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Lynn Mack; James Wood

Technology Students, South Carolina AdvancedTechnological Education Center of Excellence, South Carolina Technical College System, 2000.5. Wood, J. C. and Mack, L. G., The Impact of Interdisciplinary Faculty Teams on Engineering TechnologyCurricula, ASEE Annual Conference 1997.6. Wood, J. C., An Interdisciplinary Problem-Based Engineering technology Freshman Curriculum, ASEEAnnual Conference, 1998JAMES C. WOOD, PH.D.James C. "Jim" Wood has B.S. and M.S. degrees in physics from Clemson University a Ph. D. from the Universityof Virginia in physics. He has seven years of research experience in laboratories for American Cynamid and TRW.He has 25 years of teaching experience in physics and engineering technology at Tri-County Technical College.Since1984

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Morteza Sadat-Hossieny

manufacturers want to be more flexible, whereas aerospace industrywants to hog out parts at a faster pace3.As educators we may not need the large table travel that some of the industrial machines providebut we need to be able to teach the technical know-how of modern manufacturing methodsavailable on the market today2. Additionally, “learning the latest technologies in machine tooloperation requires hands-on training one can only get by actually using today’s modernmachines5.” Page 6.464.1“Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition CopyrightÓ 2001, American Society for Engineering

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D. Yogi Goswami

Session 1433 Present Status of Solar Energy Education D. Yogi Goswami Solar Energy and Energy Conversion Laboratory, Dept. Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, POB 116300, Gainesville, FL 32611-6300 USA Tel: 352/392-0812; Fax: 352/392-1071 Email: solar@cimar.me.ufl.eduAbstractThis paper briefly describes the history and status of solar energy education. The energyawareness in the early 1970s led to a concerted research and development effort in solarenergy applications. Solar energy education followed these efforts at the advanced collegelevel. However, R&D slowed

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David Miller

Session 1475 Group homework: A new faculty member’s experiences in an introductory engineering course D. C. Miller Department of Chemical Engineering Michigan Technological UniversityIntroduction As described recently1, most new engineering educators teach in the manner they weretaught. Many recognize that more effective methods of instruction must exist; however, theyoften become overwhelmed with literature that is written in “a language that is foreign to them”and, lacking the time to decipher the jargon

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Nagraj Balakrishnan; Michael Leonard; Judith McKnew

contentsof the educational sessions, outside readings, and recommended homework and projectassignments are described in this presentation. Also discussed is the use of pre- and post-testing, and the use of an skilled teaching-effectiveness-and-innovation observer, to evaluate theeffectiveness of, and make enhancements to, the CM instructional sessions and materials.I. IntroductionConfiguration management is a significant concern for any manufacturer. As a typical productprogresses from prototype design to initial unit manufacture and then through the later stages inits life cycle, the number of changes made to that product in terms of refinements to componentparts, part suppliers used, assembly methods employed, testing protocols applied

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Ernest Tollner

solving many engineering problems. Is the teaching of engineering computationalmethods relevant in the 21st century? The author presumes that computational methods must betaught. The tendency to over value outputs of engineering software is real. Due diligence indeveloping inputs and associated alternatives must be learned. Students who have experience incalculations are able to recognize “garbage” occurring with commercially available designprogram input errors. Students will make increasing use of spreadsheets and equation processing Page 6.322.3 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

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Doria Hickman; Bala Ram; Sanjiv Sarin; Paul Stanfield

standards. A team must accomplish such aprocess. The other two “Educational Processes”, course teaching and graduate researchsupervision, are generally individual activities though some benefit may be realized fromteamwork.The “Educational Resources” function is related to non-personnel resources that an academicdepartment acquires and maintains primarily for instructional purposes. Decisions regardingcomputing equipment, laboratory equipment, software, and textbooks for use in courses must beby teams. Individual faculty members normally make recommendations on library resources.Implied in the “Faculty/Department Development” function is the enhancing of the credentials ofindividual faculty as well as the department. Accreditation preparation, and

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Phillip Wankat

should do better on the tests.This indeed happens as shown in the next section. But if homework problems are alleasy to ensure success, students may not be successful when faced with more difficulttest problems. One solution to this dilemma is to start the assignment with relatively easyproblems and work up to problems that are more difficult than any test problem. Thesedifficult problems can appropriately challenge the better students in the class.Essential to effective teaching is feedback, and two types are necessary for homeworkassignments. Students need a chance to study a correct solution, whether discussed inclass, posted on the web or on a bulletin board, copied and passed out to students, orplaced on reserve in the library. Correct

