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Vincent R. Capece; William E. Murphy; G. T. Lineberry; Bonita L. Lykins

students will be transfers from PCC, or will enrollat PCC and UK (through distance learning programs) concurrently.B. Faculty and Professional StaffAs mentioned previously, the extended campus mechanical engineering program in Paducah uses afaculty consisting of UK faculty and three jointly appointed MuSU faculty for the upper divisioncourse offerings. The projected UK faculty necessary to staff the mechanical engineering program hasbeen estimated to be four, with one position filled by the program director. This number,supplemented by instruction through use of distance learning technology (especially compressedvideo) will be sufficient to offer all four years of the degree program on-site in Paducah.All of the UK faculty positions, with the

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Noellette Conway-Schempf; H. Scott Matthews; Francis C. McMichael; Chris Hendrickson

providing goods and services. The software has been used in undergraduate and graduate level civil and environmental courses and in the MBA program at Carnegie Mellon University, in environmental engineering courses at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, MIT in Massachusetts, and the University of California at Berkeley, in California. The software was accessed over 6000 times between April and October of 1999. Module and Project – Life Cycle Analysis: A Learning Guide For Professors and Students of Design, Environment and Ethics. This module has been used extensively at Carnegie Mellon in a capstone course for environmental engineering minors. The module discusses LCA and the idea of “Concept

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Vincent Wilczynski

experiment to investigate that property, conduct the experiment, and analyze theresults (including error analysis, are also conducted in the course. This capstone projectrequires all aspects of the course to be applied to the problem at hand. As an open-endeddesign exercise, the independent projects help integrate design across the engineeringcurriculum2.Standardization of hardware and software executed as virtual instruments is essential toefficiently run these labs which rely on a variety of transducers to illustrate numerousengineering experimentation techniques. Augmented with minimal in-class instruction on dataacquisition, the labs themselves become the tool that teaches computer based data acquisition,reduction, and analysis. This paper

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Qunying Gao; Robert W. Nowlin; Rajeswari Sundararajan

. The Initial Window is Displayed. Wait for an Event to occur Then Continue Is There a Procedure For this Event? Execute the ProcedureFig. 1: Simplified Model Showing the Operation of Visual Basic ApplicationWhen VB is started, the programming environment interface is the first screen to appear. Theprimary components of this interface are: Title bar, Menu bar, Tool bar, Toolbox, Forms, Codewindow, Project window, Properties window, Debug window. Forms are central to everythingdone in VB. A form is a window like any other window. It can have all the standardcomponents

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Michael T. Hertz; Luna P. Magpilli; Michael E. Gorman

. To follow his dream, Jaworski assembled a team of scientists from different backgrounds. Hestarted recruiting his team during late 1980 and early 1981. Each team member had a research specialty.The first member to join the team was Robert Fraley. Fraley and Jaworski met in the Boston Airport.Jaworski told Fraley his goal of genetically modifying plants and Monsanto’s financial commitment to thisresearch project. Fraley was not immediately sold, but eventually decided to join. “This corporation’sdecision to make a big bet financially on biotechnology was revolutionary,” said Fraley.2 The next member to join the team was Stephen Rogers. Rogers graduated from Johns HopkinsUniversity with a doctorate in biology. Jaworski sent Rogers a

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Jawaharlal Mariappan; Ravi Ramachandran; Stephanie Farrell

theoretical andpractical skills. This project is in accordance with the aims of our new programs and strives tomeet the requirements of industry in hiring control engineers who can move across ratherartificial program boundaries with great ease.Goals and ObjectivesOur aim is to accomplish the following: 1. Give students an exposure to the different aspects of control theory in the form of multidisciplinary laboratory experiences that include electrical, mechanical, fluid and thermal systems. In fact, the underlying theory of each of these systems can be explained using circuit theory as these four systems can be modeled as an equivalent circuit [2]. 2. Ensure that our laboratory has an impact on a wide variety of courses in our

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G Kohli; S P Maj; D Veal

soundtrack design, production methods, production management, cinematic language, interactive authoring, Internet projects and Web page authoring’’ 5.This course produces graduates qualified to produce animated televisioncommercials, children’s television programs, video games, interactive andmuseum displays. The primary emphasis is on software and hardware basedapproach. ECU has a portfolio of courses in Interactive Multi-mediaTechnologies at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. The emphasis ofthese courses is multi-media applications, presentation style etc. According toECU, ‘‘The course provide studies of both a theoretical and practical nature in the are of IMM and draws

