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Henry G. Ansell

References1. National Science Foundation 1993 Engineering Senior Design Projects to Aid the Disabled, edited by John D. Enderle, NDSU Press, Fargo, North Dakota 581052. “NDSU Undergraduate Design Projects for the Disabled”, L. S. Baczkowski, J. D. Enderle, D. J. Krause, J. L. Rawson, Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation, vol. 26, pp. 95-9, 19903. “Collaborative Learning in Engineering Design”, Sigrin Newell, Journal of College Science Teaching, vol. 19, no. 6, pp. 359-62, May 19904. “Bioengineering Practicum and Capstone Projects: A Cooperative of University, Industry, Hospital, and Government for the Physically Challenged”, James V. Masi, Proceedings ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Fall 1997 Regional Conference, Session 75

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Shirley B. Pomeranz

linearity. In Calculus I, tangent lines are used to locally approximatefunctions; by analogy, in Calculus III, tangent planes are used to locally approximate sur-f a c e s . This students a familiar frame of reference from which to extrapolate to newideas.3.2 Differential equations/mechanics (strength) of materialsMechanical engineers generally take a mechanics of materials course in the first semester oftheir junior year. A typical textbook for this course is the text, Mechanics of Materials, b yF. Beer and R. Johnston, Jr. This text uses “singularity functions” and Macaulay’s bracketnotation [8, pages 423-436 and 499-500] to discuss deflection, slope, bending moment, andshear for beams. A student who has had an ordinary differential equations

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Siegfried M. Holzer; Raul H. Andruet

. Pascarella, “Living with Myths, Undergraduate Education in America,” Change,January/February (1994)Truesdell, C., Essays in the History of Mechanics, Springer-Verlag (1968)Wagener, U. E., “Changing the Culture of Teaching,” Change, July/August (1991)Wankat, P. C. and F. S. Oreovicz, Teaching Engineering, McGraw-Hill, (1993)Biographical InformationSiegfried M. Holzer, Alumni Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering, is involved in developing effectivelearning communities.Raul H. Andruet, an engineering graduate student, has been developing multimedia software for five years. He iscompleting his dissertation on “2-D and 3-D special finite elements for analysis of adhesively bonded joints

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Terrence E. Dwan; E. Eugene Mitchell; George E. Piper; Carl E. Wick

Session 3551 TEACHING ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING George E. Piper, Terrence E. Dwan, E. Eugene Mitchell, Carl E. Wick Department of Weapons & Systems Engineering United States Naval Academy 105 Maryland Avenue Annapolis, MD 21402-5025ABSTRACTThe Systems Engineering Department at the U. S. Naval Academy has introduced a track inenvironmental systems engineering. The track consists of a sequence of two courses. The firstcourse is taught within the Systems Engineering Department. This course addresses areas

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Stephanie G. Adams; Karan L. Watson

. Historically, SMWTs have been used in manufacturing in various types of companies, i.e.petrochemical, electronics, consumer products and pharmaceutical. During the 1990’s, the useof SMWTs has spread to other areas. Most recently, SMWTs have been introduced in serviceindustries, public/government industries and other “white-collar” or knowledge-based worksettings. “White-collar” or knowledge-based work settings comprise work that isn’t consideredblue-collar manufacturing. The following categories can be included under the “white-collar” label: clerical, support,production, technical, and professional. Clerical refers to the entire office staff in a factory orcorporate headquarters. Support refers to functions supporting the production process

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Earl A. Evans; Susan L. Murray

deliverytools in the existing literature. Table I list the course delivery tools included in the surveyinstrument, together with their complementary ALN analog(s) to traditional learning activities.A given course delivery tool may be included multiple times in Table I, as they may representmore than one traditional learning activity.The criteria for selecting survey participants were twofold. First, it was desired that theparticipants in this study be from colleges or universities with established traditional on-campusprograms, thereby providing a basis for comparison with the asynchronous courses. Second, thecourses taught by the participants should primarily be conducted through asynchronous means.The American Universities Web page (http

