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1998 Annual Conference

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Zbigniew Prusak

learn from history” into the engineering ground, we can saythat previously devised designs, both successful and unsuccessful, form a great base for learninginventiveness. One of the important student activities, which should be included in curricula morefrequently, is the forensic case studies. Such studies offer extensive possibilities of assigning smallto large size projects tailored to the level of students’ knowledge, and, as such, could be used evenduring a freshman year. A limited use of such case studies is already present, especially in civilengineering curricula. Other engineering disciplines are equally good, if not better, grounds forintroducing the study of failures. Forensic case studies provide also an additional benefit early in

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1998 Annual Conference

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James A. Liggett; David A. Caughey

that it is most effective to have computer projection equipmentavailable, and to use the features of the textbook in a limited way to illustrate topics, rather thanto base the entire lecture on projected pages, illustrations, and utilities. Increasingly, computerprojection equipment is available in lecture halls, and the ease with which it is possible, in mostcases, to switch back and forth between the conventional blackboard mode, video and animationsequences, and computation bodes well for the increased incorporation of tools such as this intolecture presentations.An instructor can use bookmarks to locate animations, movies, graphs, and active equationseasily. The instructor can use these same features on his/her own machine at home for

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1998 Annual Conference

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Michael Rudko

strategy. Thelatter is used to measure the degree of success in meeting the program objectives as well asCriteria 2000 objectives [a]-[k]. The preparatory activities at Union were more extensive thanusual because they included a major revision of the curriculum. Late in the fall term 1993,Union College received a five-year, $750,000 from the GE Foundation (now the GE Fund) toundertake a total redesign of the college’s nearly 150-year old engineering programs. During the1993-94 academic year, Dean Kenyon simultaneously led Union’s curriculum project andchaired the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET where the origins of what wouldbecome the ABET Criteria 2000 were being established. The Union College engineeringcurricula were therefore

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1998 Annual Conference

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Wayne E. Wells

Another set of vital skills for the practicing engineer, regardless of area of specialty, isthat of cost estimating. Engineers must be able to forecast the cost effect of their decisions atthe time of the decision-making activity. To not have this skill means the engineer can notinclude cost in his decision making process and can never arrive at the correct decision by anycircumstance other than luck. It is also important to familiarize engineering students with the processes involved incost estimating, as projects move from the concept stage to full production, or as the projecttakes form in design and then under on-site construction, for those in the civil engineeringarena. The skills gained in cost estimating help students understand

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1998 Annual Conference

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W. Ernst Eder

for engineering design, does not consist of dumping students in at the deep end ofdesign projects (e.g. capstone courses, and competitions) and letting them sink or swim.The theory, methods, examples and practice for any particular topic should be introduced insuitable stages, coordinated with the progressive increase in difficulty and complexity of theproblems – it is definitely not advisable to present all the theory (or method, or practice) in onechunk. A useful guideline, attributed to Confucius, says:“Tell me and I will forgetShow me and I will rememberInvolve me and I will understandTake one step back and I will act.”In the usual interpretation, the first two of this set of items are often used to deny theeffectiveness of lectures and

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1998 Annual Conference

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Suzanne Keilson

couple of useful techniquesmight be to have students explain their approaches to scientific problem solving in a fewsentences, or have them make up and grade their own questions. A small effort showing thestudents what you want them to do can lead to increased performance by students who have notpreviously leaned how to proceed. Another example is to provide grading mechanisms moreflexible than a “one-shot” exam or a single project deadline with chances for feedback andimprovement along the way. Yes, we should have expectations for responsible professionalconduct, which includes deadlines, but teach and foster that to freshmen and sophomores andassess and expect it in juniors and seniors. The key pedagogical shift is to see the teacher ascoach

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1998 Annual Conference

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Albert L. McHenry; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

main campus in theirentirety. Other programs will be relocated and new programs developed in response to studentsand employer demand. All programs at ASU East provide students with the knowledge andskills to succeed in the dynamic, technological, multicultural and transnational environment ofthe 21st century.ASU East opened for business on August 26, 1996. It was designed as a student-centeredcampus that welcomes and interacts with the community. This new campus is destined to helpArizona State University meet the needs of some 36,000 new university students projected forMaricopa County over the next 15-20 years. ASU East is expected to be ready to serve 15,000 to20,000 students by that time. Educational excellence at ASU East is defined by

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1998 Annual Conference

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Murali Krishnamurthi

/she may not be competent in every problem domain and maynot be aware of all the techniques that are applicable to solving problems in all problem domains.All modeling projects require reporting and documentation of results in a truthful and objectivemanner and modelers have to interact with clients or model users on matters related to thedesign, development, testing, and use of models. Modelers and their employers may be temptedto solicit modeling projects that are not in their areas of competence or offer their services formodeling projects that do not warrant their particular modeling expertise. Therefore, thefundamental canons of the Code of Ethics do directly apply to modeling. The requirement byABET2000 to include ethics in the

