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Melinda J. Piket-May; Julie Chang; James Avery

1997.JAMES P. AVERYJames P. Avery received a B.S. degree in Computer Science from Michigan State University and a Ph.D. degree in Page 4.432.5Analytical Chemistry from the University of Illinois, Urbana. He has been an Assistant Professor of Electrical andComputer Engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder, since 1982. He is active in developing new electricalengineering courses and experimenting with new teaching techniques and technologies. He also serves as TechnicalDirector of the Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory

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what laboratories or facilities are useful to you?Weaknesses: Consider the issues that will be detrimental and may negatively impact your plans. For example, NSF may be a possible source of research funding but this may not be realistic unless your department has an on-going relationship with NSF.Opportunities: Examine unexplored areas that may be exploited for your benefit. Areas such as local economic development activities and synergy with current faculty research should be considered.Threats: Identify competitive issues that may impact your plans. For example, other universities may have programs or research plans that compete with your ideas.Once the SWOT analysis is completed, important department

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integral part of the project. Due to the complexity of the system, analytical studies of thesystem design and integration aspects of the project need to be complemented with extensivesimulation: at the mechanical level (the low level control system, the dynamics and kinematics ofthe robots, etc.), at the decision and strategy level, and at the system level (the integration of themechanical and strategy simulations).3) Project ManagementThe coordination and management of the various resources available to complete the project,such as money, time, and laboratory facilities, is an integral part of the project. Two teams oftwelve students are engaged in the project. The team members are comprised of students withdiverse skills and interests. For

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research, problem definition, specification setting, projectplanning and evaluation phases of a project-based design course and analogous stages ofinformation gathering, program description, goal and outcomes identification, performancemeasurement and evaluation that comprise an engineering program assessment task. NCIIA-designated level I, II and III projects are covered, including both embedded laboratory modulesand full semester efforts. Students not only benefit from interdisciplinary interaction amongand outside of engineering fields, but also get to specify, acquire, use and evaluate componentsand equipment items not commonly found in many undergraduate labs, particularly at smallerinstitutions. In developing their own project plans, reports

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. Microcontroller team web site: http://acs6.bu.edu:8001/~wolffman/skiewardBiographyMICHAEL RUANE is Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Boston University. Hereceived the B.E.E. from Villanova University in 1969, his S.M.E.E. from MIT in 1973, and the Ph.D. in SystemsEngineering from MIT in 1980. He spent two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Sierra Leone, was a staffmember of the MIT Energy Laboratory from 1973 until 1977 and is a registered professional engineer (electrical).He joined Boston University in 1980 and is a member of the Boston University Photonics Center. Page 4.466.9

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John T. Welch; John Durkin; James E. Grover; Douglas Smith

Processor Design. The latterthree are available to electrical engineering majors as senior year electives. Prior to VLSIdesign, they have a required course in programmable logic, which is an elective for electricals.They are strongly advised to take a computer interfacing laboratory course as an elective. Fall Spring Summer English Comp I English Comp II First Calculus I Calculus II Year Natural Science Physics I Tools for Elec. & CpE Discrete Math Physical Education Public Speaking Calculus III Differential Equations Second Physics II

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in a combined lecture, discussion, and computer laboratory setting. In thecourse, we try to blend traditional topics in conceptual and detailed process development,optimization, and engineering economics with more applied topics including de-bottlenecking ofexisting processes, using heuristics and engineering judgment to validate process simulatorresults, and process troubleshooting. Short exercises, process case studies, and open-endedprojects for external clients are all utilized to provide students with ample opportunities toachieve the learning objectives summarized in Table I. Table I Process Design Course Learning Objectives Apply process design principles

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Walter J., III Gomes; Cameron Wright; Michael Morrow; Thad Welch

, 1998.[8] McClellan, J. H., Burrus, C. S., Oppenheim, A. V., Parks, T. W., Schafer, R. W., and Schuessler, H. W., Computer-Based Exercises for Signal Processing Using MATLAB 5, Prentice-Hall, 1998.[9] Yoder, M. A., McClellan, J. H., and Schafer, R. W., “Experiences in Teaching DSP First in the ECE Curriculum,” Proceedings of the 1997 ASEE Annual Conference, paper 1220-06, June 1997.[10] Chassaing, R., Digital Signal Processing: Laboratory Experiments Using C and the TMS320C31 DSK, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.[11] Texas Instruments, Inc., TMS320C3x DSP Starter Kit User’s Guide, 1996.[12] Inacio, C. and Ombres, D., “The DSP Decision: Fixed Point or Floating?,” IEEE Spectrum, pp. 72–74, Sept. 1996.[13] MATLAB

