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or they may be addressing them simultaneously with thestudents. Rowan CEE does not currently use projects for the capstone that the students would bethe only ones investigating, although those types of projects will often appear in the clinics.The typical graduating class in CEE at Rowan will have between 10 and 20 students. Thestudents work in faculty-selected teams of 4 or 5 students. Each team works toward anindependent solution to the same problem. One or two faculty members coordinate the course. Page 6.862.3The coordinator(s) are responsible for selecting the project and administering the course Proceedings of the 2001 American

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of Iowa, IA, June 1997.6 Philbin, M., Meier, El, Huffman, S., and Boverie, P., "A Survey of Gender and Learning Styles," Sex Roles, Vol. 32 (7-8), pg. 485-492.7 Engestroem, Y., Engestroem, R., and Kaerkkaeinen, M., "Polycontextuality And Boundary Crossing In Expert Cognition: Learning And Problem Solving In Complex Work Activities," Learning & Instruction, Vol. 5(4), Dec 1995, pg. 319-336.8 How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School, Comm. on Dev. in the Science of Learning, Commission Behavioral and Social Sciences and Edu., National Research Council, National Academy Press, Washington DC, 1999.9 Enhancing Human Performance: Issues, Theories, and Techniques, Commission on Behavioral and Social

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Sr., Edward Rogers; Hans Kunov

Session: Multi-Media Session 2793 Can auditory signal processing be used effectively in learning engineering concepts? H. Kunov, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering and The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of TorontoIntroductionEngineering is usually taught using visual material and classical lectures, projects, andlaboratories. The main auditory component is verbal explanations by the teaching staff. Ibelieve the auditory system represents a rich, underused resource for learning engineeringconcepts. This became evident after I had introduced

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those in First Semester Physics FCI Gain 35 30 30 25 Percent 20 18 15 10 5 0 S’97 Traditional IMPULSE IFigure 2. Page 6.258.8 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering EducationIMPULSE physics were introduced in standard physics courses in the fall of 1998. Forthese

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Paper for Abstract 1297; Currently listed for Session 3542initiate collaborative learning, distance learning, and knowledge management activities withinyour curriculum.Select BibliographyBrown, John Seely, Collins, Allan, and Duguid, Paul. “Situated Cognition and the Culture of Learning.”Educational Researcher. Volume 18 ( 1989) pp. 32-42.Bruner, Jerome S. The Process of Education. New York: Vintage Books, 1960.Bush, Vannevar. "As We May Think." Atlantic Monthly. (July, 1945), pp. 101–08.Dillon, Patrick M. and Leonard, David C. Multimedia and the Web from A to Z. 2nd Edition. Phoenix, Arizona:Oryx Press, 1998.Jonassen, David H. Computers as Mindtools for Schools: Engaging Critical Thinking, 2nd edition, New York:Prentice-Hall, 1990.Knowles

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enabled the BSTCETprogram to achieve an excellent start. Also, the work of the numerous special project studentsdeveloping laboratory materials is gratefully acknowledged. Page 6.20.8References1. McGraw, D., “Getting Down to E-Business,” ASEE Prism, vol. 10, no. 2, October 2000, pp. 20-24.2. URL: http://www.yamacraw.org3. URL: http://www.icapp.org4. Jahanian, S. and J. Mathews, “Multidisciplinary Project: A Tool for Learning the Subject,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 88, no. 2, April 1999, pp. 153-158.5. Lang, J., S. Cruse, F. McVey, and J. McMasters, “ Industry Expectations of New Engineers: A Survey to Assist

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ways of looking at things” “The experiments include variety of physics. I feel that I have learned ways of how to conduct experiments; read data, analyze and interpret, using tools of modern technology.” Figure 9: A sample of student comments C alcu lu s P h y s ics A s sess m e n t 100 Percentage of C orrect

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Comparative Student Evaluations 100.00 90.00 80.00 70.00 60.00 50.00 40.00 30.00 20.00 10.00 0.00 r r r y H i t H i r r r s Ã8 v r Ã8 r y r r h p r y

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- hardware and software - having also the notionsof economy, management and law. S/He is prepared to specify, to conceive, to develop, toimplement, to adapt, to produce, industrialize, to install and maintain computer systems, as wellas to complete the integration of physical and logical resources necessary to take care of theinformation, computer and automation necessities and general organizations 7.S/He is a professional with training in new communications methodologies by means ofElectronic (radio, Television, microwave, telephony, etc).In terms of work market, our engineers have a larger knowledge in telecommunications so thats/he can be a candidate in telecommunications equipment industry, entertainment industry andalso in the concessionaire