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broadestform, 2) Conceptual Design or identifying alternatives, 3) Embodiment Design or configuring themost likely candidate solution, and 4) Detail Design or completing the recommendation.Oral presentations and final written reports are required of each design team in each course.Additionally, many of the companies invite the teams to their facility for an in-house briefing. Bothoral and written reports are required which contain a final economic analysis of the solution(s)recommended. Again, these economic summaries will be in the form requested by the individualcompany. The students soon learn that there is no universal method for presenting costs or makingeconomic comparisons. By this time they are familiar however with the concepts of present

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John E. Shea

experiences without major investments inequipment and facilities. This is important at OSU because many of the engineering classes arebeing converted from three to four quarter-credit hours. The new structure will provide theopportunity for faculty members to experiment with new approaches to instruction and learning. Page 3.66.6 REFERENCES1. Bonwell, C.C, and J.A. Eison, Active Learning: Creating Excitement in the Classroom, ASHE-ERIC HigherEducation Report No. 1, George Washington University, School of Education and Human Development,Washington, D.C., 1991.2. Wanket, Phillip C. and Frank S. Oreovicz

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Hossein Moini

project.The author thanks the contributions made by the above organizations. He also expresses hisappreciation to Dr. Mark Meyer of Advanced Educational Systems and Mr. Richard Kensley ofPiezo Systems Inc. for their technical assistance on the use of their products. Opinions expressedin this article are those of the author and not necessarily those of the NSF and companiesmentioned.REFERENCES1. Moini, H. and Barua, S., Development of Intelligent Systems Laboratory, National Science Foundation Grant DUE-9651082, 1996.2. Gandhi, M. and Thompson, B., Smart Materials and Structures, Chapman and Hall, 1992.3. Moini, H., "Concurrent Design of a Structure and its Distributed Piezoelectric Actuators," Smart Materials and Structures, 6, 62-66, 1997.4

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T. T. Maxwell; J. C. Jones; D. L. Vines; M. E. Parten

Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, March 17-18, 1988, pp. 24-30.6. Alexandrou, Andreas N., and Durgin, William W., "An Interdisciplinary Project Approach to Engineering Design," Innovations in Engineering Design Education, ASME 1993.7. Benedict, Arthur H., et al., "The Use of Interdisciplinary Teams in Successful Senior Engineering Design Projects," Innovations in Engineering Design Education, ASME 1993.8. Fletcher, L. S., et al., "The Role of Design Projects in Engineering Education," Innovations in Engineering Design Education, ASME 1993.9. Kennedy Francis E. Jr., and Collier, John P., "Interdisciplinary Design as an Introduction to Engineering," Innovations in Engineering Design Education, ASME 1993.10

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Ryan B. Wicker; Rolando Quintana; Michael Camet

Texas at El Paso. He is currentlypursuing a master’s degree in Manufacturing Engineering.RYAN WICKER, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the UTEP Mechanical andIndustrial Engineering Department. His current areas of research include alternative fuels in internal combustionengines and experimental fluid mechanics. Hie s a member of SAE, ASME, and ASEE.ROLANDO QUINTANA, Ph.D., P.E., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and IndustrialEngineering at The University of Texas at El Paso. His areas of research include algorithm design for systemssafety engineering, and the design and analysis of work. He is a senior member of the IIE, an associate member ofHFES, and a member of the ASEE. He is a

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Michael A. Magill

a full-scale mechanical analysis. These projects have proven successful with several creative problems. A sample of intriguing final projects include a fracture mechanics analysis of rock climbing carabiners, S-N curve of coat hanger failure, fatigue failure of piston rods, brittle fracture of a telescope bracket, and fracture of a bike frame.5. Videos do an excellent job of communicating the concepts and supplementing the regular lectures and laboratory experiments. The best videos can be expensive, however. The videos used in this course range between $80 and $300.6. The laboratory equipment required to properly run the experiments is costly. An axial fatigue machine costs around $100,000. Several of the fatigue experiments

