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Roy C. Shelton

technical needs of the facility are created. The rate at which these new positions are developing by far outstrips the availability ofpeople qualified to fill them. There does not exist a sufficient supply of semiconductormanufacturing equipment operators, technicians, equipment engineers, automatic testtechnicians, process engineers, yield enhancement specialists, failure analysis specialists,packaging specialists, safety engineers, and other technical specialists required to support themassive upsurge in semiconductor fabrication either to meet current or projected demands. Thispaper presents a proposed curriculum whose aim is to prepare qualified engineering technologistsfor Microsystems Engineering Technology (MSyET). In addition, the

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Wayne C. Christensen; Robert B. Roemer; Donald S. Bloswick

Session 2625Health (NIOSH) initiated Project SHAPE (Safety and Health Awareness in PreventiveEngineering) to enhance the safety awareness of safety engineering faculty and assist in thedevelopment of course materials for the integration of safety, health, and environmental conceptsin the engineering curricula.One significant problem is how to add additional safety and health related material to an alreadyovercrowded engineering curriculum. In some situations, the University of Utah for example, theBoard of Regents has established a maximum number of credits that can be required for a 7baccalaureate degree in any discipline. It has been proposed by Bloswick that there are

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James L. Hales

Page 2.177.3paper in 1995, DeWitt and Skvarenina indicate they arrived at a similar laboratory curriculumwhen developing a power distribution course at Purdue[1]. Various software packages have been used with the power systems courses, some writtenby students (as term projects or as a senior-year or capstone project) and others written andmarketed commercially. Currently we are using ETAP, a commercial package developed byOperation Technology, Inc., of Irvine, California. THE POWER SYSTEM SIMULATORPurchasing Decision After reviewing the departmental objectives and past experience, alternatives for newpower systems/rotating machines laboratories were considered. The following observationswere made: 1

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Arnold F. Johnson

students, and also to evaluate the student’s written communication skills. Provide a description of an engineering project in which you had a significant role. Relate your involvement and role with respect to the project (e.g., project leader, testing or design team member, individual or group project). This assignment was used to further support and amplify the evaluation of the student’s background experiences and communication skills. Complete the self-assessment questionnaires and document your corresponding work experience. In this assignment, the student completed a series of questionnaires and rated experience, knowledge, and/or skill on the following scale: “1” for low/none, “2” for

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A. J. Marchese; Robert P. Hesketh; T. R. Chandrupatla; Ralph A. Dusseau; John L. Schmalzel; Kauser Jahan; C. Stewart Slater

program of study. In addition to the engineeringclinic, they share a common first year of courses. Our first class of entering freshmen consists of101 students having an average SAT score of 1274 and graduating in the top 12% of their highschool class.The Freshman Engineering Clinic has laboratory components for all of the major disciplines.Some institutions have utilized traditional discipline-specific laboratory experiments at thefreshman level (Perna, [3]), while others engage students in discipline specific freshmenengineering design projects (McConica 4). One of the NSF coalitions, ECSEL has major effortsin freshman design, which have been widely reported (e.g., Dally and Zang [5;] Regan andMindermann [6]).Rowan’s engineering program seeks

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Barry J. Farbrother

demonstrated a facility for independent learning, and shall have prepared for continued professional development* Have participated in team design experiences in which the client is distinct from the faculty supervisor(s).* have prepared at least one major individual concept-oriented technical report or paper, and one major client-oriented group project report.* have completed a general engineering science core by the beginning of the junior year, and shall have completed a discipline-specific technical core..* have demonstrated the ability to effectively communicate technical material in writing, one-on-one meetings, and group presentations.* be prepared to practice the profession of engineering using a systems perspective broad enough to

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S. L. Ceccio; G. Tryggvason; Dawn M. Tilbury

. 16.3% 21.4% 14.9% 17.9% Director project/team/group 20.9% 20.0% 18.0% 19.6% Vice President 9.3% 0.0% 0.0% 2.2% President 9.3% 2.9% 0.0% 3.4% Corporate Executive Officer 2.3% 1.4% 0.0% 1.1% Faculty 4.7% 2.9% 0.0% 2.2% Table 1. A breakdown of survey results of MEAM’s graduates by industry, position, and professional level. Page 2.347.4Alumni Survey Results Importance How well in my

