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Ajay Mahajan; David McDonald

can correctly and confidently specify and use these systemsafter graduation.The strategy to improve students’ ability and confidence with modern computer-basedinstrumentation focused on integrating the use of this equipment into several courses. The targetaudience included all electrical, mechanical, and manufacturing majors in engineering andtechnology. The implementation plan involved introducing students to the use of this equipment Page 3.183.1in fundamentals courses, and then reinforcing its use in advanced courses, independent studies,research projects and a capstone senior projects course sequence.Modern instrumentation equipment was

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Ben Humphrey

their congregation and itscommunity. It becomes the job of the augmenter to search out and identify such needs. Theminister/director concentrates their attention on hospital calls, other sicknesses or personalcounseling and visitation necessities. They may assign the augmenter letters of greeting,encouragement or business to draft or process. The director prepares and presents sermons and studies. They perform the ceremonies,rituals and functions of the church, serving as leader and host. They coordinate the goals andobjectives of the congregation with church leaders and plan approaches and programs. In theircapacity as denominational representative from a local congregation, the director needsbackground data for the preparation of

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1998 Annual Conference

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Gary B. Randolph; Dennis O. Owen

. Page 3.60.1With the addition of Internet access to the Purdue Anderson computer labs, a virtual libraryseemed like logical step. In addition, class surveys indicated that around half of the PurdueAnderson students had Internet access from work or home, making the Internet and the virtuallibrary moreaccessible than aphysical library. Figure 1 -- Virtual Library PageAs plans were madeto develop the virtuallibrary, the followingadvantages wereidentified:Cost – In comparisonto the expense ofstocking a librarywith books andperiodicals and hiringlibrary staff, a virtuallibrary costs virtuallynothing.Timeliness – Nophysical library canbe up-to-date,especially with regardto computertechnology. TheInternet is constantlybeing

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Steven W. Peretti; Richard M. Felder

, and analyzedata for four experiments related to fluid dynamics and heat transfer. The lectures deal withlaboratory procedures (with an emphasis on safety), statistical data analysis, and written and oralreport preparation. The second course—which has no lecture component—involves threeexperiments related to separation processes and chemical reactions, and the students also designand either simulate or run their own multi-unit experiment. Experiments are carried out in three-week cycles: one week for the teams to learn about the equipment and plan the experiment, oneto run the experiment, and one to analyze the data and prepare the report. Instructional modules for the course sequence deal with the following topics:• Elementary

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Mariusz Jankowski

learningenvironment. The plan is to replace many of the typical “chalkboard” lectures withclosely supervised interactive, “hands-on” sessions in a computer equipped classroom.The essential feature in this new approach is the systematic use of a powerfulmathematical computing environment that simultaneously forces and empowers thestudent to be an active participant in the lecture. Ultimately, the goal is to enhance Page 3.425.1understanding of fundamental theoretical concepts within the discipline by significantlyincreasing the use of computation and visualization in the learning process.However, to fully realize the potential of active learning strategies in the

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Jack Waintraub

of the Mecomtronics model foreducating technicians, as witnessed through the support it provides.As NJCATE further matures it will expand activities into other disciplines of technicianeducation. Currently linked to Center activities is another NSF-sponsored project that focuses onthe development of a Telemedia Communications Technology program, that combines the areasof multimedia and telecommunications. Future plans include bringing integrated education toindustry training and expanding the provision of professional development and technical Page 3.570.3assistance services to industry and education.JACK L. WAINTRAUB is Professor and Chairman

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Michael R. Kozak

Engineers: A Pre-requisite for Managing Effectiveness." ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Washington, DC: American Society for Engineering Education, 1995.5 Deighton, L. C. The Encyclopedia of Education. Vol. 3. New York: Macmillan Co & The Free Press, 1971.6 Plummer, M. C., Grubbs, Jr., A. B. & Kozak, M. R. "A Survey of Master's Degree Programs in Engineering Technology." Journal of Engineering Technology 12, no. 1 (Spring 1995); 8-11.7 96-97 Fact Book. Denton, Texas: University of North Texas Office of University Planning, 1997.8 Lashley, P. "Unchanging Melody." ASEE Prism 6, no. 8 (April, 1997); 35-37 MICHAEL R. KOZAKMichael R. Kozak, Graduate Program Coordinator, Department of

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James E. Fuller

room schedule or required parking including graphs and charts (using Microsoft Excel4) • word processing document describing the project to an audience of their choice (client, building official, planning review board, professionals, etc.).After the base documents are done, further lab exercises develop scenarios to link or embed thevarious software documents. Lectures focus on the process and the purpose giving students thehow and why of the exercises. It then becomes the student’s responsibility to develop theappropriate links and/or embedded documents. Students work in teams since this is the way theworld works today! There is no one right answer since, in many cases, this is also the way

