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Page 5.616.11aspects of the design.We considered putting the whole source code for the example in these proceedings, butdecided not to do so because it is quite long and, although it is heavily commented, is quitehard to follow in printed form. If you are interested in getting a copy of the source files inorder to make your own animation, contact Dr Scott by email.BibliographyPaper 1 below contains an extended list of further references.1. Scott, N. W., Hiranniah, S., Mannan, M. A. and Stone BJ., 'Teaching One degree-of- freedom vibration on the WWW', ASEE 2000 Annual Conference session 3220.2. Li, X., and Stone, B. J., 'The Teaching of Vibration by means of Self-teach Computer Programs and Laboratories' Experimental and Theoretical

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1,2)2. Second Law of Thermodynamics (entropy balances) (CLO 1,2)3. Thermodynamic cycles (power and refrigeration) (CLO 1,2)4. Group design project(s) focused on FPE thermodynamic problems (CLO 1-5)5. Computer skills building exercises centered on thermodynamic problems (CLO 4)6. Class/Laboratory Schedule (number of sessions each week and duration of each session) Three class sessions each week @ 50 minutes for each session. There are no formal labs.7. Contribution of Course to Meeting the Professional Component This course provides 2 credits of engineering science (or engineering topics) towards Criterion 4b.8. Relationship of Course Learning Objectives (CLO) to Program Outcomes (PO) CLO

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Virginia Tech and her Ph. D. from North Carolina State University. She has worked at AT&TBell Laboratories and Duke University.ELIZABETH A. PARRY received her BS degree in Engineering Management from the University of Missouri,Rolla. She worked at IBM before leaving to pursue an interest in teaching science to children. She is co-owner ofScience Surround, a science education business for children. Ms. Parry is presently consulting with North CarolinaState University on outreach.SARA WASHBURN is a senior in electrical and computer engineering at NC State University. She is schedule tograduate in May 2000.AMY HOSSAIN is a graduate student in industrial engineering at NC State University. She is pursuing a mastersdegree.RACHEL MEYER is a senior

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recruitment 2. Assessment - how students learn 3. Modernizing equipment, facilities, and instructional technology 4. Distance learning and Purdue Statewide Technology (PST) development 5. Faculty professional development 6. Assessing teaching performance 7. At-risk students/remediationAnother strategic planning retreat followed in Spring 1999 which included a status report of thedepartment’s previous strategic plan (Fall 1995). New concerns were identified along withrecommended actions in the following key areas: 1. Undergraduate programs 2. MET enrollment and MET’s professional appearance 3. Laboratories and equipment 4. Faculty opportunities for continued professional

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Kisha L. Johnson; John Albert Wheatland; Grace E. Mack

Engineering 12:45 – 1:00 Closing Session Schaefer Lecture Hall Guest Speaker(s) Wrap-Up/Evaluation Page 5.297.3Packets are distributed that include a schedule, a booklet of the workshop content and resourceinformation like department and student services, office locations and phone numbers, campuscomputer laboratory hours, tutorial schedules, contact information for engineering organizationleaders

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four-year colleges and universities and a variety of vocational andtechnical degrees utilizing state-of-the-art laboratory facilities (including drafting and CAD,machining, metallurgy, metrology, robotics and automation, and electronics).Muskegon Community College (MCC) has a new 95,000 square foot building, the HigherEducation Center (HEC), where three cooperating universities (including WMU) were to offerupper division and graduate courses. MCC was (and is) extremely interested in expanding the Page 5.301.1upper division offerings from cooperating universities to better utilize the new facility and tooffer opportunities for its students to

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Sidney J. Brandon; Michael R. Sexton; Justin W. Douglas

laboratory program. A commercially available turbocharger wasused for the compressor and turbine portions of the engine. As part of the design analysis thestudents developed the system of equations necessary to simulate the engine and used them in acomputer model to predict the design and off-design performance of the engine. The results ofthese computer simulations were used to size and design the various engine systems andcomponents. The engine systems and components designed by the students included acombustion chamber, fuel system, ignition system, lubrication system, starting system,instrumentation, and test stand. The combustion chamber was designed based on required airand fuel flow rates predicted by the engine simulation. The combustion

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helps the younger students have role models since often they see internationalteaching assistants in their laboratory classes.To supplement the information many students need opportunities to explore research as a careeroption. Possible opportunities include research experiences for undergraduates and studentprograms at conferences. Both authors have started sophomores with undergraduate research.By their senior years, the students were mature researchers providing major contributions torefereed publications. The NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) programprovides opportunities to pay students a competitive salary to do some research. Anotherexciting activity is to have an undergraduate attend and possibly present at a regional or