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Sanjeev Khanna; Christopher Jenkins

Khanna is an Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at University of Missouri –Columbia. He received his B.S. and M.S. from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, and Ph.D. fromUniversity of Rhode Island, Kingston. His teaching and research interests are in solid mechanics, experimentalmechanics, welding engineering, composite materials, fracture mechanics, and design.CHRISTOPHER H. M. JENKINSDr. Chris Jenkins, P.E., teaches and conducts research in the areas of continuum mechanics, computational andexperimental mechanics, mechanical design, and structural dynamics. He is the founder and director of theCompliant Structures Laboratory at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, where he is Professor ofMechanical

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Tammi Robson; Tayeb Giuma

-based system is to helpstudents build an integrated understanding of the basicconcepts, functions and operations of microprocessors and theirapplications MicroTutor was developed as an additional learningtool for an undergraduate course in microprocessors and theirapplications. It was designed to (1) be compatible with variousweb browsers and (2) provide an overview of the architecture,organization, operation and applications of a microprocessor.The system was structured in units where teaching aids such asinteractivity, animation, and audio were incorporated.Additionally, MicroTutor automatically tracks, updates, andmaintains a database for each user. It identifies each user,maintains a log for each user’s progress and performance in

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Internet.• Integrating research with “real world” problems through partnerships with industry, university-based infrastructure projects, and other universities.• Revising existing and creating new for-credit courses and non-credit seminars.• Aggressive recruiting to establish a culturally diverse group of participants.• Including student participants in special teaching and mentoring programs.• Hosting visits of international students and scholars and providing international internship opportunities for student participants.III. Educational Program and Desired OutcomesThe fundamental purpose of the IREAN program is to implement a unique research andeducational environment to create Ph.D. students superbly prepared to face today’s andtomorrow’s

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Benjamin Flores; Walter Fisher; Pablo Arenaz; Connie Della-Piana

Facilitators forthe clustered courses. These students undergo extensive training during the summer andthe academic year. They become part of the instructional team for the orientation andlearning communities and are involved in the planning of activities and teaching. Forexample, the Orientation Leaders are an integral part of the planning process for theOrientation. They develop the instructional modules, write the skits and oversee theengineering design project and the science laboratory experience.Peer facilitators in the Seminar participate in teaching xourse material and are rolemodels for the entering students. In addition, they are tutors and act as “translators” andmediators, helping students make sense of the university and university

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Mariano Savelski; Robert Hesketh; Kevin Dahm

theseconcepts in a deductive manner.Some courses in chemical engineering, such as process dynamics and control and processoptimization, are computer intensive and can benefit from dynamic process simulators andother software packages. Henson and Zhang (2000)6 present an example problem whereHYSYS.Plant, a commercial dynamic simulator, is utilized in the process control course. Theprocess features the production of ethylene glycol in a CSTR and the purification of theproduct trough distillation. The authors utilize this simple process to illustrate concepts suchas feedback control and open-loop dynamics. Clough (2000)7 presents a good overview of theusage of dynamic simulation in teaching plantwide control strategies.A potential pedagogical drawback to

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David Hutto; Kathryn Hollar

Session 2793 Use of Classical Rhetorical Framework for Critical Analysis of Science and Engineering Issues David Hutto, Kathryn Hollar College of Communication/College of Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, New JerseyAbstractA unique program at Rowan University has joined a sophomore engineeringdesign lab (Sophomore Clinic I) with the second-semester composition andrhetoric course, for a team-taught class in design and writing. The goals of thiscollaboration include teaching technical writing formats specific to engineering,strengthening general writing skills, and also making students aware

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Patricia Harms; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

curricula • To develop team skills through the use of collaborative, learning-based assignments • To introduce students to various problems (areas of interest) within the agricultural engineering and technology field • To experience hands-on laboratories related to the AE and AST options • To increase involvement in professional societies and student branch • To introduce technical writing skills during the first year of study • To make the first-year composition courses more meaningful to the students • To establish career development/job preparation • To receive academic guidance related to curriculum issuesThese general and specific ABE LC objectives were designed to help our department meet thefollowing college and

