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Dennis Stevenson

used their recently acquired abilities in three-dimensional AutoCAD modeling to solvefree-form problems. It turned out that it was notably easier for them to solve these descriptivegeometry problems, faster and more accurately, and with much more comprehension, than theauthor did, doing these problems himself in school with paper and pencil. Figures 1 through 6show a problem in finding the true angle between a line and triangular plane. Side-by sideviewports are used, with the right one showing a constant pictorial view. The majority of theconstruction takes place in the left panel. The construction makes extensive use of AutoCAD’sUCS (user coordinate system) manipulation features and viewing control features such as PLAN.[3]1. The given top

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Regina Nelson; Aldo Morales

laboratorysession. The semester at Penn State consists of 15 weeks. The course outline is providednext.IV. Introduction to Local Area Networks course outline1. PC Fundamentals Review2. MS-DOS operating system fundamentals3. Fundamentals of Windows 954. Local Area Networks Fundamentals • Networking Standards and the OSI model • Communication Protocols • Networking components5. Types and topologies of Local Area Networks (LANs) • Type of LANs: Peer-to-peer, Client-Server. • Network topologies (star, ring, bus, etc.). Advantages/disadvantages6. Introduction to Windows NT: Windows NT specific network planning Page 4.192.2 • Computer hardware

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Michael Tooley; Melissa S. Tooley

professional needs of each working spouse. The authors represent a fairly typicalexample of a two-profession household; she is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at theUniversity of Arkansas, and he is a Global Marketing Executive for Lucent Technologies.A successful dual-career relationship doesn’t just happen, it takes planning and even engineeringto ensure successful careers for both partners and a fair and equitable distribution of necessarytasks in the home. While all potential conflicts cannot be eliminated, a methodical approach toprevent potential problems has proved successful for the authors of this paper. After 14 years ofmarriage, one child and a dog, both careers are thriving, and the house is (usually) clean.The paper will

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Russell D. Meier

, 301,310, 308). Two faculty members have been involved since the first Project LEA/RN™workshop series. They have also published testaments of how Project LEA/RN has changedtheir view of education and their careers4, 5. In one of these papers, they mention mythscommonly held by faculty members less receptive to the ideology of active learning. One ofthese myths is that active learning exercises cannot be done in large lectures. This is completelyfalse. Active learning exercises can easily be done in large lectures without sacrificing thecoverage of material if a professor is willing to carefully plan, organize, and facilitate theactivity. This is well documented3. Cooperative learning research results are also welldocumented3,6,7. Faculty members

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Sarah E. Irvine; Teresa L. Hein

student learninggains that result from instruction that includes the use of computer-based technologies.Once the current study is completed, learning style data will be linked to student performance onthe various strategies used to assess student understanding. For example, the laboratory activityinvolves a hands-on approach. We would like to be able to determine whether students whohave a tactile learning style preference perform better when given the opportunity to perform thelaboratory activity as opposed to traditional teaching strategies. Thus, we plan to use the datacollected to help us determine the role(s) that learning style may play in terms of studentunderstanding of the collision process after exposure to the interactive laboratory

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Michael A. Kriss

students have an appreciation of the differingneeds and to draw upon the strengths of each. An unexpected and very encouraging development has been the reaction by the Dean ofthe College, Dr. William Green, to the CRCD effort to change the undergraduate curriculum inElectronic Imaging Systems. Dr. Green indicated that he felt that our effort could evolve into theone of the keystones of the University’s undergraduate program and that he was prepared tosupport or effort in all possible ways. We are currently developing an internal “white paper” forDr. Green that lays out a multiyear plan to give the University of Rochester the mostcomprehensive undergraduate program in electronic imaging in the world.VII. Project description: A Unified Image

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Kevin Schmaltz; Morrie Walworth; Ajay Mahajan; David McDonald

ISEL followed a well-defined plan to select the differentexperimental set-ups or instructional workstations. The stations had to be: a. Integrated systems including electrical, mechanical, and computer components; b. Easily assimilated into computer, electrical, and mechanical engineering courses; c. Able to support laboratory exercises building on prior laboratory exercises; and d. Sufficiently interesting pieces of equipment so as to capture student interest.Based upon these criteria, six special stations have been purchased externally or weredeveloped internally. These set-ups are an Inverted Pendulum, Mobile Robot, Balland Plate Unit, Model Train Unit, Model Plane Unit, and Wind Tunnel. Each stationwill be used in multiple

