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Yellamraju Vikas; Tony Ramanello; Kurt Gramoll

realistic homeworkproblems, homework sessions, tutorial sessions, project labs, and the like. The result is havingengineering graduates with impressive analytical skills, but with little or no understanding ofhow to apply these skills in an effective manner to solve problems. Multimedia and networkbased media technologies have the potential of providing a mean for dealing with these issues ina dynamic, provocative and likely cost-effective manner that not only will increase theeffectiveness of the educational program but will also increase the quality of the resultingstudents [1, 2].However, electronic media has it own set of problems and difficulties. First, the structure of thesystem must be determined. In the case of this course, if server-based

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W.D. Jemison; W. R. Haller; W. A. Hornfeck

Typically Taken Use PCB MMIntroduction to Engineering Year 1, Semester 1 YES (Fall 1999) Digital Circuits I Year 2, Semester 1 YES (Fall 1999) Digital Circuits II Year 2, Semester 2 FUTURE Analog Circuits Year 2, Semester 1 NO Electronics I Year 3, Semester 1 NO Electronics II Year 3, Semester 2 YES (Spring 1998) Computer Architecture Year 3, Semester 2 FUTURE Control Systems Year 4, Semester 1 NO Sr. Design I Year 4, Semester 1 YES (Fall 1997) Sr. Design II Year 4, Semester

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Bruce A. DeVantier; John W. Nicklow

student. Thispaper compares engineering education in this off-campus program to that in a traditionaluniversity classroom and discusses the mechanics of teaching an off-campus course.II. Enrollment and Student ProfilesSince the inception of the Springfield off-campus graduate program during the fall 1998 semester,two courses have been offered every fifteen-week semester. During the term in which each coursewas taught, the same instructor also offered the class on campus. Table 1 lists the courses thathave been offered as part of the program, along with their corresponding sponsoring department.Over six semesters, the average enrollment in these courses has been fifteen students. Themajority of these students, approximately 85%, are full-time

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Barbara Olds

often, students areasked to write a reflective piece (a letter or introductory essay) that summarizes or evaluates theworks they have chosen to include in their portfolio. According to Yancey, “reflection is thoughtto enhance the validity of the assessment—that is, the likelihood that the assessment willmeasure what it purports to measure—precisely because it requires that students narrate,analyze, and evaluate their own learning and their own texts and thus connect the assessment totheir own learning” 1.At Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, for example, the electronic portfolio (RosE-Portfolio)system being implemented requires students to select examples of their work to demonstratemastery of a variety of Institute goals and then to write

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R. Sureshkumar; J. Sato

experiments that can be conducted via theInternet and to integrate faculty research into undergraduate/graduate education.I. IntroductionEngineering education must keep in pace with progress in science and technology in order to helpengineers fulfill societal demands and expectations. Therefore, educational and professional goalshave to be redefined and adapted from time to time to accommodate the changes in thesevariables. The national focus on higher education [1], as we approach the new millennium, offerseducators an opportunity to rethink educational objectives and to modify traditional tools andcreate new ones.Computers and the Internet have influenced engineering practice significantly. Use of InformationTechnology (IT) in information/data

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ensurethat the students are reflecting by engaging them directly in the process. The techniques formanaging the reflection activities are often referred to as processing in experiential learningcircles. “Processing teases out the richness of the experience so it stands out and apart, like theimportant lines of a page underlined with a yellow highlighter” 1.The paper will begin with a brief review of experiential learning theory. It will then describehow these theories apply to the design experience. This will be followed with direct techniquesand common questions useful for processing the design experience.II. Experiential LearningSupport for experiential learning is found in the work of Dale2 who suggests that people learnand retain: 20 % of what

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Mark McNeill; Steven Shooter

ensurethat the students are reflecting by engaging them directly in the process. The techniques formanaging the reflection activities are often referred to as processing in experiential learningcircles. “Processing teases out the richness of the experience so it stands out and apart, like theimportant lines of a page underlined with a yellow highlighter” 1.The paper will begin with a brief review of experiential learning theory. It will then describehow these theories apply to the design experience. This will be followed with direct techniquesand common questions useful for processing the design experience.II. Experiential LearningSupport for experiential learning is found in the work of Dale2 who suggests that people learnand retain: 20 % of what

