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): An information resource center, acorrosion testing laboratory, a management office and a field inspection and maintenancedivision. These are closely related to actual corporate structures for dealing withcorrosion issues. As further detailed sub-components were specified, certain limitationsof existing (mostly paper based) educational products became apparent: • the treatment of corrosion and its control in mainly descriptive terms, as opposed to a more quantifiable approach; • the relegation of management and economic issues to the fringes, with particular emphasis on technical issues; • the limited treatment of emerging important methodologies in corrosion control, such as computerized information, knowledge

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Phillip B. Swan and Richard Chi-chung for their inputs. Also,his sincere gratitude is given to Systems Engineers in Bell Laboratories and IBM Watson Research Center for their Page 2.234.9reviews and recommendations.REFERENCES[1] Widmann, E.R. “Capability Assessment Model for Systems Engineering”, Proceedings of the Third Annual International Symposium of the National Council on Systems Engineering, 1993.[2] Mackey, Dr. William “Conducting a Systems Engineering Process Assessment”, Proceedings of the Fifth Annual International Symposium of the National Council on Systems Engineering, Volume I

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Stuart Wilkinson; G. Mark Pennington

Session 1559 An Innovative Student Project to Develop a Precision Instrument for Undersea pH Measurements Stuart Wilkinson, Ph.D., G. Mark Pennington, M.S.M.E. University of South FloridaAbstract The present paper describes the design and prototype construction of a teleoperated robotic sensorfor precision pH measurement of sea water at deep ocean locations. The need for such an automateddevice originated with NOAA. The design and construction was undertaken at the USF MechanicalEngineering Department's Robotic Systems Laboratory. The completed prototype will be

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J. M. Mendel; H. H. Kuehl

Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, ComputerScience, and Materials Science. Page 2.420.7 7APPENDIX. AREAS OF SPECIALIZATIONCommunication, Control, & Signal Processing Control Systems( take 3 of 4) EE 401 Transform theory for engineers EE 454L Introduction to systems design using microprocessors EE 482 Linear control systems EE485a Digital control systems Systems(take 3 of 4) EE 434L Digital signal processing design laboratory EE 467x Introduction to communication systems EE 482 Linear control systems EE 483

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Mohammad M. Asoodeh; Carl W. Steidley

,permitting them to cross-train in tasks performed by other members of the team. This cross-training allows team members to alternate tasks during a work shift in order to minimizeboredom and improve productivity.We are developing a laboratory that will support four courses (2 Computer Science and 2Industrial Technology) that emphasize computer hardware, computer-controlled systems, andreal-time physical systems. It is planned that industrial technology and computer science courseswill be taught collaboratively. It is our plan to involve industrial technology students (ITstudents) and computer science students (CS students) in team projects in the laboratory.Moreover, we plan that CS students will serve as the system’s programmers as well as mentor

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Jr., Fred O. Simons; Aaron L. Robinson

Session 1220 Performance Comparisons of Modern Digital Signal Processing VLSI Microprocessors F. O. Simons, Jr., and A. L. Robinson High-Performance Computing and Simulation (HCS) Laboratory Electrical Engineering Department Florida A&M University and Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32316-2175Abstract - The continual and rapid evolution of modern DSPuP (Digital Signal ProcessingmicroProcessors) makes it difficult for experienced DSP analysts to keep up with

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Missouri-Rolla, and to graduate students Phillip B. Swan and Richard Chi-chung for their inputs. Also,his sincere gratitude is given to Systems Engineers in Bell Laboratories and IBM Watson Research Center for theirreviews and recommendations.REFERENCES[1] P. H. Atkinson, “Distance education in institutions of higher education in the United States,” College of Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, October 1995 (Online). Available WWW: see “Accountability Study” at http://www.cc.columbia.edu/cu/provost/ . Page 2.338.8[2] R. Moskowitz, “Wired U, “Internet World, pp. 60-61, October 1995.[3

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Leslie Bondaryk

wecan model them or animate them. Computer modeling can be used to show complex structures inthree dimensions that cannot be viewed physically. Videos can be used to show processes thatare too dangerous to replicate in a university laboratory. Computer animation and simulators canbe used to animate theoretical concepts.There is no question that three-dimensional rotating pictures are superior to the static images in abook or on a blackboard. This gap in the toolset used by Materials educators was always felt,and new media was used as soon as it became available to fill in these gaps. There are fewMaterials departments that have not assembled a small collection of videos of steel forging,animations of Body Centered Cubics, and movies showing