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-widetraining programs, but rated departmental programs highly14. In engineering specifically,another study found that 59% of GSIs spend their time in laboratories, raising importantissues that campus-wide programs may not address 2. Thus, departmental programs mustbe seen as an essential tool in combination with campus-wide activities.Peer MentoringA network of mentoring individuals, both student and faculty, would support broad-scopeprograms in an ideal setting. GSIs will only consult professors in low-risk situations (e.g.how to grade the homework, whether to allow make-up exams). They tend to approachmore experienced GSIs with high-risk questions (e.g. how a professor might react to achallenge of authority, how to teach an unfamiliar subject matter

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John Naber; Jerry Branson; Glenn Edelen; Don Ruoff

ultraviolet lamps 4. Resist development Page 4.84.1 5. Copper etching bath 1 6 Resist removal bathIf a laboratory is not already in place to perform these steps, the cost to do so may not bejustified for a single course. Another factor is that the necessary chemicals are toxic, especiallythe resist stripper, and care must be taken in using and disposing of them. The purpose of thiswork is to make creating a single layer PCB simple, cost effective, safer and moreenvironmentally friendly by replacing the above six step process with a

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submittal. They must present and discuss their design procedures and decisions, anddefend them. Area consultants, professors, representatives of city engineering departments, andanyone else available that can ask them good insightful questions is invited to attend theirpresentations. Role-playing may be used to give them some idea of what a presentation before acity council, planning commission, or other government agency is like. For example, theinstructor may put on a bonnet and shawl and impersonate the hostile landowner next door totheir project, and ask questions accordingly.The whole Senior Design experience creates a laboratory for developing better communicationsskills. Learning to work as a team is a good way to learn to communicate

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Sam Thompson; John I. Hochstein; Tom Benson; Jeff Marchetta

Page 4.577.1with the software. With these packages, students use a mouse and keyboard to vary inputconditions and they receive principally graphical output.The educational tools described in this paper were developed at the Nasa Lewis Research Centerby Dr. Benson over the last several years and were intended to serve as supplements for labora-tory or lecture courses. They were designed to behave as a desk-top laboratory which the studentmay use to develop a feel for, and an understanding of, gas dynamics. But unlike normallaboratories, the student can use these tools whenever and as often as he or she pleases, with littlesupervision, no physical danger, and at little expense. When incorporated into a lecture course,this software can be used

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toprovide interaction between the instructor and students. The virtual lab has been in use since thespring semester of 1998. Positive feedback from students shows that the virtual lab is animportant integrated component for these courses and the lab activities greatly enhanced theirlearning experience.I. IntroductionIn recent years, network based online delivery approach has been applied to many disciplines.The online delivery approach was developed to respond to the demand of distance learning. Inthe model of distance learning, students are far away from a campus and it is very hard for themto take on-campus courses in traditional classroom and laboratory settings. Online coursedelivery allows the learning to take place anytime and any place, thus

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Edward Gehringer

fulltext string for problems on particular topics incomputer architecture. The database currently contains homework and test questions. It isplanned also to include lecture notes, laboratory exercises, and multimedia teaching materialsdeveloped at a number of universities. Materials are gathered for the database by obtaininginstructors’ permission to include materials from their course Web sites. Scripts have beendeveloped to fetch their material over the Web, separate homework assignments and tests intoindividual problems, and store them in the database.This project has been developed in conjunction with the WebAssign project for on-linehomework submission and grading. Where the format permits, homework and test problemscan be automatically

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Tava Lennon Olsen; Joyce Yen

Page 4.56.1Because many of the concepts regarding Markov processes require higher-level thinkingskills, an active and cooperative learning experience seems suitable for teaching theseskills and developing students’ intuition about Markov processes. In particular, we havedeveloped laboratory classes for the new course in order to achieve an active andcooperative learning environment. Furthermore, the labs have been designed toencourage students to question results and eventually derive for themselves, concepts andtheorems of Markov processes. The labs facilitate higher-level thinking skills, asstudents must synthesize lecture concepts and lab observations. Students may not havehad previous exposure to a particular concept but will have seen

