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Peck Cho

Session 1675 Exam as a Positive Experience for Both Students and Teachers Peck Cho Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Michigan Technological UniversityABSTRACTNew instructors know that the exams that they give students in their classes should serve manyfunctions, in addition to evaluating the students' performance for the purpose of assigning a lettergrade at the end of the term. For example, they know that exams ought to promote learning bystimulating teachers to clarify learning objectives, by motivating students to study, and byproviding timely

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Kay Starrett, "A Beginner's Approach to Teaching with the Internet," Proceedings Frontiers inEducation, November 1996, Salt Lake City, Utah3. "Education Via Advanced Technologies," Final Report, MIT Committee on EVAT, July, 19954. Ralph O. Buchal, "Engineering Education in the 21 st Century," Proceedings Frontiers in Education,November 1996, Salt Lake City, Utah5. Charles Schlosser, "Distance Education: What Literature Says Works," Proceedings Frontiers inEducation, November 1996, Salt Lake City, Utah6. Micheal Simonson, "Distance Education: Trends and Redefinition," Proceedings Frontiers in Education,November 1996, Salt Lake City, Utah7. Michael Bartz, "The Electronic Classroom Via the World Wide Web," Proceedings Frontiers inEducation

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Vincent Allen; Bruce E. Segee; Scott C. Dunning

: ($~P19~ implementation cost) / ($~P17~/yr) = ~P20~ year paybackBiographySCOTT C. DUNNING in an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology at the University of Maine,Orono, Maine. He teaches undergraduate courses in electrical machinery and power systems. He received the BSEEand MSEE from the University of Maine. He is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Maine. He iscurrently Chairman for the Executive Committee of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Maine(IEEE) and a Member of the Amercan Society for Engineering Education(ASEE).Dr. BRUCE SEGEE received a PhD in Engineering from the University of New Hampshire in 1992. He has been anassistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the

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Christopher G. Braun

Force on the Health of Research," Congressional Records 102nd Session of Congress, July 1992[6] Gomory, Ralph "Government's Role in Science and Technology: Goals and Priorities," The Bridge (National Academy of Engineering), Vol. 22, No. 2, Summer 1992[7] Adam, John "Competing in a Global Economy," IEEE Spectrum, Vol. 27, No. 4, April 1990[8] Braun, Christopher G. "Making Things Real in Electronics Laboratories," 1995 Frontiers in Education Conference, pp. 4c2.10-4c2.13, 1995[9] Braun, Christopher G. “An Electronics Prototyping Facility for Undergraduate Electronics Laboratories,” Proceedings of the 1996 ASEE (CD ROM), 1996[10] CalPoly's Industrial Engineering Program facilities include a chemical

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Tian S. Lim

breaker current, breaker voltage, and thebreaker impedance. A non-linear differential equation was written to describe the circuit breaker.The ACSL program provided a simple method of representing these mathematical equations ona digital computer. As runtime commands were written interactively to exercise the model,results were obtained for the model with varying constants. References[1] ACB 4001R Circuit Breaker Arc Chute Design and Contact Structure Modifications, SPD Technologies, Page 2.293.3 Philadelphia, PA 19116.[2] Advanced Continuous Simulation Language (ACSL) Reference Manual, Mitchell

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Gregory M. Dick

technology - the cooperation we sought. Notable within this group are: Kip Ruefle - who continues now to contribute to the project and has insured that my technical statements in this paper are correct, and David Schatz, Peter Donovan, and Robin Ruefle - without whose constant support the project would not have succeeded. • The Staff of Academic Computing at Pitt-Johnstown - it was these individuals who chose to relinquish exclusive control over local labs so that the students might benefit: • Craig Gresko • Rob Eckenrod.GREGORY M. DICK is Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology at the University of Pittsburgh

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Marilyn Dyrud

Session 2647 Attitudinal Aspects of Assessing Student Writing Marilyn A. Dyrud Oregon Institute of Technology AbstractFor many instructors, regardless of academic field, evaluating student writing is a thankless task,one that requires a seemingly endless amount of time. Consequently, attitudes regardingassessment may be less than positive. This paper explores faculty attitudinal aspects of gradingstudent writing by examining the results of a survey administered to engineering technologyfaculty at Oregon Institute of Technology

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M. Hossein Hariri

Session 3513 A Case Study in Stoichiometry Course Using Excel and Power Point Presentation M. Hossein Hariri Department of Chemical Engineering Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Terre Haute, IN 47803 AbstractProduction of syngas from coal was considered as a case study project for thestoichiometry course. In this case study we showed the students how to divide a complexprocess such as above to smaller single units as the first step. The flowsheets of eachsingle unit was drawn on a