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Ernest W. Tollner

ethical questions areinvolved. We hear constant reference to values and ethics, particularly when readingliterature on Total Quality Management (TQM). In this literature, which the authorembraces, distinctions are made between values and ethics as Table A.1 shows.Table 1. Correspondences between ethics, values and morals. Ethics Values - ethical positions Morales - the “fruits” of ethics and values claimed by individuals or organizations Articulated Define the individual Translate values into actions statements, spoken or written, defining the standards for right and wrong behavior; the discipline of study of right and wrong

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Jack M. Winters; Binh Q. Tran

several key technological issues relating to teleconferencing systems. Theseinclude international standards, bandwidth, and finally, commercially available products. Foreffective use of these systems, the reader should appreciate these issues and understand thetradeoffs, strengths, and weaknesses of the various commercial products available.2.1 StandardsA wide variety of teleconferencing systems are available on the market possessing a range ofinteractive capabilities. These fall into two major categories: (1) systems utilizingdedicatedpoint-to-point connections (e.g., regular telephone or ISDN lines) and (2) those using the InternetProtocol (IP). The recent plethora of products available in each of these categories has been, inlarge, a result

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Augustus K. Uht

this by teaching students to make key hardware/software tradeoff designdecisions. This is achieved with the following ICED components: 1) a 2-3 year long projectspanning six or more hardware and software courses; 2) required coursework including advancedsoftware topics such as compiler design, as well as a full slate of hardware courses; 3) the use ofmodern commercial EDA (Electronic Design Automation) tools2; and 4) custom hardware3 andsoftware to enhance the laboratory experience of the students. Page 5.654.1ICED was begun in 1997 with funding from the National Science Foundation. In 1999 furtherfunding was obtained from the Champlin

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Sankar Sengupta; Ronald J. Srodawa; Robert P. Van Til; Michael J. Latcha

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Susan M. Lord; Jose A. Macedo; Rick T. Olson

students considered successfully completingtheir project to be the single highlight of the semester.1. IntroductionThis paper describes a laboratory methodology developed for first-year engineering students atthe University of San Diego (USD) and provides results from its first offering. At USD, theproject is known as the eNgineering Improvement in a FirsT Year (NIFTY) Design Project. Theobjectives of this methodology are to: provide an entertaining and challenging laboratoryenvironment in which students can develop engineering skills early in their program of study,improve retention of first-year engineering students, and attract a diverse group of students tocareers in engineering. The student learning goals are to develop skills to: solve open

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Cecil Beeson; William Gay

. Page 5.4.1At the same time the Electrical Engineering Technology advisory committee was expressing aneed for personal computer repair training. A survey of the local business community revealedthat the greatest technical training need was for computer repair training. The OccupationalOutlook Handbook 1 stated that, “employment of computer and office machine repairers isexpected to grow much faster than the average for all occupations through the year 2006.” Atpresent there are about 80,000 computer repair technicians in the United States.1 Local businessleaders and the EET advisory committee were confirming that the demand for this type ofworker was so great that many local companies were not able to find enough qualified computersupport

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Jim Henry

live, RealVideo streaming).Figure 1 presents a diagram of how the system is connected. Numerous students can beinteracting simultaneously with the system. The experiment requests are composed byWeb-based "forms" and sent to the Web server at UTC. The Web server forwards therequest to the appropriate lab station. The station parses the request, runs theexperiments and returns the data to the Web server. The Web server then sends the dataand graphical results back to the user. Student #1 Student #2 Internet UTC’s Web Server Ethernet Level Flow Temperature Speed LevelFigure 1: Schematic of communications with lab

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Daniel M. Chen

Session 3538 3D CAD Approach for Vector Graphics Daniel M. Chen Central Michigan UniversityI. IntroductionThe purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the 3D CAD approach in theanalysis of concurrent coplanar and non-coplanar vector systems. Much engineering data isgraphical in nature. Graphical methods utilizing such data can provide comparable accuracy foranalysis of vectors, such as forces, velocities and accelerations, in mechanics, machine designand structural analysis 1. When two or more vectors act on an object through a common point

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Karthik Ranga; Kurt Gramoll

researchconducted by the Engineering Media Lab at the University of Oklahoma in applying Java andVRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language)1 for performing engineering design and analysis onthe Internet.To demonstrate the potential of using VRML and Java for design and analysis over the Internetan L-shaped beam subjected to a point load along any or a combination of three directions i.e. X,Y and Z is chosen. The user can vary the length and height of the beam. For the sake ofapplication simplicity the cross-section of the beam is constant. The user can choose the materialproperties of the beam and the loads to which the beam is subjected. After the user submits thevalues, the Java program generates the new L-beam, meshes the beam automatically andcomputes