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Omar Barkat

professional engineering world. The project must be associatedwith solving an engineering problem and should involve one of the following:ÀÀ Solving an industrial related problem, ÀÀ Designing and testing a facility to be used in a local industry, Theoretical and/or experimental research study, À Construction of an experimental apparatus with data collection and analysis, Page 4.236.2 Simulation and optimization of an existing industrial plant,À On-site industrial study. The student is required to come up with a proposed plan of study during or at the end of theseventh semester or at the latest during the first week of the spring

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Hamid Khan

important learner centered lesson plans as a simulation of the actual learningmilestones.Learner Centered Education and Personal GrowthThinkers associated with personal growth share the belief that tends to focus on theindividual more than curriculum per se. An orientation to personal growth is closelyassociated with what Elias and Merriam (1980) call ‘humanism’. Humans have the ability to Page 4.261.1choose; choice implies that learners are responsible for their own actions. The objective ofreaching out is to assist learners in making choices that maximizes their human potential.Since learners are responsible for their own action, they should control

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Brian Hajak

dwindled to the point where it was canceled for one quarterjust two years ago, and had only 12 students enrolled during two offerings in the 97-98academic year. This paper describes the reincarnation of this course to make it compelling forstudents not planning to major in nuclear engineering, and then the advertising that has proveneffective to significantly increase enrollments. Success is currently being measured by having21 students enroll for Fall 1998 and 28 students enroll for Spring 1999. The goal for the 98-99academic year was to serve 50 students. The goal for future years is to serve a minimum of 100students, teaching the course twice per year.IntroductionNuclear Engineering at The Ohio State University is a graduate only program

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Brett Barraclough

Initiative and Industry Shortfalls SBA is the way the DoD plans to employ modeling and simulation in the top-down design process in the next century. The goal of the initiative is to cut theacquisition cycle time for new systems by 50%. In order to save time and money, the Page 4.312.3new process will modify the current system of specialized, non-compatible computertools and establish collaborative environments to pass data about a weapon system acrossthe four major phases of the Acquisition Management System 5. The focus of the initialSBA road map is on the first two phases. The report provides a detailed plan andguidelines to establish a

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Jerome Atkins

-traditional degree programs based on assessments at a distance since 1972. Two notable newcomers to the world of distance learning are the University of Phoenixand Western Governors University.In a recent article 2, Dr. Virginia Smith speaks to the erosion of educational monopoliesand the need for higher education institutions to support the changes that technology offersif they plan to remain competitive in attracting students during the 21st century. “Iflearning can be successfully validated by assessment techniques, then controlling theprocesses of instruction loses its primary quality assurance role.” Dr. Smith cites RegentsCollege and as one of the few institutions which de-couple assessment and instruction foreducational credit and degree

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Rochelle Payne Ondracek

the computer laboratory. Ideally, thestudent groups will be composed of several laboratory students as well as students not taking thelaboratory so that all groups may benefit from knowledge gained in laboratory exercises.One of the first virtual laboratories planned involves the case of a snowmobile accident. Figure1 shows this initial screen. The group of students will read the accident report filed after afictional snowmobile accident in which a snowmobile rider was killed. Through the story, theylearn that the snowmobile rider lost control of his snowmobile shortly before crashing into a tree,killing the rider. A jury is now reviewing the case as the victim’s family decided to sue thecompany for negligence. The students learn that a

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Gary Patterson

assessmenttools chosen were portfolios, student surveys, oral presentations, and the Student Developersystem of self and team member rating. These probably would not be the right set of outcomesand assessment tools for another program since a unique best combination of outcomes and toolsshould exist for each program’s objectives. The ABET team evaluating a program will judge howappropriate these choices are. The publication "Stepping Ahead: An Assessment Plan Development Guide" by Rogersand Sando(9) gives a step-by-step process for developing an assessment system based on chosenobjectives, outcomes, performance measures, and feed back channels. The guide breaks theprocess down into manageable pieces so that it does not seem overwhelming.Revision

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Sallie (Lee) Townsend; Howard A. Canistraro

manufacturing team assisting with planning and designing, analyzing the cost-effectiveness of production methods, drafting plans for proposedmachines or parts, testing manufactured goods to ensure quality and supervising the work of skilled mechanical craftsmen. 8rqv 8yh Ghi 8hp 8rqv 8yh Ghi 8hp8rÃIhr C C C C 8rÃIhr C C C CSEMESTER 1 SEMESTER 2EN 111 English I: Expository Comm 3 3 0 3 MTH 122 Math for Technolog II 3

