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L.J. Bohmann; B.A. Mork; Noel Schulz

ExperienceJust as important as the lecture topics are the laboratory exercises used to illustrate them. It issuggested that 8 labs be offered in a 10-week quarter, or 13 in a 15-week semester. A simpleautomotive battery works well to delve into a discussion of new battery types and electricvehicles. A simple PV cell and an incandescent light can be used to learn about photovoltaiccharacteristics. Existing lab equipment can be used to work with transformers, dc machines, andac machines. Variable speed drives can be used in conjunction with existing machines. Brushlessdc motors are a good example bridging a switching power supply, dc machines, the use ofpermanent magnets, and ac machines.INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION AND RESULTS TO DATEThe new energy conversion

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James E. Cross

Operating System Application Programming Manual, Santa Barbara: SPECTRON Microsystems, 1990.[2] A. V. Oppenheim and R. W. Shafer, Digital Signal Processing,nglewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1975.[3] J. S. Lim and A. V. Oppenheim, Advanced Topics in Signal Processing, Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1988.[4] K. S. Lin (Editor), Digital Signal Processing Applications with the TMS320 Family, Dallas: Texas Instruments Incorporated, 1986.[5] R. Chassaing and D. W. Horning, Digital Signal Processing Laboratory using the TMS320C25, Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1990.[6] P. A. Lynn and W. Fuerst, Digital Signal Processing with Computer Applications, New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1990. B. W. Kernighan and Dennis M

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Scott Aten; Derek T. Schade; Kurt J. Colella

wereenvisioned by the 1996 design team at the outset. Proposed design modifications werecategorized into three general areas: the drive train, hydrodynamics, and the solar/electricsystem. The design team formed three independent sub groups to adequately analyze, evaluateand implement proposed modifications in each of these areas. The philosophy of the 1996 CGA Solar Splash design team was to conduct moreextensive testing and analysis than was possible in 1995. Well documented performance dataallowed the team to base technical decisions on engineering principles supported bydemonstrated results. To this end, all subgroups designed and carried out both laboratory andwaterborne subsystem testing, and followed up with a fully integrated test and

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Bruce A. Finlayson

theme about some aspect of making poly-ethylene garbage bags: raw materials, production methods, uses, business trends, recycling, etc.These themes are then put on the student’s individual Web pages and a class directory points tothem all. Thus, all students can read all the themes. This means that each student can benefitfrom what every other student has found, and in the process get a good overview of all aspects,not just the one they write about.The computers and computer tools were diverse. A computer laboratory with 30 Macintoshcomputers is available with MATLAB accessible from any of them. Thus the instructor couldsend via e-mail program segments to the entire class. This was done sometimes to save thestudents’ time in situations when

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Todd Mosher

previous section. Once the material to be covered has been downselected it isimportant to flush out the learning experiences. In a university setting these commonly includelectures, recitation sessions, in-class problem solving exercises, tests, oral presentations, groupprojects, laboratory sessions, homework assignments and other activities.Developing the learning experiences starts with choosing the textbook or other reading material.For some subjects there is an established text that matches up with many course designs directly.In some other cases an established text augmented with other material may best meet yourlearning objectives. Finally, due to the specialization of the material, the instructor may have tocompletely develop the text from

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Don M. Coleman; Arthur S. Paul

programs areaccredited by the Computing Science Accreditation Board, Incorporated (CSAB); (3) managementinformation systems and interdisciplinary computing programs are generally offered by businessand liberal arts departments, the resulting degrees can be either a Bachelor of Science (BS) or aBachelor of Arts (BA), often not accredited by either ABET or CSAB; and (4) a few institutionsoffer programs in both computer science and computer engineering, and are jointly accredited byCSAB and ABET.Accreditation ensures that these degree programs satisfy some established criteria. These criteriaare comprehensive and cover: program design, intent, faculty, curriculum, laboratory andcomputing resources, students, and institutional support. Also, the CSAB

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Mary Ann McCartney; Maria A. Reyes; Mary Anderson-Rowland

, profitability, quality and manufacturing; economic analysis; flow charting; sketching CAD; and teaming. A term design project is included2.This course is the first course that an engineering student will usually take in their curriculumand is a four semester hour, open-ended design course. The course has three components;laboratory, projects and modeling with six contact hours3.Initial PlanningThe critical elements of the MEP Summer Bridge Program were to introduce the incomingstudents to the campus, university life, and the engineering curriculum. When the planning forthe program began, the MEP determined that there were five program goals that needed to beincorporated into the curriculum of the two week program. These goals were quickly

