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learnconsiderably more if the requirement is enforced.Bibliography1. Wolfgang, Larry D., et. al, editor, Now You’re Talking – All You Need to Get Your First Ham Radio License, 2nd ed., The American Radio Relay League, Newington, CT, 1993.2. Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, 1997 Manual of Evaluation Process For Engineering Criteria 2000, Baltimore, MD, 1997.3. Berglund, Keith, A Beginner’s Guide to OSCAR-13, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), Washington, D.C., 1989.4. Davidoff, Martin, The Satellite Experimenter’s Handbook, The American Radio Relay League, Newington, CT, 1990.5. The ARRL Satellite Anthology, The American Radio Relay League, Newington, CT, 1994.6. The AMSAT Web Page, url:www.amsat.org (last revised 8

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-efficacy and balance beam performance,Perceptual and motor skills, 77, 907-913.12Freire, P. (1996/1972). Pedagogy of the oppressed, New York: Continuum Publishing Company.13Mager, R. R., & Pipe, P., (1997). Analyzing performance problems: Or you really oughta wanna, Atlanta,Georgia: The Center for Effective Performance, Inc.Biographical InformationDAVID HAWS received his undergraduate Civil Engineering degree from the University of Utah, with Master’sand Doctoral Degrees in Civil Engineering from Brigham Young University. He has also received an undergraduatedegree in English from the University of California at Berkeley, and is completing a second Master’s degree inInstructional and Performance Technology at Boise State. He has taught full

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Michael Robinson

. Johnson & Johnson state that, “The more conceptualand complex the task, the more problem solving required . . . the greater the superiority ofcooperative over competitive and individualistic learning” 2. Cooperative group strategies arealso reported to be effective when used for instruction in scientific and engineering disciplines.Johnson, Johnson, & Smith cite the results of a recent meta-analysis of research on the use ofsmall group instructional strategies (that were “predominantly cooperative”) for learningobjectives in “science, mathematics, engineering, and technology” 3. That meta-analysisdemonstrated that, “small-group learning had a significant and positive effect onundergraduates’ achievement, persistence, and attitudes” 3.The

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K. A. Korzeniowski; J. L. Rice

. IntroductionThis paper describes how an automatable platform, the Khepera robot, has been integrated into partsof the curriculum at the United States Naval Academy (USNA). The Khepera robot is a smallmicroprocessor driven device.1 The device is shown in Figure 1. It is a convenient platform forinvestigating each element of an autonomous system; namely data acquisition, signal conditioningand microprocessor control. This device is flexible enough to be used for a full range of purposes,from pre-college recruiting to laboratory design projects.This paper discusses how the Khepera robot is used in engineering recruiting and integrated intodesign projects. Code fragments are offered in this paper. The code is written primarily in Procommscript.2 This enables

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Randy Russell; Nicholas Basker; Lisa Scranton; J. L. P Jessop; A. B. Scranton

candidate at Michigan State University. She received her B.S. in ChemicalEngineering from Michigan State University in 1994. She works with Dr. Alec B. Scranton in the area of polymersand spectroscopic monitoring techniques. As a graduate student, she has received a National Science FoundationGraduate Research Fellowship, two Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowships, two patents for in-situ curemonitoring methods, and an MSU Excellence-in-Teaching Award. She is also involved in engineering outreach tomiddle-schoolers by participating in local and statewide math, science and technology conferences.LISA C. SCRANTONLisa C. Scranton has served as a consultant for the development of Internet educational materials for the past year.Her previous

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Michael Werner

Session 1647 Using the Internet in a Computer Science Senior Projects Course Michael Werner Department of Computer Science, Electronics and Mechanical Wentworth Institute of Technology 550 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02115Abstract:Project courses in Computer Science require a student to discover a feasible software project, doindependent research to see how his/her project fits in with similar and related projects doneelsewhere, acquire the necessary knowledge and tools to build

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material.IntroductionConversion of power using electronics switching circuits has become widely accepted. Usingpower switches electrical energy can be converted efficiently using compact packages. Becauseof the increased acceptance of power electronic circuits, courses in power electronics have beenadded to the curriculum of many schools 1.Typically introductory power electronics courses are offered without a laboratory experience.Power electronic laboratories are often offered as an independent course. Such a course structureis implied with the power electronics curriculum suggested as a result of an NSF workshop onpower electronics 1. The majority of engineering students, however, are active, visual, andsensing learners 2,3 . A laboratory experience that would allow

