature. The general focus of universities without graduate programs is onteaching, and less emphasis is given to research. Consequently, such universities face variouschallenges to carry out undergraduate research. Some

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Garcia Julio; Patricia Backer

• Build, test, troubleshoot, and verify a circuit that will implement systems a closed-loop system using op-amps. • Verify the behavior of a closed-loop system under the presence of disturbancesBibliography1. Fisher, S. & Nygren, T. I. (2000). Experiments in the Cost-Effective Uses of Technology in Teaching: Lessonsfrom the Mellon Program So Far. New York: The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Cost-Effective Uses ofTechnology in Teaching (CEUTT) Initiative. Available: http://www.ceutt.org/ICLT%20CEUTT.pdf2. Shiratuddin, N., Hassan, S., & Landoni, M. (2003). A Usability Study for Promoting eContent in HigherEducation. Educational Technology &

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Lennard Lema; Peter Baumann

,” Journal of Engineering Education, January 1998, pp. 23-27.7. Hoit, M. and M. Ohland, “The Impact of a Discipline-based Introduction to Engineering Course on Improving Retention,” Journal of Engineering Education, January 1998, pp. 79-85.8. Lau, A. S. and R. N. Pangborn, “Engaging Engineering Students in Learning – A College-wide First Year Seminar Program,” Proceedings, 2001 ASEE Annual Conference (Washington, DC: American Society for Engineering Education, 2001).9. Lau, A. S., et al., “Student Assessments of Engineering First-year Seminars,” Proceedings, 2001 ASEE Annual Conference (Washington, DC: American Society for Engineering Education, 2001).10. Litzinger, T., M. Trethewey and J. Gardner, “Integrated

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Curriculum Issues in Software Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

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Steve Chenoweth; Donald Bagert

in the area of undergraduate softwareengineering education over the past five years. In the late 1990’s, the ABET, the accreditationbody for applied science, engineering, computing and technology degree programs in the UnitedStates, approved criteria for accrediting software engineering under the EngineeringAccreditation Commission (EAC). Four programs were accredited in 2003, and another two in20048. Page 10.653.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Category

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Pete Jankovsky; Matt Valerio; Jack Skinner; Khalid Al-Olimat

Calculation of Electrical Quantities in Three Phase Circuits using MATLAB Khalid S. Al-Olimat, Pete Jankovsky, Matt Valerio and Jack Skinner Ohio Northern UniversityAbstractThis paper presents a MATLAB program that utilizes a Graphical User Interface (GUI) tocalculate the electrical quantities of three phase circuits. The GUI is designed in a way to allowthe user to enter the resistances and reactances of the source, the transmission line and that of theload respectively. It also requires a voltage value of one of the phases at the generator end. Thisprogram performs the calculations with respect to the specified connection type. There are fourtypes: wye-wye, wye-delta, delta-wye and delta

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K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lawrence Genalo

School (New York) andthe Apple Classroom of Tomorrow (ACOT) studies. Jean Piaget30 developed a child-centered,developmental theory of learning. According to his theory, children construct knowledge abouttheir world through their active involvement in experiences that are meaningful for them in orderto provide an ideal learning environment.Seymour Papert, who invented the LOGO language, tied constructivist classroom principles tochildren’s robotics exercises with LEGO®s. Papert, who worked with Piaget and continues to bea leader in this field, coined the term “constructionism” to refer to constructivist practicesapplied to a learning environment in which the students are constructing objects.31 Papert24defines constructionism as “an

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Energy Program and Software Tools

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kendrick Aung

of the cylinder wall (K)U Piston speed (cm/s)V Cylinder volume (cm3)Vd Displacement volume (cm3)xb mass fraction of burned gas in the cylindery Exposed cylinder wall height (cm)Greekγ Specific heat ratioθ Crank angle (degree)θs Crank angle at the start of heat release (degree)θd Burn duration of heat release (degree)Introduction Increasing popularity of the Internet and widespread availability of computers haveresulted in the use of World Wide Web (WWW) as a teaching medium in engineering education[1, 2]. Thus, more and more educators have developed web-based teaching and evaluation toolsto facilitate and improve

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Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Bijan Sepahpour

several members of the team. S/he must clearly establish the goals of the project and theexpected performance criteria. The level of such expectations/goals may be significantlydifferent than those set for winning the competition. The teams that achieve these initially setgoals of their own environment are considered successful. The most important outcome of suchprojects is the experience that the students gain by their involvement in a cooperative learningenvironment through which they enhance their overall knowledge of engineering and improvetheir group dynamics skills.I- INTRODUCTIONFor the past twenty two years, The College of New Jersey-TCNJ (formerly known as TrentonState College) has developed and prepared many vehicles for competitive

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Innovation in Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

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Shreeekanth Mandayam; Beena Sukumaran; Kauser Jahan; Yusuf Mehta

. Page 10.481.6 Proceedings of the 2005 Annual American Society for Engineering Education Conference. Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationAcknowledgementThis project is being funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF DUE#0231033) and Rowan University. We would like to offer our sincere appreciation to theengineering clinic students at the College of Engineering for their support in developing theexperiments.References 1. J. Neyhart, M. Kirlakovsky, L. Coleman, R. Polikar, M. Tseng and S. Mandayam, "Automated Segmentation and Quantitative Characterization of Radiodense Tissue in Digitized Mammograms," Proceedings of the 28th Annual Review in Progress of Quantitative NDE

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Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

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2005 Annual Conference

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Suzanne Brainard; Sheila Edwards Lange; Elizabeth Litzler

to degree progress and career commitment.Integration experiences and concerns about work/life balance are explored in more depth in aforthcoming article by the authors. Given the emphasis on departmental climate, the researchquestions addressed in this paper include: Are there gender differences in graduate studentperceptions about climate in STEM departments? How are perceptions about climate related todegree progress? and Does departmental climate influence graduate student commitment toSTEM professional careers?II. Climate, Degree Progress and Career CommitmentFirst coined by Hall & Sandler in the early 1980’s to describe the classroom experiences ofundergraduate women, the construct of a chilly climate has been extended to include