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Victoria Aladejana; Gregory Payne; Gbekeloluwa Oguntimein

chitosan inacidic and basic medium was taken advantage of in the physical-chemical method. At pH 4, azodye reacted with chitosan and on increasing the pH to 8, chitosan was precipitated removing thedye from solution. In the biochemical method, at pH 4, laccase degraded the dye. The MichealisMenten constant (Km) and the maximum velocity (Vm) for this reaction at room temperaturewere 8.5 X 10-2g/L and 150 g/L.min respectively.I. Introduction National concern have been expressed about the status of the U. S. science andengineering base-specifically the human talent, knowledge and infrastructure that generateinnovations and undergird technological advances to achieve national objectives. Analyses haveshown that there may be a significant

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life.Next, the initial and temperature variations of Vref and Iadj for LT1086 are obtained from thedatasheet 7. The aging data for these parameters are assumed to be 1%. Finally, the variation ofthese parameters due to total dose radiation is computed based on available data 9. The detailsare shown in Table 1 using the data for Device ID 1086 02 9. Table 1 LT1086 Radiation data for Vref and Iadj (Dose rate: 50 Rads/s) Vref (Vdiff = 3 V; Iload = 500 mA) Iadj (Vdiff = 3 V, Iload = 10 mA)Device # Initial (V) Delta (mV) Device # Initial (uA) Delta (uA) at 40 kRads

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Master’s degree program in Applied Optics. The vision was to aid Indiana industryby supplying expertise in the enabling technology of optics while at the same timeproviding M. S. students in Applied Optics with industry-based problems as thesis topics.By the 1990s, several other departments shifted the format of senior capstone designprojects to include external sponsors. The earliest adopters included Civil Engineering,Mechanical Engineering, and Computer Science. In 1993 Rose-Hulman created, withsupport from the Indiana Business Modernization and Technology Cooperation, theTechnical Assistance and Services Center (TASC) as a vehicle through which additionalindustry-related projects could be made available to Rose-Hulman faculty and students.At

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Aaron C. Clark; Eric Wiebe

Session 2238 Engineering Graphics Instruction Outside of the Lab: How prepared are our students? Eric N. Wiebe, Aaron C. Clark NC State UniversityAbstract The 1990’s have seen a rapid expansion of the use of networked computers on college and university campuses. By the Fall of 1995, half of all college students and faculty had recurring instructional experience with information technology while more than half of all college students and three-fourths of faculty had access to the Internet and WWW. This infusion of computer

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scratches the surface of this problem. A detailed analysis of river and basinhydrology is necessary to develop a more accurate and realistic model. In addition, simulationsoftware specifically designed to model fluid flow would prove a much more useful tool. Withthat said, the model developed for this project does provide a basic look at the effects a rainstormhas on a river, allowing us to draw some initial assumptions and recommendations regarding theflood FPS.7. References[1] O. J. H. Bosch, W. J. Alien, and R. S. Gibson, Monitoring as an Integral Part of Management and Policy Making, Manaaki Whenua- Landcare Research, 1997. (URL: www.landcare.cri.nz).[2] H. M. Freeman, Hazardous Waste, Encyclopedia of Americana, 1996.[3] J

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Basavapatna Sridhara

Session 2150Ã Web-Enhanced Instruction in Engineering Technology: Advantages and Limitations B. S. Sridhara Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU)Abstract Web-based and web-enhanced instruction is becoming more and more popular inEngineering Education with the advancement of Internet technology.1,2 In this abstract, theauthor’s experience in using web-enhanced instruction to teach Fluid Power (ET 485) is brieflydiscussed. In the spring of 2000, MTSU obtained a site license from Blackboard.com anddeveloped CourseInfo on our server for

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cooperation and teamwork at the competition. In addition, the adversity this team had during the bench scale model demonstration (their model failed to work) only brought them closer together.Reason for being on the team: Many of students chose to work on the project because of a need for a different, and hopefully more fulfilling, challenge in their education. All of these students felt that the project provided this necessary element to their education. Years after participation on a WERC team, many still feel that even given what they know now, they would do it again.Help from faculty advisor(s): All students felt that the faculty advisors could have provided more help. This help could have

