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Page 4.36.4prioritize the five activities listed below.1. Participate in a university task force to develop guidelines for experiential learning course credit.2. Represent the department on the College of Engineering library committee.3. Become a member of a team focusing on supply chain programs for local industry through the College of Engineering Modeling and Simulation Center.4. Teach a professional development class on project management.5. Work on an industry project through the university Technology Applications Center.Exhibit 3 describes the results of scoring the activities based on their impact on the strategic goalstatement and the tenure objectives. It employs a traditional (9,3,1) QFD method: nine indicateshigh impact of an

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into our program. We hope that with continued experimentation wecan make improvements in all aspects of how DCT is implemented in our program and we lookforward to reading of other educators' experiences with this valuable tool.References1. "Engineering Criteria 2000", Engineering Accreditation Commission of The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, 3rd Edition.2. Rogers, Gloria M. and Sando, Jean K.; "Stepping Ahead: An Assessment Plan Development Guide", Rose- Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana, 1996.3. "Best Assessment Processes in Engineering Education II - A Working Symposium", Proceedings, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana, 1998.JOHN I. HOCHSTEINJohn I. Hochstein

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organization that serves the Detroitcommunity. The Center for Advanced Technologies (CAT) is Focus:Hope’s multi-level trainingfacility. Greenfield Coalition was conceived to develop an innovative manufacturing technologyand engineering curriculum. The electric machines course introduces industrial electric power sources and industrialapplications of motors, generators, and transformers to associate level manufacturing engineeringand technology students. The course is developed from an industrial electric systems perspectiverather than from an electric circuit perspective. The goal of writing this paper is to partially enable future developers of CBI material,especially in mathematically intensive courses, to understand the dimensions

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ConclusionsCeramic-matrix composites (CMCs) are wear-resistant, hard, of high-strength and modulus, andlightweight in elevated-temperature and aggressive environments in comparison with many otherconventional engineering materials. The technology for the fabrication, characterization, modeling,design, and applications of CMCs is of vital importance for improving U.S. industrialcompetitiveness in the worldwide market.In cooperation with the near-by world-renowned Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the presentcourses have been developed to integrate the materials science and mechanics of CMCs into Page 4.120.4interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate level

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Donald V. Richardson

Session 3226 THE GENESIS OF AN EXPERIMENT or The Framework of Experimental Development Donald V. Richardson, Emeritus Waterbury State Technical College, ConnecticutAbstractEvery experiment, when performed for the first time, is done in order to further develop a sci-ence, or technology to enhance military or civilian equipment. This paper shows that experimentsinto unknown territory always use the same fundamental steps, regardless of if or how they arenamed. When these experiments are repeated as student work, sometimes

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. Engineering Management Department School of Engineering University of Missouri-Rolla Rolla, Missouri 65401-0249 (USA) E-mail: sraper@umr.edu Tel: (573) 341-6569 Fax: (573) 341-6567ABSTRACT Despite progress in controlling exhaust emissions, the increase of cars on the road willsurpass progress in emission control technology. The automobile is currently responsible for50% of world fossil fuel consumption, 15-20% of CO2 emissions worldwide andoverwhelming particulate air pollution in many urban centers. Current efforts in emissionscontrol have been focused

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techniques is possible in acontrolled setting that can be made to be non-threatening and encouraging. Multimedia moduleshave a lot of potential for improving teaching effectiveness and the ability to integrate researchand teaching, however, there is the need for models as to how these modules can be efficientlymade and kept timely.II. NASA BioreactorMany exciting and important problems in science and engineering research and education arearising at the boundaries between traditional disciplines. One area of chemical engineeringresearch that many feel will have a significant impact on the development of new chemicalengineering processes and applications in the future is process technologies in extraterrestrialenvironments (Frankie and Zubrin, 1999

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incorporate the same technological uncertainty and economic risk as a realproduct development effort, nor can they serve as a basis for truly open and spontaneousinteraction between students and outside resource-people expert in marketing and marketresearch, patents and intellectual property, venture capital, etc. - these consultative processesdegenerate into role-playing after the first iteration of any given problem. Industrially-sponsored engineering clinics provide real tasks and more realistic interaction with experts, butthe tasks are almost never crucial to the sponsor’s business success. Because decision-makingauthority and budgetary control ultimately rest with the sponsor, students are insulated fromentreprereurial angst. Only when students