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Enno 'Ed' Koehn

Health and Safety Issues Social Ramifications Political Factors Legal IssuesIn addition, each program must develop an assessment process and document the results.Specifically, the outcomes should be utilized to further develop and improve the engineeringprogram(s) at the institution.Undergraduate Perceptions of ABET Recommended Design ConstraintsAs a segment of a continuing review of the curriculum, a survey instrument was distributed tostudents enrolled in a required senior and typical construction related graduate course offered bythe Civil Engineering Department of Lamar University. Thirty-eight usable forms were returned,the tabulated results of which form the data base for the investigation

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William Gay

new technical program is theformation of an advisory committee. Such a committee was formed, and its first task was todetermine program need. Employment opportunities as commercial pilots was a primeconsideration. Also, of concern was whether there was an institution of higher education in thearea offering such a program. Predicted employment opportunities seemed good for the 1990's and the beginning decade ofthe next century. Pilots who had been trained by the military for the Vietnam War and laterbecame commercial pilots would be nearing retirement age of sixty. Pilots who reachedmandatory retirement age will generate several thousand job openings each year.1 The militarywas making concerted efforts to retain their present pilots due to

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transfer the excitement of creative engineeringapplications, this approach was successful. Students were excited to learn how the math andscience concepts they already knew could be applied to real life. REFERENCES 1 Byrd, Joseph S. And Jerry L. Hudgins, “Teaming in the Design Laboratory,” Journal of EngineeringEducation, vol. 84, no. 4, October 1995, pp. 335-341. 2 Morse, Julia L., “Design of a Gage R&R Experiment for a Basic Manufacturing Processes Course,”Thesis, Auburn University, 1996, p. 99. BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATIONJULIA MORSE is an Assistant Professor within the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering andTechnology

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Robert H. Mayer

Session 2478 Capstone Design of Coastal Wetlands Robert H. Mayer U. S. Naval AcademyINTRODUCTIONNatural wetlands are found in many forms throughout the world: as inland salt flats in aridregions; as bogs and tundra in cooler, humid regions; as riparian forests and backwater swampsalong rivers and streams. In coastal environs, tidal salt and freshwater marshes and mangroveswamps (mangals) are typical 1.Although not easily defined, wetlands are often identified as transitional lands between uplandsand aquatic systems where the water table is usually at or

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Stanley J. Pisarski; James L. Hales

Session 1148 A Cooperative Co-op Experience James L. Hales, Stanley J. Pisarski University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown ABSTRACT The University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown (UPJ) is a branch campus of the University ofPittsburgh system. Engineering Technology in three departments--civil, electrical, andmechanical--was commenced in the early 70’s. The BSET degree is offered exclusively on theJohnstown campus. Engineering programs are offered in Pittsburgh. In 1977, a co-op program was implemented on the Johnstown Campus for ET

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Theodore Branoff

with regards to the influences of the coordinate axes.4. The study needs to be replicated with different samples (non-engineering students, high school students, etc.) to verify the effects of the coordinate axes on gender differences.Bibliography1. Paivio, A. (1986). Mental representations: A dual coding approach. New York: Oxford University Press2. Carter, C. S., LaRussa, M. A., & Bodner, G. M. (1987). A study of two measures of spatial ability as predictors of success in different levels of general chemistry. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 24 (7), 645-657.3. Battista, M. T., Wheatley, G. H., & Talsma, G. (1982). The importance of spatial visualization and cognitive development for geometry learning in preservice