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Charles H. Dowding; Joseph J. Biernacki

many forms which interdisciplinary researchmay take including peer groups working in similar areas of study, peer groups working indifferent areas of study and peer groups working on thematic problems with a commongoal. Students engage in a course of study that introduces them to a wide spectrum ofresearch topics relevant to the central theme of civil engineering materials. They alsoattend a seminar activity designed to coach them in skills ancillary to research includingliterature search, report writing, oral presentation and laboratory safety. Teams of threestudents are advised by three individual faculty mentors and three graduate coaches.Teams meet weekly to formally review and cross-fertilize their research projects withinput from their

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to the complete index of the tutorials, the list of Matlab commands, and the NationalScience Foundation, which provided funding for this project.to not only to other types of software, but also to the use of laboratory equipment. Somepossibilities are discussed in Section 6.3 Structure of the TutorialsThe tutorials are designed to help students learn how to use Matlab for the analysis anddesign of automatic control systems. They cover the basics of Matlab, the most commonclassical control design techniques (PID, root locus, and frequency response), as well as somemodern (state-space) control. A “page” here refers to one Web page; each page will typicallytakes up a few screenfuls on a monitor

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transform space and their solution using k-space wavelets.The aim is to provide an efficient and novel technique to solve complicated electromagneticscattering problems. The latter have applications to the laboratory investigation of controlledelectromagnetic scattering experiments from materials, substrates, and other electromagneticdevices. The first phase of the project calls for the development of both Mathematica andMatlab code to compute the amplitudes of the scattered field from elementary surfaces where theresults can be compared with known analytical forms. The required mathematical backgroundincludes Linear Algebra, Wavelet Theory, basic notions of applied mathematics, programmingin C or Fortran as well as basic knowledge of Matlab

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Robert L. Avanzato

of LEGO Design.”, The Robotics Practitioner: The Journal for Robot Builders, vol. 1, no.2, Spring 1995. (Also available via anonymous FTP from cherupakha.media.mit.edu in directorypub/people/fredm)[4] Jones, J., Flynn, A., Mobile Robotics: From Inspiration to Implementation, A.K. Peters, Ltd., Wellesley, MA,1993.[5] http://lcs.www.media.mit.edu/groups/el/projects/handy-board/ BOB AVANZATO is an associate professor of engineering at the Penn State Abington campus. Hisinterests include fuzzy logic, expert systems, mobile robotics, and curricular enhancement. Prior to his position atPenn State, Bob was a senior engineer at the Advanced Technology Laboratories at Martin Marietta where he wasinvolved in digital signal processing and

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coordinators provide the new students a more detailedintroduction to academic and other campus resources such as employment and career explorationservices of the Career Development, the one-on-one assistance available through the centralizedTutoring and Learning Center of the Department of Learning Skills and Educational Opportunityas well as tutoring available through the College, and free student-run services provided to ensurepersonal safety and security on campus. Also covered early in the course are topics such as noteand test-taking skills, introduction to the computer-aided engineering laboratory, etc.A second key portion of the course deals primarily with the majors offered in the College. Aftera discussion of the kinds of work engineers and

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Robert J. Witt; Gilbert A. Emmert

use of nuclear fuel, nuclear engineering design including lessons learned from thefirst generation of commercial reactors and advanced reactor designs, economic andenvironmental issues associated with nuclear energy and reactor/balance-of-plant design.Skill GoalTo develop and nurture skills in visualization, problem solving using analytical andcomputational techniques, laboratory techniques, oral and written communication, and groupcooperation. III. Assessment MeasuresThe department adopted assessment measures based on the Fundamentals of Engineeringexamination, exit interviews of graduating seniors, and surveys of alumni.1. Require all graduating seniors to take the Fundamentals of Engineering (F. E

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Ravi Pendse; Everett L. Johnson

. The design process takes a student throughdifferent phases of “real world.” The "team" approach is appreciated by the students. Theretention rates show that this approach has been quite successful.References[1] R. Pendse and E. Johnson, “Big Bang Small Bucks: Effective Use of Low-Cost CAD Packages,” Frontiersin Education Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 1996.[2] R. Pendse, "Effective Laboratory Teaching-- What Works for Me," ASEE Midwest section conference,Wichita, Kansas, March 1995.Biographical InformationRAVI PENDSE is an assistant professor in Electrical Engineering Department at Wichita State University. Hisresearch interests include Computer Architecture, Rehabilitation Engineering, and Digital Design.EVERETT JOHNSON

