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Albert L. McHenry; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

and Motorolarespectively, with the help of our other industry partners. The design phase of this project wasjust completed and the construction has begun. First level completion is scheduled for October of1998. The teaching factory will be utilized to teach semiconductor-processing classes to ASUEast and CGCC students and those from other institutions on demand. It will also be used as atraining facility for industry employees.CGCC has developed excellent physical and biological sciences laboratories located on theWilliams Campus, for joint use of students from both institutions. CGCC is presently using theexisting microelectronics laboratory on ASU Main to teach their semiconductor-processingcourse that was jointly developed by ASU East and

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Cliff J. Schexnayder; Avi Wiezel

Session 1221 Construction Education Using the World Wide Web Cliff J. Schexnayder, Avi Wiezel Del E. Webb School of Construction Arizona State UniversityABSTRACTLecturing is not the purpose of teaching. The purpose is transferring knowledge. TheWorld Wide Web (WWW) helps in distributing information, but can it improve thequality and effectiveness of transferring knowledge? An Arizona State Universityundergraduate estimating course employs the WWW to support instructional delivery oftechnical materials. Cooperative learning, multi-media tools, and other electronicresources

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Frank Wicks

and comments that1. Introduction demonstrate the effectiveness of these demonstrations The Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning and visits to the campus physical facilities.(HVAC) course at Union College is generally taken byseniors in the Mechanical Engineering and it represents 2. Descriptionan application of the principles they have learned in This section will describe the variousearlier thermodynamics, heat transfer and fluids. demonstrations and field trips, and corresponding The objective of the course is first to teach how analysis performed on the equipment.existing HVAC

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S. K. Gupta; M. R. Scanlon

has used the AFM to study the wear properties of dental composites. A third BS/MS Page 3.400.3student used the techniques of robust design to evaluate the environmental degradation ofcomposite materials.The materials laboratories have also attracted several undergraduate students to pursueindependent research projects. One student is using the Instron system to evaluate the effect ofvarious surgical techniques on the fatigue properties of bones. Another student performedindependent research on CV joints in automobiles. A third student used the AFM to compare thesurface properties of several indirect dental composites. Much of this work has

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Earl A. Evans; Susan L. Murray

Books and articles (on-line or Self-study, library hard-copy), web instruments On-line sources of course information Computer simulation, lab kits, On-line laboratory modules and Lab work remote control of instruments simulations Electronic mail for 1 to 1 communication Interaction with tutors and Groupware, web, list serve, between student and teacher and teaching assistants electronic mail vice-versa Chatrooms for group interaction

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Elmer A. Grubbs

mentioned before, it serves as a starting point for otherprojects which can be built using this technology.The second project was also constructed by Bryan Conner in an independent projects class, andconsisted of modeling the campus of the University of Southern Colorado, and the interior of thetechnology building in virtual reality. This was to allow the user to fly through the campuslooking at the various buildings and structures, and also to tour the technology building and theelectronics laboratory. It could be expanded in the future to allow the viewer to tour any of thebuildings and labs or classrooms on the campus. This project also uses the Virtual Iglasses fromthe previous project, now connected to a Pentium processor equipped with Virtual

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P. Gharghouri

attested bythe ever increasing number of textbooks which are geared to MAPLE.An equally careful review of the qualifications of the professors in the Faculty ofEngineering and Applied Science at Ryerson Polytechnic University reveals that anumber of them are graduates of the University of Waterloo, Cambridge, Ontario,CANADA, where MAPLE originated. In addition, the fact that almost all theprofessors of the Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science department (MPCS)are very proficient with MAPLE, is probably another reason favouring its adoption.Indeed, several personal computers located in our offices carry MAPLE. Also,several personal computers in our microcomputer laboratories carry the fullversion of MAPLE. It is thus natural to think of

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Melissa J. Dark; Robert J. Herrick; Dennis R. Depew

support technology education. As faculty members learnnew technology, they must translate this new information into materials which can in turn beused to teach their students. These curriculum materials may come in the form of studentactivities, lectures, laboratory assignments, demonstrations, or projects. Another majorcomponent of a curriculum development activity may come in the form of a new methodology ofteaching.With these basic tenets and a vision to help students, the staff of MCATE and their partners(Elgin Community College, Triton Community College, Parkland Community College, MacombCommunity College, St. Louis Community College, Cincinnati State Technical and CommunityCollege, and Vincennes University) embarked on a journey to plan the