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Timothy J. Anderson; Sarah A. Rajala; Matthew Ohland

developed that incorporates many of the elements of theseexperimental courses. The new course, E497F, stresses multidisciplinary engineering problemsolving and design, active learning, integration with other first year courses, teamwork, criticalthinking, ethics, safety, and written and oral communication. The structure of the course includesweekly team-based, problem-solving laboratories, along with biweekly lectures that alternatewith the biweekly introduction to the computing environment laboratories.The content of the new Introduction to Engineering Problem Solving course, selection of topics,assignments, and teaching methodologies have all been directly influenced by the successes inthe experimental courses. A combination of traditional

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Warren Phillips; Joseph Clair Batty; John Gershenson; Christine Hailey

the necessary fundamentals, and laboratory and work- etc. attributes to succeed in their based experiences to formulate and solve chosen career. engineering problems. B. Graduates will be encouraged II. Graduates will have proficiency in 2. Communication MAE 1050, to pursue advanced degrees in computer-based engineering, including MAE 3050, engineering or other fields and modern numerical methods, software design etc. they will have the necessary and development, and the use of attributes to succeed. computational tools

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Carrie Girstantas; William Scherer

. Integration of material and assessment most commonly takes theform of problems sets, laboratory exercises, exams of various types, with some limiteduse of various types of cases1. Most assignments are individually completed andpresented, and more in-depth contact occurs with an individual professor usually within a Page 6.777.1specific to predetermined research interest. Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Education On the other hand, the weekend format is designed for a student engaged in fulltime professional

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James Ladesic

Session 1302 The Curriculum Technology Enhancement Program at Embry Riddle University James G. Ladesic Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityAbstractMost of the faculty now teaching engineering at US institutions grew up with thevacuum tube, slide rule, and punch card. Over the past ten years, however, therehas been a paradigm shift in the nature of computing technologies far differentfrom those that faculty have spent the majority of their life’s experience gettingcomfortable with. Computer network-based engineering technologies have been,more or less, implemented throughout industry. The

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described inSections IV through VI that has allowed it to come very close to the goal of 100% studentparticipation in a team-based, industrially sponsored project, while at the same timecreating an atmosphere that encourages innovation and entrepreneurship.III. The Entrepreneur CourseWhile the project emphasis has clearly prepared graduates to more quickly adapt to thedemands of the workplace, these projects often cannot contain sufficient business aspectsto make them truly entrepreneurial experiences. In the 1980’s, an undergraduateeconomics course called The Entrepreneur (VA453) was created to teach economicprinciples within the framework of developing innovations for the marketplace. It can beused by engineering students to meet part of their

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Fazil Najafi

 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationmapping, materials, structure, water resources, construction engineering and management,coastal engineering and public works engineering infrastructure. Specific civil engineeringresearch subjects include: in situ testing of soils; laboratory instrumentation; soil mechanics;foundations; soil-structure interactions; flow-through porous media and centrifugal modeling;pavement; rock; non-destructive testing; concrete; fiber reinforced polymers; global positioningsystem; airborne laser swath mapping; geographic information system; computer modeling;video imaging; simulation modeling; safety; signal timing and remote sensing.Research SourcesSome funding sources are presented in Table 1. In addition

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M. Chaudhry; Jr., Bonifacio Doma; Edwin Obra; Consuelo Flora; Adrienne Cooper; Joseph R.V. Flora

either critical or very important in the success ofsuch a program: teaching and research laboratory facilities and equipment, qualified teachingpersonnel, and financial support for research. These academic respondents also believe that theentities that will contribute crucially to the success of instituting a sustainable development andpollution control program in the Philippines are the government agencies and the academicinstitutions.Twenty-three (23) out of the 28 industry respondents claimed that they have instituted programsin their companies that minimize or prevent pollution. Sixty-five percent 65% of theserespondents have research and development programs, 79% either have adopted or plan to adopta sustainable development program. In

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Kevin Murphy; Ismail Orabi

vibrations in manufacturing processes such as wireelectro-discharge machining (EDM). Dr. Murphy has been awarded a NASA GSRPDistinguished Fellowship, an NSF Career Award and several other competitive grants in supportof his research and teaching efforts. He has served on the review boards for several technicaljournals and for the National Science Foundation. He has received four awards for distinguished teaching.Ismail I. Orabi, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at University of New Haven. He receivedhis Ph.D. from Clarkson University, and his MS degree from the State University of New Yorkand B.S. from Cairo Institute of Technology, all in Mechanical Engineering. In the past 10years, he has established three Laboratories: the Materials Testing