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provided by nature as well1.Recognizing the need to associate nature with human value, others have developed courseworkthat links the science of ecology with engineering through the liberal arts2. Moreover, we havelearned through decades of scientific research that the most serious threats from society are notpoint source discharges but rather the more complex non-point sources.At the USDA CSREES Southern Region Research Project S-273 annual meeting held inKnoxville, Tennessee in October 19993, the consent was that the current geographic informationsystem (GIS) approach to watershed modeling lacked the necessary biological and ecologicalinput necessary to appropriately model watershed health and integrity. The incorporation ofecological criteria

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Peter J. Graybash

multitude of decisions must be madeconcerning not just the equipment and technology issues, but also "human elements" relating tothe teaching and learning and participation by organizational personnel. Not all decisions aremade on economics. The principal objective of this project is to identify the human elements addressed byContinuing Engineering Educators in high-tech industries as they decide on delivery systems foremployee education. Information will be collected via a three-phase Delphi study of keydecision-makers in a purposive sample of 23 leading high-tech Fortune 500 companies. Thefirst phase of the study involves open-ended questions directed at a focus group. From the focusgroup comes a written survey questionnaire seeking to define the

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Jennifer Temple; Cynthia Atman; Jennifer Turns

Learning Terms associated with education. This generally includes "Grad school" words associated with the students’ schooling, such as "VLPA" professors and room numbers and school names.(J) Contemporary Issues Terms that convey student knowledge of contemporary issues. "Extending monorail" This category includes contemporary engineering projects and "Centennial fund" opinions of those projects.(K) Tools and Techniques Tools and techniques that engineers employ in the practice of "Inspection-buildings

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Pete Tschumi

) 77 Idea initiation 65 Project Management 58 Interviewing skills 30 Mediation skills 24In the category of computer programmer, the top competencies tend to fall into two groups: thosegeneral characteristics directly related to programming and those related to soft skills such asproblem solving and writing documentation. More specific knowledge, such as programming inC or C++ fall into the “desired” competencies with ratings of 54% and 53% respectively

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Mike Robinson; M. Sami Fadali; Ken McNichols

option. This lack ofunderstanding of the duties and roles of engineers is not restricted to the general public but isoften true of students of engineering. Bartz and Deaton16 suggested role playing as a means ofovercoming this latter problem. They used role-playing as part of an inter-course and intra-course project. Students played the roles of engineering professionals on a design team.IV.2 Teaching the roles of engineers and technologist in societyAs students learn concepts in science and technology they may also learn more about theinteraction of science and technology with society, commonly known as STS17, 18. Role playingthe part that scientists, engineers, politicians, contractors, lawyers, concerned citizens, etc. playin making and

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

youPractice! Practice! Practice! Plan to get to Calculus in one year-Get an “A” in have questions or need help, ask an upper levelAllocate appropriate time to study mathematics Math 106 and take 141 the next semester student or the student support staffAvoid making careless mistakes Take advantage of the summer “Bridge” programs Be persistent and persevereOrganize and work in a mathematics study Keep your books for future courses-You will see Get to know and work with faculty on researchgroup the mathematics again projects-They will get to know you better and whatBe cautious of the shaky “C

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Katherine A. Liapi

has always been the primary objective ofthis course, the integration of Units I and II has in essence expanded the knowledgecontent of the course and has introduced a more systematic approach to the study ofform by offering the students the tools to explore it.Architectural Engineering students are trained in aesthetic design through thedevelopment of 2D and 3D projects and assignments (the construction of 2D and 3Dphysical models is always part of the assignment requirement.) The “Introduction toDesign I” course is structured around a series of design assignments. In their designassignments, students are given a chance to develop their creative and artistic skills; as aresult they are almost always enthusiastically engaged in them.Design

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Richard Felder

Session 3630 Helping New Faculty Get Off to a Good Start Rebecca Brent, Richard M. Felder North Carolina State UniversityCollege teaching may be the only skilled profession that does not routinely provide training to itsnovice practitioners. New faculty members at most universities have traditionally had to learnby themselves how to plan research projects, identify and cultivate funding sources, writeproposals and get them funded, attract and supervise graduate students, and present their researchresults in an effective manner. They have also had to teach themselves how to