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Richard Spillman

to the anagram tool. This tool provides additional functionsthat allow the student to easily move rows and test possible row combinations. In this way, itprovides an easy anagram tool as shown in Figure 4. Additional tools, including stream cipher analysis and genetic algorithms are planned forfuture versions of CAP. In this way, the course content will be expanded to include anexamination of other ciphers and their weaknesses.SummaryThis course addresses a significant issue that will face our students as they move into theworkplace. In discussions with the students during and after the course, the instructor has noticesseveral common themes. Overall, the students seem to enjoy the course. They find the exam tobe very unique and even

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Thomas G. Stanford; Donald Keating

education at engineering schools is still primarilytied to the singular linear research model of science-driven technology development. There, thegoals are viewed primarily as teaching undergraduates and, at the graduate level, as research forthe discovery and dissemination of new scientific knowledge and the graduate education offuture teachers and academic researchers. At present, the graduate education of engineers hasevolved as a byproduct of educational policy for scientific research.3.1 Needs-Driven Model of Innovation and Technology DevelopmentAlthough the Bush plan has proven to be correct for excellence in scientific research andgraduate science education at universities to promote scientific progress, it is fundamentally inerror for

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1998 Annual Conference

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Tian S. Lim

-Mining on a long-term basis, which enables the school to become theonly provincial university that enrolls students from all parts of the country. Changes at Fuzhou UniversityFounded in 1958, Fuzhou University is situated in the western suburbs of Fuzhou, near thepicturesque Minjiang River, adjoining the famous ancient Xichan Buddhist Temple. Thecampus, standing in quiet and beautiful surroundings, is a spectacular example of southernscenery. The weather is agreeably mild all the year around. The school occupies an area ofabout 125 acres, with a developed area of some 3,000,000 square feet. The planned campus areawill reach 180 acres, with buildings covering 4,500,000 square feet.Fuzhou University has now developed

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1998 Annual Conference

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William E. DeWitt; Timothy L. Skvarenina

consulted to help shape the new plan of study.For many years, the Purdue EET program prided itself as being one of only a few in the UnitedStates with a strong electric power program. The plan of study included a required electricmotors course, which was organized in a traditional pattern of magnetics, DC machines,transformers, and AC machines. Electives included a course oriented toward electric utilityoperations (generation and transmission), an electrical distribution course, 1 and two controlscourses. Despite this history, some faculty viewed the required course as a target for elimination,which would allow other topics to be included. Surprisingly, however, there were a few non-power faculty who felt the course should be kept exactly as it

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1998 Annual Conference

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Sameer Kumar; John Walker; Jeffrey A. Jalkio; James Rehg

of the class. FAX machine in the classrooms distributes any additional information during the session. 4. A document camera is a useful tool. One can display explanatory samples, notes and drawings and also transmits overheads. It is quite useful for students’ presentations. It allows students to present examples, notes, etc, without any special preparation. 5. Examinations require careful planning. Sending the material is easy, but getting it back in a timely manner is more difficult. Overnight Federal Express was found to be convenient. 6. Instructors have to be constantly aware of the fact that they are in a distant class to keep them actively involved in the class activities. Particularly, they need to be vigilant

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Marilyn Dyrud

relief work. 9An M.O. While understanding of what constitutes professional ethics and an examination oftroublesome issues is important, knowledge is useless without a plan for coping with thesesituations. Michael Davis, of the Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions at IllinoisInstitute of Technology, offers the following as a modus operandi for dealing with ethicalsituations:21. State problem (“There’s something about this decision that makes me uncomfortable.” “Do I have a conflict of interest?”)2. Check facts (Many problems disappear upon closer examination of the situation, while others may change drastically.)3. Identify relevant factors (Include persons involved, laws, professional codes, other practical constraints.)4

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David Wells

minimized and computer-based-learning modules are heavilystressed. Learning is designed to be modular, in-context, inquiry-based and competency-measured. Many of the modules are self-paced, employing only minimal instructor intervention.Greenfield courses vary widely in number of credits and in duration. Most of the courses are oftwo or three credits, but there are many at one credit and a few at four or five credits. Duration isplanned around the amount of time for a ‘standard’ student to absorb the designed subject matter.Thus, planned duration of course varies from five to fifteen weeks. However, with the emphasison self-pacing, methodologies are being devised to permit students to accelerate their learningand complete courses in shorter periods

