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Emma Torbert; Eleanor Abrams; David Bourgeois; Carmela Amato-Wierda; Anneliese Mueller; Christopher F. Bauer

objectives. It has aninterdisciplinary content that relates General Chemistry principles to other fields because theprojects are developed from topics related to the disciplines representing the career goals of thestudents in the course. Particular emphasis is placed on students working collaboratively onopen-ended investigations which do not have predetermined procedures or outcomes. Thus apremium is placed on development of decision-making ability and understanding of chemicalconcepts necessary to solve a problem. Faculty from the chemistry and engineering departmentshave assisted in designing these projects and have been guest lecturers in the course. Thesefaculty will be drawn into a reflective discourse about the teaching and

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William Bambrick

functions. System efficiency and maintenance has been improved, but the needfor flexibility has been only partially addressed by using the concept system configuring.System configuring as a means to adapt packages to different business environments can bevery effective in structured business environments that reflect traditional ways of doingbusiness. This is because the alternate business environments that they address must bepredefined. Most manufacturing companies today are facing rapidly changing businessenvironments that they must meet with totally new ways of doing business (thinking out-of-the-box). Their design engineering processes, which have always been very non-structured, must now quickly react to rapidly changing design requirements

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Robert Engelken

regional entities.It may also decrease the popularity of engineering and science majors and careers among incomingstudents and the pool from which to recruit research assistants.In some cases, such schools are in the shadow of flagship research institutions and are not even"supposed to" be aspiring to be research institutions; this may be reflected in the state fundingformula as well as general public perception. A misconception that high-level laboratory researchand instruction cannot be performed at such schools may develop not only in the region or statebut also in the university administration and faculty. Faculty may begin to feel that it’s not worththe effort. This is particularly prevalent with senior faculty who have attempted research

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Richard R. Schultz

of research anddevelopment. Brief descriptions of the projects are provided, along with comments from studentevaluations. The instructor provides a reflection on these experiences, both favorable and unfavorable.1. Introduction The National Science Foundation (NSF) has been active in motivating successful researchers toreturn to the classroom so that they may share their experiences with undergraduates. The PresidentialYoung Investigator (PYI) Program, which awarded grants based solely on research prowess, has recentlyevolved into the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program, which supports junior-levelfaculty members seeking to integrate their education and research activities at the undergraduate andgraduate levels

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Timothy Robert Wyatt; Pedro Arduino; Emir Jose Macari

appropriatelength of response. However, there were some general phenomena that should have beennoticed by the students and that should be reflected in their responses. The following discussionprovides some necessary background information in order to give the reader an idea of thegeneral responses that were expected:The overconsolidation ratio (OCR) is defined as the ratio of preconsolidation pressure to the insitu isotropic pressure (or initial cell pressure, in the case of a lab test). An overconsolidated soil(OCR > 1) can be considered to have previously experienced greater pressure than it doespresently and will experience less deformation under a given load than will a normallyconsolidated (NC) soil with the same initial confinement. The assignment

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Herbert Holland; Dean Bruckner

decision block. The team’s task is to run the “decide2.m” scriptfor enough recordings of “port” and “starboard” that they see a pattern. They must then select oneof the two parameters, one of the three functions, and a threshold that consistently separates“port” from “starboard” words recorded by any person. They then complete the script with a de-cision block implementing their design.The typical successful solution hinges on the presence or absence of the ‘s’ sound, as reflected bythe maximum number of zero crossings found in any segment of the word. If this parameter ex-ceeds about 250 the ‘s’ is present and the word is “starboard” (or “astern”). If not, there is no ‘s’sound and the word is “port” (or “ahead”). Cadet design groups typically

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Anthony Brizendine; Laora E. Dauberman-Brizendine

, namely: a. requires a high level of disciplinary expertise, b. is innovative, c. can be replicated, d. can be documented, e. can be peer evaluated, and f. has significance.For comparison, Boyer (1990) had previously identified six criteria by which to judge goodscholarship, namely: a. knowledge it reflects, b. clearly-defined objectives, c. appropriate methods, d. creative use of resources, e. effective communication, and f. significant results.It occurs to the authors of this paper that scholarly activity that merely meets a majority ofBoyer’s or Diamond’s criteria represents a valuable contribution to higher education and society.Scholarship in

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

Material At the beginning of the term: 1. Hard Copy - Planning Competency Matrix 2. Course Syllabus 3. Student files: a. Survey files (Part of teaching effectiveness evaluation tools) b. “Blank” Student Competency Matrix template c. Work log and run chart templates d. Reflection log cue card Figure 2: Course Planning Process