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Marty Bowe; John Feland; Brian Self; Daniel Jensen

goals as seen in Table 1 below. The details of this process are given below in theSection II: 6-Hats Based Team Formation.In much the same way, students in this study were given a form of the MBTI test. To this end,the Keirsey instrument was used [Keirsey 1984,1999]). As with the 6-Hats TFS, the MBTI typeswere used in accordance with a simple algorithm to form MBTI based design teams. Thisalgorithm is based on the MBTI TFS goals as seen in Table 1 below. Details of this process aregiven below in Section III: MBTI Based Team Formation. Table 1 – Goals of the 6-Hats and MBTI TFS TFS Goal 6-Hats Provide creativity Provide mixed

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John D. Enderle

. Information about ABETEC2000 and definitions are found at http://www.abet.org.II. Visit ProcessWork on the site visit for the evaluator actually occurs well before the site visit with a review ofthe EC2000 Self-Study Report provided by the program. A detailed description of the Self-Study Report is provided in [1] with a biomedical engineering emphasis and at the ABET WWWsite. The evaluator typically spends a few days thoroughly reviewing the information in the Self-Study Report and completes the Program Report form on the Curriculum Analysis, TranscriptAnalysis, Program Audit Form, and Faculty Analysis well before making the site visit. Page

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Zenaida Otero Keil

Chemistry Departments will be offered as junior andsenior projects in the spring ‘2000 semester.Discussion: The academic/industrial interactions described in this work have lead toenhancements in curricula, exposure of students to engineering practice, facultydevelopment, and financial and in-kind support to the Rowan Engineering Programs. Inaddition, industry has benefited from the technical expertise of the faculty and the workof students. In some cases, the results obtained lead to the realization of significantsavings. These types of academic/industrial interactions benefit students, faculty, theUniversity, industry and the regionReferences:1. Brendich G. and T.S. Pugsley (1998) The Practical Side of Chemical Engineering Chem. Eng

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Evelyn Hanna

representapproximately twenty seven percent of applicants, thirty percent of admitted students,and only twenty two percent of the school population1 (see Table 1). In accordance withthese figures, the Engineering Workforce Commission reported that in the fall of 1998,women represented a mere twenty percent of the undergraduate engineering population2.If the initial interest to pursue technical careers is not present, young women entering Page 5.609.1institutions of higher learning will not choose to major in engineering, science, ormathematics. Why do women lack interest in the fields of engineering, science, andmathematics and how can we, as program administrators

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Sam Wanis; Erian Armanios

interaction between the incident andscattered sound produces a net force on the particles. With gravity removed, this force is enough to move theparticles. In a reverberating container4, (Fig. 1), solid particles are moved towards the nodes of the sound field7. Bydriving different natural frequencies, we can generate nodal planes of various shapes. If the particles can be held in place long enough, either phase-change or chemical reactions can be used to form hard panels, just as if they were formed over solid molds. Bulky pieces needed for space stations and habitats could be

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Narayanan Komerath

over the next 20 years. The team structure, and its evolution over the first year of theproject, are presented. The GT team's endeavor has served to focus attention on the central roleof Space-based infrastructure to enable development of a Space-based economy.I. IntroductionThe NASA Means Business (NMB) program was started in 1998 by the Mars Exploration Officeof the NASA’s Human Exploration and Development of Space (HEDS) division1. Theopportunity was publicized in Fall 1998. Six student teams would be selected, based on theirproposals to help develop NASA's Business Plan for a human mission to Mars. A NASAReference Mission was provided, and the plans were to be selected based on approaches to sixaspects:1. Vision2. Strategic Plan3

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S. S. Venkata; Doug Jacobson

waswilling to work with the design requirements specified. In October of 1998, the final design ofthe space was completed. It is shown in the Figure 1. The space consists of nine teaming areaswith movable partitions between some of the areas. This allows groups of up to 30 in two of theareas and up to 60 in the center area. There is space for 28 teaching assistants grouped in 6villages each with their own lockable storage space and work surface. Space was also added for acomputer with a scanner, color printer, and laser printer. This gave students a space that could beused to create reports, presentations, or anything requiring that type of technology. The space alsocontains a copy machine that works with the university debit card system.The