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Ronald R. Hosey; R. Gregg Bruce; Lester K. Eigenbrod; Hansjoerg Stern

. Page 3.186.3 3 Each of the three-member design teams was assigned one of the following five principal phases:1. Power conversion and distribution system2. Vehicle Propulsion3. Mower Drive and position4. Vehicle steering and blade actuation5. Hydraulically powered accessories The coordination of various subsystem interfaces on the vehicle was essential in order for allsystems to operate efficiently and safely. In the photo Fig. 1, a typical systems coordination tookplace in a laboratory session. The responsibilities of each of the teams included, but were notrestricted to, the functional tasks implied by the title of the team. All teams have at their disposal the computer-based electronic catalogs

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Digendra K. Das; Atlas Hsie; Salahuddin Qazi

individual basis. An executive committee consisting of the dean of ISET, chairpersons ofeach departments and one faculty member from each of the three departments of electrical,mechanical and industrial engineering technologies run the program. The Dean is an ex-officiomember; the coordinator of the program chairs the committee.Although these three departments offer different areas of concentration at the undergraduatelevel, we selected only the areas which had some commonality and contained an element, whichmakes the program practice-oriented and integrated. The college supports a practice-orientedlearning environment with state-of-the -art laboratories in all primary areas of academicofferings.The program is currently offered only to part-time

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Terri Estkowski; Mary Ann Bowman; Liwana Bringelson

Session 3592 The Model Mentor: A Telephone Survey of Mentoring Experiences Among Women Engineering Faculty Terri Estkowski, Liwana Bringelson, Mary Ann Bowman Engineering Management Research Laboratory Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Western Michigan University Introduction In their study of mentoring from the mentor’s perspective, Blackburn, Chapman andCameron [1] conclude that there are questions left unanswered about mentoring, such as, “Whatare the attributes of successful mentors” (p. 326). Hunt and Michael [2

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Ben Erwin

ones such as “what are the functional requirements of education?” -the first question in a systems engineering design task. In fact, there are projects and institutesthinking in exactly this way (ASCD Systems Thinking Newsletter, 1996). Engineering and Educational Philosophy If John Dewey were opening up his famous Laboratory School today instead of 100 yearsago, the occupational theme that teachers would use to teach children "how society has grown tobe what it is" (Tanner, 1997) would not be sewing, cooking, and carpentry, but engineering.With an enormous interest in the social nature of learning and educating children that can liveand work together, Dewey certainly would have been a fan of systems

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Mulchand S. Rathod; Joella H. Gipson

promote communication and cooperationquality of the student essay. Parents and students among its partners to address needs pertaining toattended information sessions and award ceremonies. education of the technological workforce. TheAt the 1997 ASEE Annual Conference, we reported mission is to work collaboratively in a virtual centeron the structure of the enrichment program, course that focuses on restructuring of technical curriculacontents, teaching pedagogy, and student evaluation and teaching practices in mathematics and scienceof the curriculum. As a part of the enrichment with integration of authentic activities in anprogram, we requested the 8 th grade

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Robert J. Hofinger

design our courses and properly prepare our students.What will the electrical engineering field be like in the future? What should our students preparethemselves for? What should we, as educators, be teaching the future engineers andtechnologists? An insight with leaders in the electrical engineering field presents a picture ofwhat the engineering profession will be like in the next five years. With this knowledge, we aselectrical engineering technology educators can improve our curriculum and better prepare ourstudents for a meaningful and prosperous career and future.IntroductionTake a step forward, into the 21st Century. Let us look at the beginning of a well-connected dayin the life of a systems engineer, starting with this teleconferencing

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J. Michael Jacob; Jeffrey W. Honchell

subjective evaluation of the project by the students, the subjectiveevaluation of the project by the course instructors, and the objective results, including thestudents' performance evaluation, and a comparison of the students' overall course performanceas compared with previous semesters which did not include a project. Finally, continuing trendsin the application of teaming are presented.IntroductionDuring the summer of 1992 Motorola presented Purdue University with a Total QualityManagement (TQM) Challenge. The objective of the challenge was to integrate the principles ofTotal Quality Management into the university. This included both teaching about TQM, andteaching with TQM (using TQM principles and techniques to improve the quality of

