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Sal Arnaldo

design to make it acceptable under current guidelinesfor corrosive soils?This exercise teaches engineers that they should hold paramount the lives, safety, and welfare ofthe public and should approve only design documents which are in conformity with acceptedengineering standards.X. Transportation EngineeringThe consulting engineer submitted final roadway plans and specifications for a highway projectto the agency’s project manager, for bidding purposes. The project manager accepted the workand prepared to bid the project. In the meantime, the consulting engineer, confident that shecompleted all the requirements of the design contract with the agency, submits her final invoice.The project manager agrees that the design is complete, and

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John Pongo; Barrie W. Jackson

in theprogram range from large multi-nationals such as Imperial Oil, DuPont, Stone and Webster andCelanese, to small and medium size enterprises, such as Hyprotech Ltd. and Beaver Dental.Client satisfaction can be gauged by the high rate of repeat client participation. (Nine of thetwenty one clients have come back for a second year or more.)In 1995 and 1996, TEAM ran six projects each year. In 1997, the number increased to thirteen.TEAM had nine projects in 1998, and there are eleven projects for 1999. The number ofstudents enrolled in any year limits the number of projects TEAM accepts.Queen’s University plans to continue the development of TEAM, in particular to expand the roleof the program in other engineering departments as well as in

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W. Thomas Calder; Gerald W. Jakubowski

purposely left it very vague. Basically, ABET is saying to the programs and institutions,tell us what your educational objectives and program outcomes are, prove to us that you areachieving these objectives and outcomes, and show us your feedback mechanism for makingimprovements. Lesson #1, don’t expect to go to the criteria and have everything spelled out,step-by-step. Page 4.563.6Second, it is important to realize that there is no one model or plan to be followed to implementEC 2000. As stated above, ABET purposely left the criteria very vague. Lesson #2, it isimperative that engineering program administrators and, more importantly, faculty

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John T. Bell; H. Scott Fogler

. ( See above. ) This simulation will be included here to maximize impact of both projects. Table 1: Some Currently Planned Safety Rules and Simulation StatusOn the web site, the simulations will be grouped into a table, such as that shown in FigureÊ2, thatwill provide links for both versions of VRML simulation and several formats of executableprograms for download. Links from the "safety rule" column of the table will provide detaileddescriptions and information regarding each rule. Additional web pages will round out theproject by

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David P. Heddle; Robert F. Hodson; David C. Doughty

4.130.6reactions and evaluating student comprehension. These interactions should occur in a distance 6learning environment as well as in the traditional classroom. The delivery of pre-class material iseasy. Pre-class material can range from reading web pages with related materials, assigningtextbook problems, to writing assignments. The type and format of materials is often classdependent. In problem-solving classes like those found in Engineering, it is desirable to givesample problems of the type an instructor plans to cover in an on-line presentation and/or Chatsession. While a wide range of document types can be easily posted to the Browseable DocumentLibrary for student review, other effective

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Michael J. Hinton; Charles N. Eastlake

andpreliminary design. After a prototype is built, the aircraft begins the long process of flighttesting. Depending on the size of the project and complexity of the aircraft, this stage usuallytakes years to complete. Whenever such amounts of time are spent on developing the aircraft,the costs quickly rise. If problems should arise during flight testing, the result could be anextension of the flight test plan and a further increase in the project cost.There are, however, alternative methods to producing the desired data required to complete theanalysis of a new design. One of these--wind tunnel testing--has been utilized since the days of Page 4.510.1the

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Rafiqul Islam

using single stub.3. T-line characteristics, R and G parameters and the determination of the characteristic impedance.4. A fiber optic link (e.g., Hewlett Packard Model HFBR-0501 kit).5. A fiber optic simulation package (e. g., Tektronix FMTAP fiber Trace Analysis Software).6. Wireless LAN using Eithernet modems (e. g., The Hopper DS, from WiLAN Inc.).7. A microwave Training Kit (e. g., Model 550-SS from LRL).8. Software packages such as MATLAB, HPBasic, or Lab View for developing a mobile analog cellular testing method.Suggested design projects1. Design a basic commercial cell site using software tools.2. Using a commercial frequency planning tool design a frequency reuse plan.3. Use OPNET