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W.V. Wilding; J.N. Harb; Ronald E. Terry; W.C. Hecker

date. There wasconsiderable debate amongst the undergraduate committee and the full faculty before it wasagreed that we should require HAZCOM training and that this level of mastery was appropriate.This decision was impacted by input from our industrial constituency which indicated that newgraduates have not developed an appreciation for the importance of chemical safety.As the faculty discussed chemical safety as part of this attribute we realized that the layout of ourunit operations laboratory could be improved to emphasize safe chemical handling practices.Plans for doing this are being developed. Thus, the discussion of Attribute 7 has already beenthe impetus leading to worthwhile changes.The competency dealing with environmental

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Timothy Anderson; Robert Serow; James Demery; Carl Zorowski; Catherine E. Brawner

evaluation process that is used consists of the following 10 steps: 1. Review campus goals, objectives, and milestones. 2. Visit each member campus for a two to five day site visit to collect data. Data collection activities include: individual and group interviews with participants in and beneficiaries of SUCCEED as well as non-affiliated persons within the college of engineering; inspection of SUCCEED related documents such as budgets, individual project proposals, and published works on SUCCEED activities; and visits to such activities, classes, workshops, and laboratories as may be ongoing at the time of the site visit. 3. Verify collected data by allowing individuals to review the interviewer’s notes

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Kuruvilla Verghese; Douglas Peplow

semester of the junior year. This is a 4-credit course which concentrates primarilyon reactor statics. The outline of the course is in the Appendix. There are 2.5 hours ofclass room time and a 2.25 hour laboratory per week. The class size is usually small withabout 12-15 students. Much of the material taught in this course is required knowledgein several of the senior-level courses reactor systems, thermal-hydraulics, fuel cycles, se-nior design. Students enter this course after completing an introductory course in neutronphysics and elementary reactor theory through one-group di usion in homogeneous mediaand point reactor kinetics with a C grade or better. They typically will also have had asemester course in di erential equations and will be

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David P. Heddle; Robert F. Hodson; David C. Doughty

managementDAVID P. HEDDLEDavid P. Heddle, received his Ph.D. in Physics from Carnegie Mellon University in 1984. He also holds a B.S. andM.S. in Physics from Carnegie Mellon. Dr. Heddle has extensive experience in software development. His experienceincludes development of a graphical interface library adopted by national laboratories and commercial enterprises. Hehas also developed and consults for DoD contractors in the area of missile defense modeling. Additionally, Dr. Heddleis an Associate Professor at Christopher Newport University, a State comprehensive institution in Virginia. In additionto research and teaching responsibilities, Dr. Heddle the Director of Applied Physics. Dr. Heddle has presented andpublished extensively in the areas of

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S. M. Miner; R. E. Link

Research Corporation, 1998RICHARD LINK Page 4.135.10Richard E. Link is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the Faculty Director of the Computer-Aided Design and Interactive Graphics Laboratory at the United States Naval Academy. He received a Ph.D. inMechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland in 1993. Prior to joining the faculty at USNA in 1995, hespent ten years as a Senior Mechanical Engineer in the Fatigue and Fracture Branch at the U.S. Navy’s DavidTaylor Research Center in Annapolis, MD. He teaches courses in mechanics, computer-aided design andmanufacturing.STEVEN MINERSteve Miner is an Associate

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students with all aspects of academic writing. In addition, students who do not have any other access to computers, may use the computer laboratory to produce a hard copy of assignments. To encourage computer usage, the Centre has developed a word processing course for students.C Various small group workshops are offered on request in order to assist students in dealing with areas such as study skills, examination preparation, stress management, time management and other relevant topics.C The Integrated First Year Experience (IFYE), launched during 1997, involves all freshers, and attempts to increase the pass rate of students by incorporating as part of their studies the various skills needed

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Regina Nelson; Aldo Morales

tools and checking performance in Windows NT 4.0. Lecture and hands-on labs are embedded in this course; however, it was felt thatstudents needed to work in teams and on their own. It was decided that final the projectshould be setting up a remote access service. The students were exposed to the basicconcepts of RAS and were able to read manuals and other information (primarily in theweb) to successfully install RAS. Our networking laboratory consists of 12 computers(PCs) divided in 4 groups. One machine in each group acts as server and the rest asclients. We have token-ring and Ethernet hubs to allow for a flexible configuration ofnetwork architecture. A sample lab outline is presented in appendix A

