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Daniel M. Chen

and B”, parallel to their directions to complete the front view of the vector polygon. Vectors A and B are inseparable, because the point of intersection of vectors A and B is unknown at this time.3. Draw vector C in the top view of the vector polygon next. Make sure its head and tail are aligned between the top and front views. Complete the top view of the vector polygon by placing vectors A and B parallel to their directions.4. Project the point of intersection of vectors A and B in the top view to the front view to separate these vectors.5. To determine the compressions in members A, B and C, construct the true-length diagram with the top view of the vector and the vertical height of the vector for the horizontal leg and

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Migri M. Prucz

"freshman experience" in the first semester [7]. The three essential attributes identified by theEngineering Deans Council and the Corporate Roundtable of the ASEE [8] for a modernundergraduate program of engineering education, are well reflected in the information presentedthrough CEMR’s recruiting material:• "Relevant" – educational experiences that are relevant to the lifelong career and personal Page 5.127.2 interests of specific students.• "Attractive" – intellectual abilities are stimulated and developed through exciting knowledge, state-of-the-art facilities, and hands-on projects.• "Connected" – regular contacts

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Don L. Dekker

wereglad to have “breakfast” in class. As instructor, you have to encourage them to get up duringclass and go for and extra doughnut. There were no breakfast casseroles brought into ThermalDesign. The change in student response on the course evaluations was amazing! It seemed thatthe refreshments changed their whole attitude toward the class. Thy wrote on the evaluationsthat they learned a lot from the project. Some of the positive comments were from students whodon’t even like thermo. The pessimistic view would say that at least on the day that students had to bringrefreshments, they were involved in the class. However, I think it created a better learningenvironment in the classroom. After I attended the Chautauqua short course

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Rose M. Marra; Thomas Litzinger

syllabi including specific statements of student learning objectives • Collaborative learning, • Project-based learning1. Faculty will learn strategies for balancing the demands of their careers as well as their careers and personal lives.Agenda, Workshop Format & LogisticsFink [7] describes several models for conducting faculty “orientations”. One criterion by whichthese models vary is when they are held during the academic year. Our workshop is offered justprior to the beginning of the fall semester for a day and a half. We chose this timing as most ofour new faculty positions begin in August. Other institutions validly choose to offer new facultyorientations in an ongoing fashion throughout a first term or academic year. Such

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Katherine C.S. Whitaker; Richard W Freeman

’ needs for hands-on experiences.Computer Engineering Learning TeamsDuring the 1998-99 academic year, our Learning Community developed a distinctivepersonality. We started with 25 students, a budget, and a vision. Given the opportunityto name this Learning Community, the students decided on CELTS- ComputerEngineering Learning Teams. Our staff included an Associate Professor, AdjunctInstructor, two graduate students, and three members of Iowa State’s Project LEA/RN.Project LEA/RN is Iowa State’s effort to promote the use of cooperative learningtechniques among faculty and students. The Project LEA/RN members of CELTSintroduced and coached the students on using cooperative learning skills, as well ashelping develop the course curriculum. During

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Joseph H. Nevin; John L. Bellando

suited to multimedia development due to the level ofinteraction necessary for their operation, allowing users to interact with the tutorial as they wouldthe real instrument. Because oscilloscopes—used for displaying and measuring waveforms--arewidely used in many fields, the goal of this project is to provide a stimulating, interactivelearning environment where users could simultaneously gain and review their knowledge of thefunctions of an oscilloscope. This paper discusses the motivation for as well as theimplementation of an oscilloscope training and learning software package, written withMacromedia’s Authorware and built around the HP 54600 series of digital storage oscilloscopes.I. IntroductionIn the information age where computers are

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Teresa L. Hein

exposed to all aspects involved in the preparation of aformal paper for publication. These aspects included:1) Responding to a call for papers through the submission of an abstract;2) Receiving notification of the acceptance of their abstracts;3) Conducting the necessary research;4) Preparing and submitting a formal paper for review, following strict formatting guidelines;5) Receiving feedback from reviewers regarding their written paper; and6) Revising their papers for inclusion in the conference proceedings.With the call for papers came the beginning of a semester-long writing project for the students.Students were informed that the only difference between submitting an abstract for The NewMillennium Conference and an