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five new test aircraft, (the Corsairs). All this while keeping the instruments inthe XF4U-1, the XTBU-1 and Mr. Sikorsky's VS-300, the first true Helicopter, ‘flight ready’. ByJanuary 1947, this department grew to ten engineers and technicians. Here are a notable few ofour experimental test programs.The need for accurate recording became evident early on in an assignment to take a Corsair aboutfifty miles from the Stratford, CT factory to East Hartford, CT to fly a measured three mile speedcourse along the Connecticut River.The flight plan was to maintain 100% power (2700 rpm @ 53” Hg manifold pressure) while fly-ing at 300 feet altitude. This was done to stabilize the engine and oil temperatures while flying atabout 300 miles per hour in the

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Charyl Delaney; Alejandro Scalise; Larry J. Shuman; Harvey Wolfe

programs, as well as supporting therevision of our two freshman engineering courses.The freshman attrition model is currently being updated to reflect changes in the program, as wellas students who leave after their freshman year. In addition, models to predict students who leavein poor standing are also being developed. With funding to conduct a cross-institutional study,we plan to build prediction models for other schools seek to develop attrition models, and thusidentify factors that contribute most to attrition at the freshman level.At the Department LevelWe believe the next step is to address attrition at the upper levels. At the freshman level, we sawhow effective active learning can be in the classroom. In using this format, we are more

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Robert Engelken

and schedules, work schedules and deadlines, deliverables and reports, intellectualproperty, dissemination, and other critical issues must be spelled out in black and white.Assuming anything on either side is a major mistake. The project must be carefully planned and Page 4.238.7thought-through to avoid misunderstandings. This process is usually mandated when a third partysuch as a government funding agency acts as a watchdog over the collaboration. It is worth theeffort to bend over backwards to get to know industrial colleagues and their managers well anddevelop understanding, trust, and rapport so that communication, flexibility, and, if

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Timothy Robert Wyatt; Pedro Arduino; Emir Jose Macari

lesson plans and required tasks. Rather, it is asituated learning environment where the student has complete control over the testing process.The virtual lab software was given to graduate students in the CE 6150 class, along with a brieftutorial explaining its capabilities. An accompanying written assignment was provided, withlittle detail of how the software was to be used in order to complete the assignment. Studentusage patterns were recorded in order to identify different learning styles. Future developmentwill focus on steering the student to usage patterns that result in more effective learning. Page 4.94.3Students were given the

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connection charts that did not use a schematicformat. This meant that while the students could get the apparatus to function, they could notgeneralize from the results.One by one I rewrote the various laboratory syllabi to present the information in schematicfashion. As a result, the students could be expected to connect, operate and test the same type ofmotor or generator of any size and brand within reason. This step-by-step upgrading had a fewresults, both planned and unplanned.First, it became obvious that the students were much more interested in realistic laboratoryoperations. Also, when I was working in the lab while not scheduled for student contact, variousstudents would drop in to see what was going on. If I said that I was trying to

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Peter J. Shull; Joseph C. Hartman; Jerome P. Lavelle; Robert Martinazzi

for the upcoming year include (1) development of an extensive survey designedto obtain the data base information and (2) compiling an exhaustive list of faculty teachingEngineering Economics. It is intended the draft versions of both of these tasks will be available atthe time of the presentation of this paper at the 1999 ASEE conference. Peer input will be soughtthroughout the project with special emphasis on this first year of the endeavor since that is wherethe implementation plan will be finalized.4. ConclusionsReinventing the “wheel” is an exercise in “trivial pursuit” and most faculty do not have the luxuryof “playing” that game when preparing course materials. However, many times new and/orinexperienced faculty members spend voluminous

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Nadia A. Basaly

processes was a tedious task. Keeping in mind thatour audiences involve 8 th to 11th grade students, material developed for our “Foundations ofEngineering” course has included the following:1. Teaching aids. Providing films, audio-visual aids and other devices (e.g., devices that may have short-run effect of catching attention). It is important to note that overuse of these devices and aids may produce a passive person waiting. Therefore our intention was to include this means not on a regular basis in our class.2. Students’ motivation. Motivating our students by reducing or removing components of learning environment that lead to failure or fear as confusion about their understanding, and plan

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Charles S. Elliott

and especially value the flexibility (any place any time).His Web site can be seen at:www.umr.edu/~daily/The CPD Web site can be seen at:www.eas.asu.edu/cpdIt is too early for us to report results of our on-line classes but we do have plans outlined formajor efforts in assessment by CIEE staff. Page 4.196.3IV. Our First On-line Engineering ClassOur first effort in engineering to develop an on-line course (on Rapid Prototyping) was byProfessor Mark Henderson. He was provided with some summer salary through JACME 2T(Joint Arizona Consortium – Manufacturing and Engineering Education for Tomorrow) – a NSFadministered TRP (Technology