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David J. Lilja

particularly well in acourse that has a term project with a written report due at the end. Students are asked to turn inthree copies of their report, but to leave their name off two of the copies. These two copies arethen distributed to two randomly selected students in the class who are asked to read and gradethe paper using the same criteria that the teacher will use. Note that the anonymous aspect of theprocess is necessary to ensure the privacy of the students being graded, and of the gradersthemselves, since all of the reviews should be returned to the authors. Grading their peers’ papers in this fashion allows the students to further develop their skillsas referees, and it provides them with an opportunity to compare their own work with the

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Kara B. Wright; Charles T. Wright; Christine L. Collier; Lawrence Genalo

theunderlying science and technology. Garage door openers, TV remote controllers, microwaveovens, remote-control toys, and cellular phones are but a few such items in wide use today. Ascomplex as these gadgets seem on the surface, much of the scientific and technological mysterybehind their functionality can be explained in simple terms well within the grasp of the highschool, or even middle school students. The primary purpose of this project is the developmentof science and technology instructional units aimed at a variety of students with the goal ofgiving these students an understanding of and appreciation for the basic scientific principlesunderlying the technological innovations that surround them. Students are introduced to scienceand technology

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Robert J. Radin; Joan Dannenhoffer

sequence of reasoning and arrive at the appropriate conclusions and an understanding of vector addition. Student with strong visual intelligence will understand the concept if each step of the sequence is shown graphically. The student with both strong mathematical and strong visual intelligences will gain the most from this traditional presentation of vector addition. It is our experience that this leaves a large majority of students struggling with the concept. A model which physically shows the concepts of components of vectors and vector addition can be made using projection lamps placed perpendicular to the x- and y-axes, which shine down and across from the right respectively, onto

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Amin Karim; Ahmed Khan

Page 2.149.5 Digital cellular systems GSM TDMA CDMA Satellite systems LEOs MEOs PCS Architecture TDMA-AMPS systems CDMA-AMPS systems GSM - based systems Digital Modulation Schemes Speech encoding FSK PSK QPSK MSK CPM QAM Wireless Regulations U.S. International Future TrendsLaboratory courseThe laboratory projects include both systems and subsystems level experiments. However,knowledge of the various tests for cellular equipment and the interpretation of the

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Halvard E. Nystrom; Diego Rodriguez

comprehend, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate the knowledge being transmitted.x Project based learning - Individuals or teams of students apply directly the concepts being taught and develop advanced skills that are achieved though the learner’s interaction with the subject matter. The role of the instructor are to provide structure, feedback and modulation of the task difficulty.x Modeling and experimental simulations: Models provide students synthetic environments to experiment and apply their knowledge. This method is very promising since it allows for active learning and effective motivation with the growing interactive and virtual reality capabilities.x Independent study - Multimedia, hypertext, and hard copy documents are used to

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Brian A. Alenskis

curriculumstructures and instructors’ credentials.[1] Among them, are: • A free-standing ethics course (required or optional), by technical or philosophy faculty • An ethics component within a free-standing “professionalism” course [2] • An issue for review within a senior project/thesis [3] • Integration of ethics throughout the curriculum [4] • Commingling ethical issues and problems in technical courses [5]While these approaches evolve around local constraints and preferences, they also reflect thecompromises made among somewhat conflicting methods. For instance, few technical curricula can easily incorporate a required ethics course, eventhough such status can highlight the importance of ethics. And yet, segregating the subject

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P. Jayanetti; J. Olcott; J. Johnson; J. Patton

labs. This authoring system will allow us to easily integrate C++ or Java modelsof protective relays, three phase transformers, synchronous machines, and other equip-ment. A World Wide Web page was created that contains additional material showing theuser interface. The Web page can be accessed at http://www.eece.maine.edu/Power/Java.1 IntroductionRecently there has been a great deal of interest in developing multimedia based coursewareand labware [1, 2, 3,4, 5,6]. This project involves the creation of a Java based, multimediapower plant simulator, to be used in coordination with a power system lab course [7]. Thesimulator emulates Bangor Pacific’s West Enfield Hydro-Electric Power Plant, located onthe Penobscot River in Maine. Junior

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Mark J. Sebern

faculty members, comfortable with traditional software developmenttechniques, have concerns about making the transition.At the Milwaukee School of Engineering, we decided to go ahead. Based on input from stakeholders,including our industrial constituency, C++ was chosen as the primary language. Faculty and staff wereoffered a ten-week course in object concepts and C++, and many chose to participate. As a first step,we converted two freshman software courses from C to C++, and from a focus on structuredprogramming to an object-oriented approach. The first course concentrates on programming basicsand the use of existing class libraries, while the second introduces software design and classimplementation.Some lab projects involve the development of