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Wieslaw M. Szydlowski

drawings conceived by the students of devices which ended-up notmoving. One can find in this collection ideas for three dimensional mechanisms of folded wheelchairs, car jacks, hoists, powered car seats for handicapped drivers, etc. In each case, studentswere certain that the device was correct. One can only imagine the amount of frustration andmaterial loses if these projects were to be built. Simply, a three-dimensional imagination of thestudents at this level does not work. The loop method provides an easy solution. The results ofthe analysis also gives an insight into how sensitive the device is to geometric errors. The largerthe number of redundant constraints, the more problems the device with cause.The author of this paper taught the loop

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Munir Mandviwalla; Chang Liu; Azim Danesh

completely omitted because distance education applied equally to both groupsand individuals. The definition of Vnduin and Clark will be used for purposes of this paper.The California Distance Learning Project in 1997 reviewed some of the research on successfulstudents in distance education programs and found that the students were typically voluntarilyseeking further education, are motivated and are more disciplined, tend to be older than theaverage student, and tend to possess a more serious attitude toward their courses (Palloff & Pratt,1999). Nipper (1989) describes these successful learners as “noisy learners”, that is one who isactive and creative in the learning process. According to Star Roxanne Hiltz (1993) participationin on-line

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William E. Murphy; Jimmy L. Smart; G. T. Lineberry; Bonita L. Lykins

shown in Figure 4.IV. Faculty and Professional Staff Page 5.221.4The Extended Campus Program in Paducah uses a faculty consisting of UK faculty and five jointlyappointed MSU faculty for the upper-division course load. The projected UK faculty necessaryto staff the program has been estimated to be five resident faculty in mechanical engineering (oneposition is filled by the program director) and three resident faculty in chemical engineering. Thisnumber, supplemented by instruction through use of distance learning technology (especiallycompressed video or web + compressed video) will be sufficient to offer all four years of bothdegree programs

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Thomas Regan; Katherine Sanders; Donald Evans; Chris Carlson-Dakes; Cesar Malave; Ardie Walser; Jack McGourty; Richard Felder

teaching experiences and/or to conduct classroom research investigations.• A semester-long course on college teaching is offered for credit.Institutional incentives for improving teaching• Release time, grants, and consulting assistance are provided to individuals or groups of faculty members engaged in revising courses or curricula, developing multidisciplinary Page 5.267.2 projects, developing or adapting instructional technology, preparing technology-based course offerings, carrying out systematic program assessment and evaluation, or conducting classroom research.• Travel grants are awarded to faculty members to attend

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Graciela Munoz Padilla; Francisco J. Gonzalez

;“professionalizing” this way, their activities. The intention was not to reproduce the coursestaught at the Institute of Educational Sciences - giving participating professors the universalteaching tools traditionally demanded - but rather to give them the adequate background oneducation (the different historical approaches on education, present theories on knowledge andintelligence, etc.) so that they might create their own personal teaching tools designed for theirspecial personal situations.The four-semester program born with this intention, soon evolved to become a Diploma andsoon again became appealing to professionals of other disciplines and teachers of other schoolsin the university. And it is this project, the experience we now wish to share.II

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Hugh Jack

at the podium. A long video cable would often be needed for this option. Television projectors are poor for data projection because the pixels are set at 60 degree diagonals that make an image blurred, even when well projected. - Each projector has unique controls. These are sometimes manual adjustments, or but- tons on the unit, other times a remote control is needed. These can be annoying to set, and try to get them set ahead of time. The ‘off’ button is often hard to find on projec- tors, you can’t just kill the power, it needs to cool when done. Ask somebody to show you. (Note: the buttons get harder to find when the lights are low.) - Light

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Teresa L. Hein

deadline for submission of abstracts is 5 pm on Tuesday, September 21, 1999. Authors will be notified as to theacceptance of their abstracts on or before Tuesday, September 28, 1999. Along with formal notification authors willreceive instructions for formatting their written papers. Please note that first drafts of papers will be due on October19, 1999. Electronic submissions of abstracts are welcome. Hard copies are also acceptable.Please direct all questions/correspondence to: Dr. Teresa L. Hein, Conference CoordinatorFigure 1. The Call for PapersWith the call for papers came the beginning of a semester-long writing project for the students.Students were informed that the only difference between submitting an abstract for The New

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Yellamraju Vikas; Tony Ramanello; Kurt Gramoll

established if CD based multimedia is integrated with currentcourse material on the Internet. This scenario is particularly useful when all students have theirown personal laptop computers and the learning environment is connected with a wirelessnetwork. This paper will demonstrate and discuss the experiences at the University ofOklahoma, where the basic Dynamics class was taught using laptop computers, CD-ROMs, andthe Internet.This project did not develop new courseware, but instead used the Multimedia EngineeringDynamics CD-ROM (published by Gram Media, 1999) for the main course content. The CDwas however supplemented with newly developed intranet-based material such as electronichomework, examples, quizzes, solutions, and lectures. The outcome of