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Subra Ganesan

Session 1220 Digital Signal Processing Design Using TMS 320C5X Processor Subra Ganesan Department of Computer Science and Engineering Oakland University, Rochester, MI 48309. U.S.A. Phone: (810) 370 2206 Email: ganesan@oakland.eduABSTRACTThis paper describes the design of a Digital Signal Processing (DSP) system and a set oflaboratory experiments to understand and /or teach real time system applications. DigitalSignal processors have high performance and in chip integration and are highly suitablefor real time control applications. TMS 320C5X is an advanced fixed point

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Duane L. Marcy; James C. Sturm

physicalprocesses behind transistor operation or chip fabrication, but rather to show how basic analog,digital, and opto-electronic functions may be integrated onto a chip. The students test the circuitsusing needle probes and a microscope so they can see the circuit while measuring its limitations.Through lab and lecture the connections between the physical parameters, such as line width on achip and system parameters such as power delay product (digital) or gain bandwidth product(analog) are developed.INTRODUCTION Recently at Princeton, the Electrical Engineering (EE) curriculum has been revised toaccommodate the needs of a student interested in engineering in the modern world of sophisticatedsystems technology. The new students do not have the

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Michael Aldaco

qualified. Page 2.202.1Persons with a concern for institutional efforts that reach out to underrepresented students for thepurpose of boosting eligibility for higher education and employability in technology-basedcompanies will notice that these outreach efforts do not fit readily within these three areas ofconcern. Business contracts are not being awarded; employees are not being hired; and theseefforts are not admitting students to a university. The result was an under-attentiveness to race-sensitive outreach programs and the potential impact that Proposition 209 could have on them. Itis the author’s belief that, properly justified and

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William E. Cole

, Howard and Calabrese, Marc, “On-Line Detergent Fluid Evaluation on a TF40B Gas Turbine Engine,” Inter. Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress and Exp., The Hague, June 1994, ASME 94-GT-452.14. Haub, Gary and Hauhe, Wm., “Field Evaluation of On-Line Compressor Cleaning in Heavy Duty Industrial Gas Turbines,” Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress and Exp., Brussels, June 1990, ASME 90-GT-452. WILLIAM E. COLEDr. Cole received his Bachelors of Mechanical Engineering Degree from Stevens Institute of Technology and hisDoctor of Philosophy from the Pennsylvania State University. He has over twenty years of industrial experiencedeveloping industrial process equipment at The United Technologies Research Center

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Robert E. Magowan; Azmi Bin Ahmad; Deborah Hochstein

. Page 2.397.2Brainstorming The students first learned that before an array could be structured, various factors, bothcontrollable and uncontrollable, must be examined. This required some level of familiarity withthe topic. The class was composed of both engineering technology graduate students andgraduate students from the College of Business. While both groups knew that concrete iscomposed of cement, sand, gravel, and water, they all had to research factors which affect itsstrength. The design of a concrete mix depends upon many factors including; type andproportion of ingredients, additives to improve water-tightness or curing time, slump orworkability requirements, humidity and temperature, and geometry of the form. After

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Valerie L. Young; Peter L. Silsbee; Joseph W. Newkirk; Bradford L. Snowden; Anu Maria; Jerry W. Samples

pedagogy. Page 2.429.63. I actively seek feedback from the students via mid-term and end-of-term questionnairesand no-holds-barred discussions in class. Naturally, I was curious to see how I comparedwith the other inexperienced engineering faculty members.List 3 outcomes that you carried away that will help you in the future:1. Lesson organization and board organization techniques.2. Assessing myself.3. When and when not to use technology in the classroom. Since T4E, I have gonethrough a training program for teaching on television for my university’s distancelearning program. Because I strongly believe in the group dynamic, the synergy, and

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Elmer A. Grubbs

Session 2348 CENT 354 - Computer Architecture - A Project Class Using Cooperative Learning Elmer A. Grubbs The University of Southern ColoradoINTRODUCTIONCENT 354, a junior level course in the Electronic Engineering Technology (EET) and ComputerEngineering Technology (CENT) department at the University of Southern Colorado, has beentaught once a year for the last eight years. In its present form, it includes a substantial project,which involves building a four bit microprocessor using a XILINX XC3000 series integratedcircuit and some external circuitry

