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Nancy White

the law and properly putting it to work for them.This paper explains in basic terms the legal system in operation in the United States of America,and provides an interactive project designed to facilitate an understanding of the American legalsystem and the process by which law is developed.2. Characteristics of the Legal System in Operation in the United StatesThe two major characteristics which give the United States legal system its character are: 1) it isa common law system and 2) it consists of fifty-one separate, independent court systems insimultaneous operation.A. Common Law SystemThe basic characteristic of a common law system is that decisions by appellate and supremecourt judges (not trial judges) become law for subsequent cases

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ensure accuracy ofthis particular result.Overall, we believe that the project provided a solid foundation in terms of development ofcontent and assessment strategies. Significantly more work needs to be done in order to obtainmodules and assessment results which have been definitively shown to enhance studentslearning. Continuation of this work is planned. Others are welcome to use our modules orassessment results in any way they feel is appropriate. To obtain these resources, simply contactone of the authors. Page 4.186.18This work has been partly sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and by NSFunder contract DUE-9751315

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Brian Butz

to choose whatever action is deemed appropriate. The problemthen becomes: given that a student may do a finite number of things, can the expert systemanalyze what is going on and what tutoring a student needs on what topics? Because this paperis written as the project is developing and well in advance of its presentation, it will be * Partial support for this work was provided by the National Science Foundation’sDivision of Undergraduate Education through grant DUE #9752417. Page 4.271.1concerned with the planning associated with the implementation of the expert system. Thepresentation will demonstrate the system.2. Interactive

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

typical Interactive Dynamics class assigns homeworkproblems, has two or three midterm exams per semester, and even uses basic lectures 40–50% ofthe time. It is the other 50–60% of the class that profoundly distinguishes Interactive Dynamicsfrom traditional dynamics. An Interactive Dynamics class typically begins with a 15–45 minuteintroductory lecture in which the instructors present the goal of the day’s activity. This introduc-tion is intended to (a) point out important things students should look for during the activity and(b) provide a context for the students’ work so that they see that what they do in class is indeedrelated to “real-life” problems. After the introductory lecture, the activity begins.An activity consists of a project

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Richard Martin

Session 1620 Use of MATLAB in Design and Analysis of Analog Bandpass Filters to Meet Particular Specifications Richard L. Martin United States Naval AcademyI. IntroductionAn alternative title for this paper might be “Bandpass Filter Design - Not as Simple As YouThought - But Help is Not far Away”. One of the problems which has been noted with studentsworking on design projects involving the use of analog filters is an appreciation for the effects ofreal filters. This is not meant as a knock against the present generation of students, but rather

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Robert P. Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

Session 1526 0XOWLGLVFLSOLQDU\$VSHFWVRI1RYHO3URFHVV(QJLQHHULQJ C. Stewart Slater and Robert P. Hesketh Department of Chemical Engineering Rowan University Glassboro, NJ 08028 Abstract This paper describes a NSF-funded Undergraduate Faculty Enhancement Workshop on NovelProcess Science and Engineering. The project DUE-9752789 supports two hands-on, industry integratedworkshops that will have a major impact on

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Francesco Costanzo; Gary L. Gray

taken by more than 700 students per year. Unfortunately, for many ifnot most students, it is not only one of the most dreaded courses in their entire curriculum, it isalso a course for which some students see little purpose (e.g., architectural and industrial engi-neers at Penn State University). We are trying to change this state of affairs at Penn State bymaking the course more interesting and relevant to students through the introduction of bothhands-on and computer-based experiments/projects that we call “activities”. In addition, throughthese activities we are hoping to address some of the needs and concerns expressed by accredita-tion boards such as ABET and agencies such as NSF with regard to engineering education [1–4].Details regarding

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Ilya Levin

Session 2532 Design of Control Systems as a Learning Activity Ilya Levin School of Education, Tel Aviv University Abstract Logical control design provides an excellent project-based learning activity inengineering education. It opens a way to teach the fundamentals of synthesis, analysisand decision-making using one and the same environment. In the Computer Engineering curricula, there is a chain of courses dealing with thelogical control design. These courses are “Switching Theory and Logic Design“,“Advanced Switching Theory”, “Digital Systems”, “Computer Architecture”, “VLSIDesign”, “Computer