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Session 1302 The Use of Flight Simulators for Experiments in Aerodynamics Courses Eugene E. Niemi, Jr. University of Massachusetts LowellAbstractThis paper summarizes the results of a novel approach to introduce flight simulators into anaerodynamics and flight mechanics course as a kind of virtual laboratory. Student response tothis approach has been excellent, with many students willing to put in extra time above andbeyond usual course requirements to participate in this part of the program. Four hardware andsoftware packages

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Paul Furth

required course is to cover topics in electronics. In particular, wedevote the majority of the first lab period of the semester to career development. Prior to 1998,electronics laboratories did not even meet during the first full week of the semester. We oftenspent that week organizing our laboratory equipment, supplies, and assignments. In addition, onemight argue that students lack sufficient background material to undertake a significant labassignment after only one or two lecture periods. On the other hand, career developmentactivities require no particular knowledge of electrical engineering. Thus, students are ready toparticipate by virtue of being at least sophomores in the electrical engineering program.Here we list the career development

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flexibility. This includes numerous tools, such as graphics, animation, video, audio, or somecombination. It also includes the manner in which the media is delivered. Computer modules mayalso help students move into a higher level of thinking. These higher levels, according to Bloom’sTaxonomy4, include analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Rhoads, Zimmer, Lewis, and Hubele13have attempted to move students in their statistics classes into these higher levels. They usedcomputers in a laboratory setting for in-class exercises. Online multimedia has a significantadvantage because students can view the content in a self-paced and asynchronous fashion17. Self-pacing has potential for significantly enhancing student’s learning and retention of

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Kamyar Haghighi; Heidi Diefes-Dux

"course learning objectives" (CLO’s) to address these issues. 3. ABE 325 and ABE 330 need to incorporate more design problems and PO 3, 4 introduce more constraints in their designs. 4. Department should direct/redirect more resources (personnel, facilities, S space, funds) to teaching laboratories and equipment. 5. Department should hire a part/full time technician dedicated to teaching S laboratories. 6. ABE 430 (Instrumentation and Measurement) should become a required PO 5 class for Mechanical Systems Engineering students, either as a restricted S technical elective or be substituted for another

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Engineering in Omaha, Nebraska. She currently teaches lecture and laboratory courses in the areasof computer-aided manufacturing and automation. Ms. Morse earned a B.S.I.E. from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and an M.S. in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Auburn University, where she also worked withAuburn Industrial Extension Service. Her work in industry includes engineering experience in quality control,industrial engineering, and design and development functions for automotive parts manufacturers in North Carolinaand Germany. Page 6.817.8Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

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articulate the ABET criteria?The generic 5 step model shown in figure 1 is one way to view the design process. Itprovides us with some structure for thinking about teaching design: our teaching shouldinvolve a balance of all 5 steps, where the balance reflects engineering practice. Notethat homework assignments, lectures, and labs often involve mainly aspects of steps 2and 3. In fact, often in lab we verify a particular model – concentrating on step 2 almostexclusively. We miss an opportunity here because the other steps of design are mosteasily included in the less formal environment of the lab.LiteracyFigure 1. also shows 3 types of “literacy” often required to complete each design step. Ihave found the concept of literacy a useful one as I think

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Arnoldo Muyshondt; Ing-Chang Jong

Proceedings.7. Alam, J., and Rencis, J. J., “Use of Internet in Information Content Creation and Delivery for Promoting Active Cooperating Learning,” Session 2220, 1997 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings.8. Herrmann, E., Teach Yourself CGI Programming with PERL in a Week, Sams Net, 1996.9. Brenner, S., and Aoki, E., Introduction to CGI/Perl: Getting Started with Web Scripts, IDG Books, 1995. (This book covers CGI scripting and cgi-lib.pl.)10. Lemay, L., Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML 4 in 14 Days, Second Professional Reference Edition, Sams Net Publishing, 1997.ARNOLDO MUYSHONDTArnoldo Muyshondt is currently a Principal Member of Technical Staff at the Sandia National Laboratories. He re-ceived a BSME in 1986 and an MSME in 1988