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Y. S. Teplitsky; V. A. Borodulya; A. F. Hassoun; Mulchand S. Rathod; Vladimir Sheyman

Session 2548 THEORETICAL CONSIDERATION OF COMPLEX HEAT TRANSFER IN THE FREEBOARD REGION ABOVE THE FLUIDIZED BED Vladimir Sheyman, Mulchand S Rathod Division of Engineering Technology Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan V. A. Borodulya, Y. S. Teplitsky, A. F. Hassoun Heat and Mass Transfer Institute Belorussion Academy of Sciences, Minsk, BelarusSUMMARY equations which modulate the main processes of

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Session No. 3532 Designing an Innovative Laboratory to Teach Concepts in Grid-Tied Renewable and Other Dispersed Resources Badrul H. Chowdhury* bchow@ece.umr.edu. Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept. University of Missouri-Rolla Rolla, MO 65409-0040 Tel: 573-341-6230; Fax: 573-341-6671*Work performed while at the University of WyomingAbstract An undergraduate laboratory is designed for use as part of the energy conversion andpower

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Martha A. Centeno; Julie A. Jacko; Marc L. Resnck; Marcia Groh-Hammond; Seth Berkowitz; Amanda M. Mitskevich; Janet Parker; John Schmidt

B.S. degreein Mechanical Engineering from the Louisiana Tech University and her M.S. in Engineering Management from theFlorida Institute of Technology. She is a registered professional engineer in mechanical engineering from the stateof Florida.JULIE A. JACKOShe has been on the faculty of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering since 1996. She received herPh.D from Purdue University in 1993. Her areas of interests are Quality Engineering, Human factors, and Human-computer Interaction.AMANDA M. MITSKEVICHShe started her career at NASA-K.S.C. in 1987 in the shuttle logistics organization, where she was until she joinedthe industrial engineering group in 1992. She received her B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from the

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, 1998.2. Navaz, Homayun K., Henderson, Brenda S., and Mukkilmarudhur, Ravi K., “Bringing Research and New Technology into the Undergraduate Curriculum: A Course in Computational Fluid Dynamics”, ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, June 1998, Seattle, WA.3. Shaping the Future: New Expectations for Undergraduate Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology, National Science Foundation, Report 96-139, May 1996.4. Engineering Education for a Changing World (The Green Report), ASEE Engineering Deans Council and the ASEE Corporate Roundtable.5. NSF Grant, EHR - Division of Undergraduate Education #9651218, A Plan for Integrating CFD into an Undergraduate Curriculum, Pennsylvania State University, 1996.6

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corporategovernance including the following: Information, Communication, Governance board policies,Individual board members and Governance processes. Company examples from the literaturethat exemplify these factors are discussed. An additional objective of this research is todetermine whether successful governance could and should be taught. It is believed that the fieldof Engineering Management is a primary vehicle to educating present and future engineeringprofessionals about successful corporate governance.IntroductionCorporate governance is a timely and important subject. The business school academiccommunity has recognized this importance and expanded its research efforts in this area. Thenumber of publications involving corporate governance issues has

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concerned with the attitudes of the constructor towardsubjects in the construction curriculums. Seven areas were covered. The first area dealt with thegeneral education courses. The second area dealt with mathematics and sciences that aregenerally available to construction majors. The elements of engineering and architectural designprinciples were dealt with in the third area. The fourth area dealt with the fundamental elementsof effective business administration and management needed for the construction businessoperations. The attitude of the constructor toward the elements that address the how-to in theconstruction process such as surveying, computer applications, construction methods,equipment, etc., was dealt with in the fifth area. The sixth

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Session 2532 Providing an Updated Dynamic Systems and Controls Lab Experience Bill Diong The University of Texas at El PasoPrologue Both the undergraduate Electrical Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering curricula atthe University of Texas - Pan American (with which the author was affiliated until recently)include a required course in Automatic Control (it is optional for Mechanical Engineeringstudents). Up till now, they have been taught in a lecture-only format. But recently, in keepingwith the newly developed mission statements