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one term. The students are accompanied by WPI facultyadvisors, and develop solutions to problems proposed by agencies and organizations at the site.Since that time, this program has expanded to include operations in London, Venice, Bangkok,Boston, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Germany, Australia, Denmark, and Zimbabwe; currentexploratory sites include new programs in Morocco and Argentina.In the 1999-00 academic year, WPI will send approximately 360 students, including about 60%of its junior class, to one of WPI’s off-campus residential Project Centers. These centers arelocated throughout the world, and serve as real-world laboratories in which students focus on thesolution of projects dealing with society and technology. This is not a traditional

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Nghia T. Le

Session Number 3226 Infrared Emitter – Detector Project Nghia T. Le Purdue UniversityI. IntroductionThe following project is a design of an infrared emitter-detector circuit. It reviews of some of theconcepts and applications the students have learned during the first few semesters in theElectrical Engineering Technology program at Purdue University. The advantage of this projectis that it progresses in steps that are manageable and easily to conduct laboratory activities.The project consists of an analog part and a digital

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S P Maj; D Veal

Process Engineering Project and Operational Management Special Studies4 1 Engineering Management & Organization Design & Instrumentation Special Studies Systems and Signals 2 Advanced Control Systems Special Studies Topic Engineering Law ICE projectTable 1: B.Eng CurriculumPAUL MAJDr S P Maj is a recognized authority in the field of industrial and scientific information systems integration andmanagement. He is the author of a text book, ’The Use of Computers in Laboratory Automation’, which

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Ofodike Ezekoye; Min Liu; Derek Baker; Colleen Jones; Philip Schmidt

perceive the subject as dry and abstract. The material is not, by nature, as graphicas many other engineering topics (e.g., mechanics), so many students have problemsvisualizing thermodynamic phenomena and processes. Laboratories are virtually nonexistentdue to the expense of equipment and the slow process of gathering meaningful data. Whilemany excellent textbooks have been developed, conventional printed media are limited in theirability to elucidate complex concepts both by their inherent static and passive nature, and bythe high cost of graphics.Educators generally agree that hypermedia technology can be effective in teaching andlearning1; the ability to represent information in diverse forms can accommodate the needs ofvarious types of

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Louis J. Plebani; Joseph C. Hartman

problem from thesystem via a web connection. In response to the request, the system creates and initializes a uniqueproblem scenario. This problem scenario conforms to a problem template that consists of a problemstory, generated problem parameters, and a response/evaluation environment. The problem story isconstant for each scenario generated from a particular template and describes a problem to besolved. The problem parameters are pseudo-randomly generated for each problem using problemspecific algorithms. The response/evaluation environment is unique for each generated scenario andis the virtual laboratory through which students obtain problem specific data and within which theirsolutions are evaluated. The environment contains the essence of

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Patricia B Spencer; Kathryn Hollar

: 1. The Chemistry 211 AEW was designed and piloted by an undergraduate facilitator, a former Chemistry 211 student. This workshop is now in its fourth semester, and building momentum. 2. Physics 112 facilitators successfully lobbied to increase their participation in the course to helping facilitate learning in laboratory sessions as well. Facilitators have also worked to strengthen their working relationship with graduate Physics TAs. 3. Based on the success of the Chemistry 211 AEW, another facilitator is working on developing a pilot AEW for ORIE 270, Basic Engineering Probability and Statistics. She is working closely with the instructor for the course and the Office of

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of the active learning complex.DOUG JACOBSONDoug Jacobson is currently an associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State University.Dr. Jacobson received a B.S. in Computer Engineering (1980), M.S. in Electrical Engineering (1982), and Ph.D. inComputer Engineering (1985) from Iowa State University. Dr Jacobson is the faculty coordinator of the ActiveLearning Complex and the learning community efforts in computer engineering. Dr Jacobson also teaches courses ininformation assurance and computer security and is co-coordinator of the Information Systems Security Laboratory atISU.S.S.VENKATAS.S.Venkata received his B.S.E.E and M.S.E.E from India. He received his Ph.D from the University of SouthCarolina, Columbia in