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Jens Jorgensen; Lueny Morell de Ramírez; José L. Zayas; John Lamancusa

Session 2266 Making a Partnership Work: Outcomes Assessment of a Multi-Task, Multi-Institutional Project Lueny Morell de Ramírez, José L. Zayas/University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, John Lamancusa/Penn State University Jens Jorgensen/University of WashingtonThis paper describes the Manufacturing Engineering Education Partnership (MEEP)project's summative assessment strategy. Since 1994, three universities, Penn State,University of Washington and University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, in collaborationwith Sandia National Laboratories, have been

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Jens Jorgensen; Lueny Morell de Ramírez; José L. Zayas; John Lamancusa

Session 2313 Making a Partnership Work: Outcomes Assessment of a Multi-Task, Multi-Institutional Project Lueny Morell de Ramírez, José L. Zayas/University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, John Lamancusa/Penn State University Jens Jorgensen/University of WashingtonThis paper describes the Manufacturing Engineering Education Partnership (MEEP)project’s summative assessment strategy. Since 1994, three universities, Penn State,University of Washington and University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, in collaborationwith Sandia National Laboratories, have been

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Dr. Mihir K. Das

, physical science, and other math-based fields, inorder to increase the numbers who graduate from a four-year university. The MESA SecondaryProgram services about 16 high and middle schools, in heavily minority districts, throughout theacademic year and helps students from grades 6 through 12. Almost all MESA students go on tocollege, with a fraction attending CSULB. The College supports this program with year-roundprograms, operating expenditures, work-study students, participation by the Associate Dean forInstruction to oversee the program, and a Corporate Advisory and Development Council. For theMESA Summer Enrichment Program, the campus provides classrooms, computer laboratories,and supplies. The Fluor Daniel Summer Camp (FDSC) was a special

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Tracy S. Tillman

. Background Prior to the 400-level capstone course, the students complete a 300-level design formanufacturing course, in which the students design a product and the processes and tooling forits production, as part of a concurrent engineering design project. In the 400-level capstonecourse, the students finalize the design work done previously by the EMU junior-level class,order materials, and begin making tooling and setting up for production. During production inthe school's manufacturing laboratory, the students use inspection and SPC techniques for qualityassurance. Appearance, functionality, and quality must be high, as the products are either madeas fund-raisers for the manufacturing program, or for companies outside the school

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students to understand that many cultures contributed to the development of ideasin the field. In my simulation course I have assigned a laboratory exercise for my students tosimulate the use of restroom facilities by male and female workers in a manufacturing facilityand comment on the results. This assignment was based on an actual news story related to theproblems caused by insufficient number of restroom facilities in a manufacturing plant in OrangeCounty, California. Lack of adequate restroom facilities in public building, theaters, sports arena, Page 2.56.2and manufacturing facilities is a common problem experienced by women and this

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to fulfill this requirement. Students who select newfaculty members as their advisors frequently find themselves in the midst of an on-goingchemical engineering based environmental research project.Since a student’s time allocated for Senior Project is limited to the equivalent of four quarterunits spanning a two quarter sequence, I have developed several procedures to facilitate theassimilation of students under my direction into these on-going projects. These proceduresrepresent a unique combination of bringing research into the classroom, developing appliedresearch skills in both lecture and laboratory courses, interactions with collaborative researchgroups, and individual instruction.The results have been promising with one student going

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Elmer A. Grubbs

, project management, larger design teams and more realistic purchasing departmentmodels.COURSE DESCRIPTIONCENT 354, Computer Architecture, is a junior level required course in Electronics EngineeringTechnology (EET) at the University of Southern Colorado. It includes as prerequisites a course inDigital Logic (EET 254), and a basic course in Microprocessors (CENT 255). There are threehours of lecture each week and two hours of laboratory. The lab section has nine PC compatible486, 66 Mhz workstations with windows 3.1, allowing for 18 to 27 students, working in teams oftwo to three students each. The course has been taught each fall since 1989.The lecture section of the class consists first of a brief review of the digital and microprocessorcourses