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1999 Annual Conference

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Russell D. Meier

extremely well inshorter time periods. These levels require a type of convergent learning that students seem mostcomfortable with probably because they have been exposed to it throughout their educationalcareer. Additionally, these levels require the withdrawal of facts from memory but do not askthe thinker to do much expansion on the stored facts. I must admit that my bias toward theanalysis and synthesis levels of Bloom’s taxonomy was sometimes reflected in the initialactivities. I do not believe these levels were as successful in the shorter time periods because thestudents were not given appropriate time to synthesize solutions from their factual knowledgebase.I designed each longer activity to require the teams to interact at the divergent

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1999 Annual Conference

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Corrado Poli; Beverly Woolf

results also indicate that the tutorsare successful in educating students about design for manufacturing concepts and making themaware of those features of a part which are costly to produce.AcknowledgementThis project is funded in part by the National Science Foundation, NSF grant number DUE9813654. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of NSF.Bibliography1. Dixon, John R., and Corrado Poli. Engineering Design and Design for Manufacturing. Field Stone Publishers, Conway, MA 19952. Riggs, Brian, Corrado Poli, and Beverly Woolf, “A Multimedia Application for Teaching Design for Manufacturing,” Journal of Engineering Education

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Russell Dean; Charles F. Yokomoto

with the multiplicity of activities that are available as building blocks for acomprehensive assessment process. You will also have to learn to make choices from among thepossible options, and you will be aided with an ability to use your imagination in a problemsolving approach to the task.3. Examples of High-Profile Assessment Processes and How to Read ThemThe two most visible assessment processes in the engineering education community are those ofRogers and Sando1 and McGourty, et al.2, and they both provide useful information eventhough they are written differently. A third description of the assessment process, one that ismore commonly seen in the outcomes assessment literature, is reflected by the process writtenby Banta3. A fourth

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Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

thebetterment of their coastal regions, their marine-life resources, their food production,transportation systems and increase the health of their population. As well as safeguardingthe environment, and providing means to develop self-sustainable economies. As Canadaand Mexico become stronger players in these areas, the U.S-Canada-Mexico partnershipalso benefits.II. 2 Undergraduate Engineering Enrollment and the Economy.It is quite instructive to reflect on the period from 1990 to 1995. During this timeengineering undergraduate enrollment hit an impressive low nation wide. In this periodU.S. exports had already experience a steady decline that began in 1988. (see chart below). Rate of International Sales per Hour

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Nagy N. Bengiamin

assessment tools and program improvements are addressed.Typical assessment instruments are presented along with a comprehensive outcomes matrix.Throughout the paper, the statements in italic font relate directly to the assessment programwhich has been developed in the EE department at UND.II. Development ProcessCriterion 2 of EC2000 focuses on the process followed by the department to determine theprogram objectives based on input from the program constituencies who must be clearlyidentified. The process may include the following steps:Step 1 Establish the department’s mission - The published department mission must beconsistent with the college and university missions. The mission statement reflects the mainpurpose of the department relative to its

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James Dally; William L. Fourney; Peter C. Chang; Hugh A. Bruck; Dave K. Anand

emphasizing its applications in designing structures. The first edition of thetextbook focuses on the design of a bridge structure. Although a civil structure has initially beenchosen for the design project, it is envisioned that in future versions, design problems specific tomanufacturing, materials, nuclear, aerospace, and mechanical systems could be substituted. Theflexibility in choosing the design problem reflects the diverse engineering interests of thestudents who are currently required to take these courses as part of their core curriculum.The organization of chapters for the first edition of the book can be seen in Table I. While manyof these topics can be found in existing statics and strength of materials texts, they can onlyappear in this

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J. Hardwick Butler; Burton Courtney

viewing on the monitors during the next class periodusing the students’ identification number to ensure anonymity for a specific individual’s grade.Graded papers may be mailed to the remote site for return to the students at the instructor’sdiscretion. The process is workable, but cumbersome and relatively inflexible.As one might imagine, where the principal topic is surveying, labs must be a consideration. In thecase of the MGC certificate program the solution to conducting labs for the surveying courses onceagain reflected the desire of the faculty to cater to the special needs of these students. Just as thetwice-weekly classes are scheduled for evening hours to permit working students to maintain theirregular jobs, the labwork required for the