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Jordan Cox; Alan Parkinson

, Attmodel and solve problems Att work with others explain below Attdesign system, process or component Attappreciate history, art, music, etc. Attconduct an experimental program Atthave high ethical standards Attuse engineering tools, techniques Attunderstand global societal context Attcommitment to lifelong learning Explanations: Explanations Associated Reading ReadingHomework and Homework:Associated Laboratory LabActivities Activities: First Principles: FirstPrinciples Mathematics: MathConcepts Computer Tools

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Linda Hardymon; Katherine Mathis; Ahad S. Nasab; Saeed Foroudastan

can befurther broken down into 470 million tons of CO2 emissions or 34% of the CO2 emitted in theU.S., according to an “Existing Buildings Research Program Overview” published by the OakRidge National Laboratory 1. Whenever energy efficiency and conservation curb the use offossil fuels, a reduction in CO2 emissions will follow as well as other pollutants contributing toacid rain and urban smog. Energy conservation must interface with a facility’s pollution controlprogram along with the energy savings steps. Care must be taken to use conservation measureswhich do not create local pollution problems. Installation of energy efficient technologies canreduce pollution and the cost of environmental protection by lowering energy bills and

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Barry M. Lunt; C. Richard Helps

jointly and comprehensivelyreviewed the syllabus to identify those skills which can and should be taught at the freshmanlevel. We have also identified a mechanism whereby these skills can be blended into a singlecoherent freshman course. Students can establish relationships with faculty early on. This not only exposes them todifferent teaching styles but also to faculty who are enthusiastic about specific technical topics.It also helps students and faculty to develop mentoring relationships around common interests.Freshman educational needs College freshmen are often considered to be more “at risk” than other college students.The term “at risk” in this context encompasses several meanings, such as high drop-out rates,lower grades or

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Alice Swanger

as theoretical knowledge, it was determined that we would benefit from abenchmarking study of existing ways to grant credit for experienced based learning outside ofthe traditional laboratory or classroom. Five types of models were explored.Benchmark #1 Medical School -- ApprenticeshipThis model employs the learning methodology of coaching-mentoring by an expert. It is aknown and time honored model. It is also extremely time and labor intensive as well ashighly subjective. It generally is time based rather than competency based which leaves roomfor crucial gaps in knowledge. Nonetheless, we used the rotational aspects of this model inour own structure.Benchmark #2 Directed StudyIn this model, the Academic Dean of the CAT works with the

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Henry W. Kraebber

to develop the infrastructure andfacilities supporting the new Purdue degree program in Computer Integrated ManufacturingTechnology (CIMT). CIMT is an ABET accredited degree program following the criteria ofSociety of Manufacturing Engineers. The focus on the development of the CIMT laboratory Page 3.374.1facilities led to corporate donations of nearly $4 million supporting a unique teaching laboratoryfor manufacturing. During 1994 a team of undergraduate students helped make the equipmentcome to life to produce the first products from the CIMT model factory.During 1994 the number of students entering the last two years of the CIMT program

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Thomas R. Williams; Judith Ramey

problem. A team that believes that freshmen-level physics courses are ineffective may, forexample, propose a "get your hands dirty" alternative to the current course, or a course thatencourages student collaboration, or that pairs students with differing levels of relevantbackground knowledge. What approach to teaching freshman-level physics, in other words, dothe team members believe will be successful in addressing the problems the team has defined?Let's say that the team has chosen to design a hands-on alternative to the current course. Theirstatement might (at least in its first version) identify the proposed instructional or curricularintervention as "present freshman-level physics content in a more concrete, contextualized way."To the

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Hussein Anis

, equipment installation, commissioning, andutilization, and curriculum development and the preparation of renovated coursewarematerial. PROJECT OUTLINE AND POLICIESActivities Supported by EEDPLoan support for engineering education development under the EEDP project includedprovisions for development of engineering curricula and engineering education technology,procurement and commissioning of laboratory equipment, supply of instructional materials,including textbooks and library resources, academic fellowships and industrial attachmentsfor staff upgrading (both teaching and technical support staff), consultants and visiting