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Larry Thompson

subjectareas, but because they index more resources in a particular subject they provide greater depththan Ei Compendex would for that particular subject.As an example of the database selection process, consider a college offering degrees only inmechanical and electrical engineering. To meet the needs of these departments, the library offersonline access to Applied Science and Technology Index via FirstSearch and online access toMechanical Engineering Abstracts via Cambridge Scientific. The engineering program expandsby adding environmental engineering and the library meets the need by adding online access toWater Resources Abstracts and Pollution Abstracts via Cambridge. After another year theprogram further expands to include industrial engineering

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Deborah B. Kaufman; Hugh Fuller; Richard M. Felder

drawbacks, however.Common concerns are that team members will agree to give one another identically highratings, or give ratings based on gender or racial prejudice, or inflate their own ratings if self-ratings are collected. Some instructors also worry that many students will resent having theirgrades affected by their teammates’ ratings. The objective of this study was to examine thevalidity of these concerns.A peer rating system developed at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology was modifiedand used in two sophomore-level chemical engineering courses. The students completed theirhomework in instructor-formed teams in each course, and an average homework grade wascomputed for each team. At the end of each course the students confidentially

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John Naber; Jerry Branson; Glenn Edelen; Don Ruoff

Session 2532 An Unsophisticated Printed Circuit Board Fabrication Process Requiring Only a Laser Printer and Copper Etchant Jerry Branson, Glenn Edelen, Don Ruoff and John Naber Electrical Engineering Department University of Louisville Louisville Kentucky 40292 Email: jfnabe01@starbase.spd.louisville.edu Phone: 502-852-7910AbstractA low-cost method of fabricating a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) is presented. The process isfavorable over conventional PCB fabrication due to fewer processing steps and lower

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Tom Mase

. IntroductionIn academics, there is a need for drawing the best students into engineering as well as retainingthem. One approach to doing this is to have engineering projects as part of the curriculum topique their interest in the field. Using sports related projects is a good way to accomplish thissince most of the students have some experience by either participating or as a spectator. Inaddition to delivering material that the students can relate to, multi-disciplinary projects areuseful for demonstrating how several distinct course topics are needed to solve technicalproblems.In this paper, a class project in which the students design a golf ball using LS-DYNA isdescribed. In addition to describing the way this has been done at Kettering University

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nation.Bibliographyi IEEE “Standard for Rotating Electric Machinery for Rail and Road Vehicles”ii Richardson, Donald V., “Laboratory Operations for Rotating Electric Machinery and Transformer Technology”,2nd Ed. (1977) Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.iii See Dawes, Electrical Engineering, Vol. 1, 4th Ed. McGraw Hill.iv Richardson, Donald V., Caisse, Arthur J., Jr., “Rotating Electric Machinery and Transformer Technology” 4thEd. (1997); Prentice-Hallv “Eight Disciplines or 8D”, Ford Motor Co. (1991), Confidential internal document, Ford Human Resources De-velopment Centervi Chang, Richard Y. and Kelly, P. Keith: “Step-by-Step Problem Solving” (1993) Richard Chang Associates

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learning about the professional dutiesof a faculty member. This includes various committee meetings and departmental functions. Themeetings of the Mechanical Engineering Technology Department were held every Wednesdayfor one hour, and I was allowed to attend them. Hence I attended a total of 9 departmentalmeetings. At these meetings, I was exposed to the daily and more specific activities within thedepartment. One of the things I learned was the way they handled student petitions. Sometimesthe committee would vote on the issue, sometime they would decide to ask the student to comein and explain his/her viewpoint to the committee. In one case, the decision was deferred to thefaculty member whom the student had petitioned under. Another issue taken

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Lloyd Feldmann

years in the U S Navy as a Naval Flight Officer. He thenworked eleven years for Cummins Engine Company in a variety of industrial engineering positions. He has alsotaught as a full-time lecturer in the Mechanical Engineering Technology Department at IUPUI, Columbus campus,for seven years. Currently he is an assistant professor in the MET Department of the Purdue University School ofTechnology at Columbus. Questions or comments can be directed to (812) 348-7214 or lfeldman@iupui.edu. Page 4.174.9

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Controls laboratory at DeVry,in order to provide them with hands-on experience that they are likely to experience onthe job.Virtual Instrumentation is a current technology that is making a significant impact intoday’s industry, education and research. DeVry Institute selected LabVIEW as an goodrepresentative of this technology and is using LabVIEW in its curriculum at all DeVrycampuses in the United States and Canada. This article is a result of a research projectfor LabVIEW implementation into the Industrial Controls course. LabVIEW is also usedin the communication and physics courses. LabVIEW is one of many skills that thestudent will need as he enters today’s highly competitive job market.I. IntroductionLabVIEWTM (Laboratory Virtual Instrument