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Hamid Y. Eydgahi; Saeid Y. Eidgahy

an important part in shaping future global engineers. Although higher education has beengiven some attention lately, the accentuation has been essentially on application of technology.It can be debated that a better balance in higher education curricula is needed, to reflect theskills required by the employers of engineers.What we need is rethinking of the system and the planning of new curricula, in fact the entireeducational system. Then it should include a plan of re-evaluation of teaching that includesissues such as cultural diversity. To achieve this, teams consisting of faculty members fromdifferent backgrounds, including social and humanities areas, to work cooperatively together indevelopment of the new curriculum. The courses could

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John R. Wagner

plan is the ability to track the time and energies in nurturing aprofessional career. If one reflects on the sacrifices endured to achieve an engineering degree,the commitment to develop and execute a career plan is minor. Finally, a few comments are merited regarding mentors and networking. Companiesshould be encouraged to establish a mentoring program for young engineers. Frequently, theseprograms match recent new hires with experienced engineers to assist in the acclimatization intothe work environment, corporate culture, and engineering profession. Another importantresource for engineers is the networking opportunities offered by engineering societies. Regularattendance at meetings, or conferences, allows relationships to be

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1999 Annual Conference

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T. Scott; John P. O'Connell

reflected in anecdotalcomments about the difficulty of getting all team members to meet, producing their assignedcontributions, etc. But in this diversity of view, there was an overall positive response. Anindicator of this is the responses to the question “How much more ‘into the course’ were you at Page 4.258.8the end compared to the beginning?”. The ratios of “more” to “unchanged” to “less” were 2:1:1.We attribute the negative reactions to the following: 1) not all students are desirous of deeptechnical knowledge, understanding and experience; 2) some remain resistant to any approachwhich does not fulfill their prior expectations; 3) second-year

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Kenny Fotouhi; Ali Eydgahi

in the fuzzy rules. Theresulting set of tables form the rule base of the fuzzy tuner. Rule matching can beaccomplished by application of the compositional rule of inference 5. The on-line rulematching is generally time consuming process and it may slow down the speed oftuning.Since the universe of discourse of the system conditions and the tuning actions arediscrete and finite, computational efficiency can be significantly improved byapplying the compositional rule of inference off-line. The output of this off-lineprocessing is a decision table which can be used by knowledge-based tuner to performon-line PID tuning during process operation.Consider the following statements which are linguistic rules that reflect the actions ofhuman expert in

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Russel C. Jones

national boundaries.Graduates must understand the cultures, traditions, and languages of countries where theywill work, or where their designs or products will be utilized. It was also noted thatengineering education in a given country or region must reflect and respond to localconditions.The amount of practice orientation in the curriculum was explored by Congressparticipants, with wide differences of opinion on the desirable amount. It became clearthat engineering programs in a particular country needed to provide graduates attuned tothe current and future needs of their local economies, so that there would generally besignificant differences in the amount of practice orientation that was deemed appropriateby the local faculty. In some countries

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James . McDonald

the (former) block back toward the bottomof the screen. The player controls a paddle that can be moved back and forth across the bottom ofthe screen and can bounce the ball back up toward the block pattern. The ball reflects off the sideand top walls in addition to the blocks and paddle, but is lost if it reaches the bottom of the screenwithout striking the paddle. If all the blocks are destroyed, a new “level” is reached and a newpattern of blocks appears. At each new level the speed of the ball increases, making play moredifficult.The block pattern is a regular array of five rows of seven blocks each on each level. Ten points isscored for each block destroyed on each level, and the object of the game is to score the mostpoints before three

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William B. Perry; Victor Barocas; David E. Clough

programming problems has put forth an effort to learn the material, andthe grade should reflect this.As an example, consider a module that contains twenty fill-in-the-blank questions along with thetutorial and challenge programming problems. A fair grading breakdown might look like this: • 40 % for the fill-in-the-blank questions (2 pt. each) • 30 % for completing the programming problems (10 pt. for tutorial problem, 20 pt. for challenge problem) • 30% for correct answers on the programming problems (10 pt. for tutorial problem, 20 pt. for challenge problem)A Department-Wide EffortOne problem with implementing programming modules is that they cannot be implemented as anindependent project by one or two faculty-members