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Session 3560 On Instruction of the First "R" of Environment S. Kant Vajpayee The University of Southern MississippiAbstractThe instruction of environmental issues is no longer limited to science and humanities educators.An increasing number of engineering and engineering technology programs are incorporatingcourses on environment in their curricula. At The University of Southern Mississippi theintroductory course ESC 301: Living in the Environment is one of the several we offer. It is anelective within the university core curriculum. Many engineering technology majors

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situationsinto abstract mathematical models. The engineering curriculum is filled with analysis courses,and the focus is invariably on the analysis of completely determined homework problems thatrepresent some implied abstraction from reality (and for which a "unique" answer is available inthe back of the book).Furthermore, intuition is a vital component of human decision-making, and it is no less so inengineering problem-solving. Given the inexorable development of technology, the curriculumis under continual compaction as new topics are added and older material is edged out tomaintain a nominal 4 year program. One of the earliest casualties in this process has been theapplication of engineering principles to practical problems through the mechanism of

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Tze-Leong Yew; Kian-Huat Tan; Kurt C. Gramoll

Section 1302 Understanding Machine Operations and Manufacturing using VRML Kian-Huat Tan, Tze-Leong Yew and Kurt Gramoll Research Assistants and Hughes Professor Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering University of OklahomaAbstractOver the past decade, there has been a growing need to use computers in the educationalprocess. Software developers have started to take advantage of the most significantadvances in computer technology most notably, internet-based networks. Undeniably, theInternet will be a vital part of education in the

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called applets that execute on the client's machine. Applets are 1 This work was supported in part by NSF grant MIP-9703312. The authors are with the School of Page 4.182.1Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0250, USA.platform independent, architecture neutral, and can be used to create highly interactive andanimated web pages. Along with authoring tools, Java provides the user access to applica-tion programs whether or not the user has these programs on his her machine. The potentialof Java in engineering education has been recognized by others as well. For example, Javaapplets have been

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transferring to GeorgiaTech consistently succeed academically as well or better than entering Tech freshmen. Thissuccess prompted the University System to implement a Regents’ Engineering TransferProgram (RETP) based on the MGC program that would facilitate the transfer of highly-qualified students from other state institutions to Georgia Tech to complete their engineeringdegree. Likewise, many students attend MGC for two years before transferring to SouthernPolytechnic State University or Georgia Southern University to complete the requirements for aBachelor’s degree in Engineering Technology. To complement this strength in its engineeringcurriculum MGC in 1997 began two new initiatives: (1) preliminary approval was granted toestablish a new

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Science Mathematics,Engineering, and Technology, Report # NSF 96-139. The National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA.16. Panitz, Beth (1996). “Boosting students’ attention and retention,” ASEE Prism, Vol. 5, 5, p.1617. Romer, D. (1993). “Do Students Go to Class? Should They?” Journal of Economic Perspectives, V7,Summer, pp. 167 - 174.18. Simon, Herbert (1998). “What We Know About Learning (Keynote Address),” Journal of EngineeringEducation, Vol. 87, 4, p. 433-436.19. Smith, Karl and Waller, Alisha (1997). “Afterward: New Paradigms for College Teaching.” In New Paradigmsfor College Teaching edited by Campbell, Wm. and Smith, Karl. Interaction Book Company, Edina, MN.20. Yokomoto, C. F. and Ware, R. (1997). “Variation of the Group Quiz that Promote

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/Teamwork 3. Oral and Written Communication Page 4.512.2 4. Collaboration 5. Leadership 6. Customer Focus 7. Professional EthicsIt is clear that companies are looking for more than someone that has just a good GPA.They want individuals that are broadly educated and can function effectively with others,especially in a team environment. This has also been emphasized in the revisions to theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) guidelines. Comparisonof these characteristics and the opportunities available from industry sponsored projectsindicate that significant achievements can be obtained through industry

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. These tasks included thedevelopment of better oral and written communication skills plus more exposure to computertools (engineering graphics, computer programming, spreadsheets and word processing),engineering statistics, teamwork, and general management. The Mechanical EngineeringDepartment (ME) immediately initiated a major effort to integrate these constructive criticismsthroughout its curriculum. Many of these suggestions are also delineated in the newAccreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) 2000 criteria2. The UW’s Page 4.545.1Engineering Task Force on Undergraduate Education also recommended students should bemade to