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Matthew Hayes; David Pittner; Bryon Formwalt; Daniel J. Pack

in Fig. 4 was done completely by the student. The chassis, steering and drivemechanisms, and hardware mounts were all original designs. The various subsystemideas were taken from a multitude of different sources that were combined intosubsystems that could be built in the Air Force Academy laboratories. Figure 4. A photograph of the mobile robot frame and motor control circuitry The guiding factors in designing the chassis for the robot were weight, strength,and feasibility. The robot's base is 2' 6" by 1' 6". To construct a robot of this size that themotors could still propel, the student chose to build the base out of 0.5" SCH 40 PVCpiping. The chassis design is a simple truss system, designed to provide a rigid base withareas

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Julie E. Sharp

the undergraduate laboratory, and why?"2) "How can we improve the design of this experiment?" 3) "What are common bad habits ofspeakers you have observed?" After explaining the topic, the instructor asks students to freewritefor several minutes. Then the students tell the class what they have written. The instructor actsas a scribe, writing down their summarized comments. I have used this assignment in mytechnical communication class with the third question. It usually results in one of the bestdiscussions we have all semester. The procedure gives students time to think about theirresponses and to use writing as a means of recalling stored information. More participation, evenfrom usually reticent students, is the result. This is another

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Elizabeth A. Eschenbach

no prerequisites, and provides an introduction to the types ofskills that students need to be successful in the ERE major. Students are introduced to the designprocess, by being part of a 3-5 member team that completes a 10 week long design project. Inaddition to introducing the design process, the course develops students computing skills andcommunication skills, with an emphasis on team work and writing. For a more completedescription of the ERE program and the course, please refer to [7]Design Team Peer Evaluation ProcessThere are four course components of ENGR 111 that contribute to team building and the peerevaluation process: four one hour laboratories on team work, emails of weekly team progressreports, midterm evaluations, and

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, Rinehart and Winston, 1970.6. Arter, Judith, Using Portfolios in Instruction and Assessment, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory Test Center, Portland, OR, 1990.7. Herter, Roberta J. “Writing Portfolios: Alternatives to Testing.” English Journal (January 1991): 90-91.Biographical InformationBARBARA M. OLDS is a professor of liberal arts and international studies and principal tutor of the McBrideHonors Program at the Colorado School of Mines. She has used portfolios extensively in both humanities andengineering design courses. Page 2.481.7

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Janet K. Allen; Farrokh Mistree; Jennifer Turns

Page 2.337.4user actions, during interactions with the software [9]. Log file analysis is attractive for at leasttwo reasons: the data is cheap since data gathering can be totally automated and the data isecologically valid since it can be collected outside of the laboratory while the user is engaged inreal tasks [10]. Raw log file data can be manipulated to provide information on unique events,sequences (orderings) of events, and the duration of events [9]. The grain size of the analysisthat can be conducted with log files is constrained by the size and types of events which arebeing recorded. In our case, we used Web log files generated automatically by the web server.Web log files contain a single line for each hit (i.e., a request for a

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Robert L. Reid; Bruce D. Hoeppner

. HOEPPNER. Prof. Hoeppner is the Computer Systems Manager at Marquette Universityand was formerly the director of undergraduate laboratories for the Department of Electrical and ComputerEngineering. He graduated from Marquette University in 1982 and earned his masters in 1985. Prof. Hoeppnerworked for the U.S. Air Force in electronic warfare systems, specifically in radar warning simulation and testing. Page 2.201.14

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Janet K. Allen; Farrokh Mistree; David D. Clark; David W. Rosen

Session 1625 Function-Behavior-Structure: A Model for Decision-Based Product Realization David D. Clark1, Farrokh Mistree2, David W. Rosen3 and Janet K. Allen4 G. W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering Systems Realization Laboratory Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0405AbstractA significant problem in engineering design is the translation of a design from a set of functionalrequirements into a system design specification. To facilitate this transition we are

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M. N. Borges; F. H. Vasconcelos; M. Lewis

to teach in a particular course structure andresources for laboratories, are examples of factors which demand fewer staff-student contacthours and less practical (hands-on) learning experiences. On the other hand: (a) the continuousexpansion of the content to be covered (with a soaring number of new topics and techniquesbrought into the curriculum); (b) the flexibility of the curriculum and options to be madeavailable to students and (c) also a more student-centered approach being recommended in highereducation requiring more staff time and more physical resources to run courses. Coursedevelopers are consequently responsible for designing a structure which takes account of bothsets of pressures. They are also urged to change the pedagogical

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Mark A. Shields; John P. O'Connell

questioning. A field trip was taken to the regional airport. There were also two"hands-on" workshops analyzing the workings of a refrigerator and air conditioner. Theseworkshops utilized the laboratories and benefited from the participation of the laboratoryinstructor for the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering. TABLE 3 UVa PD Attributes in First Year Course Objectives, Fall 1996 Engineering Design (ENGR 164) Objectives 1. Expand Industrial Readiness: Engineering analysis and conceptual designs, including issues such as safety, quality, reliability and optimization 2. Sharpen Technical Communication Skills: Written and oral reports describing