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Paul Rossler

would make workstation changes and then evaluate the effects of workstation changeson overall production system performance. By year’s end, I plan on having a complete, coherentproduction system design learning experience that begins with basic production system dynamicsand performance and considers the effects of process technology, product flow, facility layout,and workstation design on that performance (and vice versa).ReferenceHopp, Wallace J. and Mark L. Spearman (1996) Factory Physics: Foundations of ManufacturingManagement, Irwin.Biographical NotesPaul E. Rossler is an assistant professor of Industrial Engineering at GMI Engineering &Management Institute. His interests include organizational performance improvementphilosophies and

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Rick L. Homkes; Kevin D. Taylor; Russell A. Aubrey

have a presenter who has excuses aboutthe quality of a talk. It is like the student who says his hard drive crashed as he was starting histen page report for you this morning. Finalize the presentation before you leave for theconference. Select a presentation technology that will work smoothly in the time allotted. If youplan a computer presentation, have transparency backups. Don’t try the audience’s patience byrunning back to your car for the right disk or computer cable. Page 2.441.3Giving Credit Where Credit is DueAt some institutions, the principal authors' names appear with an asterisk (*) on the promotiondocument. If you operate under a

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Janet K. Allen; Farrokh Mistree; Jennifer Turns

Session 1630 Quantitatively Analyzing the Use and Usefulness of the Design Learning Simulator Jennifer Turns, Farrokh Mistree, Janet K. Allen Georgia Institute of TechnologyAbstract: Current trends in engineering design education, which promote teams of studentssolving open ended problems, often result in classes which create a wide variety of logistical,cognitive, and motivational problems for students. Software resources can help students but onlyif students perceive them to be useful and make use of them. Our Design-Learning Simulator atthe Georgia Institute of

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Julie E. Sharp

, Jossey-Bass, Inc., San Francisco 1982.4. Flower, L., and J.R. Hayes, "The Cognition of Discovery: Defining a Rhetorical Problem," College Composition and Communication, vol. 26, 1980, pp. 21-32.5. Freisinger, R., "Cross Disciplinary Writing Programs: Beginnings," in Fulwiler, T., and A. Youngs, Eds., Language Connections: Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum, National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL 1982, p. 9.6. Britton, J., "Writing to Learn and Learning to Write," in Pradl, G.M., Ed., Prospect and Retrospect: Selected Essays of James Britton, Boynton/Cook, Montclair, NJ 1982.7. Olds, B.M., M.A. Dyrud, J.A. Held, and J.E. Sharp, "Writing in Engineering and Technology Courses," Proceedings of

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Robert E. Wilson; Brian K. Johnson

students greater insight as to howrelays behave under steady-state and transient conditions.Specialized courses in system protection are of interest to engineers and students across thecontinent, but the enrollment on the originating campus may be only two or three students.Universities are using high technology solutions such as video tape and compressed video tooffer courses to students in many locations. This paper discusses the experiences obtained in agraduate level power system protection course that used computer simulations to help teach thesubject. I. IntroductionHigh-voltage electric power systems are exposed to lightning strikes, insulation failure, andequipment failure. Faulted portions of the

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Amer Mokaddem; James Moller

the learning of stress transformation and Mohr’s circle is introduced. It displays diagramsof the state of stress and the corresponding Mohr’s circle as transformation angle is varied.Results of student testing indicate it is most effective at improving ability to anticipate thevariation of stress magnitude as transformation angle varies and for identifying principal stresseson the circle.IntroductionThe transformation of stress, strain, moment of inertia among coordinate systems is important instatic and structural analysis. Late in the last century, Mohr 1, 2 introduced a graphicalconstruction to assist in the process. At Mohr’s time, the technology for graphical constructionwas drafting and any technology for computation was quite tedious

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Herbert Hess

Session 3233 Power Electronics Instruction: Topics, Curricula, and Trends Herbert L. Hess Department of Electrical Engineering University of Idaho, Moscow, IdahoAbstract A review of the evolution of power electronics instruction in the US and Canada.Summary of surveys in the literature on structure and content of existing programs. The placepower electronics occupies within curriculum with recommendations for improvement of thatposition. Outline of undergraduate power electronics courses, laboratories, and projects.Identification of trends that may

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Raymond Yannuzzi; Edward McDonnell; Bradshaw Kinsey; Robert Bowman

element of its institutional identity onthe outcome of the joint venture. Community College of Philadelphia, which had for yearsoffered courses at the Shipyard, had to agree to invite other "competitor" institutions onto its"turf." Delaware County Community College, from the suburbs, had to agree to manage a grantand provide administrative support for a project where it would enroll fewer than one-third of thestudents. Camden County College, across the river in New Jersey, had to agree to share itstechnology programs and facilities with students from another state. Drexel University, a leaderin engineering and technology research, had to adapt to the short-term delivery modes andapplied technology programs needed for workforce retraining. At