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Kandace K. Martin; Justin Benna; Donald R. Flugrad; Anthony W. Hron; Barbara L. Licklider

new learner and/or learning-centered platform of delivery.1 Researchstates that the unilateral dispensing of knowledge is an ineffective method for enhancing student learning.Supporting this finding about learning requires educators to confront how they think and to redesign what they do asa result. The shift from the lecture-based, passive-learning model to a learning-centered system of learning does notjust happen. It requires a purposeful faculty development project that challenges instructors to commit to positivechange. Such change in the classroom creates active involvement, student interaction, and intellectual engagement.Additionally, implementing new pedagogy will empower students to become actively involved in the class. But

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Zeno Philip; Michael Tsurikov; Jennifer A. Maynard; Fernando Ulloa; David Garza; Ronald Barr; Cynthia Finley

this issue, several academic institutions have founded ASEE studentchapters (1) with the goal of creating a forum for education issues among graduate students.Here we will highlight the activities of the University of Texas at Austin ASEE Student Chapter (2) whichbuild upon the national ASEE Mission (3, 4)to develop the nation’s future engineering professors: (1) to inform undergraduate students about the options and potential benefits of attending graduate school; (2) to raise the quality of graduate student teaching; (3) to enhance the teaching and presentation skills of prospective educators; (4) to encourage graduate student communication between different engineering departments; (5) to

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Rex E. Ward; Erdogan Sener

we can look at this undertaking as a construction projectand bring it to a successful completion.Bibliography: 1. The Business Roundtable Construction Cost Effectiveness Task Force, Confronting the Skilled Construction Work Force Shortage- A Blueprint for the Future, October, 1997. 2. Indiana Occupational Information Coordinating Committee, Indiana Department of Workforce Development, Indiana Career Cluster Guide, 2 nd edition, 1990-2005.ERDOGAN M. SENERProfessor and Chairman at the Dept. of Construction Technology of Purdue School of Eng. & Tech’y at IUPUI. B.S.Civil Eng., Middle East Tech’l Univ.; M.S. Civil Eng. Michigan State Univ. He has over 12 years of internationalindustrial experience in design and construction

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Wieslaw M. Szydlowski

Session 1566 Adjustment Calculus - an Interesting Part of Kinematics Wieslaw M. Szydlowski University of Nebraska-Lincoln Mechanical Engineering DepartmentAbstractLittle known method is explained for finding velocity and acceleration from positions of a pointwhich are equidistant in time. The adjustment calculus can be a powerful tool to reduce theeffect of measurements errors on the estimations of the velocity and the acceleration. In-classexercises in kinematics may brings fun to all participants.1 IntroductionThe general purpose of a mechanism

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Nisreen Ghaddar; Nassir Sabah; Jamal Abed; Fouad T. Mrad

appreciation ofdiversity, and places professional work in its proper humanistic and philosophical perspectives.”“More specifically, the educational objectives of the undergraduate FEA programs are:1. to impart a sound understanding of fundamental principles and concepts while conveying state-of-the-art knowledge and maintaining a proper balance between theory and practice;2. to develop mathematical, scientific, and computational skills relevant to engineering practice;3. to train students in analysis and synthesis when formulating and solving engineering problems;4. to teach students how to design and conduct experiments for engineering applications and use statistical methods for the analysis and interpretation of data;5. to motivate students

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Veronica Ramirez; Saleh M. Sbenaty

gas stream. However, a thermal conductivity analyzermeasures the thermal conductivity of the total gas stream and is therefore non-selective since thethermal conductivity will vary as components in the gas stream vary.Continuous or semi-continuous: Many analyzers provide a continuously recorded data or anoverall picture of the pollutant concentration against time. Others, however, are time-dependentanalyzers. The gas chromatograph is an example of a semi-continuous analyzer where columnelution time of less than one to ten minutes is required before a recorded peak is complete.A paper-tape monitor for hydrogen sulfide is another example of a semi-continuous analyzer. Inthis case, a time of 1 to 4 hours is required to determine the

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Alex O. Kalu

application ofthe proposed algorithm.II. Formulation of AlgorithmConsider two polynomials in s, N(s) and D(s) over a field, given by: N(s) = ansn + an-1sn-1 + an-2sn-2 + . . . +a , 0 and (1) D(s) = bdsd + bd-1sd-1 + bd-2sd-2 + . . . +d 0Where d > or = n. D(s) = Q(s)N(s) + R(s). (2)It can be shown that the quotient polynomial Q(s) is of the form: Q(s) = bdsd-n/an + {c1sd-n-1 + c2sd-n-2 + ... + cd-n} (3)and the remainder polynomial R(s) is given by: R(s) = r1s n-1 + r2sn-2 + . . . + rn (4)A tableau can be constructed from