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Willie Ofosu

to complement classroom exercises which may be based on student projects. A referencemanual effectively completes the supporting documentation, providing detailed information onthe analytical methods used.III. Examples of Utilization in Support of Course ContentComponents of the Wireless Systems course deal with transmission lines, RF amplifiers andantennas. Some of the examples treated in the section on transmission lines are the wire pair, thetwisted pair and the coaxial cable. Various experiments can be performed to give the students ahands-on experience, such as an experiment on characteristic impedance. While all these are stillin use, the planar format is mostly used on circuit boards. In microwave applications, edge-coupled microstrip

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Juan Lucena; Gary Lee Downey

; Reich1991). Engineering Cultures takes a small step in this direction by striving to enable engineeringstudents to understand themselves as holding perspectives by systematically challenging them torecognize and explore perspectives other than their own.The course emerged from a research project sponsored by the Ethics and Values Studies program(now Societal Dimensions of Science and Technology) at the National Science Foundation. Aftercompleting undergraduate degrees in engineering, both authors went on to conduct ethnographicand historical work in the social studies of technology and engineering (e.g., Downey 1998a;Downey and Lucena 1994, 1998; Lucena 1996). With NSF support, we conducted a three-yearethnographic study of how engineering

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Carlos Ortiz

Page 4.243.5 46 PROJECT PRESENTATIONThe proposed syllabi presented in this document are currently being tested, and would beevaluated within a year to assess their effectiveness in achieving the specific learning outcomesoutlined for each of the courses. Specific forms, without a grade value that could influence theevaluation, are currently being prepared to assess learning outcomes.Bibliography1. Southern College of Technology. General Catalog, 1996-1998. Marietta, Georgia.2. Southern Polytechnic State University. General Catalog, 1998-1999. Marietta, GeorgiaCARLOS A. ORTIZCarlos A. Ortiz is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering Technology for the College of Technology atSouthern Polytechnic State University. Dr. Ortiz is a

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Sivasubramaniam Krishnan; Richard Griffin, Texas A&M University at Qatar

. Page 4.13.8Conclusions A 4-point beam bending experiment was developed for use in a classroom setting.Students work in teams, and are able to measure the load deflection characteristics of a beam andcalculate the modulus of elasticity for different materials.Acknowledgement The authors would like to thank the National Science Foundation for their supportthrough the Foundation Coalition, Director Karen Friar, University of Alabama. Project No. NSFEEC-9221460Bibliography1 Malave, C.,"Teaming in the Integrated Curriculum of the Foundation Coalition at Texas A&M," ASEE NationalConference, Washington, D.C., June 1996.2 Griffin, R. B., Ragupathi, P., Johnson, E., “Development of a Thermal Conductivity Experiment for Use in Class

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Maurice Bluestein

Session 3548 A New Air Conditioning Trainer for a Technology Laboratory Maurice Bluestein Indiana University – Purdue University IndianapolisAbstractThis paper describes the features and usage of a self-contained mobile air conditioning trainer. Thisdevice resulted from a senior project carried out in the Mechanical Engineering Technologydepartment at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis. Two students created thespecifications and experiments for the equipment which was fabricated at the Carrier Corporationin Indianapolis, Indiana. The trainer includes a condenser, evaporator

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Cameron Wright; Michael Morrow; Thad Welch

, powerful, easy to learn and use software tool thatallows for graphical filter design, hardware implementation, and exploration of the “what happensif ...” we all desire our students to explore! This program has been successfully used for bothclassroom demonstrations and filter design projects in both a Junior level signals and systems classas well as in a Senior level digital signal processing class. Student comments support our originalassumptions that graphical user interfaces are easy to learn and use and promote intellectualcuriosity.All of this software is freely available for downloading via the www sitehttp://wseweb.ew.usna.edu/ee/LINKS/EE_Links.htm (should the URL be changed, from the NavalAcademy home page, select Academics, Academic

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Anthony Brizendine; Laora E. Dauberman-Brizendine

outreachactivities. And yet, there is no reason that all of these activities cannot prosper in any institutionwilling to extend beyond traditional views of scholarship.Promotion and tenure decisions must be based on broad definitions of scholarship thatadequately recognize the merits of research, teaching and service. Under the direction of RobertM. Diamond, The Center for Instructional Development at Syracuse University began thearduous task of redefining scholarship in all disciplines in 1989 as part of an attempt to examine Page 4.443.7the faculty reward system relative to institutional mission. This project, supported by LillyEndowment, Inc. and the