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Cecil Beeson; William Gay

of meeting it. If it iscapable of meeting the need, it must construct a plan and begin securing resources required fordeveloping such a program. The University of Cincinnati Clermont College has undergone sucha process many times in its effort to provide its service area with up-to-date and substantial newprogram offerings. This paper chronicles the birth, growth, and projected future development ofone of UC Clermont College’s new technical programs: “Computer Systems Support (CSS).”For those considering development of a new, or significantly revised, technology-drivenprogram, this article can provide a framework for planning and implementation.UC Clermont College was founded in 1972 as an open-access two-year branch campus of theUniversity

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Veronica Ramirez; Saleh M. Sbenaty

technique may influence the selection (favorablyor unfavorably). Accuracy, reproducibility, and speed of response are as important as cost,particularly in control installations. Proper selection of the best analyzer for a givenmeasurement requires a complete knowledge of the monitoring process variables such ascompositions, temperatures, and pressures. Selection is then based on a sound understanding ofthe principles of operation and an equally sound understanding of the chemistry and operation ofthe processes.This paper represents a survey that will aid in the selection and understanding of air pollutionmonitors and their basic operating principles. The main focus will be on gas pollutants. It is asummary of the author’s research project completed

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Phillip J. Cornwell

investment of the students’ time and itwas not clear if this process helped their understanding of dynamics. Therefore, I now useWorking Model primarily in class as a way of introducing dynamics concepts, working onstudents’ intuition and for example problems. All of the classrooms at Rose-Hulman areequipped with nice projection systems so I bring my laptop to class and show the studentsWorking Model simulations that I have developed that illustrate various dynamics concepts.Working Model is very easy to use and graphs of velocities, accelerations, and forces are readilyavailable. These quantities can also be shown as vectors on the object. Its main value in asophomore dynamics class is, in my opinion, in helping students visualize the motion

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John K. Estell

, displayed, and documented. The rubric guidelines for thiscategory include evaluation of the student’s discussion of the examined concepts and post-codingreflections of what this particular entry has accomplished. Finally, documentation is presentedas a separate category here, although other rubric areas contain some of these evaluationelements, to provide the student with a clear evaluation on this important issue. The lack ofmeaningful documentation within a program can prove catastrophic for a project at some point intime; throwing in some token comments after the code has already been written does notconstitute proper code documentation skills. The rubric also emphasizes the evaluation of howwell the portfolio entries document the concepts and

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Badrul H. Chowdhury

start-up, good load-following, etc. ♦ short project and construction times Page 5.234.5 ♦ lower operation and maintenance costs. Fig. 2. The combined cycle power plantThe plant arrangement is illustrated in Figure 2. The power block includes a hydrogen-cooledgenerator, a horizontally arranged heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG), a gas turbine, asynchronous clutch used for the steam turbine connection to the generator to maximize operatingflexibility, and a steam turbine that typically features a high-pressure (HP) turbine and acombined intermediate/low-pressure (IP/LP) turbine.3. Power Generation from

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Hajrudin Pasic; Gregory G. Kremer; Bhavin V. Mehta

of entry-level engineering students is focused at Ohio University, but eventually wewould like to extend this effort to other universities. The IPS evaluation team is interdisciplinary, representing the fields of psychology,instructional technology, and education. The team members are particularly qualified to developand lead the evaluation for this project because of their experience in both evaluation andinformation technology. The evaluation plan uses a mixture of quantitative and qualitative(descriptive/anthropological) methods as appropriate for both formative and summativeevaluations as described in Table 5. Ultimately, we plan to compare perceived (survey) andactual (pre/post test) learning, determine if problem solving improves in

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Marty Bowe; John Feland; Brian Self; Daniel Jensen

Engineers, 1999. Page 5.9.12 MARTIN BOWEMartin Bowe is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the U.S. Air Force Academy. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy and his M.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from The Ohio State University. He is currently a Captain on active duty in the Air Force with a career specialization in Acquisition Program Management and Project Engineering. DAN JENSEN Dan Jensen is an Associate Professor of Engineering Mechanics at the U.S. Air Force Academy. He received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. from the