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; Ackerman, P. L. Motivation and cognitive abilities: An intergrative/aptitude-treatment interaction approach to skill acquisition, Journal of Applied Psychology, 74(4), 657-690 (1989).8. Charney, D. Reder, L. & Kusbit, G. R. Goal setting and procedure selection in acquiring computer skills: A comparsion of tutorials, problem solving, and learning exploration, Cognition and Instruction, 7(4), 323-342 (1990).9. McKendree, J. E. Impact of feedback content during complex skill acquisition. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (1986).10. Mueller,C. M, & Dweck,C. S. Praise for intelligence can undermine children’s motivation and performance. Journal of Personality and Social

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movement in engineering case development and classroom teaching has itsorigins in the 1960’s at Stanford University. The American Society of Engineering Education(ASEE) and the Rose-Holman Institute of Technology sponsor an engineering case website thathas about 350 case studies1. The presence of this website leads one to believe that someengineering and engineering technology faculty members use real-world case studies.The advantages for integrating cases into any curriculum abound in the literature. These can begeneralized into four categories: 1) cases provide students with a link to the real world; 2) casesdevelop students’ critical thinking and problem solving skills; 3) cases develop students’communication skills; and, 4) cases involve

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Leyla Newton; Shawna L. Fletcher; Dana Newell; Mary Anderson-Rowland

, G.N., & Associates. “A Longitudinal Study of Engineering Student Performance and Retention,” Journal of Engineering Education, April, 1995, pp.151-163.2. Chen, J.C., Owusu-Ofori, S., & Associates. “A Study of Female Academic Performance in Mechanical Engineering,” Proceedings, Frontiers in Education Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, November 1997.3. Fear-Feen, M. & Kapostasy-Karako, K. “Math + Science + Technology = Vocational Preparation for Girls: A Difficult Equation to Balance”. Center for Sex Equity: Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1992.4. Fletcher, S., Anderson-Rowland, M. “Developing Retention Strategies for Women that Promote Student Success in Engineering and the Applied Sciences,” Proceedings

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Kristen Larson; Jeffrey Newcomer

the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education”so make thoughtful notes after every class and be ready to do things differently the next timearound.Bibliography1. Sherwood, J. L., J. N. Petersen, and J. M. Grandzielwski, “ Faculty Mentoring: A Unique Approach to TrainingGraduate Students How to Teach,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 86, No. 2, April 1997, pp. 119-1232. Gosink, J. P., and R. A. Streveler, “Bringing Adjunct Engineering Faculty into the Learning Community,”Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 89, No. 1, Jan. 2000, pp. 47-513. Conley, C. H., S. J. Ressler, T. A. Lenox, and J. W. Samples, “Teaching

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and veteran teachers. This standard is achieved bydevoting significant resources (mostly time), to the new instructors’ education and preparationduring the summer when they first arrive. The program of teacher-instruction is called theInstructor Summer Workshop (ISW), which the first author has directed for the departmentduring the last two summers.Workshop OriginsThe Instructor Summer Workshop has evolved over the decades, since it was first conducted inthe 1940’s, shortly after WWII. The ISW program is reported to have its origins in theMechanics Department, whose faculty had the reputation of being among the best teachers atUSMA. The ISW program continues to evolve to ensure that new instructors achieve the highestquality instruction

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Michael Ropp; Steven Hietpas

Electronics and Variable Frequency Drives, Technology and Applications, IEEE Press, (1997).2. S. M. Hietpas and M. E. Ropp, “Improving Undergraduate Power Engineering Education: A System-Level Approach to Teaching Electromechanical Energy Conversion,” NSF-CCLI A&I Grant, # DUE-9952517, June 1999.3. Kambhammettu Vijay, James Ziebarth, Michael Ropp, Steven Hietpas and Lewis Brown, “Proposal for New Energy Laboratory in the Crother's Engineering Hall Addition”, South Dakota State University, Department of Electrical Engineering, Brookings, SD, Jan. 21, 2001.4. NSF-Faculty Workshop on Teaching of Electric Drives, University of Minnesota, Department of Electrical Engineering, Minneapolis, June 19-21, 1997.5. S. M. Hietpas, "Redesign