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Michael A. Kriss

Beck was built aroundthe University of Chicago’s outstanding graduate research programs in the sciences. The Centerfor Imaging Science was organized around research programs that reflected the interests ofgroups of faculty members from the traditional departments of physics and astronomy,chemistry, mathematics, radiology and computer science. Faculty from the art department andpsychology department also participated in the research projects, as did scientists from ArgonneNational Laboratory. Missing from this research-focused effort was a formal curriculumdesigned to teach, in a unified way, the underlying science and technology. The most comprehensive effort to forge a complete program in Imaging Science wasundertaken by the Rochester

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Shih-Ming Lee; Sergio Martinez; Anabel D. Ramos; Martha A. Centeno

self-managed by each professor. As it can be seen from Table 1, studentswould evaluate a professor as a whole, not only on the knowledge of the material beingdelivered, but also on the role modeling of the professor. Motivation is mostly achieved byinspiration. Rigor, rapport, listening, commitment, and networking are dimensions that project aprofessor as a professional beyond the classroom. These dimensions are rarely surveyed onend of semester evaluations; furthermore, they get little recognition from a professor’s peers. Page 4.557.5Still, they tend to be the most important dimensions for students.The process for a professor covers survey

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Mark Tew

uniformly excited, equally spaced array ofelemental x-, y-, or z-directed dipoles along the x-, y-, or z-axis. The number of elements andinterelement spacing may be specified by the user (Nd <=6), as well as the progressive phaseshift between elements. The antenna array is shown in a perspective view, and the user mayspecify the x-y, y-z, or x-z observation plane. The projected antenna is shown in the specifiedplane, as are the element pattern, array factor, and resulting radiation pattern of the arrayantenna. Figure 3 shows an example of the screen display of 4 x-directed dipoles spaced 0.5wavelengths apart along the z-axis with a 90 degree progressive phase shift as viewed in the x-zplane.Figure 3. A four-element array of x-directed dipoles

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Lawrence Genalo

Publishers, San Francisco, 1993.3. “A Project-Based Approach to DOE in Materials”, Genalo, Lawrence J., Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, June, 1998, Session # 1364.4. “A Portfolio-Based Assessment Program”, Olds, Barbara M. and Pavelich, Michael J., Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, June 1996, Session #2343.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 teachers, and computations in materials

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Lloyd Feldmann

the rectangularcomponent method, the simultaneous equation method and by a force triangle. Since thestudents have previously studied stress concentrations in another context in Strength ofMaterials, add a stress riser to the above torsion problem. This combination would have skilldevelopment, preparation and extension homework types in one (large) problem. However, theproblem should be structured so that each part is independent, i. e., if the student isn’t able tocomplete the extension portion, it wouldn’t prevent accomplishment of the skill or preparationportions of the problem.The fourth type is integration and is most frequently utilized in lab experiments, group projectsand course projects. Homework that addresses integration is more

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Jay Goldman; David A. Conner

&CE Faculty Retreat -- Each year, at its annual retreat, the E&CE Faculty accomplishes a specific assessment against two Program Outcome. The Annual Retreat is also the time when the faculty reviews and discusses all of the feedback obtained from the assessment process to decide on program changes or assessment process modifications.13. Senior Design Presentation Assessment -- Program seniors are required to accomplish either a substantive individual design thesis project or a substantive group design project. A major, exhaustive, public examination is required in both cases. Students are assessed in this setting relative to all Program Outcome.Validation Process for Selected E&CE Assessment InstrumentsEach

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Hamid Y. Eydgahi; Saeid Y. Eidgahy

skillsneeded by engineering students. Indeed, the trust of higher education has been, and continuesto be, to contribute to society by advancing the growth of students and by preparing them forpublic responsibilities and the world of work. In fact, while higher education has theresponsibility to contribute to the global economy, the accelerating change in our society andthe need to prepare for importance of varying cultural learning is becoming of higher standards.There have been a number of research projects on the issue of diversity with regards to genderand underrepresented groups. Other studies have shown that students learn more effectively byworking in teams than they do independently 7. The United States continues to encounter moredemand for

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Allen Leybourne

time, similar to the contractualtime frame of most construction projects having a fixed time horizon. In that short time, withouta definitive plan, it is unlikely that much would be achieved upon which personal satisfactioncan be derived, much less which could support the attainment of tenure. Many faculty have hadexperience with graduate students who have completed all of the graduate course work, but whohave made little, if any, progress toward completing their graduate thesis/dissertation. Whatcauses this failure? By now it should be fairly obvious. Should new faculty fall into the samepit?III. InspirationHere we start with Webster's New World dictionary definition for inspiration as, in biology as abreathing in and also as any stimulus to