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George Tjilos; Lisa Anneberg; Ece Yaprak

Education Board. The impact of our project is wide. Its impact on engineering technology education at WSU is realized through the addition of new laboratory designs using state-of-the-art CPLDs in all required digital design and computer architecture courses. Our students in Digital Design and Microcomputer Hardware Design courses have informed us that they have benefited from this laboratory enhancement. Its impact on K-12 education will be even deeper with the planned teacher training workshops on digital design technology. Acknowledgements This work has been supported in part by the National Science Foundation Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Grant NSF DUE 9751561. We also thank and acknowledge

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Peter Rosati; Judit E. Puskas

. Page 4.205.7PETER ROSATIPeter Rosati is a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at theUniversity of Western Ontario. He has engineering degrees from Oxford and Western and aneducation degree from the University of West Virginia. His research in engineering educationhas focussed on personalizing the large enrolment courses, beginning with a Keller plan coursein Dynamics. He is currently researching student learning styles and academic performance inrelation to MBTI personality type.JUDIT E. PUSKASJudit Puskas is the Bayer/NSERC professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at theUniversity of Western Ontario. She has degrees from the Technical University of Budapest. Shehas twenty years of combined industrial

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Voula Georgopoulos; Constantinos Vassiliadia; Brian Manhire

is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Ohio University.His research interests are intelligent computer applications. His is currently investigating integration problemsbetween enterprise resource planning systems and real-time intelligent decision making processes. Dr Vassiliadisreceived a B. S. degree in Physics from the University of Patras, Greece and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in ElectricalEngineering from the Mississippi State University.BRIAN MANHIREBrian Manhire (bmanhire1@ohiou.edu) received BEE, MS and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from TheOhio State University in 1972 and 1980 respectively. He is a Professor of Electrical Engineering in the School ofElectrical Engineering and Computer

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Stephen Fokuo; Sohail Anwar

engineering technology faculty discuss plans for improvement in theirprograms.In the United States, there are several organizations which assure strong representation of thecore values of engineering technology. These organizations include Engineering TechnologyCouncil (ETC) of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), EngineeringTechnology Division (ETD) of ASEE, and the Engineering Technology Leadership Institute(ETLI). These organizations and other engineering technology specific groups help to strengthenthe values of the engineering technology community.At present, in the United States, the goals and characteristics of engineering technologyprograms are not in conflict with those of traditional engineering programs [1] They

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Sean J. Cannon; John H. Grubbs

, selecting at least one course from each of the following groups. Science/Engineering Course Course Title CH385 Biology CH457 Microbiology CH474 Instrumental Analysis EV390A Environmental Science EV391A Land Use Planning and Management EV398 Geographic Information Systems SE401 Introduction to Systems Design SE421 Engineering Management Applications and Practices Geography EV371A Geography of Russia EV372A Geography of Asia EV373A Geography of Latin America EV374A Geography of Middle East and Africa EV384 Geography of North America EV386

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Sue Schroeder; Patrick Daniel; Carole E. Goodson; Susan Miertschin

of content is not enough to fairly assess the total impact of thealtered instructional approach. Thus, planned future efforts include developing additional tapesand cooperative learning activities for one additional content area, perhaps focusing this time ona topic that is known to be difficult for most students. The basis for the reported results isprimarily anecdotal information gathered via the normal course and instructor evaluation processthat is standard for the College of Technology at UH. The investigators believe a carefullyplanned and more controlled evaluation that can validly compare the new approach to thetraditional approach is warranted. This will require the development of evaluation instrumentsspecific to the approach and

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James Corbeil; Dale A. Wilson

PerceptiveWork best when they can plan their work and follow the Adapt well to changing situations.plan. Don’t mind leaving things open for alterations.Like to get things settled and finished. May have trouble making decisions.May decide things to quickly. May start too many projects and have difficulties finishing.May dislike to interrupt the project they are on for a more May postpone unpleasant jobs.urgent one. Want to know all about a new job.May not notice new things that need to be done. Tend to be curious and welcome new light on a thing

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Sema Alptekin; Deena Daggett