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1999 Annual Conference

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R. J. Helgeson; Douglas Sterrett

have been added to the course to morerealistically reflect a real-life design project. These enhancements include a number of features,all of which attempt to show the relationship between analysis and design. The studentsemployed spreadsheet based mathematical models to optimize key parameters in their designprojects. Experiments were carried out to empirically determine energy-related parameters thatmay affect their design. Finally, limited application of error analysis was introduced byencouraging the students to examine expected performance when key parameters were varied.This paper discusses the success of this modified project approach, and possible improvementsthat might be incorporated in the future

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Shani Francis; Neal Pellis; Keith Schimmel

A&T State Universityand the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Partnership Award for the Integration ofResearch into Mathematics, Science, Engineering and Technology Undergraduate Education(NASA PAIR). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this Page 4.329.7material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the North CarolinaBiotechnology Center nor the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The help ofDamon Campbell, Felicia Martin, and Aisha Robinson (Chemical Engineering students, NorthCarolina A&T State University) in developing the module presented

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John G. Nee

development and review can be used by faculty in conjunction with students’ selfassessment. The student resume allows the student and faculty advisor to reflect together on theaccomplishments and learning by each student. The process requires that:• A student presents a concise 1-3 sentence statement of the intended career goal.• A basic description of academic programs (degree, major, concentration(s), GPAs, etc.) is provided.• Detailed listing of courses related to the immediate and long term career goals is documented.• Work experience (general and related) is documented by the student with an emphasis that relates to the career goals.• Special documentation of university sponsored internships is provided.• Extra curricular

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Ann M. Bisantz; Amjad Aref; Alexander N. Cartwright

was presented to 16 freshman and sophomore honors students who were paid to participate in the workshop and act as course students. The authors (faculty from three engineering disciplines) facilitated and served as the engineering experts for the case. The majority of students were majors in the life sciences or chemistry; only one student was an engineering major. This test group was appropriate for our purposes as it reflected a student population with some scientific, but little engineering background, similar to populations in freshman engineering courses. The case was conducted in a manner similar to that presented in the previous section, with a few minor differences. Faculty verbally described their disciplines

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Ray Bachnak

the data sheets of the ADC0804. TheLEDs at the output reflect the digital value of the corresponding applied analog input. Page 4.354.2Testing the CircuitThe analog-to-digital converting circuit is constructed on a breadboard and tested as follows.1. Set the input to exactly 5V. Adjust VREF (around 2.5 V) so that the digital outputs are all HIGH. Fine-tune VREF so that all the outputs are LOW for a an input of 0 V. Measure and record the voltage at the VREF pin. DO NOT CHANGE VREF after this point.2. Test the circuit using the input voltages shown in the following table. Record the observed digital outputs (HIGH = 1, LOW

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Neda Fabris

oral and written communication in their engineering classes. With this emphasisin mind, and to reflect the greater emphasis in manufacturing industry on new managementtechniques (Total Quality Management, Just in Time, Quadratic Loss Function) and use ofstatistical process control, several years ago I developed a senior level lecture course formechanical engineering students entitled “Automation and Computer -Aided Manufacturing”.This course, consistent with the modern industry practice of continuing improvement, changesalmost every year.This course is an elective, offered once a year, and is very well attended and received bystudents. The content of the course was very favorably reviewed (in his e-mail massage) by anexternal consultant, Dr

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Charles Slivinsky

students who are still becoming accustomedto the fast pace of engineering instruction or who are not as adequately prepared as desirableseem to benefit most from using the materials created. The techniques being developed have thepotential to encourage all students to become reflective learners and to build trust with theteacher.Bibliography1. James W. Nilsson and Susan A. Riedel, Electric Circuits, Fifth Edition, Addison-Wesley. 1996.2. Charles Slivinsky and E. Joseph Charlson, “Porting and Utilization of Virtual Classroom Capabilities for the Introductory Circuits Analysis Course,” Proceedings, 31st Annual Midwest Section Meeting of the ASEE, April 1996.3. Design Science, Inc., 4028 Broadway, Long Beach CA 90803 http

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Ernest Tollner

pressure at theuniversity level to restrict admissions. This student pool typically does not select agriculturalmajors. An ongoing goal of the BAE department is to increase the visibility of the BSAE andBSBE programs to these students as they select majors.The SAT scores of the students have trended upward over the past decade (Figure 5). The totalCollege SAT score has consistently exceeded the university average over the past decade (notshown). These trends follow through to the BAE department level. Increasingly selectiveadmissions explain the increase in SAT scores.The demographics of the Biological and Agricultural Engineering (BAE) Department reflects tosome extent the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences. Figure 6 shows the