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aunique mix of competencies, knowledge and skills...", Carnevale states 1. Educational institutesmust "...take the lead in developing new education and training models ... that will keep theAmerican workforce up to world-class standards" 2. Since manufacturing creates 40% - 70% ofthe real wealth of the nation, the demand for a new breed of manufacturing engineers is high 3. The key factor in developing new laboratories and courses is to face the challenge ofserious needs for knowledge synthesis and retention of the integration of various disciplines. Anintegrated multi-disciplinary experience is definitely necessary for today’s engineers. SomeJapanese higher educational institutions 4,5 and European colleges and universities 6 offer

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Martha E. Sloan

M. E. Van Valkenburg of the University of Illinois invited electricalengineering department heads to a meeting at Berkeley in February 1965. At this meeting theCOSINE Committee (originally called the Committee on Computer Sciences in ElectricalEngineering) was formed. Its main purposes were to assist electrical engineering departments indeveloping computer engineering and to reorient traditional courses to use digital computers.The committee published a series of reports on undergraduate courses and laboratory equipmentbefore dissolving in 1972 [13].IV. The Seventies Electrical engineering departments thus entered the 1970's aware of the need for computerengineering education--just in time to deal with microprocessors. By 1971

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Zoran S. Filipi; GuoQing Zhang; Dennis N. Assanis

Session 1658 Development of Interactive Graphical Software Tools in the Context of Teaching Modeling of Internal Combustion Engines in a Multimedia Classroom Dennis N. Assanis, Zoran S. Filipi and GuoQing Zhang W.E. Lay Automotive Laboratory Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI, 48109 ABSTRACT The strong tendency in the automotive industry to reduce development time throughvirtual prototyping and

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Arnold F. Johnson

offers undergraduate engineering degree programs using videotape courses andon-campus laboratories to employees of a consortium which currently includes 3M, GE Plastics,Lucent Technologies, Intel Corporation, Hewlett Packard, Hutchinson Technology Inc., Conoco,Raychem, Little Hoop Community College, Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation, IES IndustriesInc., ALCOA, Nortel, and Control Tech Inc.Under National Science Foundation (NSF) grant number DUE-9455466, entitled “EnhancedCurriculum for Undergraduate Engineering Adult Learners in Industry,” a one credit course wasdeveloped in the fall of 1995 to assess the CEDP adult learners’ backgrounds to determinewhether several of the standard introductory engineering courses would be of potential value

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digitizedvideo. While the instructors had hoped for better temporal resolution of the digitized video, the studentshad other priorities. There were two points in the egg drop experiment at which a force gauge was used. First, alaboratory set-up was used by the students to acquire force and distance data so that they might be able Page 2.71.3to deduce the proper stiffness and damping coefficients, on a per unit length basis, for use in theirpredictive models. The laboratory set-up consisted of a Vernier Software Incorporated force gauge. Thisforce gauge, uses a small copper beam to which the load is attached and a magnetic proximity

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Deborah Hochstein

, faculty mustassume the role of scholar. SCHOLARSHIP OF TEACHING AND SERVICE When hired into a tenure-track position in the Department of Engineering Technology, Ifaced a very challenging task. Like everyone else, to be awarded tenure I would have todemonstrate an ability to perform duties associated with teaching, research and service.Although I expected such a challenge when choosing my career path, I was unprepared for theexpectation that I meet the research and service expectations while teaching four courses, persemester, (and associated laboratories without graduate student assistance). The TennesseeBoard of Regents regulations assume that teaching one course should consume approximatelytwenty percent of a

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James vanPutten; Brad Mulder; John Krupczak

meetings was offset by class time given over to studentpresentations which did not require instructor preparation. The course did not have a textbook.However each student was expected to purchase his or her own materials to complete theindividual design projects. A budget of $50 to $70 for materials was recommended. Eachstudent was allocated one hour of consulting time with the shop director. This could be used foradvice on design decisions or aspects of prototype construction. The total time commitment ofthe shop director was 80 hours over the course of the semester including the shop skills course.The facilities available to the students consisted of a 1000 square foot design laboratory equippedwith a selection of basic hand tools. Students were

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the mind of either.”Anonymous Research is a skill that can be learned only by doing. A book can describe a promising newmethodology or research instrument, for instance, but the skill necessary to determine the rightquestions to ask in the first place requires an intuition and sense of judgement that can bedeveloped only through practice. Unfortunately, typical forms of practice, such as homeworkassignments and laboratories associated with classes, are often artificial and limited in scope. Asa result, students often find them dull and uninspiring. While students may develop usefulbackground information and skills through these traditional approaches, they are seldommotivated to go beyond the basics. To obtain a deep understanding and