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Ying Lu; Vincent Singh; Steven Palmer; Sarah Bergstrom; Nicolai Ramler; Mikir Bodalia; Martins Innus; Jami Meteer; Contessa DuBois; Aleli Mojica-Campbell; Martha E. Sloan; Ashok Goel

to their satisfac-tion with the program. Both years students were very positive in their assessments of the pro-gram including their research experiences, interaction with other participants and faculty, andthe effect the program had had on their interest in pursuing graduate education and careers inresearch. We also surveyed the students by e-mail in the spring after the first year program(and plan to do so again this spring for the second year participants). Their opinions of theprogram continued to be high. Almost all participating students felt that this undergraduateresearch experience had greatly enhanced their overall education. Most participants hadaccepted or were looking for industrial research positions or were planning to attend

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J. Darrell Gibson; Patricia Brackin

thisreluctance has been due to the perceived difficulties of the administrative tasks necessary for arrangingand planning these matches between student teams and company projects. Admittedly, in preparingproject activities, there are numerous administrative tasks that transcend normal teachingresponsibilities but if these tasks can be clearly outlined in advance then they can be made manageableand can lead to effective design education experiences. It is the purpose of this paper to identify the necessary steps for soliciting, screening, andselecting the types of company projects that will enhance educational objectives and further industrialpartnerships.Introduction Industrial/Academic partnerships are essential for technological

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Ingrid H. Soudek

to learn about their ethical obligations to society, their employers, andthemselves. This paper discusses a teaching plan used at the University of Virginia School ofEngineering and Applied Science to turn undergraduate engineering students into ethicalpractitioners of engineering. The faculty of The Division of Technology, Culture, and Communication in theEngineering School teaches all undergraduate engineering students in a series of four coursesdesigned to teach students to communicate clearly, both in writing and in speaking, about a varietyof topics, including their own technical expertise. We also teach students engineering ethics froma half a semester to a semester and a half. While students are introduced to ethics in their

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Sanjeeve Sharma; Robert Thompson; Akihiko Kumagai; Aju Mathew; S. A. Chickamenahalli

islocated compared to the vertical center line, the sharpness of turn is calculated.The program development for this navigation scheme is done using C++ to customize the visionsoftware called Hlimage++. Since the summer of 1998, the vehicle has been autonomouslyfunctional using the navigation scheme described above. The current navigation developmentgroup consisting of three students has the following plan to improve the navigation capabilityincluding obstacle avoidance.• Use of multiple horizontal lines for line profiling. The purpose of this modification is twofold. The first is to increase reliability in white line detection in case one line profile failed to detect it. The second is to obtain more spatial data for navigation.• Study

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Wade Shaw

, Page 4.125.2courses in quality engineering are typically a core requirement for engineering managementprograms and are not offered in either management programs with the design focus thatengineers are looking for or from reliability engineering programs with the organizational focusneeded by engineering managers. Project management is another example of a field of studyuseful to many students and key to engineering management success. We find that projectmanagement from management schools covers project planning and control but typically leavesout requirements engineering, lifecyle costing, or systems engineering issues.Our collaboration with academic programs allows us to use the core MBA courses taught so wellin the business schools to

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Ganesh Pandit; Gopal Mohan

students in the sample. Kramer, et al. (1994) hypothesized that moststudents did not have sufficient information when they chose their academic majors. They foundthat students who entered colleges did not plan adequately and had no decision-making skills. In Page 4.6.1another report, Mariani (1996) found that the career choices of college students were stronglyinfluenced by their parents. The students in Mariani’s report also mentioned that they already hadthought about their career, either before entering the college or during their college lives. Also,Ahmed et al.’s (1996) results showed that in New Zealand, students who chose

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Donald J., Jr. Fournier; Cyndi Gaudet

inenvironmental affairs, safety and training. With faculty assistance, they developed aquestionnaire designed to identify current and future positions in these areas, current and future Page 4.149.3educational levels, current and future specialized training, future hiring plans, and openness toestablishing internship positions. Over 60 responses were received and analyzed. Responsesprovided valuable input related to curriculum content in the technical core areas. However,equally important, the responses provided a target audience of individuals interested in theprogram. Letters were sent to 35 of these respondents inviting them to participate on

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Michael J. Caylor; Bruce Chesley

four years small satellite classes have successfully launched four high-altituderesearch “balloon-sats” and one space vehicle. Our next launch, FalconSat-1, is planned for late1999, and FalconSat-2 is projected for 2002 (see Table 2). The next subsection describes thecurrent satellite our students are building, FalconSat-1.Table 2. Small Satellite Program History. Summary of balloon flights and space launches under the USAFA Small Satellite Program. Date Event Satellite Mission May 1995 Balloon flight USAFASAT-B Attitude Control Demonstrator Mar 1996 Balloon flight Glacier GPS & Magnetometer Experiment Sep 1996 Balloon flight