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Philip J. Regalbuto; Page Ransom; Mary Morton-Gibson; Lise V. P. Esch

amount of time given the availability of courseofferings and taking into account any personal restrictions. Considerable emphasis is placed onthis project to eliminate the belief that an Associate’s degree is ALWAYS completed in 2 years.The fourth and final phase of career exploration takes place near the end of the semester after thestudent has acquired increased oral and written communication skills. Each individualinterviewed a person in a local industry. The industry person was someone with a position towhich the student might aspire in 3 to 5 years.Team oral communication skillsStudents were placed into teams at the beginning of the semester. They were taught team skills,roles and responsibilities. Towards the middle of the semester, they

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

embarrassingsituations can be avoided.Choosing your co-authors may be the result of a discussion, a common interest, an innovativeidea, or a collaboration on a project. Upon agreeing to co-author, you and your colleaguesgenerally must make a verbal contract to share equally or unequally the labors of the effort.Before entering into the venture, each person must decide if the potential partners will actuallyperform to the standards set out in the verbal agreement. Simply saying “Let's write a paper”does not get the paper written.The number of authors depends upon the depth of the subject and the potential ability forcontribution to the topic. Too many authors can complicate the writing process and dilute thecredit allocated. Senior faculty should help junior

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David L. Walters

modules.Laboratories were scheduled during two sessions each week to accommodate the entire class. Thethirteen weekly laboratory sessions included student oral presentations, laboratories, demonstrations, andculminated with an open ended student measurement project. Typically, the students worked in groups of two to four,and produced technical reports, memoranda or oral presentations as documentation, including a PowerPoint based presentation of their projects. The topic of this paper is to document the design of thelaboratory and analysis modules developed during this course.DISCUSSION During the Fall semester 1996, EMFTS was taught to seniors for the first time at USCGA. Priorto this, it had been a junior level course. At the senior level, the

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Bob Lahidji

properties7. Failure criteria8. Design for fatigue strength9. Design of mechanical elements--screws and fasteners10. Design of mechanical elements--welded joints11. Design of mechanical elements—bearings12. Design of mechanical elements—gearsRecommended Text:Shigley, J.E., & Mitchell, L.D. (1989). Mechanical engineering design. McGraw-Hill BookCompany.Method of Course Evaluation: 2 Exams 30% (15% each) Final exam 20% Quizzes 25% Assignments/Project 25%Laboratory Experience in ET Program According to Dr. Israel3, the laboratory experiences should provide students with theability to do the following:1. Become familiar with test equipment2

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Robert Martinazzi

current teaching practices in Engineering Economics revealed that 57.1% of thosesurveyed used some type of formal or informal “group” as part of their classes. The groups hadstudents working together in labs, on term projects to include presentations, doing homeworktogether, analyzing case studies, and working on spreadsheets. (2)The “partnering” concept involves the next generation of team learning. It shifts the team’sperspective from “team centered” learning to “partner centered” teaching. Teaching a subject isthe best way to learn it thoroughly and “partnering” focuses on that reality. “Partnering” changesthe team’s behavior by increasing its receptivity to the course material for which they aresubsequently held responsible and accountable to

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Charles U. Okonkwo

Processes 3MET 345 Advanced Manufacturing Processes 3MET 346 Numerical Control Point to Point & 3 Continuing Path ProgrammingMET 401 Statistical Process Control 3MET 416 Applied Computer Integrated Manufacturing 3MET 444 Production Tooling 3MET 451 Introduction to Robotics 3MET 460 Manufacturing Capstone Project 3MET 461 Manufacturing Capstone Project II 3Current Emphasis Area Requirements (12)Computer Integrated Manufacturing Engineering TechnologyCourses

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Ratan Kumar

. The use of mathematical toolswas encouraged to perform repetitious calculations. This helped the students to spend more timein understanding the problem and less time in solving various forms of it. Also some prebuiltsimulation packages were provided so that the students could run them and solve a problem fromdifferent perspectives. Projects were given which emphasized design issues. This helped thestudents in understanding the associated engineering issues. Page 2.387.1 Software usageA variety of software was used during classroom lecture and for homework assignments. Thesesoftware helped in

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W.L. Cleghorn

cassette tape player. video document camera. output connectors for signals from external sources, for computer graphics (VGA or Macintosh) and video (NTSC or super VHS) Page 2.432.1. Ethernet connection (connection to other computers on campus or the Internet). touch controls for the power projection screen, 35mm slide projector, and lightingAll of these items are housed in a cabinet with a combination access lock for security purposes.All instructors have their own combination which can be used for access to the equipment in allof the electronic classrooms.Combination access is not necessary for using the lecture room