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, controls, robotics, design optimization, and machine vision. He has developed 2 CD-ROM’s containing hypermedia based instrumentation and communication resource modules, He has alsodeveloped innovative techniques for active learning, collaborative learning, and quick assessment. Dr. Mehtareceived the Carnot Award for the best teacher of the year, four times, from the students of Pi Tau Sigma Society.His e-mail address is mehta@badlands.nodak.edu.SCOTT DANIELSOScott Danielson is an assistant professor at North Dakota State University. He was the chair of the EngineeringTechnology Department and directed its Aero Manufacturing Engineering Technology program. He is currently afaculty member in the Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering department

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Stress Effects,” Semiconductor International,October, 1996, pp221-226.6. “Statistical Process Control for Semiconductor Metrology Systems,” Semiconductor International,October, 1996, pp167-172.7. “The New Mantra: MVT,” Forbes, March 11, 1996.8. “Multivariable testing increases output for clay company,” Ceramic Industry , November, 1996.9. Designed Experiments and Information, Verseput, S-Matrix Corporation, 1997.LAWRENCE J. GENALOobtained his Ph.D. degree from Iowa State University in 1977 in Applied Mathematics. He has servedASEE as Program and Division Chair for Freshman Programs and DELOS. His current interests includebringing engineering education to K-12 students, teachers, and their classrooms, technological literacy forfuture K-12

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Phillip J. Cornwell; Jerry M. Fine

Session 1368 Integrating Dynamics throughout the Sophomore Year Phillip J. Cornwell, Jerry M. Fine Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyAbstractAt Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, the sophomore year curriculum primarily concentrateson engineering science material that is traditionally covered in courses such as Dynamics,Thermodynamics I, Fluid Mechanics and Circuits I. In the 1995-96 academic year, as part of theNSF sponsored Foundation Coalition, this material was repackaged for several majors into a newsequence of courses called the Sophomore Engineering Curriculum (SEC) where the

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Session 2625 SPECTRE - An Extended Interdisciplinary Senior Design Problem Michael Ruane Electrical & Computer Engineering, Boston UniversityAbstractSPECTRE - the Student-run Program for Exoatmospheric Collecting Technologies and RocketExperiment, is a sounding rocket experiment in NASA’s Student Launch Program. Electricaland computer engineering seniors have worked on the flight hardware as a continuing capstonedesign project for five semesters, as part of an interdisciplinary student project team. Studentshave faced rich technical problems and unique project management challenges arising

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TypeIndicator (MBTI) and learning style preference determined from the VARK assessment. Specialfocus was placed on the “S” (sensing) or “N” (intuitive) descriptor in the MBTI type and on the“V” (visual) or “K” (kinesthetic) learning style preferences. Additionally, the results of selectedmidterm exam questions were used to evaluate the longer-term effectiveness of the enhancedlearning modules. The findings of these assessment attempts are discussed in detail following anexplanation of the MBTI and VARK types.2. Enhanced Learning Modules2.1. BackgroundThere is an increasing emphasis being placed on quality instruction in engineering education.This is exemplified by the emphasis given to quality of teaching in promotion decisions [Boyer],by the expanding

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, who is a faculty member, and currently department chair. Results indicate:that faculty considered as “non-motivating” teachers should not teach first semestercourses and that emphasis should be placed on encouraging students to declare theirmajor early and on providing interesting first semester courses.I. IntroductionIndiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) is a state-supported commutercampus with about 11,000 students (about 5500 FTE). The Electrical and ComputerEngineering Technology Department (ECET) provides instruction for accredited1 A.S.and B.S. programs in Electrical Engineering Technology (EET). There are currentlyabout 220 students majoring in EET, over 1000 students have received Purdue EETdegrees during the past 30

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and integrate engineering sci-ence and design wherever possible in all courses and laboratories.Along with philosophical changes, the availability of new tools to support design (e.g. personal computers, micro-processors and simulation tools such as Spice, MATLAB® and LabView®) have changed the curriculum and thestudents’ ability to engage in and complete more difficult and realistic projects. The 1980s saw the first integrationof computers into senior design projects and the advent of projects based on robotics and microprocessors. Besidesthe obvious benefits of these tools in enhancing the capabilities of students to successfully attack “real-world”problems, these technological advances also promote interdisciplinary projects.BackgroundThe