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Ronald E. Terry; Kurt Sandholtz

plateauing and I would say that the workshop was successful. I did not have any expectations of this workshop. I felt engaged and stimulated. Yes, it was very helpful. The seminar provided excellent incite into the trends of corporate career planning, especially in light of the downsizing of management positions. It was helpful to see the four stages but I felt that the majority of the presentation was spent on sharing research results rather than how to beat the curve, which was the title of the presentation. Yes. Gave great framework to think about where and how to plan for career development. Yes, I believe it did. I learned a framework for assessing career growth and the skill sets needed at each stage of my career

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Digendra K. Das

and 4 respectively. Fig.3 shows the numerical simulation model which uses the fourth and fifth order Runge-Kuttamethods for the solution of the differential equation. Page 4.348.4Response of the StudentsThe response of the students to the introduction of simulation techniques into the curriculumwas overwhelming in both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Particularly in theundergraduate level, most of the students indicated that the techniques should be introduced intoas many courses as possible. The next section outlines the future plans of the department in thisrespect.Future PlansIn response to the overwhelmingly positive reaction of the

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Walthea V. Yarbrough; Sarah J. Rajala; Richard L. Porter; Hugh Fuller; Laura Bottomley; Mary Clare Robbins

engineering problems using various levels of mathematics and science,to complete a device dissection exercise, and to complete and present a design project. Foreach assignment, they were required to communicate their findings in a written report. For thedesign competition, peer evaluations were used and an oral presentation was required.Student Engineering Leaders (SELs)Early in the planning, it was decided to utilize undergraduates as teaching assistants for all thelaboratory sessions. Identified characteristics included well rounded students with solidacademic achievements, demonstrated histories of leadership, ability to function as mentors,and a willingness to work hard. It was also decided to direct recruitment to women engineers,all

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Bahador Ghahramani; Stephen A. Raper

center. The cars will havesensors, radar scanners, and on board computers. The computers will be able to interpret all theinformation and drive the car. The experiment is designed to allow platoons of 10-12 vehicles,each of them separated by two meters, to drive safely at highway speeds [8]. There are three stages of the automated highway that will be tested. The first stage is tohave each vehicle operate independently but with its own automated lane keeping, cruisecontrol, and collision avoidance systems. The next stage is the "cooperative vehicle" stage whereeach car would talk electronically to those around it so they could slow down, speed up, orchange lanes to accommodate actions planned by another vehicle. Drivers would still

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Karl Stephan

of their choice in greater depth. Student response to the course has been positive. The same basic historical problem-solution-problem format can be applied to other technologies, including the automobile, elec-tronic communications, and the computer. A discussion of curricular and philosophical issuesrelating to technological literacy courses such as this one concludes the paper.I. Introduction Professional schools such as law, medicine, and engineering have not traditionally offeredcourses designed for students who do not plan to enter the school’s profession. There are at leasttwo reasons to offer such courses, however. First, the motivation for so-called “service courses”is utilitarian. For example, engineering students

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Robert P. Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

integrate novel processing into their curricula and develop an action plan for their homeinstitution. Active learning methods were employed in the workshop and participants were encouraged toincorporate this experience into their teaching style. Introduction An innovative and state-of-the-art workshop on the multidisciplinary aspects of novelprocess science and engineering was held at Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey, July 26-30, 1998. This workshop is one of the many excellent programs supported by the NationalScience Foundation's Undergraduate Faculty Enhancement Program. The purpose of thisworkshop is to meet the needs of faculty who teach undergraduate students. Of particularimportance are

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Bernard Gallois; Keith Sheppard

design-related curriculadevelopment and implementation activities of the various Engineering Education Coalitionssponsored by the National Science Foundation2.The Recent Curriculum RevisionIn 1998 the Stevens faculty started implementation of a revised engineering curriculum to buildupon the experience with the Design Thread, to strengthen the core sequence and to providebetter alignment with ABET Criteria 2000. The revision had its origins in an Institute-widestrategic planning activity that, for the Engineering Curriculum, reaffirmed the core valuesassociated with the Stevens tradition of a large, broad-based core while allowing foraccreditation in various engineering disciplines.Curriculum Development ProcessThe curriculum revision was a