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Craig Johnson

writing theirnext report. The importance of this activity is that it develops student assessment skills in aformat which is easily incorporated into typical MET curricula with minor impact. It alsogenerates documentation for program assessment.Team Skills and Peer AssessmentProgram and course outcomes directed at student abilities to work in teams are demanded byTAC-ABET Program Criteria 1.e stating that graduates should “function effectively on teams”.Engineering project teams are common in industry and assessment can be used to improveperformance. However, team skills are not easily incorporated into traditional curricula. Onereason is that team dynamics must occur, and numbers such as a dozen5 offer more dynamicsthan teams of two or three

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Daniel H. Linder

throughout a design and interact with a simulation as it proceeds.With the Web-based system, an entire simulation runs with a fixed set of test vectors in a batchmode and data is returned only on a preselected set of signals. A major question at the beginningof this project was how students would perform under these limitations.As an introduction to VHDL, our instruction decoder assignment asks the student to define logicfor parsing a 32-bit instruction into its field values based on the instruction’s class. Figure 1 showsan example portion of the simulation output returned to the student. On the left side of the table isa list of instructions that was automatically generated when the student requested the assignment.During the simulation, the

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Tom Gasque Smith; Deanna E. Ramey

led to more consultations with faculty about proposals; but several of these facultymembers have also sought PCC guidance in developing writing assignments and encourage theirstudents to use the center.D. PublicationsNot only faculty, but also staff have sought the services of the PCC. Over the past year, PCCstaff have played a central role in developing a variety of publications for the College. Anewsletter to alumni and industry, Innovations, is written and edited by PCC staff. Moreover,staff have written brochures for both a development campaign and the college’s distanceeducation program. All these projects involve significant outreach efforts by PCC staff. Theymust contact faculty, staff, students, and alumni—people important to the life

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Shani Francis; Neal Pellis; Keith Schimmel

projects, professors can merge theirteaching and research interests, and students can gain important insights into how engineeringand science concepts apply to real-life problems (Coppula, 1997). The work underway hereinseeks to develop a model for how this integration of research and teaching can most efficientlybe achieved.Multimedia modules can provide some of the key elements of effective teaching that areembodied in research and teaching integration. Well designed modules can quickly create a needthrough efficient use of text, graphics, and audio to present interesting problems. They can alsoeffectively structure experiences that appeal to a variety of different learning styles. Theyprovide an environment in which modeling of problem solving

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Leonard Sokoloff

). Page 4.356.8Fig. 5 The Block Diagram of ON/OFF Controller Page 4.356.9VI. ConclusionThis article focuses more on the control software than the hardware. The prime objectiveis to provide the student with a practical application that uses a graphical language as adesign tool. Although only the cooling task is considered in this application, students areassigned a project to complete the design and implement the heating control using the Glanguage.The system described in this article is a prototype that mimics the operation of a large airconditioning system. Within the constraints of the design and the limits of the physicalconfiguration, the system performed within the design limits. The dead band

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Peter Kwok; Eron Flory; Javed Alam, Youngstown State University; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas

completedthe plane truss element was introduced via the traditional white (chalk) board. The linearalgebra module was not used in the classroom due to time restrictions; however, students used itas an outside resource to review the material. A majority of the students enrolled in the classhave been exposed to linear algebra concepts in mathematics and/or engineering course(s). Theinstructor as needed in lecture to reinforce basic FEM concepts reviewed linear algebrafundamentals. Page 4.365.9A computer screen projection system was used to introduce the learning modules in theclassroom. The learning modules also resided locally on the computer to

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David A. Sabatini

matter but also life in the U.S. They were also very open todiscussing education and life in Germany. While there were social differences, I found theGerman students to be quite similar to my U.S. students.The students participated in the class out of personal interest but received no academic creditfor the course. Thus, the students were personally motivated and highly interested in thematerial presented. However, they were also very busy because this was in addition to theirnormal load. While most were consistent in attendance their ability to complete homeworkand group projects was limited. As a result I distributed homework and graded it but did notexpect everyone to complete it. Also, instead of assigning a term project we conducted aseries