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John K. Estell

make sure that the value being stored in memory is alegitimate byte value; this can be easily done via the brute force method of storing the valuemodulo 256 into memory. The Register class is similar to the Flag class, except now one storesan integer instead of a boolean value. For this module one can present the students with achallenge by asking them to implement the class such that one can specify the number of bitsneeded for the register. This is beneficial as in a typical processor one often finds registers ofvarious widths. From the width value a mask of all 1’s can be easily constructed and is then usedto insure that the register value does not fall out of the allowed range. The traditional set and getmethods are included; one can also

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P. Hirsch; J.E. Colgate; J. Anderson; G. Olson; D. Kelso; B. Shwom

believe that an integrated approach to design and communication for freshmen justifiesthe effort and expense--and can indeed jump-start the engineering curriculum.AcknowledgmentsWe have been fortunate to have Clive Dym’s suggestions for EDC this year since he is a visiting faculty member atthe McCormick School and a member of the EDC planning committee. We are grateful to him and to CharlesYarnoff of Northwestern’s Writing Program for reading and responding to drafts of this paper.References1. T. Belytschko, A. Bayliss, C. Brinson, W. Kath, S. Krishnaswamy, B. Moran, J. Nocedal, M. Peshkin, “Mechanics in the Engineering First Curriculum at Northwestern University.” International Journal of Engineering Education, accepted for June 1997.2

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Tom Owen; Jack Carter; Connie Martin; Cheng Liu; Ambrose Barry; J. William Shelnutt; Patricia Tolley; Nan Byars

One instructor, who also serves as Assistant to the Chair of the Department, advises allthe students at all sites. During the admissions process, each student was notified of anydeficiencies (missing courses) in his or her AAS program that must be made up, but choices ofparticular humanities electives and transfer credit for any work beyond the AAS degree requirecareful advising to avoid lengthening the student's program. We envision that advising will takeplace by telephone, email, and FAX as the program continues, and will accelerate when eachstudent's transcript(s) is evaluated for specific types of general education credit.Laboratory Format Laboratory courses are offered on the UNC Charlotte campus on four alternatingSaturdays

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David E. Hailey; Christine E. Hailey

. Bengu, G. and Swart, W., “A Computer-Aided, Total Quality Approach to Manufacturing Education in Engineering,” IEEE Trans. on Education, Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 415-422.2. Sears, A. L. and Watkins, S. E., “A Multimedia Manual for the World Wide Web for Telecommunications Equipment,” IEEE Trans. on Education, Vol. 39, No. 3, 1996, pp. 342-348.3. Cobourn, W.G. and Lindauer, G.C., “A Flexible Multimedia Instructional Module for Introductory Thermodynamics,” J. Engineering Education, Vol. 83, No. 3, 1994, pp. 271-277.4. Mosterman, P.J., Dorlandt, M.A.M., Campbell, J. O., Buro, C., Bouw, R., Bourne, Jr., “Virtual Engineering Laboratories: Design and Experiments,” J. Engineering Education, Vol. 83, No. 3, 1994, pp. 279-285.5

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enthusiasm of the students. They become moreinterested in these projects than any other type I have ever assigned to freshmen. Students almostunanimously rate the project as the most enjoyable part of the course despite the amount of effortrequired. An unanticipated bonus has been the interest of the news media which has given bothour academic program and engineering in general considerable coverage in both newspapers andtelevision news reports.BIBLIOGRAPHY1. Fogler, H. S. and LeBlanc, S. E., Strategies for Creative Problem Solving, Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1995WILLIAM PARKBS (78), Ornamental Horticulture. MS (81), PhD (86), Electrical Engineering, specializing in electronic musicsynthesis and coding theory respectively

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Alice Agogino; Ann McKenna

with the developmentand implementation of this course.References1. Brown, A. & Palinscar, A. Guided cooperative learning and individual knowledge acquisition. In L. Resnick(Ed.), Knowing, Learning, and Instruction: Essays in Honor of Robert Glaser. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum (1989).2. Linn, M.C., Bell, P., & Hsi, S. Using the Internet to enhance student understanding of science: The KnowledgeIntegration Environment. Interactive Learning Environments, (in press).3. URL: http://www.synthesis.org/assessment/Assessment.html; Information under Synthesis Assessment Plan,Phase I.4. Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, ABET Engineering Criteria 2000, (for review andcomment), Dec. 1995.5. Collins, A., Brown, J., & Newman, S