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assignment that students complete is a case study analysis. Case studies fromindustries as diverse as pharmaceuticals and automotive provide students with further study of 20 21industrial ecology issues . The students study engineering problems in the case studies as wellas compare the total costs (including environmental impact costs) of the alternatives using the 29P2/Finance spreadsheet software tool .The third assignment is for the students to select an industrial ecology project topic to explore anarea of interest to them. Students have analyzed paint versus appliques for aircraft, powdercoating versus traditional paint, plastics recycling methodologies, improved packaging

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Qiuli Sun; Kevin Stubblefield; Kurt Gramoll

the introduction of theInternet technologies, these problems can be minimized. There are numerous web-basedsimulations in the literature. An example is “Mallard” which was developed by MikeSwafford and Donna Brown at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [5].Another example is to use Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) to teach designover the Internet [6]. At Heriot-Watt University, UK, an ongoing project calledMultiverse provides a standard interface for various internet-based simulations andreduces the cost of developing simulations [7].Online CourseSince the Web provides unprecedented flexibility and multimedia capability to delivercourse materials, more and more courses are being delivered through the Web. At theUniversity

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

links to other data sources, and• Enrichment resources, including pictures and explanations of thermodynamic applications and historical bases of thermodynamics, and links to other useful and interesting sites.Additionally, the ThermoNet project includes a significant effort in learning research which isexploring the use of online site-tracking, as well as other more conventional instruments, toevaluate how engineering students use hypermedia for mastering difficult cognitive tasks suchas understanding thermodynamics.ThermoNet is a work-in-progress which is in its initial stages of implementation. The followingsections describe the design of the ThermoNet site, its current content, design of the evaluationprocess and some initial

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William G. Fahrenholtz; Mohamed N Rahaman

levels are prepared andthen fired under identical conditions. Fired density is measured to determine what effect heat hason the sintering process. Solid-state diffusion is used to incorporate a dopant, Al2O3, into aceramic, ZnO. The influence of dopant concentration on sintered density is determined in thislaboratory and the sintered samples are also used in the following semester for characterizationof microstructure.Second Semester Junior Experiments in Ceramic Engineering at UMR:The experiments in the first half of the second semester are devoted to characterization of crystalstructure and microstructure by x-ray diffraction and microscopy. In the second half of thesemester, the students undertake a project with the objective of producing a

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Abbes Berrais

Session 1315 Using Expert Systems Technology to Teach Earthquake Resistant Design of Buildings Abbes Berrais Abha College of Technology, POB 238, Abha, Saudi ArabiaAbstractComputers have been introduced as an element into the teaching environment for a long timenow. Until recently, computers have been used for relatively routine calculations such as:report writing, spreadsheets, drafting, and simple simulations. Very rarely are computers usedto help teach and visualize fundamental concepts, or to explore the alternative solutions of adesign project. Today the most

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Karan Watson; Jeffrey Froyd

Session 3663 Theoretical Foundations for the Foundation Coalition Core Competencies Jeffrey Froyd, Karen Frair Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology/University of AlabamaAbstractThe Foundation Coalition was funded in 1993 as the fifth coalition in the National ScienceFoundation's Engineering Education Coalitions Program, and is currently in the seventhyear of a ten-year project. The member institutions have changed since its formation andnow include Arizona State University, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Texas A&MUniversity, Texas A&M University - Kingsville, the University

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Karen Frair; Jeffrey Froyd

Session 3663 Theoretical Foundations for the Foundation Coalition Core Competencies Jeffrey Froyd, Karen Frair Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology/University of AlabamaAbstractThe Foundation Coalition was funded in 1993 as the fifth coalition in the National ScienceFoundation's Engineering Education Coalitions Program, and is currently in the seventhyear of a ten-year project. The member institutions have changed since its formation andnow include Arizona State University, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Texas A&MUniversity, Texas A&M University - Kingsville, the University