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1998 Annual Conference

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Murali Krishnamurthi

/she may not be competent in every problem domain and maynot be aware of all the techniques that are applicable to solving problems in all problem domains.All modeling projects require reporting and documentation of results in a truthful and objectivemanner and modelers have to interact with clients or model users on matters related to thedesign, development, testing, and use of models. Modelers and their employers may be temptedto solicit modeling projects that are not in their areas of competence or offer their services formodeling projects that do not warrant their particular modeling expertise. Therefore, thefundamental canons of the Code of Ethics do directly apply to modeling. The requirement byABET2000 to include ethics in the

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1998 Annual Conference

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Scott R. Short

of notation. Facedwith having to learn statistics to complete their assigned materials science laboratory projects,most students succumb to the temptation to instead merely plug their data into a spreadsheetcomputer program (e.g., EXCEL) and command the software to perform a few basic cannedstatistical operations. Moreover, since most of the software statistical routines are based on thenormal distribution, students are led to believe that if experimental data are not normally distrib-uted, then “something is wrong.” Simply put, the majority of undergraduates do not realize thatthe underlying foundation of statistics is the frequency (probability) distribution which may takeany of several possible shapes depending on the processes and

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1998 Annual Conference

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Peter T. Cummings; Hank D. Cochran; Juan J. dePablo; Denis J. Evans; Peter A. Koen; Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos; Richard L. Rowley

who is not anexpert in those fields to be an effective teacher of those subjects); it should take advantage of allthe possibilities engendered by distribution over the WWW; it should not be susceptible toobselesence by advances in molecular simulation or in WWW technologies.Design Goals for the WWW-Based Textbook on Molecular SimulationWe have established several design goals for authoring the WWW-based text:1. Through extensive review by educators both within the project and external to it, the WWW- based textbook conforms to the highest standards of scholarship.2. Using professional web designers at various stages of the project, the WWW-based textbook is designed to be visually appealing, making full use of the capabilities of the WWW

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1998 Annual Conference

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Will Manion; Ronald Kozlowski; Mike Scott; Lynn E. Katz; Lenly J. Weathers

Session 2251 A Multimedia Based Laboratory Course for Environmental Engineering Lynn E. Katz1, Lenly J. Weathers2, Ronald Kozlowski2, Mike Scott2 and Will Manion2 1 University of Texas at Austin /2University of MaineAbstractThe focus of this project is on the development of interactive multi-media laboratory modules toaccompany a physical laboratory course in environmental engineering process dynamics. Thecourseware modules are intended to enhance the laboratory experience by ensuring that studentshave a firm grasp of

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1998 Annual Conference

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Albert L. McHenry; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

dissemination. Any or all of these are high level candidates for technology faculty workloadprofiles. Measures of performance in this arena include: x Peer-review publications x Industry based Technical project reports x Successful proposal for funded projects x Development of special research laboratories x Special recognition for a research accomplishment x Student participation in recognized research activitiesBased on the natural service opportunities associated with every faculty position, some level ofservice activity is expected. Faculty members are hired and tenured because of their professionalexpertise and accomplishment. Therefore, the basis for all faculty services must be theirprofessional status. However, service to the

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1998 Annual Conference

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S. Pennell; R. Worcester; R. Stone; Mustafa Guvench

practice is to dedicate each tube of adiffusion/oxidation furnace to a different process, set the temperature of each tube at its dedicatedprocess temperature and maintain the temperature at its constant value day and night. The waferbatch is loaded into the appropriate tube operating at the appropriate temperature withappropriate gas flows for a prescribed amount of time for each individual diffusion/oxidationcycle. Considering a four-tube set-up with each tube running at 10 KW, the amount of theelectrical power wasted by such an operation is enormous.The goal of this project was to control a diffusion system in a programmable way via a PC sothat once the silicon wafers are loaded, a sequence of thermal processes could be commanded bythe computer

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1998 Annual Conference

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Bahador Ghahramani

growth in theeconomy will likely increase MSW generation. The EPA projects increase in annual MSWgeneration at about the rate of 1.2% annually through the year 2000; 223 million tons of MSW isestimated for the year 2000. All of these materials are at least partially recoverable by recycling, but in 1995, only about21% were recycled, 15% were incinerated (a good portion with energy recovery), 3% composted,and the remaining 61 % were disposed of in landfills and by other means. To reduce the effortand expense required managing waste through recycling, incineration, composting, and disposalin landfills, it is essential to limit waste generation at the source as much as possible -- using thestrategy known as “source reduction”.BACKGROUND