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J. C. Sener; R. R. Mirsky; David R. Haws; Stephen B. Affleck; J. L. Mason; L. C. Aburusa

Session 1421 Using Web Technology to Promote Student Internship/Cooperative Education in College of Engineering at Boise State University J. C. Sener, R. R. Mirsky, D. R. Haws, S. B. Affleck, J. L. Mason, L. C. Aburusa Boise State University ABSTRACT The Internship/Cooperative (Co-op) Education Program in the College of Engineering,Construction Management Department of Boise State University (BSU) provides an opportunityfor students to apply firsthand what they have learned in the classroom. Students gain practicalexperience in their chosen career

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of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI, April 3-4, 1998.7. Sense8 Corporation, 100 Shoreline Highway Suite 282, Mill Valley, CA 94941, (415) 331-6318, http: // www.sense8.com.8. Fakespace, Inc, 241 Polaris Ave. Mountain View, CA 94043, (415) 688-1940, http://www.fakespace.com.9. Electronic Visualization Laboratory, University of Illinois at Chicago, 851 S. Morgan St., room 1120, Chicago, IL 60607-7053, (312)996-3002, http://www.evl.uic.edu.10. Division Incorporated, 46500 Eleven Mile Road, Novi, MI 48374, (810) 348-1683, http://www.divnc.com.11. StereoGraphics Corporation, 2171 East Francisco Boulevard, San Rafael, CA 94901, (415)459-4500, http://www.stereographics.com.12. General Reality Company, 124 Race Street

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Lynn Bellamy; Barry McNeill

Page 3.112.8 WORK WITH PROBLEM Criteria COMMUNICATION DESIGN OTHERS SOLVING S Weights 0.170 0.157 0.150 0.207 Tasks 1 2 3 4 Dot Prod % Design Project 1 5.40 6.60 7.80 3.80 5.30 22 Memos 2 5.00 0.20 1.20 0.60 1.88 8 U&E Textbook 3 1.00 4.20 0.60 2.80 2.16 9 Prepare Reports 4 3.40 0.60 3.40

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Zbigniew Prusak

Reliability- Application of statistics3.2. Weaknesses of engineering graduates Table 2 shows a list of twelve major weaknesses of engineering graduates and senior studentsin fields of mechanical, manufacturing and industrial engineering through author’s internationalindustrial experience. The list contains inputs from practicing engineers, engineering managers,owners of engineering businesses, technicians and customers (product end users). The inputs weregathered through interviews and cover the period of the mid 80’s till present and come from severalEuropean countries (Poland, France, Austria, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Finland and UK) andfrom Canada and the USA. Important to point out is the fact that depending on social culture

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progressand should invest in the graduate research-oriented education of its future scientists. Fourth, thatthe most effective way to advance science and technology was to award research funds to themost capable universities in the nation, which were therefore the “generators” of the futuretechnology and its future scientists.12.2 The Traditional Model of EducationGraduate research education, funding, research faculty, and curricula to enrich the graduatescientific research path was largely built into the nation’s engineering schools in the 1960’s, 70’sand 80’s. Consequently, American engineering education has primarily patterned the science-driven model of graduate education that is in-place at the graduate level at the nation’s researchuniversities

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Susan Montgomery

: Total Credits: Total Credits:FALL ____ Credit WINTER ____ Credit Credit Course hrs Course hrs Course hrs Total Credits: Total Credits: Total Credits:FALL ____ Credit WINTER ____ Credit Credit Course hrs Course hrs Course hrs Total Credits: Total Credits: Total Credits:Course(s) student must repeat:Advanced Science elective:Additional notes:NOTE: The student is ultimately responsible for