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Thomas Ho; Jack Hopper; David Cocke; Daniel Chen; Carl Yaws; Kuyen Li; John Gossage

most from PBL” D.R. Woods Publishing, Waterdown, ON, 170 pp.5. Woods, D. R., “1996, Problem-Based Learning: Resources to Gain the Most from PBL”, D. R. Woods, Waterdown, ON, ISBN 0-9698725-2-6, Chapter 5, distributed on the WWW through http://chemeng.mcmas-ter.ca/problem based learning/.6. Woods, D. R. et.al., 1997, J. Engr. Edu. April, 75.7. Woods, D. R., A. N. Hrymak, R. R. Marshall et. al., “Developing Problem Solving Skills: the McMaster Problem Solving Program”, J. of Eng. Edu., April, 75-91, 1996. (Winner of the Wickendon Award of the ASEE, 1998.)8. Montgomery, S. and H. Scott Fogler 1999, http://asee.org/jee/00276.PDF9. Rankin, J., 1998, Handbook on Problem Based Learning, Forbes Custom Publishing.10. Ryan, G. (ed) 1993

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Martha N. Cyr; Barbara Bratzel; Ben Erwin

. They provided technicalsupport and also created a modified version of LabVIEW to suit the special needs of ROBOLAB.For more information about ROBOLAB, visit the following sites:http://www.natinst.com/robolab/http://www.lego.com/dacta/robolabhttp://www.ceeo.tufts.edu/http://www.pitsco-legodacta.com Page 6.624.6 “Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2001, American Society for Engineering Education”VI. References1. Dewey, John. Experience and Education. 1963. New York: Collier Books.2. Harel, I., and Papert, S., eds

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Rui Shen; Maruthi Dantu; Carl Steidley; Mario Garcia

.• User Interface: It is the mechanism by which the user and expert system communicate.• Fact-List: It is a global memory of data stored in WxCLIPS syntax as shown in Figure 2.• Knowledge-base: It contains all rules used by the expert system. The Rule(s) syntax is presented in Figure 3 and an example rule is shown in Figure 4.• Inference engine: It makes inferences by deciding which rules are satisfied by facts, prioritizes the satisfied rules, and executes the rule with highest priority.• Agenda: A prioritized list created by the inference engine of instances of rules whose patterns are satisfied by facts in the fact list. An example is shown in Figure 5. Agenda

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Session 1520 Interactive Java Applet for Equation Derivations Kenneth S. Manning, Ph.D. and Luke B. Bellandi Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteAbstractThe Equation Activity applet, developed by Project Links at Rensselaer, is an engaging andinteractive tool that allows instructors to guide students through the steps in deriving a particularequation. Project Links, an NSF-supported project at Rensselaer, is a cooperative effort byfaculty from several departments, schools, and institutions to develop materials linkingmathematical topics with their applications in engineering and

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independent study andsenior design projects, and discusses the practical development, execution, and outcome of twospecific projects worked in collaboration with a museum of science and the Department ofElectrical Engineering at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI).I. IntroductionWhat are community-based projects?Until the mid 1850’s, engineering was a craft taught only in a mentor/apprenticeship relationship,and focused entirely on the needs of the immediate community. With the adoption of theclassroom as the primary teaching model at the turn of the century, the engineering curriculumbecame standardized and more suited to its increasingly technical nature, at the cost of loss ofsatisfaction and relevancy that comes with learning though helping

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Robert Y. Ofoli; Mackenzie Davis; Craig W, Somerton

based on thetopic(s) covered by their mini-lecture. The web page must have had at least one download andone link to another web site. It was graded on the basis of its layout, utility, and satisfying thestated requirements.Course Proposal: The students submitted a proposal for a course. This proposal included all theadministrative details for new course proposals at Michigan State University. Appropriate formswere provided to the students. Required to be included with the proposal was a coursedescription in ABET format. The proposal was graded for completeness and responsiveness tothe material presented in the course.Assignment: Based upon the topic(s) covered in their mini-lecture the students prepare anassignment. This could be an examination

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class was able to do a project that uses mature tools and tech-niques to design and build a complex workcell. The project chosen by the students was to usedevelop a system to make customized penholders. The students planned out the system architec-ture, and then implemented it, as described in the following sections.3. The System LayoutThe system was designed to mill out penholders on precut 6” by 6” wood boards. The boards weremilled with an “S” or “M” for local football teams (Spartans or Michigan), and with a hole to holda pen. The decision to use an “S” or “M” was be based on an order placed at a computer.Figure 1 shows the layout of the workcell. The precut wood started in the custom built Feeder.When an order was placed, a pneumatic

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value 4.% If the user types the letter e, function ask_q will return the numerical value 5.% If the user types anything else, it will respond “Error – Input one of the following: a,b,c,d,e”good_input=0;while ~good_input in_string=input(output_string,'s'); for i = 1:length(valid_answers) if strcmp(in_string,valid_answers(i)) good_input=1; Page 6.954.3 answer=i; Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Education end end