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1998 Annual Conference

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Joseph R.V. Flora; A. Steve McAnally

-1996 academic year (year 4 of the NSF Gateway Coalitionproject), shared resources modules were produced in four focus areas: solid and hazardous waste,water/wastewater treatment and environmental chemistry, air pollution, and environmentalhydraulics and water resources. Beta tests of these modules were systematically conductedduring the 1996-1997 academic year (year 5 of the project) where modules were exchangedbetween universities based on expertise demonstrated during the module development activitiesat each beta test site.Professors at USC focused on developing and testing instructional modules based on SuperProDesigner£. SuperPro Designer£ is a commercial software package that can be used to design

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1998 Annual Conference

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Zhang Wenxue; Yuan Dening; Chen Zhi

one thing, the “non-professional” qualityis demanded by the society; it is the defect of the education for the other. Take theengineering system for instance, a modern engineering has entered an era of “socialengineering”. The challenge future engineers are going to confront with is mainly caused bynon-engineering factor. What a modern engineer is concerned with is far more than whether acertain project can be completed within certain time, and he also needs to know whether it iseconomical and what social result it will cause and consider the question of industrialpollution, environment, energy crisis. This is the concept of “great project”. Thebreakthrough or success of a field in scientific research is usually attributed to the non

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1998 Annual Conference

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Peter A. Koen

design a system, 7. Effective project management skills.component or process to meet 8. Depth of engineering sciences (Ability to understand the basic concepts indesired needs. most of the 7 engineering sciences). Ability to use computers for communication, analysis and design (repeat as item 4).4. Ability to function on multi- 9. Effective team skills.disciplinary teams.5. Ability to identify, 10. Ability to develop innovative approaches.formulate and solve 11. Exert high levels of effort, strives to achieve goalsengineering problems. Effective problem solving. (repeat as item 6).6. An understanding of

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1998 Annual Conference

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Peter A. Koen; Pankaj Kohli

Theory; Nature & Properties of Materials and Information Theory).2. Ability to design and 4. Ability to use computers for communication, analysis and design.conduct experiments, as well 5. Effective decision making (prioritizing goals, generating alternatives andas to analyze and interpret choosing the best alternative).data. 6. Effective problem solving.3. Ability to design a system, 7. Effective project management skills.component or process to meet 8. Depth of engineering sciences (Ability to understand the basic concepts indesired needs. most of the 7 engineering sciences). Ability

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1998 Annual Conference

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N. Mohankrishnan; Sandra Yost

qualitative aspects are considered - one must remember that some of theclaimed benefits of the use of such techniques have to do with the development of abstract skillssuch as teamwork, for instance, that cannot be adequately measured by the numbers discussedabove. For this task, let us turn to the opinions expressed by the students in a reflection paperthat they were required to write at the end of the Principles and Electronics courses. Selectedstudent comments are presented below:• The cooperative learning groups were helpful because they gave us an opportunity to attempt problems and/or projects that may prove to be discouraging as an individual effort.• The one large benefit which I see in working with groups is that it more closely

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1998 Annual Conference

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Donald J. Winiecki

your performance appraisal interview go at work yesterday? Wanda (10/14/97, 7:23PM): Anna, I know we’ve been working on a group project this week, but I don’t know how to understand your comment from last Sunday. Have I been too slow to finish my part of the project? Anna (10/14/97, 8:10PM): Wanda, I had to go back to my message from Sunday to find out what I said. I apologize, I didn’t mean to imply that you’re moving slowly on the project (or anything for that matter). I was just teasing a little bit because we seem to be doing so well as a group. [end of transcript segment]In this dialog, Anna appears to have been offended by Wanda referring to her as “old girl!”After these comments, Anna

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1998 Annual Conference

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Jr., Harry J. Sauer

the chiller is run at its full capacity during the peak period, then it is equivalent to the load leveling option. Hence, a 100% value on demand limiting represents a load leveling and a 0% value represents full storage option. SYSTEM SIMULATION PROGRAM To simulate any HVAC system, the first requirement is hourly building loads. The building subprogram used in this project to calculate hourly loads was developed by Anantapantula [1]. The terminal system subprograms use the hourly loads obtained from the building subprogramand input data from the systems file (input file given by the user for different terminal systems).Terminal system cooling, preheating, heating, and/or reheating as well as

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1998 Annual Conference

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Patrick E. Connolly

beoverwhelming, and the results will more often than not make the analyzer appear as eithermisinformed, foolish, or totally incompetent.In spite of this, there appears to be some practical value in attempting to make such an analysis.As one reviews the path that the CAD industry has taken over the past several years, or evendecades, several ‘threads’ or trends emerge that can be projected out into the near future. Ifaccurate, these projections can be of great benefit to us as educators, simply due to the impact ofthis technology on today’s industrial products, and, therefore, society as a whole. Industryconsultants have stated, “Eighty percent of the manufacturing gross national product passesthrough CAD, CAM, and CAE systems at some point. Every