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C. Dianne Martin; Edmund Tsang; Rand Decker

Education," in Service-Learning in HigherEducation, edited by B. Jacoby and Associates, Jossey-Bass Press, p. 1. 2. Learn & Serve America: Higher Education Program Application Guidelines (1995). 3. "Engineering Education for a Changing World" (1994). A Joint Report by the Engineering DeansCouncil and Corporate Roundtable of theAmerican Society for Engineering Education. 4. Hart, D., Engerer, B., and Goodman, D. (1994). "A Coordinated Freshman Engineering Program,"ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, p. 2314-8. 5. Kozick, R.J. (1994). "Electrical Engineering Laboratory for First-Year and Non-Engineering Students,"Proceedings of the 1994 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, San Jose, p. 63. 6. Gerbec, D.E

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Jerry W. Samples

Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories, aSenior Research Associate at Cornell University, and an Assistant Professor at the University of MassachusettsLowell. He has taught a wide variety of courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.COLONEL THOMAS A. LENOX is a Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of the Civil EngineeringProgram at the United States Military Academy (USMA). He is very active in ASEE -- Chair-Elect of the CivilEngineering Division and Chair-Elect of the Middle-Atlantic Section – and the educational activities of ASCE.Colonel Lenox has been involved with the conduct of initial faculty development programs at USMA for 14 years.LIEUTENANT COLONEL STEPHEN J. RESSLER is an Associate Professor in the Department

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Roland Jenison; Rebecca Sidler Kellogg

with instructions and safetywarnings. They are prompted to make appropriate observations as they proceed to disassemblethe product. The dissection takes two laboratory periods and the entire project requires approxi-mately three weeks. At the completion of the project a formal report is submitted by each teamthat summarizes what the students learned about their product and engineering design. Procedures and ObjectivesThe students are initially divided into teams of three to five members each. The teamwork expe-rience provides students with an opportunity to discover the advantages and disadvantages ofworking with others. Since collaboration will be a part of their future real world experience asthey pursue

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Peter Ludovice; Noel Rappin; Matthew Realff; Mark Guzdial

. The notebook recorded values of theunknown pieces of the equation that the program had already calculated. Having stored the values, the programthen uses them to calculate the final flowrate. Page 2.189.4What The System Did For the StudentsA number of system parameters within DEVICE 1.0 were not visible to the student. Most importantly, the equationthat calculated the final flowrate based on the pump in use, while technically visible to the students, was in anawkward location and was not accessed by any of the test students.FIRST EVALUATIONMethodDEVICE 1.0 was evaluated in a laboratory pilot study with three students who

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Robert Engelken

reports.14. Actively develop time management skills. Cull out unnecessary distractions, interruptions,visitors, and trivia. Practice good mail processing techniques. If necessary (not frequently) lockand don’t answer your door (or even phone); alternately, go to the library or a laboratory to getsome large blocks of uninterrupted time. Have secretaries screen calls and visitors whennecessary. On the other hand, do not generate a reputation for being unavailable or unaccessible.Use common sense.15. Delegate as much as possible. Train and utilize secretaries, technicians, student assistants,and colleagues as much as possible. Try to always have a few “right hand men” to fill in for youand keep you posted.16. Strive to establish an “infrastructure

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Rose M. Marra; Thomas Litzinger

. (1994). Supplemental instruction: From small beginnings to a national program. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 60(4), 3 - 10.ROSE M. MARRA is the Director of Instructional Services for the College of Engineering at the Pennsylvania StateUniversity. Dr. Marra’s responsibilities include faculty development, teacher training for the college’s TA’s, co-directorship of the teaching intern program and assessment and evaluation of educational changes in the college.Before coming to Penn State, Dr. Marra worked for AT&T Bell Laboratories in Denver, CO. as a software engineer.THOMAS A. LITZINGER is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of ECSEL at Penn State. In thiscapacity he leads efforts in Faculty and Student

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Thomas J. Cortina

. For each week of classes, students mettogether in a lecture room two days a week for a common lecture, and then separately in thecomputer laboratory based on their assigned sections, as shown in Figure 1.Students were assigned to sections A, B, C or D randomly. The method used was to take thecomplete alphabetized student roster and assign the first student to section A, second to B, thirdto C, fourth to D, fifth to A, etc. As students were assigned to a particular section, no mentionwas made with regards to the language that the section would use. At the end of the first class, SECTION LECTURE COMPUTER LAB (Mondays and Wednesdays) (Tuesdays and Thursdays) A