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Aaron A. Jennings

Massachusetts in 1977 and his Ph.D. degree fromthe University of Massachusetts in 1980. He taught at the University of Notre Dame andThe University of Toledo prior to moving the Case Western Reserve University to head theprogram in Environmental Engineering. His undergraduate teaching responsibilities haveincluded Fluid Mechanics, Hydraulic Engineering and Hydrology, Water Supply,Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Solid and Hazardous Waste and Water ResourcesEngineering. Dr. Jennings has also taught graduate courses in Subsurface Hydrology,Environmental Engineering Principles, Hazardous Waste Management, AdvancedGroundwater Analysis, Environmental Engineering Modeling, Applied GroundwaterModeling and Environmental Remediation. Dr. Jennings is an

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John T. Bell; H. Scott Fogler

explore through immersive interactive simulation the same concepts that werepreviously covered in class will not teach them any new material; However it will reinforce thematerial that they have learned elsewhere, improving the overall learning process.Another benefit of educational VR addresses different learning styles [5]. Some students learnvery well from oral lectures and written words. These verbally oriented students generally excelunder traditional educational methods, and do not need additional assistance from virtual reality.Other students, however, are more visually oriented, and do not fully understand the words untilthey can see an illustration of the concepts. VR can help this latter group to visualize thematerial covered in class

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F. Jalali

several half-wavelengths long onphysically small models at operating frequencies well below 1 MHz. At the low operatingfrequencies, measurement and data collection can be accomplished using general-purpose labinstruments that are readily available in most basic laboratories. The prototype “lines” built bythe author and used in a transmission line course are described and the lab exercises andprocedures for determining the propagation properties such as standing wave pattern, phaseconstant, and wavelength are outlined. Typical experimental results are also provided.INTRODUCTIONThe experiments for the study of the basic characteristics of the propagation along transmissionlines are performed at frequencies above 1 Ghz. These experiments usually

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Krzysztof Malinowski; Jerzy Woznicki; Andrzej Krasniewski

student has to take 10 or more courses per semester, with over 30hours of regularly scheduled lectures, recitations, and laboratory sessions per week. Eachgraduating MS student has to submit and defend a thesis.A recipient of a Master's degree can follow one of two basic paths leading to a PhD degree. Oneway, typical for the 70's and 80's, but still frequently adopted, is to take a position of a teachingassistant or research assistant at a higher education institution or research institute and pursue - inparallel with routine teaching, research and administrative duties - research work in the selectedarea, under supervision of a senior member of academic or research staff. An alternative is topursue a program of study leading to a PhD degree

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Roman Z. Morawski; Jerzy Woznicki; Andrzej Krasniewski

curriculum objectives and requirements, teaching methods and techniques, training ofstudent's skills through laboratory and design experiences, use of computers, oral and writtencommunication, qualifications and teaching load of academic staff, facilities and theiravailability, administration procedures, information system and counseling, admissionprocedures, student performance, competence of graduates, and internal quality assuranceprocedures. It appears, however, that appropriate measures which characterize the dynamics ofchanges made in the past and the preparation of an institution for future changes, being in ouropinion essential indicators of education quality, are rather rarely encountered in the existing andproposed external quality

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Kevin M. Hubbard

. Biographical InformationKEVIN M. HUBBARD is an assistant professor in the University of Missouri-Rolla's Engineering Managementdepartment. He also serves as the Manufacturing Engineering academic advisor, and as the Computer IntegratedManufacturing Laboratory Director. He teaches and conducts research in the areas of manufacturing processes andmanufacturing system control and integration. Page 3.203.8

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Leslie Lahndt-Hearney

. Thus, these fields ofengineering experienced a real need to have curricula where efforts were placed toward researchand development for the creation of new theory and techniques, and other curricula where effortswere placed teaching engineering practice and improving practice oriented technology. The Page 3.577.1divergence of theory and practice is perhaps most obvious in the fields of electrical engineeringand electrical engineering technology.There are, however, some fields of engineering that were virtually unaffected by the moonlaunch of the 1960’s, and perhaps the most obvious of these is the field of civil engineering (CE).Yet, despite

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Willie E. (Skip) Rochefort

needed to solve some of them.Unfortunately.....the only way we have found to teach students the engineeringapproach to process analysis is to have them practice it, repeatedly, until theyget it."From their assessment it appears that the challenge facing the instructor is toprovide sufficient "practice" at problem solving to make the studentsproficient, while providing sufficient additional stimulus to keep the studentsexcited about chemical engineering. We have addressed this challenge in ourMaterial Balances course by providing the students with a quarter long projectbased on a an actual chemical engineering process. The process that has beenused for the past three years is the Ford-Wixom Material Balances MultimediaModule developed by Prof