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Jim Henry

. The Web is being used to implement "distanceengineering" with world-wide engineering projects. It is necessary to develop the connectionsin the web-connected students to comprise an effective "learning community."IntroductionIn the first section, the techniques and practices of utilizing equipment at a distance will bedescribed. In the second section, the Web-based Resource Center for Engineering Laboratorieswill be described. In the third section, the challenges in interaction among students and facultywill be discussed.1. "Distance Experiments"A total of 15 different stations for controls systems, chemical engineering unit operations and

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Tava Lennon Olsen; Joyce Yen

difficultconcepts and to help students develop the intuition for these concepts throughexperiential learning. These concepts get additional reinforcement in the lectures, wherestudents can draw upon their lab experiences when listening to the lectures.AcknowledgementsThis paper and the work for the project were supported in part by the Center for Research on Learning andTeaching at the University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor. The authors would also like to thank the referee forcomments and suggestions which improved the paper.References1 Johnson, D.W., Johnson, R.T., & Smith, K.A. Active Learning: Cooperation in the College Classroom.Edina, MN: Interaction Book Company. 1991. Pg. 1:25.2 Ibid., pg. 5:7.3 Ibid., pg. 5:7.4 URL: http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity

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

curriculumEnvironmental 1 ChE 170: Introduction; Yes B Grade in courselaws & ChE 451: Formal instruction Yes AregulationsCapstone design 2 ChE 451: Design project Yes C Grade on projectwith safety/environmentalconsiderationsThe information summarized in Table 4 for Attribute 7 is the result of much discussion and Page 4.379.8several iterations. Note that a mastery level of 3 was assigned for HAZCOM training, meaningthat our students will be required to pass the HAZCOM test as a condition for graduation.HAZCOM training has not been generally required of our students to

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Thomas E. Hulbert; Robert B. Angus; Eric W. Hansberry

numerous technical papers. He has been an engineer, engineering manager, and seniorengineering specialist for more than 20 years and has been an engineering consultant for the past 20 years. Hisspecialty has been circuit and system design, curriculum development, and technical manual writing. He iscurrently working on the data acquisition project with Hulbert. He is a Registered Professional Engineer inMassachusetts and a life member of IEEE.ERIC W. HANSBERRYHe is an Associate Professor at Northeastern University has taught graphics and mechanics courses for engineeringand technology students for over 20 years. He has also worked as a design engineer in the ship building industry for15 years. He has authored several technical papers, primarily in

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Robert L. Powell; Michael J. McCarthy; Michael H. Buonocore

need for general USIndustry, in particular Food Science, as well as Medicine. This project is a unique collaborationof Radiology, Biomedical Engineering, Food Science and Technology, and Agricultural andBiological Engineering. It brings together both Medical and Engineering Disciplines.Agricultural and Biological Engineering, as well as Food Science, are particular engineeringdisciplines where MRI will have major impact. The collaboration with Medical departmentsbrought state-of-the art MRI to these non-medical disciplines.The Web site1, shown in Figure 1, serves as a repository for technical education in MRI, as an Page 4.278.1information

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Bahador Ghahramani; Stephen A. Raper

sensors in some areas. This isespecially difficult in a time that is against expanding public sector activity [4]. When will the automated highway become a reality? Americans think that by the end ofthis year they will have figured out the best way to make it happen with the San Diegoexperiment, and by December of 2001 they will have a fitly tested prototype system up andrunning. Toyota has been working on another version of the automated highway with onevehicle. This vehicle has radar and special video cameras, on a private test track. Toyota is nottalking much about its project and research. However, the developments of its research might bebeneficial to all researchers in the IVHS field [6].CONCLUSIONS The battle over the

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David Alexander; Ronald Smelser

To Develop Interpersonal Skills," Computers in Human Behavior, 11, 2, pp. 223-239, 1995.3. Doherty, P. B., “Learner Control in Asynchronous Learning Environments,” ALN Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 2,October 1998.4. Fulkerth, R. and Stevenson, W. W., “Teaching For Effectiveness In On-Line Courses,” Submitted for Proceedingsof Syllabus ‘97 Conference, Rohnert Park, California, July 1997, and Published on the WWW at URL:http://internet.ggu.edu/~bfulkerth/syllabus.html.5. Mazur, E., “Peer Instruction: A User’s Manual,” Prentice Hall, 1997.6. Project Galileo, “Your Gateway to Innovative Science Teaching Techniques,” Published on the WWW at URL

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Charles W. Green; John Krupczak