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that "Yes, now it feels like an F-80!" but some of their feedback pressure calibrations varied over a nearly ten to one range! Part of this was due to simulating the various center of gravity conditions and the pilot's setting of the simulated trim tabs. e.) DECISION: Since diversity of pilot opinion was part of what the Air Force Aeromedical Laboratory wanted to explore and quantify, they were pleased. We altered the simulator to make dial-in changes easier and then put it in a long test and/or modification program. Page 4.525.93 This was before the era of “OP-amps” (operational amplifiers

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Ronald E. Terry; Kurt Sandholtz

currently serves as the Chair of the ASEE Rocky Mountain Section. He holds B.S. and Ph.D.degrees in Chemical Engineering from Oregon State University and Brigham Young University, respectively.KURT SANDHOLTZKurt Sandholtz is a partner in the Provo, Utah, office of the Novations Group, a strategic change managementconsulting firm. He has helped design and implement career development systems based on the Four Stages modelat DuPont, Dow Chemical, Sandia National Laboratories, Hewlett-Packard, and similar organizations. He holds aMaster of Organizational Behavior degree from Brigham Young University. Page 4.228.7

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David E. Hornbeck

2 achievement." -- National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education .Much of the anxiety expressed about the proposed ABET criteria for technology stems from their lack ofnumbers and specificity when compared to the existing criteria. The proposed criteria have beenperceived as allowing an institution to do anything it wants: diminishing mathematics and sciencerequirements, dumbing-down courses in general, hiring unqualified faculty, reducing quantity and qualityof laboratory classes/facilities, etc. With the current criteria, TAC has operated under the concept thatspecifying inputs to the educational process would assure quality of the output.However, the current form of criteria lacks flexibility to accommodate the number of

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Patricia M. Yaeger; Rose M. Marra; Francesco Costanzo; Gary L. Gray

. Ms.Yaeger has a M. Ed. degree in Evaluation Research and a B.S. in Quantitative Methods from the University of Illi-nois at Chicago.ROSE M. MARRARose Marra completed her Ph.D. in Instructional Technology at the University of Colorado at Denver in 1996. Priorto coming to Penn State, Dr. Marra worked as a software engineer for Bell Laboratories in Denver, CO. In her cur-rent role as the Director of Engineering Instructional Services and Assistant Professor of Engineering, Dr. Marraserves as the college’s "educational consultant", running faculty and TA workshops on teaching, introducing effec-tive uses of technology into the classroom, and assessing the impact of educational change. In 1998, Dr. Marra waspart of a faculty team awarded the Boeing

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traditional engineering problem sets, standards were set for presentation andappearance. Hastily executed, hand-written documents were not accepted. By the end of thecourse, professional appearance and professional practice come naturally to most students.IV. Distributed ShopsThe load on department fabrication shops and laboratories was minimized through the concept ofdistributed shops. Activities which traditionally have taken place in central university facilities canjust as easily take place in the home, apartment or dormitory room. The robot project was anexcellent test of the concept. The project could not have been done with 200 students if the studentshad to construct their machines in the department student shop and program their

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Milin Shah; Guoqing Tang; Bala Ram

implemented with support from the NationalScience Foundation through a Course and Curriculum Development (CCD) grant. Thisproject emphasizes the development of multimedia modules designed to demonstratepractical applications of topics covered in a typical engineering calculus and differentialequations course sequence. A team of seven Co-PIs is divided into four groups. Eachgroup consists of one mathematics faculty and one engineering faculty, assisted by agraduate student, and is charged to develop two multimedia modules and to design fourcomputer laboratory exercises, two per module. The modules will be web-based andinteractive, and will be created with the ToolBook II Assistant software. In a typicalmodule, students are introduced to an interesting

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Interpretation Laboratory. Her current research focuses on statisticalmodels of speech and language. In addition, she teaches traditional freshman in the Science and EngineeringProgram and non-traditional adult graduate students at the Metropolitan College. Dr. Veilleux chairs the AcademicPolicy Committee at the Metropolitan College, originators of a college-wide review of grading policies andpractices. Course material is posted on Dr. Veilleux’s Web site: http://metcs.bu.edu/~nmv Page 4.100.11

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, as different representations occur naturally in different fields.2) In the first physics course the concept of the derivative is reviewed and its interpretation as obtaining the velocity from position data is deepened. The definite integral is presented parallel to the first physics course and the recovery of position data from velocity data is a common topic. The idea of summing large numbers of infinitesimal quantities is ever- present in the physics class. Students thus obtain a deeper understanding of the methods and applications single-variable calculus.3) The presentation of statistics early in the sophomore year supports the evaluation of experimental data in the laboratory components of the ENGR220-222 classes. Students