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1998 Annual Conference

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Timothy Diemer; H. Öner Yurtseven; William R. Conrad

never occurat U.S. universities. Experience of most faculty members teaches otherwise.2. Proposed standard:The home institution documents that its financial arrangements ... provide adequate anddependable support for the international course offerings.As a state - supported institution, Indiana University, on behalf of IUPUI, must ensurethat adequate financial resources are available to support credits offered overseas. Thecontract with the host institution provides detailed projections of actual costs and includesan indirect cost calculation supplied by the university's Office of Financial ManagementSupport in consultation with the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs. The hostinstitution makes payments in advance of expenditures in

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1998 Annual Conference

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Timothy Diemer; H. Öner Yurtseven; William R. Conrad

blunders never occurat U.S. universities. Experience of most faculty members teaches otherwise.2. Proposed standard:The home institution documents that its financial arrangements ... provide adequate anddependable support for the international course offerings.As a state - supported institution, Indiana University, on behalf of IUPUI, must ensurethat adequate financial resources are available to support credits offered overseas. Thecontract with the host institution provides detailed projections of actual costs and includesan indirect cost calculation supplied by the university's Office of Financial ManagementSupport in consultation with the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs. The hostinstitution makes payments in advance of expenditures in

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1998 Annual Conference

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Timothy Diemer; H. Öner Yurtseven; William R. Conrad

never occurat U.S. universities. Experience of most faculty members teaches otherwise.2. Proposed standard:The home institution documents that its financial arrangements ... provide adequate anddependable support for the international course offerings.As a state - supported institution, Indiana University, on behalf of IUPUI, must ensurethat adequate financial resources are available to support credits offered overseas. Thecontract with the host institution provides detailed projections of actual costs and includesan indirect cost calculation supplied by the university's Office of Financial ManagementSupport in consultation with the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs. The hostinstitution makes payments in advance of expenditures in

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1998 Annual Conference

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Randall A. Yoshisato

made the ability to work in teams andto communicate effectively with technical and non-technical people a fundamental jobrequirement. These “softer” skills are now no less important than technical skills. Applicants canbe reasonably certain that they will be evaluated for these skills in the hiring process.Secondly, all the technology roles and functions are now tightly directed to meet the businessobjectives. R&D and new product investments are made only after careful analysis is done on thepotential value of the work relative to the cost of development and the business risks involved.Because of the greater cost pressure from customers and the earnings pressure from investors, thelevel of high-risk, high-return projects must be carefully

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1998 Annual Conference

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S. A. Tennyson; R. J. Eggert

. Custom-designed assessment instruments were found toproduce valuable information as to the effectiveness of adding a design component and mayshow the strengths and weaknesses of the course instruction (Cahill, Eisley, and Guarino, 1995).Also, during the project, Professor Guarino developed an interesting hypothesis for the creationof learning modules, that the number of target concepts (i.e. engineering science concepts to belearned) should be equal to the number of changeable design elements (i.e. parts, or componentsin the mechanical system).Professor Guarino prepared a follow-on proposal entitled “Design-Based Engineering Educationon the Internet” which was subsequently funded by the Idaho State Board of Education in 1996,under the Technology

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1998 Annual Conference

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William E. Cole; Jerome Tapper

to incorporate design projectswithin the technical classes: A group design project, with a final written report, requires the use(and hence learning) of all of these skills. A second opportunity to emphasize these skills is in Page 3.229.7laboratory reports. It is easy to fall into the mode of providing detailed directions for each (7)laboratory experiment and to require individual written reports from each student. However, byproviding only superficial directions and goals for the experiment, the students must developtheir problem solving skills (how to do the experiment). Secondly, by

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1998 Annual Conference

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Robert (Bob) M. Anderson

ALN applications into three different categories: 1)Ator Near Campus (currently funding 6 projects at 5 different universities), 2)Commuting Distance to Campus(currently funding 17 projects at 14 different universities) and 3)Very Far from Campus (currently funding 12projects at 11 universities).5. The Sloan Center for Asynchronous Learning Environments (SCALE) is one important focal point for ALNefforts at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign(UIUC); see http://w3.scale.uiuc.edu/scale/. The WebSupport Initiative at UIUC was created to provide general university level support to faculty who are developingALN courses; for details, see: http://wsi-www1.cso.uiuc.edu/index.html. The Virtual Classroom Interface (VCI) iscurrently being