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Albert Lozano-Nieto

., as well as an in-depth technicaldescription of a project that they undertook during this time. This mixture of writing formats,balancing technical with interpersonal issues, gives the faculty the whole perspective of theirinternship.Because in the BET program the clinical internship is part of the curriculum, and the studentsneed to be evaluated and assigned a grade, I heavily involve their supervisors in this gradingprocess. After all, they are the ones who have been in daily contact with the students and havehad more opportunities to assess their weaknesses and strengths. I ask them to evaluate thestudents under their supervision in several aspects identified by myself although the final grade isgiven by the faculty member in charge of the

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Hans H. Kuehl

pinpoint where theerror lies if the final solution is incorrect.(c) Small coding errors can cause Mallard to tell the student that his/her correct answer isincorrect. Therefore, every effort should be made to ensure that the coding of each problem iserror-free.A team of two graduate students and one undergraduate student provided help in the construction Page 5.412.3and coding of problems. The simplest problems could be created and coded in a few minuteswhereas many of the more involved problems often required several hours before an acceptableversion was constructed and perfected. Before embarking on the project, the student assistantsknew some

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Robert Schottler; Kamal B. Rojiani

and self-contained and typically address a singly topic theyfit well with many undergraduate introductory structural analysis courses. We anticipate that theavailability of these applets over the web will lead to their integration in many engineeringprograms. Once the existence of these units has been publicized we expect widespread use ofthese instructional units and applets.AcknowledgementsThis project was supported in part by the Center for Innovation in Learning, Virginia PolytechnicInstitute and State University, and by the National Science Foundation. Their support for thiseffort is gratefully acknowledged.Bibliography1. Hibbeler, R. C. Structural Analysis. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 1999.2. Kassamali, A. Structural

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Richard W Freeman; Carl J. Bern; Steven Mickelson

laboratories that enhanced learning of the engineering design process.Product dissection projects at ISU and other Coalition schools have included systems such asdrills, bicycles, internal combustion engines, transmission, and robots5,6. The success of gettingstudents excited about the field of engineering and the design process through product dissectionand other hands-on laboratories is well documented6,7.8. Page 5.424.2III. The watt-hour meter evaluation and product dissection laboratoryThe watt-hour meter can be used to teach many aspects of the engineering design process. Thebreadth and depth that one might want to cover depends on the time

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Keith K. Knapp

faculty as a role model); 4. A positive rapport with the students (i.e., the creation of an environment that allows a free exchange of ideas and questions); 5. The frequent assessment of student learning (i.e., the use of classroom assessment techniques and appropriate homework/projects); and 6. The appropriate use of technology (i.e., deciding when technology improves the learning environment).The following paragraphs briefly summarize some of the techniques presented at the ETW forthe application of the “ExCEEd model” for teaching.One of the more important characteristics of the “ExCEEd model” is its structured and efficientapproach to class (and course) organization. The basic requirements of the approach are thecreation of learning

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Shawna L. Fletcher; Mary Ann McCartney; Maria A. Reyes; Mary Anderson-Rowland

the only event that had been a collaborative effort prior to thecreation of CEMS. The retreat served as the transition point for each organization from theoutgoing leadership to the incoming executive board. The collaboration and continuity fromMEP provided the vehicle to provide the retreat each year. In 1997, in conjunction with WISE,OMEP and CEMS received funding for the retreat and an outreach project through the CampusEnvironment Team (CET) at ASU. At this point, a written definition of the Coalition wasdeveloped. Up to this point, the Coalition worked together, transitioned from leadership toleadership, and grew in strength as it continued.Today, CEMS is not only an organization of three groups, but has now expanded to include

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Willard D. Bostwick

same outcome. For another project, the author identified25 different generic ways to collect program assessment data. There are probably others. Eachmethod has characteristic strengths and weaknesses. Some are clearly inappropriate orineffective to measure some outcomes but not all. However, no single measurement techniqueby itself is adequate for program assessment. The assessment plan will furnish valuable information about which outcomes need to beassessed and identify the menu of acceptable methods for assessment. The plan will also enableidentification of those outcomes where potential to collect the same information multiple times ispresent and indicate assessment ‘blind spots’ where outcomes are not adequately sampled. Agood

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Jean-Michel I. Maarek

pairs to complete nine laboratory experiments during thesemester. The laboratories have a traditional format in which students follow procedures outlinedin the laboratory handout to assemble electronic circuits and take measurements on the circuits.The last four weeks of the semester are spent completing a laboratory project in which thestudents design and implement a biomedical device prototype (electrocardiograph,electrooculograph, oximeter front-end, etc.).Two weeks before the laboratory exam, I review the assigned readings, the class notes and thelaboratory handouts. Important skills and practical knowledge that the students should haveacquired by studying the course material and working through the laboratory experiments areidentified. A