Session 3257 Industrial Engineering Made Simple Deena Daggett, Sema Alptekin Georgia Institute of Technology / Cal Poly, San Luis ObispoAbstractMany high school students these days do not quickly recognize or identify IndustrialEngineering (IE) procedures, practices, and products. Recruitment of qualified students into IEprograms requires continuous planning, publicizing, and networking. Traditional recruitmentefforts have included high school visits, brochures & flyers, and university-sponsoredworkshops. However, these techniques have only achieved mediocre

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Saleh M. Sbenaty

needs.” As a result, a coalition of five tow-year technical colleges inTennessee with representatives from four-year universities, secondary schools, business andindustry, and government institutions in Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, and Alabama wasformed in order to plan a solution. A grant proposal, titled “Tennessee Exemplary Faculty forAdvanced Technology Education,” was prepared, submitted, and ultimately funded by NSF fortwo years at a budget of $449,594. The primary objective of which is: developing a group offaculty who will provide leadership in curriculum development in emerging technology fields,such as telecommunication, by: 1. Understanding curriculum development techniques and practices. 2. Gaining an appreciation and

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Thomas G. Stanford; Donald Keating

effective technology generated by graduate engineers in industry and government service, which wasbrought forth through the needs-driven creative engineering method and responsible leadership of innovation andtechnology development.2Although the Bush plan has proven to be correct for excellence in scientific research and research-oriented graduateeducation at research universities to promote scientific progress, it is fundamentally in error for needs-drivencreative engineering development of the nation’s future technology and for professional-oriented graduateeducation of the nation’s graduate engineers in industry to promote technology progress. Based upon the findings ofthe U.S. Department of Defense study, “Project Hindsight,” innovative

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Mahmood Nahvi

synthesis (6).7. Discussion and ConclusionsMathematics and the physical world may be linked together through an undergraduate course indigital signal processing, producing expertise that is currently much in demand by the industry.The course needs to keep up with the rapid developments in hardware and software tools. Thisrequires frequent maintenance and upgrading of the lab and the course. It also requires thefaculty to keep up with the new tools and techniques, not just in DSP hardware and software, butalso in computers and interfacing with them. Students’ familiarity with high-tech tools andcomputers makes it possible for them to explore and implement challenging DSP projects. In planning and developing the DSP Laboratory at Cal Poly, we have

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John Spinelli; Cherrice Traver

participating in an international designproject. In 1997, Union was planning an exchange program with ESIGELEC, a Frenchengineering school. As a prelude to sending Union students on the exchange, we decidedto encourage participation by a group of students in the 1998 E=M6 RoboticsCompetition in France. Engineering students from ESIGELEC had been participating inthis competition for several years, and they were willing to cooperate with a group ofstudents from Union. Several Union students were members of the college’s robot club Page 4.339.1and had participated in the American Nuclear Society student robotics competition inAugusta, GA in 1997. The E=M6

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S. Andrew Hale; Roger Rohrbach; Larry Stikeleather; John Parsons; James Young; Susan M. Blanchard

concentrations in Agricultural,Biomedical, Bioprocess, and Environmental Engineering. Enrollment in the BE degree programhas grown markedly since it was introduced in Fall 1994 with students in the BiomedicalEngineering Concentration now making up nearly 70% of the students. This broad range ofconcentrations and shift in student interests has resulted in several changes in course content.Many required courses now routinely include biomedical as well as agricultural examples.Future plans include the development of an ABET-accredited B. S. in Biomedical Engineeringin addition to the B. S. in Biological Engineering so that the needs of the two studentpopulations can be better served.IntroductionIn 1994, the Department of Biological and Agricultural

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K. A. Korzeniowski; J. L. Rice

Brown University in 1993. Dr. Korzeniowski iscurrently an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD. Currentresearch work focuses on developing control, sensor fusion and motion planning algorithms for robotic systems.J.L. RICE received her M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering at University of California, Davis. Commander Riceis currently a Master Instructor at the United States Naval Academy. Research interests include college level learningexcellence development, biomedical signal processing, and rehabilitation engineering. Page 4.529.6

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Michio Tsutsui

advertisements. Though not common, some read patents. Those wholive in Japan regularly read memos and mail in Japanese.For what: Subjects read Japanese to perform such duties as technical support, marketingsupport, designing, development, testing, and information gathering for strategy planning.(3) Other foreign language skillsThough not as crucial as the two skills mentioned above, other skills are important in somesituations. For example, listening skills are necessary at meetings if engineers work in Japan,and so are presentation skills when they are involved in marketing there. Translation andinterpretation skills are also important in certain situations. Writing skills are necessary for e-mail, although e-mail usually does not require high-level