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Education, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 1998. ISBN 0-309-05977-1, http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/dlibrary/3. Komerath, "Experimental Curriculum in Diagnostics and Control of Unsteady Flows". AIAA Paper 94-0850, Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, Nevada, Jan. 94.4. Komerath, "Flow Imaging and Control Laboratory: An Experiment in Iterative Learning". ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, ‘94, 1, p. 737-743.5. Komerath, "Progress Towards Iterative Learning". ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Session 3536, paper 2, June ‘95.6. Komerath, “Experimental Curriculum in Diagnostics and Control of Unsteady Flows”. J. Engg. Education, 85, 3, July ‘96, p. 263-268.7. Komerath, N.M., “Design-Centered

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, and students.JOSEPH H. NEVINJoseph H. Nevin is a Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Cincinnati. He also servescurrently as an Assistant Dean and is the director of the College of Engineering Instructional Technology Center.His teaching activities center around analog circuit design and he frequently teaches laboratory courses. Hisgraduate level research is in the field of MEMS. Page 5.461.14

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Tirupathi R. Chandrupatla; Shreekanth A Mandayam; Anthony J. Marchese; John L. Schmalzel; John Chen; Ravi Ramachandran; Paris von Lockette; Kevin Dahm

laboratory/design courses are offered simultane-Engineering Clinic sequence. ously to all engineering students in all four dis- Year Clinic Theme (Fall) Clinic Theme (Spring) ciplines. Indeed, the hallmark of the engineering Frosh Engineering Meas- Competitive program at Rowan University is the multidisci- urements Assessment Lab plinary, project-oriented Engineering Clinic se- Soph Total Quality Man- Multidisciplinary quence1,2. agement Design Project Junior Product/Process Product/Process The Engineering Clinic is a course that is Development

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. (Duration : 4 months). Around 20 students per year currently use this program to register for courses in engineering colleges in Germany and Spain. Plans are being made to develop this program to other partners in Europe and North America, possibly on a « Student Exchange » basis. We are busy looking for potential, new partners !• Final year projects may be performed in companies or research laboratories abroad. (Duration : 6-10 months).In 1998-99, sixty final-year students performed their project abroad in 13 different countries.• A « Sandwich Year » (Jeune Ingénieur) exists between 2nd and 3rd years which enables around 50 students per year to go and work in industry. (Duration : 12 months). Around 20 students per year

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.” Numerous teaching strategies have been developed which correspond to theaccommodation of students’ needs and diverse learning styles 10 - 14. One such strategy involvesthe use of writing 15. A significant amount of research conducted in the sciences and inengineering suggests that the active process of writing can be an effective teaching and learningtool 16 – 24. In addition, the PMW course includes strong conceptual and problem solvingcomponents.Physics for the Modern World is a 3-credit course and consists of a lecture and a laboratorycomponent. Students meet twice a week for class sessions that are 75 minutes long. Onalternate weeks students meet for a two-hour laboratory. Approximately 120 students, with 60students in each of two sections

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were not very useful. The poor return from these exercises may stem from thestudents’ unfamiliarity with in-class writing and peer review exercises. The majority ofengineering classes at U of T are delivered as traditional lectures, with opportunities for smallgroup work in tutorials and laboratories, but little exposure to in-class exercises or peer review.Certainly, the students do not receive formal training on how to review a peer’s paper, despite theimportance of this activity to engineering practice. Because of time constraints, we were unableto incorporate peer review techniques into the seminar. In retrospect, doing so would bevaluable not only to make the in-class exercises more beneficial, but also for the students’ futureactivities

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Wieslaw M. Szydlowski

analyzed for themobility and the redundant constraints. Then a self-aligning version of the same mechanism isdesigned . The loop method is the only tool available to the students.The teams build mechanisms from parts purchased at hardware and hobby stores. The mostfrequently used parts are: brass tubing with slightly different diameters, used in building jointsof the IV-th class, small self-aligning joints used by hobbyists to build RC cars, brass flats andminiature screws and nuts (see Fig. 10).The cost of parts per team is about $8.00, and money comes from the laboratory fees paid by thestudents. The parts are glued together with a glue gun, the holes are drilled and parts cut with asmall Dremel tool. Some safety precautions have to be taken

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Winthrop J. Aldrich; M. Catharine Hudspeth

placed into one of three groups which then determines their schedule for the program.In an effort to prepare the students for the rigor of a university program and to instill theimportance of successful time management, the schedule is intensive. In the mornings, allstudents attend three 75-minute classes, while the afternoons consist of a 2 ½ hour activity fivedays a week for the four weeks. The morning classes combine the more traditional lectures onnew topics with collaborative problem solving and discussions. The afternoons, on the otherhand, consist of laboratory hands-on activities in support of the topics discussed as well as aweekly orientation to college and discussions of what it takes to excel as a technical student.Senior faculty