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Ravi Pendse; Everett L. Johnson

scratch.This paper presents the design process and the application of the knowledge obtained in the firsttwo courses in the sequence. The CAD tools used will be discussed as part of the bottom-updesign process. Each module of the processor is designed and then integrated into the system asa ASIC cell. CAD tools are used to carry out simulation to verify the design process. The endresult is a processor that can run a simple program making use of the CAD simulation tools.Extensions of the original design as special projects are presented.INTRODUCTIONSometimes it is difficult to see the forest for the trees. The same type of vision obstructionoccurs if computer architecture design is presented using a complex instruction set as the designmodel. Basic

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T. Chang; R. Barat; J. F. Federici; H. Grebel; A. M. Johnson

level course.OPSE 301 and 402, which include integrated laboratory components, are intended for upperlevelundergraduates. OPSE 601, which emphasizes small group projects in each faculty member'sresearch lab, is designed for advanced undergraduate and new graduate students. Detailed courseand laboratory descriptions may be found at URL:http//www.njit.edu/Directory/Centers/OPSE.I. MotivationA 1994 NSF workshop on "Optical Science and Engineering: New Directions and Opportunitiesin Research and Education" recommended an emphasis in optics research and education because Page 2.119.1"Optical Science and Engineering is an enabling technology--that is, a

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S. Keith Hargrove

the rules are executed. The system underdevelopment uses the former. The user interface is another part of the software programused to communicate with the user and display results.The objective of this project was to develop a computer-assisted program for academicadvising for Freshmen engineering students. With computer accessibility, the programwill provide Freshmen with advise about registering when their advisor is unavailable.However, the student must still see the advisor for signature approval of the registrationschedule. The design and development of the knowledge base system consisted of anadvisor (expert), a graduating senior (knowledge engineer), and several Freshmenstudents (end user). A PC-based expert system was used as the

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Ravi Jain

Engineering, University of Cincinnati, to develop andenhance the IEP. Specific objectives of the project funded by FIPSE were:• To fully develop, implement, and institutionalize a unique IEP• To develop curriculum and implement language and culture training programs with a focus on German and Japanese• To train engineers to have a global perspectiveMain Components of the IEP• Introduction to International Engineering (1 unit course)• Intensive language and culture courses (approximately 300 classroom hours)• Humanities and social sciences courses (four in total) related to history, international relations, or management styles specifically focusing on Japan or Germany• Approximately five-month internship

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Yeu-Sheng Shiue; Bernard B. Beard

assemblycreation and parametrization. The manufacturing module is then introduced, in which studentscreate a manufacturing model, build operation sequences, and manufacture a complex part.Students also learn how to perform structural and thermal analyses using integrated computertools. Design projects are assigned to student groups in different stages of the class. A finalproject allows students to apply all techniques including design, analysis, manufacturing, andmachining codes. A course outline is provided in Table I.Pro/ENGINEER is the parametric design tool in this class. Pro/MECHANICA is used for stressand thermal analysis. Pro/MANUFACTURING is used to generate a manufacturing model and tosimulate the cutting process trajectory, as well as to

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Venkatramana N. Reddy; Michael L. Mavrovouniotis

inputs of testing samples. Finally, replacing the small fixed learning ratewith a one-dimensional search significantly improves the speed of optimizing network inputs.Applications to Process MeasurementsThe data for the examples that follow come from temperature sensors in the air heaters of anelectric power plant. A total of 44 variables will be considered.We first examine prediction errors of models constructed from PCA and from IT-Nets. Processdata obtained as measurements from the plant often contain noise. The reduced set of variablesshould retain the most important non-random variation within the data set. When the reduced setis projected back to the original dimension, a corrected set of values is reconstructed based on thenon-random

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Michael J. Brandemuehl; Lawrence E. Carlson

control building climate. Computer workstations located in several locationsfeature graphical building layouts and displays of current values of all sensor points, as wellas allowing trending of the data. As mentioned earlier, this information will also be madeavailable on the WWW.StructuralVibrating Wire Strain GagesTo introduce students to the workings of structural building systems, vibrating wire straingages were installed in the foundation and column system within the ITL Laboratory. Thevibrating wire instruments were attached to the reinforcing steel and the concrete was pouredaround them. Data was gathered showing strain in a caisson as load was built up duringconstruction. Using this BAL project, students will be able to make measurements