. Page 4.535.10Focus GroupsResults from the focus groups conducted at the end of the course reinforced many of theinterests appearing in the surveys and essays. A summary of some of the major themes is givenin Table 7. New information from the focus group is an appreciation on the part of non-SME&Tstudents for a high degree of personal attention when carrying out laboratory projects involvingtechnology. These non-SME&T are highly self-conscious of their lack of familiarity andexperience with hands-on scientific and technological activities. They appreciate theopportunity to get help relatively quickly when they become frustrated with problems in thelaboratory.Table 7: Themes Emerging in End-of-Course Focus Groups.Students like an

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Hai-Shuan Lam; Kurt C. Gramoll

• Digital : Radius Moto DV board• Digital : DPS spark DV board Table 3: Computer used for video compressionFor this project, 3 different types of video format were examined, Digital, Hi-8, and VHS. Thesethree are used for representing the standard video format for broadcast, industrial, and homeconsumer quality. To obtain the digital format, a Canon digital camcorder is used for capturingthe video. On the other hand, VHS and Hi-8 format were used for capturing analog video. Figure2 below shows 3 snapshots of the movie compressed using different video format. As shown,digital video has the highest contrast and video resolution. The number of horizontal pixelsshown in Table 4 portrays that the quality or resolution of the digital video

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Yousry S. El-Gamal; Sherif M. Tawfik; Abd-Elhamid Elmaghrabi

North America World Wide Web Conference, University of New Brunswick. Canada, 1998.5. David B. Oglesby, et.al, Statics On-Line: A Project Review, Proceeding of the ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington, June 28- July 1, 1998.6. James A. Rehg, Developing Web-Based Courses Using an Online Development Guide and Templates, Proceeding of the ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington, June 28- July 1, 1998.7. Rod Byrnes, et.al, The Development of a Multiple-Choice and True-False Testing Environment on the Web, Proceedings of AusWeb95, 1995.8. Curtis Dyreson, An Expermient in Class Management Using the World Wide Web, Proceedings of AusWeb96, 1996.9. H. Jack, A paperless (almost) Stastics

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Mary Anderson-Rowland

CAD; and teaming. A term design project is included.Prerequisites: high school computing and physics and algebra courses or equivalents.”17 Due tothe contract nature of the course, it is reasonably easy to earn a C grade. However, the requiredteaming, strict deadlines, and large amount of required homework makes the class quite Page 4.519.2challenging for most students. Surprisingly, for all groups: men, women, and minority students,retention was higher after two years for those students who took ECE 100 in the spring. Thisdifference was significant for male students. Among FFF students, while men did better takingECE 100 in the spring

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, andcomponents; design for customer satisfaction, profitability, quality and manufacturing; economicanalysis; flow charting; sketching CAD; and teaming. A term design project is included.Prerequisites: high school computing and physics and algebra courses or equivalents.”17 Due tothe contract nature of the course, it is reasonably easy to earn a C grade. However, the requiredteaming, strict deadlines, and large amount of required homework makes the class quite Page 4.518.3challenging for most students. Surprisingly, for all groups: men, women, and minority students,retention was higher after two years for those students who took ECE 100 in the spring

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Victoria Gallagher; Tracey Weldon; Cynthia R. Haller; Richard M. Felder

objective of understanding theinteractional dynamics of teaching and learning as it occurred in the groups. Using priorresearch on teaching sequences as a benchmark, we identified all of the teaching sequences ineach of the transcripts and examined how students managed the sequences. Since an importantresearch goal for our project was to examine gender effects on the management of teaching andlearning in groups, we also considered the relationship between group gender mix and teachingsequence management. Finally, we analyzed how interpersonal factors affected teachingsequences.III. Types of Teaching SequencesWe found that students engaged in two qualitatively different types of teaching sequences intheir group meetings: transfer-of knowledge

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Larry Thompson

central printingfacility was more cumbersome and expensive than photocopying from the hardcopy. Sharing theresource for team projects was difficult from the standalone computer workstation. In this case,budget considerations caused a review that resulted in better service with a paper copy of thecode, at a price considerably less than that for the CD.Similarly, the cost effectiveness of a CD-ROM based industry standards database coupled withCD-ROM full text was questioned. In a pilot program, full text CDs with a subscription value ofover $25,000 were canceled. Faculty and graduate students were guaranteed industry standardsthrough commercial document delivery. Use of industry standards indexes available on theWWW was encouraged. During the first

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Essam M. Kosba; Ahmed Dawoud