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Larry A. Thompson

to facilitate information retrieval about the ETD history at Virginia Tech,all the sources cited are available on-line, and URLs have been provided.FundingIn 1996 Virginia Tech received funding from the Southeastern Universities Research Associationto explore ETDs as SGML documents. This was followed in 1997 by funding from the U.S.Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education, whichwould allow Virginia Tech to extend ETDs to the national level.1 In addition, Adobe SystemsInc., IBM and Microsoft provided software and hardware support for the project.2 Page 5.253.1Networked Digital Library of Theses and

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Winston Conway Link; Carlos G. Spaht II

studies, preferably in mathematics, science, or engineering. Becausethe measure of under representation of minorities in a particular field is in direct proportion to theamount of mathematics contained in the field (see paragraph 2 of II), LaPREP emphasizes thedevelopment of abstract reasoning, problem solving, and technical writing skills, primarily throughmathematics enrichment courses and seminars. Class assignments, laboratory projects, andscheduled examinations are included in the program.Other aspects include field trips to local industries, lecturers speaking on science and engineeringopportunities, drug and violence prevention activities, well-known minority speakers, and ACTpreparation.Program faculty includes college, high school and

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Kenneth D. West; Craig W. Smith

looking for funding of faculty time for course development. Our five persongroup was too large and diverse and so was the scope of our project. Moreover, our lack ofexperience was poorly disguised and NSF rejected our bid.Fortunately, several months went by before the rejection arrived. This was enough time to pressthe President for the money to purchase the workstation. In our proposal, we had bragged aboutthe generosity of our administration funding an experimental workstation to prepare us forcourse reform even before NSF funding arrived. When the President tried to back away from hisoffer, we asked “What would the folks at NSF think?” We got our workstation

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Saleh M. Sbenaty; Claudia House

teams from five colleges across Tennessee. Each teamincludes multi-disciplinary faculties, industry partners, university partners, and high school tech-prep teachers. The unique partnership with the industry along with the rigorous training ofSEATEC participating faculty have produced work-based case-study models that areinterdisciplinary, multi-media enhanced, open-ended, and use active and collaborative learning.The current paper provides a brief account of the various curriculum development activitiesthroughout the SEATEC project. A sample multi-media enhanced case is also provided.I. IntroductionThe fast introduction of new technology in the workplace has greatly affected the daily operationof most industrial institutions. Automation

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Murali Krishnamurthi

all three types ofinteractions were included. Senior and graduate level students took the course through the Webfrom different geographical locations near Northern Illinois University. The course covered thelife cycle of information systems including both theory (indexing, data modeling, processmodeling, relational database design, validation, relational algebra, etc.) and application(application development and implementation, data manipulation, SQL, etc.). The class metonline twice a week for two hours each time in a chatroom during the semester. Apart fromsynchronous discussions online, course activities included homework assignments submitted viaemail, asynchronous discussions through newsgroup and listserv, collaborative class projects

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Robert P. Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

Session 1526 A Hands-on Workshop on Novel Process Engineering C. Stewart Slater and Robert P. Hesketh Department of Chemical Engineering Rowan University Glassboro, NJ 08028 Abstract This paper describes a NSF-funded Undergraduate Faculty Enhancement Workshop on NovelProcess Science and Engineering. The project DUE-9752789 supports two hands-on, industry integratedworkshops that will have a major impact on upper and lower level

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Manuel D. Rossetti; Harriet Black Nembhard

Angelo and Cross(1993). In this situation, we are interested in having the students think at a higher level. If theycan document how they solve a problem, they can then generalize and reflect on their problemsolving skills. They also have the opportunity to see how others think when they solve theproblem. This can be an important learning experience for the students and is a valuablefeedback mechanism for the instructor. Other activities that can be used an information systemscourse are peer review of projects and activities concentrating on object or entity relationshipdiagramming. Page 5.687.7PROJECT M ANAGEMENT. Exhibit 6 presents an activity

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Andrew T. Rose

improve my chances at success if I could get a head start on mypreparations. Unfortunately I could not carry out my good intentions. Completing projects atmy consulting job, dealing with realtors, mortgage lenders, home inspectors and packing for themove were all deadline-based priorities that had to be completed before the semester began. Iwish now that I had left my consulting job several weeks earlier to set up my new office,organize my files and familiarize myself with the laboratory equipment. I believe these extrafew weeks would have made this semester easier and helped me be more efficient.To familiarize yourselves with a new area, it is suggested that you get a mail subscription to thelocal newspaper, and contact the local convention and