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James E. Simon

opportunity to seethree-dimensional deformation, develop a feel for forces in materials, and experience some of theways that the building process influences planning and design decision-making. It is believedthat these projects are adaptable to a range of architectural engineering courses and topics.IntroductionEngineering and architecture faculty employ a wide variety of assignments to simulate theexperience of designing and constructing buildings. Most often these are small models orsegments of the process, but some1 attempt the construction of entire structures. The centralobjectives of these projects are (1) To help students synthesize and attach physical meaning tothe qualitative and quantitative elements of their academic coursework and (2) To

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Dr. Mihir K. Das

. Page 2.70.3 RECOMMENDATIONSInstructors should embrace this new technology to facilitate student learning by providing just-in-time information for students. Further, students can be directed to do valuable research using therelated websites across the globe. Additionally, it moves academic institutions towards apaperless environment which can result in considerable savings as the hard-copy distribution ofclass material is reduced or eliminated.DR. MIHIR K. DAS is the Associate Dean for Instruction and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at CaliforniaState University, Long Beach. He holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Birmingham,England. His current interests are Educational

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Nicholas Tsoulfanidis

to fulfill our educational objectives, my personal opinion is thatour effort should be directed towards cultivating and increasing the ability ofstudents to think. That the ability to think is more important than the simpletransfer of knowledge is obvious: Even if a student learns everything by the timethe B.S. degree is awarded, a short time after graduation that engineeringprofessional (a) will have to obtain new knowledge, probably on their own (b) it is very probable that a few years after graduation, the young engineer will be the head of a group that involves persons from various disciplines; in that capacity simple, dry knowledge of facts will not be at all helpful; the ability to think, however, will be

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Robert J. Radin; Joan Dannenhoffer

. Page 2.476.10Bibliography[1] T. Armstrong. Multiple Intelligences In The Classroom. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Alexandria, VA, 1994.[2] H. Gardner. Frames of Mind, The Theory of Multiple Intelligences, Tenth Edition. HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 1993.[3] H. Gardner. Multiple Intelligences, The Theory in Practice. HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 1993.[4] H. Gardner. “Reflections on Multiple Intelligences, Myths and Messages”. Phi Delta Kappan, pages 200-209, November 1995.Biographical InformationJOAN V. DANNENHOFFER, P.E., is Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Ward College of Technology,University of Hartford. She received a B.S. in Civil Engineering and an M.B.A. from Rensselaer PolytechnicInstitute and

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Hamid Khan

, D.A. (1981). Learning styles and disciplinary differences. In A.W. Chickering and Associates (ed.), The Modern American College, San Francisco: Jossey Bass, Inc.HAMID KHANHamid Khan is an Assistant Professor of Industry and Technology at Ball State University. He holds BS degree inMechanical Engineering, MS degree in Industrial and Management Systems Engineering; MBA degree inManagement Strategy, and Doctorate in Education. Dr. Khan is a Registered Professional Engineer with extensivemanagement experience. He has rendered numerous services to the engineering profession through the offices ofASEE, ASME, ASQC, IEEE, SAE and SME

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Barbara Blake Bath

Session 1265 Field Session at Colorado School of Mines A Capstone Applied Mathematics/Computer Science Course Barbara Blake Bath Colorado School of Mines Each student at the Colorado School of Mines completes “Field Session” as one of thegraduation requirements. In Chemical Engineering, the students do unit operations labs, inPetroleum Engineering, they get hands on experience in petroleum extraction, in CivilEngineering, they learn to survey, and in Mining Engineering, they actually work in the school’sexperimental mine. In the Department of Mathematical

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J. W. Stevens; A.A. Jalalzadeh-Azar; B.K. Hodge

available for student use. Studentresponse was favorable, and the faculty involved assessed the desiccant materials to be a usefuladdition to the course.In addition to the material developed for the curriculum module, future improvements for thedesiccant segment of the course will include a hands-on laboratory experience. An instrumentedtest cell for desiccant devices is currently being developed by the Global Center for DesiccantTechnology. This laboratory will be available for student use in connection with the airconditioning course. Module AvailabilityAs part of the activities of the Global Center for Desiccant Technology (GCDT), copies of themodule have been sent to all mechanical engineering programs