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1998 Annual Conference

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S. Cem Karacal; John A. Barker; Jacob Van Roekel

ideas about how science relates to engineering, and howthe content of their physics, mathematics, and chemistry classes bears upon even the simplestengineering problems. This is accomplished by pointing out the relevant theory on each projectthey work on. Even though they are not expected to perform a scientific analysis of the givenproblems, they are encouraged to use their knowledge of science to make predictions and/or Page 3.278.7investigations about given situations.Once the course is well established, we are planning to offer it to all undeclared freshmanstudents in the university. Many freshmen, even those interested in science, are not

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1998 Annual Conference

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Steven H. VanderLeest; Edward G. Nielsen

veryimpressed by the sheer size of the project as well as by the careful planning and research thatwent into the engineering of the system. The design had to account for a variety of political,historic, and economic constraints as well as the more familiar technical constraints. Figure 1 Model of Storm Surge Barrier Practical Hints for Managing a Foreign-Travel Engineering CourseBefore the trip• Arrange site tours/meetings yourself , but let your travel agency arrange the airfare, hotel accommodations, etc.• Use a hired driver/tour guide who knows the language(s). This frees you to teach and plan rather than finding your way through traffic.• Incorporate variety to peak the interest of all the students. Work

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Jay S. DeNatale; Gregg L. Fiegel

dilatometer testing systems have been used inthe Advanced Geotechnical Testing course (CE 582). Students in this course spend much oftheir time in the field performing cone penetrometer and dilatometer tests under the directsupervision of faculty. Four or five person laboratory groups are used so that each studentreceives hands-on experience with the equipment. Data and soil samples retrieved during fieldexploration are examined as part of detailed design projects. The design projects teach thestudents how to plan and complete subsurface investigations, interpret field test data, and designsimple foundation systems.Student evaluations indicate that this course is very well received. Last year, the instructor of thecourse received an overall rating of

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Arthur B. Sacks

attributes of CSM graduates. The “Profile,”drafted by the CSM Academic Planning Council over the course of the 1993-94 academic year,was debated and subsequently adopted by the CSM faculty and finally by the Board of Trustees.’Key items in the “Profile” supported the direction which the Division of Liberal Arts andInternational Studies (LAIS) had already embarked upon in its own curriculum planningactivities. Specifically, the preamble of the revised “Profile” states, CSM is committed to educating students to become good stewards of the Earth and its resources. To do this, CSM must provide students with perspectives informed by the humanities and social sciences, perspectives which also enhance students’ understanding of

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1998 Annual Conference

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Michele H. Miller

meetings he attended at Boeing couldhave been more productive if everyone had that type of training.Engineering Drawing This skill is particularly important for design engineers and producibilityengineers. Beyond seeing the drawing, an understanding of geometric dimensioning andtolerancing (little emphasis at MTU) is very important. Our students do not spend a lot of timeworking with drawings during their 4-5 years here, which was surprising to some of theengineers I talked with. On the other hand, I met a design engineer who had no drawing orgraphics classes in college and who was able to learn this skill fairly quickly.Project Planning and Management The design build team manager emphasized this skill.Designers work on long lasting projects (1-3

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Kristopher Delgado; Hartono Sumali

Department at Page 3.344.1Purdue University has decided to start offering an undergraduate course in instrumentation andmeasurement. The authors are drafting a plan for such a course to be given in the Fall 1998semester on an experimental basis. The plan is outlined in this paper.Challenges in offering an instrumentation courseSome agricultural or biological engineering departments do not offer any instrumentation course.The lack of instrumentation courses in those departments may be caused by several factors:FacilityA good instrumentation course requires a laboratory that can be very expensive. Manyagricultural and biological engineering

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1998 Annual Conference

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Daniel P. Schrage

chance to enter national competitions andprovide a seamless transition with the graduate program was needed. This has beenaccomplished over the past few years by having highly motivated undergraduates takeboth the capstone senior design courses, as well as enter national student designcompetitions and participate as teams, using the CE/IPPD methodology developed in thegraduate program. This approach has proven to be highly successful and has provided anexcellent recruiting program for the graduate design program as well as provide a smoothtransition. It also has been used to help satisfy the ABET 2000 intent of outcomemeasurement. With the conversion from a quarter system to a semester system in 1999we plan to provide an even tighter linkage