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the diversity of the student body. For example, engineering studentsdo not need help in computing skills, nor do they need to be seriously instructed in how to study.But engineering technology students may need help in mathematics in their freshman year.Under such circumstances, programs such as Access Plus should be designed to enable studentsto more successfully navigate the academic curriculum. If the goal of increasing the retentionrates, particularly between the freshman and sophomore years, is achieved, the program can beunquestionably considered a success. The Access Plus program at Missouri Western is a success,and continues to show promise in terms of retention. It is also serving as an excellent marketingtool for recruitment. Above

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William Whitaker

Orientation ClassesMurray State University has had some form of fall orientation class for over twenty years. Whilethere have been attempts over the years to standardize the syllabus for this class, it generallyremains under the control of the individual departments. This decentralized arrangement createsa wide range in the quality and content. It also fails to ensure that the orientation class willenhance student knowledge of the university and all students’ capacity during their first year. Nouniform training of orientation class instructors has occurred, nor are there any universalstandards for assuring the value and impact of the orientation class.The orientation classes in the Department of Industrial and Engineering Technology areseparated by

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the investigation for such programs in their curricula. This research presents thedevelopment strategies created to instigate an Internet Design/Build class for the two schools. Thepaper relates the positive and negative components confronted during the development andimplementation of the overall class. Using available computer information technology resources,such as NetMeeting and MIRC32, the Design/Build class approach of study emphasizes themanagement of design, construction, planning, finance, and marketing, as well the absolute need forcommunication between the team members. Rather than face the traditional confrontation of theparties, this class is intended to strengthen the professional bonds, complementing each partners’strengths

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: http://www.discovery.com/area/science/tornado/tornado.html.4. URL: http://www.ifdt.uh.edu/vtc/vortexthruster/main.html; Creating And Harnessing An Artificial TornadoFor PROPULSION.5.URL: http://www.monmouth.com/~jsd/fly/how/htm/title.html#mytoc; John S. Denker, See How It Flies,McGraw Hill (in Press).6.URL: http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~cflorea/hcoanda2.html.JAN LUGOWSKIJan T. Lugowski is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at Purdue University in WestLafayette, IN, since August 1998. He received his Ph.D. from Technical University in Rzeszow, Poland. He hasthree years of industrial experience in aircraft engines (Poland) and five years in fluid power (Canada).Dr. Lugowski teaches fluid power and mechanical

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://www.logitech.com.12. Motion Works Group Limited, Vancouver, BC, Canada, http://www.mwg.com.13. Adobe Systems Inc., San Jose, CA, http://www.adobe.com.W. TIMOTHY HOLMANW. Timothy Holman received the Ph.D.E.E. degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1994. He joinedthe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Arizona as an Assistant Professor in1995. His areas of teaching and research interest include analog microelectronics, mixed-signal VLSI design,radiation-tolerant analog circuits, and low noise, low power CMOS / BiCMOS design. He is a member of the NSFCenter for Low Power Electronics. Page 4.150.7

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Carolina State University and Purdue University.II. MethodologyPurpose of the StudyThe purpose of the study was to determine whether the presence of coordinate axes in a test ofspatial visualization ability affects scores and response times on a mental rotations task forstudents enrolled in introductory engineering and technical graphics classes. Coordinate axes wereadded to the PSVT to determine whether the presence of the axes was a sufficient contextual cuefor improving scores and response times.SampleStudents enrolled in introductory engineering graphics courses at North Carolina State Universityduring the 1998 fall semester were required to participate in the study as part of the requirementsfor their course. Of the 361 students enrolled in

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on the results of the study conducted, 50 % of the students have come to under-stand and 70 % became interested in learning CAD. Some students who at first disliked the tradi-tional manual drafting turned out to advocate CAD and CAD preference is more influenced by thetraditional drafting experience rather than by keyboard skills.1.IntroductionTowards the end of 1970 CAD has been especially prevailing as the main tool in the field of theautomotive, aircraft, architecture and electricity. Presently, it is not too daring to say that CAD hasconsiderably replaced traditional manual drafting. In light of this technological advancement, CADsystems have been gradually putting into use even in high-school level. Considering the fast tech-nological