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Zheng-Tao Deng; Abdul R. Jalloh; Amir Mobasher; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

. He has worked at U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory at Fort Rucker, Alabama onaircrew protection.ABDUL JALLOHA. Jalloh is Assistant Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Alabama A&M University inHuntsville, AL. Dr. Jalloh earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, with a minor in EngineeringMechanics from the University of Arizona, he obtained his M.S. Mechanical Engineering also from theUniversity of Arizona, and he holds a B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Sierra Leone.His research interest is in areas of mechanical vibrations, structural dynamics, structural mechanics, appliedelasticity, probabilistic design, finite element analysis, manufacturing and reliability

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Diana G. Somerton; Craig W. Somerton

Undergraduate Program in Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering Michigan State UniversityThe undergraduate program in mechanical engineering must ensure that our graduates are very wellprepared to enter into and continue progressing in the mechanical engineering profession. Toachieve these goals, the program must provide a sufficiently broad and deep base of mathematics;physical science; engineering science; and computer, laboratory, design, and communicationexperience. The program must also provide breadth, depth, and a balanced view of the engineeringprinciples in both the thermal/fluids area and the mechanical systems area, including the

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anindustrial partner. The department coordinator can accept the project if it will provide ameaningful design experience for the cadet. If a prospective sponsor has an AIAD project andwould like cadet participation, we ask the agency to use our web site and enter projectinformation (Appendix A)2. The main categories are: Agency Information, Project Information,and Cadet Sponsor Information.The Agency Information simply states the organization that is providing this AIAD opportunity,its location, and a web address if cadets want to learn more about the sponsor. The agency isusually an AMC subdivision or an independent organization such as Lawrence LivermoreNational Laboratory or Boeing.The Project Information is the most important category for both the

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Murali Krishnamurthi

, andlaboratory exercises. The laboratory exercises required students to complete and submit by email Page 5.279.3several exercises on information system application design and development using MS-Access ™.3.1 Discussions: Getting engineering students to discuss in a newsgroup, listserv, or a chatsession on the concepts covered in the course, engage them in a constructive dialog, and helpthem reflect on the course material is generally a difficult task. Many of them would rather solvenumerical problems than convey their thoughts in writing. But there are several ways to enhancestudent – teacher interactions in asynchronous or synchronous

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Merredith D Portsmore; Martha N. Cyr; Chris B. Rogers

, National InstrumentsWeek 1998.3. Martha N. Cyr, Chris B. Rogers, Enhancing Education with LEGO Bricks and Paperclips, FEDSM98-5137,Proceedings of FEDSM’98 1998 ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, June 21-25, 1998, Washington,DC.4. Martha Cyr, V. Miragila, T. Nocera, C. Rogers, A Low-Cost, Innovative Methodology for Teaching EngineeringThrough Experimentation, J. of Engineering Education, Vol. 86, No. 2, pp. 167-171, 1997.5. John Paul Osborne, B. Erwin, M. Cyr, and C. Rogers, A Creative and Low-Cost Method of Teaching Hands-onEngineering Experimentation Using Virtual Instrumentation, Laboratory Robotics and Automation, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp.63-66, 1998.MERREDITH PORTSMOREMerredith Portsmore is the Educational Technology Coordinator for

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Marty Bowe; John Feland; Brian Self; Daniel Jensen

Engineering at the U.S. Air Force Academy. He received his S.B. inMechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his M.S. in Mechanical Engineeringfrom Stanford University. He is currently a Captain on active duty in the Air Force pursuing academic research withthe Center for Design Research at Stanford University regarding the development of large-scale defense projects.BRIAN P. SELFBrian Self is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the U.S. Air Force Academy. He received hisB.S. and M.S. in Engineering Mechanics from Virginia Tech and his Ph.D. in Bioengineering at the University ofUtah. He has four years of experience with the Air Force Research Laboratory. Areas of research include impactinjury mechanisms

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Claire Hill; Gulcin Cribb; David Radcliffe

engineering, petroleum andoffshore engineering, mining engineering, minerals processing and metallurgical engineeringThe types of materials included in AVEL are:- engineering publications, databases, researchprojects, theses, technical reports, electronic journals, pre-prints, technical data, physicalproperty data, software, patents, standards, directories, conferences, online teaching modules,product information, companies, research centres and laboratories, educational institutions,professional associations and societies, government departments, newsgroups, links to librarycatalogues, links to document delivery services, links to printed resourcesThe subject area(s) used to describe each resource in AVEL is selected from a controlledthesaurus. The