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Daniel Walsh; David Gibbs; Alan Demmons

to technology.Assessment results are presented and discussed. IntroductionCal Poly is currently reevaluating its curricula, indeed its very role as a polytechnic university. Part of thatreevaluation is a discussion of educational expectations and desired outcomes for non-technical majors. Shouldliberal arts majors be aware of the strong effect of technology on our culture? Should music majors appreciate thelinks between their discipline and computers? At first glance, it seems that the answer is a resounding yes. TheUniversity Strategic Plan calls for all Cal Poly graduates “to have acquired knowledge regarding technology, itsimportance to society and its impacts on natural systems”. Our

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1998 Annual Conference

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Milo D. Koretsky

Cpk are defined as follows: Specification Tolerance USL − LSL CP = = , Process Spread 6σ x − LSL USL − x  C pk = minimum  ,  3σ 3σ  where USL and LSL are the upper and lower specification limits, respectively, σ is the standard deviation of the sample and x is the mean. • Use of control charts, to monitor processes, access variation and determine process capability • Use of Design of Experiments (DOE) for planning experiments which

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1998 Annual Conference

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Marybeth Lima

glass viewing areasinstead of bars, and contains a natural habitat with numerous types of flora, a varied terrain, and apool, stream and waterfall system. Off exhibit areas include a medical facility, a keeper office,and two den areas to facilitate the addition of a second tiger to the exhibit. A completeenrichment plan is also part of the design; this comprehensive list of activities will providemental and physical stimuli for Mike in his new surroundings. The top of the enclosure iscovered with wire mesh. Recommendations. 1. The instructor should provide the students with more structurefor interacting in groups. While group governance was left up to the students, insufficientguidelines were provided to the students with respect to

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1998 Annual Conference

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Fathi Finaish

section, advantages and disadvantages, and completedrawings of the designed wing, showing size and plan form, are documented in this step.STEP 5: Compute model performance, iterate, and generate final wing designIn this step, the students calculate the model performance based on the designed wing of Step 4.It is required to determine the lift slope, and the oswald efficiency factor of the wing, lift anddrag coefficients, and lift to drag ratio. The required and available thrust and power aredetermined and plotted as functions of aircraft speed. These results are employed to determinethe maximum and minimum aircraft speeds and excess horsepower at any speed. For easyaccess of these calculations, the reader may refer to chapter 6 of reference 1

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Hamid Khan

Management 13-19 (Seven Questions) Two coursesFinancial Management 20-22 (Three Questions) One courseDecision Making 23-28 (Six Questions) Three coursesStrategic Planning 29-33 (Five Questions) Four coursesNegotiation and Conflict Resolution 34-40 (Seven Questions) Two coursesManagerial Communication 41-42 (Two Questions) One course=============================================================== Table 1. Classification of Subscales of skills for analysis and number of courses offeredThe Executive Development Associates (EDA) study has shown earlier that managementdevelopment programs normally have four main areas of thrust

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1998 Annual Conference

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W. Cully Hession; Marty D. Matlock; G. Scott Osborn; Daniel E. Storm; Ann L. Kenimer

to decline 30percent (Brown, et al., 1997). According to a recent United Nations report, water use hasbeen growing at more than twice the rate of the population increase during this century(United Nations, 1997). Currently, about one third of the world’s population lives incountries that are experiencing moderate-to-high water stress partly resulting fromincreasing demands from a growing population and human activities; this number isexpected to double in the next 15 years (Gleick, 1993).The impact of human civilization on Earth’s ecosystem is not clearly understood.Certainly the human species is changing Earth’s ecosystem in a manner not planned,desired, or predicted. There is a growing concern that our demands for ecologicalservices may

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Irma Becerra-Fernandez; Gordon Hopkins; Ted Lee

your analysis have been posted in Nicenet (see below), a webInstructor: Dr. Irma Becerra-Fernandez based discussion tool. This analysis counts as part of yourBook: Information Systems Management - Sprague & McNurlin homework grade. Also, I’ll be monitoring your participation in theCollection of HBS Case Studies on Information Systems discussion topics in Nicenet.Week Topics Chapter Each case will be assigned to a student group for presentation on1 IT Strategy 3 the scheduled date. Student groups will be assigned next week. IS Planning 4 Title

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Carol Fulton; Barbara L. Licklider

to the second thrust -- questioning strategies. Through a number of activities, facultyexamine the relationship between the types of questions they ask and the type of learningrequired of students.5 Faculty work on developing questions and designing tasks that engagestudents in activities that promote higher level thinking, problem-solving, and collaborativeinquiry.The first two thrusts lay the foundation for the next two thrusts: lesson planning and assessment.As faculty work to engage students with content and to improve the quality of the questions theyask, the issue of identifying desired student outcomes and planning lessons to achieve theseoutcomes naturally comes to the forefront of faculty discussion. With this new awareness,faculty