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measurements. Page 4.18.14Bibliography1. Earle , J. H., Drafting Technology , Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., 1982.2. Woodworth, F., Graphical Simulation, International Textbook Co., 1967.3. Hinkle, R. T., Kinematics of Machines, 2ed, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1960.4. Kreight , F., Principles of Heat Transfer, 2ed, International Textbook Co., 1969.5. Janna, W. S., Engineering Heat Transfer , PWS Engineering, 1986.6. Keith, T. G. and W. S. Janna, “Graphical Solution of Unsteady Viscous Flow Problems”, Int J Mech EngrgEduc, 5, 2, 1977, ppg. 97--105.7. Nusselt, W., “ Graphische Bestimmung des Winkelverhaltnisses bei der Warmestrahlung”, VDI Z 72, 1928,pg. 673.8. Siegel, R. and J. R

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Edward Gehringer

Session 2532 Peer Grading over the Web: Enhancing Education in Design Courses Edward F. Gehringer North Carolina State University efg@ncsu.eduAbstractWe have implemented a peer-grading system for review of student assignments over the World-Wide Web and used it in approximately eight computer science and engineering courses.Students prepare their assignments and submit them to our Peer Grader (PG) system in the formof one or more Web pages. Other students are then assigned to review the pages, with

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David A. Sabatini

Session 3675 My Experience On An International Sabbatical David A. Sabatini School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019AbstractShortly after receiving tenure many faculty are eligible for a sabbatical leave at their homeuniversity, at another US university or research facility, or at an international location.Typical sabbatical policies allow for one semester of leave with full pay or two semesters ofleave with half pay. Taking a sabbatical leave away from the home university raises anumber of questions. How will the

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Arnoldo Muyshondt; Ing-Chang Jong

Massetti, M., “Statics Tutorial,” Department of Civil Engineering, Lafayette College, Easton, PA, 1995. http://www.lafayette.edu/kayserj/statics/cover.htm.3. Martin, T., “The Development of Interactive World Wide Web Courseware for Students of Engineering and Technology at Deakin University,” Faculty of Science and Technology, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia, 1995. http://www.scu.edu.au/sponsored/ausweb/ausweb95/papers/education1/martin/.4. Kwok, P., Flory, E., and Rencis, J. J., “Bar and Beam Element Learning Modules for Finite Element Method,” Mechanical Engineering Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, 1996. http://femur.wpi.edu/Learning-Modules/Stress-Analysis/.5. Cabell, B., Rencis, J. J., and Alam

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Timothy Robert Wyatt; Emir Jose Macari

Wyatt is a Ph.D. candidate in the Geosystems group of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering atGeorgia Tech in Atlanta GA, where his minor discipline is educational technology. He received B.S. and M.S.degrees in civil engineering from North Carolina State University in Raleigh NC. Before returning to graduateschool, he spent three years as a staff scientist at Applied Research Associates, Inc. in Raleigh NC.EMIR JOSE MACARIEmir Macari is an Associate Professor in the Geosystems group of the School of Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering at Georgia Tech in Atlanta GA. He specializes in numerical modeling in geomechanics, andexperimental and numerical analysis of partially saturated soils. He received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in civil

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

Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), and otherprivate organizations are beginning to effect some changes in the academic culture. However,it has become evident that the teaching and learning processes need to be modeled as oneprocess in order to optimize the product created from them: knowledge and the ability of lifelong learning. In other words, it is now imperative to address teaching and learningsimultaneously to take advantage of the results obtained by various independent researchers.A model and a prototype tool that treat teaching and learning as an integrated process havebeen developed using TQM and CB approach to assist instructors in classroom learningmanagement. The model is intended to enable and facilitate the

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Kenny Fotouhi; Ali Eydgahi

Session 2520 A Fuzzy Knowledge-Based Controller to Tune PID Parameters Ali Eydgahi, Mohammad Fotouhi Engineering and Aviation Sciences Department / Technology Department University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, MD 21853AbstractIn this paper integration of fuzzy knowledge-based control with the hard controltechnique is purposed. The fuzzy knowledge-based is implemented as a set of fuzzyrules with an inference mechanism to tune the PID controller in the system. Asoftware is developed in which users can define the rule base. The program generatesthe fuzzy decision table based on all

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Ronald A. Lessard

Session 2532 Embedded Systems Course Focuses On Autonomous Robot Applications Ronald A. Lessard Norwich University Electrical Engineering DepartmentAbstractThe EE411 Micro-based (Embedded) Systems Course at Norwich University meets 3hours for lecture and 2 hours for laboratory each week of a 14 week semester. Thelaboratories case study a stepper motor robot design. The robot is designed to competein the IEEE Micromouse Competition. In addition, a wireless modem link was added toallow for simulation of other autonomous robot applications. After introducing thedesign from the top-down in the first laboratory, the tools and