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Ajit Kelkar; Devdas Pai

Vaidya,U.,1999, "Low Cost Manufacturing of Composite Integral Armor Using Resin Transfer and Resin Infusion Molding Processes", Proceedings of Fifth International Conference on Flow Processes in Composite, 12th -14th July 1999, Plymouth, England. Page 6.659.7 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Education3. Beck, W., 1993, “Designing the RTM process and product”, SME Technical Paper (Series) EM 1993, Publ by SME, pp 1-13.4. Beckwith, S. W., Hyland, C. R., 1998, ”Resin transfer molding: A

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. Midkiff, C., J. Parker and S. Bell, Mechanical Engineering Curriculum Reform at The University of Alabama,Proceedings of the 1997 ASEE Southeastern Section Conference, pp. 150-156, Marietta, GA, March, 1997.9. URL: http://www.me.ua.edu/ME360/plc; ME 360 - Programmable Logic Controller Module.10. Parker, J. and D. Schinstock, Introduction to Hydraulic and Logic Systems in a Controls Course, 1996 ASEEAnnual Conference Proceedings, CD-ROM, Paper 3266, Washington, DC, June, 1996.11. URL: http://www.asme.org/students/design_contest/Y2001index.html; 2001 ASME Student Design Contest.JOEY K. PARKERJoey K. Parker is currently an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Alabama, wherehis teaching responsibilities include control

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, J. Digital Communications, 2nd Edition, New York: McGraw-Hill (1995).2. Couch, L. Digital and Analog Communication Systems, 5th Edition, New Jersey: Prentice Hall (197).3. Lathi, B. Moderm Digital and Analog Communication Systems, 3th Edition, New York: Oxford University Press (1998).4. Roden, M. & Carpenter, G. Electronics Design, 3rd Edition, California: Discovery Press (1997).5. Huelsman, L. An introduction: Active and Passive Analog Filter Design, New York: McGraw-Hill (1993).6. Soliman, S. & Srinath, M. Continuous and Discrete Signal and Systems, 2nd Edition, New York: Prentice Hall (1998).GEORGE EDWARDSGeorge Edwards received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering form the University of SouthFlorida

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Robert Rice; Christian Ochei; Alamgir Choudhury

. Working Model, Knowledge Revolution Inc., San Mateo, CA, 1998. 5. Jong; I., Onggowijaya; S., Animated programming with QuickBASIC to aid the teaching kinematics, ASEE conference proceeding, 1998. 6. Microsoft Qbasic Bible, Microsoft Press, Richmond, WA, 1990. 7. Kumar; Ratan, Teaching dynamics in engineering technology through software tools, ASEE conference proceeding, 1998. 8. Boronkay; T, Earley; R, Simulation software in a dynamics laboratory, ASEE conference proceeding, 1998. 9. Sprague, M., Using Visual Basic, South-Western Educational Publishing, 1997. 10. Prusak; Zbigniew, Simulation using spreadsheets in the engineering technology curriculu

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Michael Ruane

efforts of Professors T. Fritz, J. Sullivan,S. Chakrabarti and H. Spence, from the Center for Space Physics, have supported many of thespacecraft student design projects and helped bring about the STARS curriculum project.Bibliography1. http://www.bu.edu/satellite/ Boston University TERRIERS satellite homepage2. http://www.wff.nasa.gov/pages/studentlaunch.html Homepage for NASA Student Launch Program3. http://www.bu.edu/csp/SPECTRE SPECTRE project homepage4. Ruane, M.F., ’SPECTRE: A Student Sounding Rocket Project’, ASEE 1999 Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC, June 1999.5. http://www.bu.edu/csp/mmm Nanosat Magnetosphere Mapping Mission homepageBiographyMICHAEL RUANE is Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer

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Kara Kockelman

grades represent instructor evaluation of students and have been usedpervasively for probably as long as there have been universities. In contrast, the acquisition anddissemination of student evaluations of their instructors and courses have arisen relativelyrecently, from student-based efforts in the 1960’s. Many universities now incorporate evaluationresults in faculty salary and promotion decisions, and nearly all major U.S. universities regularlycollect such data. (Ory 1990, Seldin 1993) Students are probably the best resource universitieshave to assess instructor performance; they experience all aspects of many courses and thus cancompare and contrast such experiences. Moreover, aggregation of their responses provides alarge data set

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William Schonberg; Gary Spring

Session 1864 A Study of Factors Contributing to Low Retention Rates Drs. Gary S. Spring, and William Schonberg University of Missouri-RollaIntroductionUndergraduate engineering programs across the country suffer from declining enrollments duein part to retention problems. College administrators and faculty report that the recruitment andretention of this population has become more difficult1,2,3,4. This is especially critical at thistime because the number of students graduating from American high schools began todramatically decline after reaching a peak in 19794,5

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four columns: Time, Acceleration, Velocity, and Displacement. Byusing formulas in Excel, the velocity and displacement of a particle can be calculated(Figure 2). The data can be presented in a graph generated using Excel Chart Wizard(Figure 3)Figure 2TIME ACCELERATION VELOCITY DISPLACEMENT 0 9.8 0.0 0.0 1 9.8 9.8 4.9 2 9.8 19.6 19.6 3 9.8 29.4 44.1 4 9.8 39.2 78.4 5 9.8 49.0 122.5Figure 3 Displacement and Velocity vs Time 140.0 120.0 100.0 m: m/s 80.0 VELOCITY 60.0

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Gregg Dixon

range of problems and applications than can be treatedsimply with tables. For example, properties for a state which is determined by specifying thespecific volume and internal energy can be determined easily using EES, while finding such a stateusing tables can require iteration and interpolation. Table 1 gives examples of some propertyfunctions which can be used in EES. P1= PRESSURE(Steam,T=T1,v=v1) P2 = PRESSURE(Steam,u=u1,v=v1) X1 = QUALITY(Steam,S=S2,P=P1) TA = TEMPERATURE(R134a,h=h1,P=P1) S1 = ENTROPY(Propane,T=TP,H=HP) Table 1. Sample EES FunctionsTo determine properties in the saturation region using tables

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Mohamed. E. Brihoum; Ahmad Ibrahim

? Bulletin of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education, VII, No. 2, 491-504, 1916.2. Randolph, L. S. Character and Fitness in Education. Bulletin of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education, VII, No. 9, 536-545, 1917.3. Nguyen, D. Q. The Essential Skills and Attributes of an Engineer: A Comparative Study of Academics, Industry Personnel and Engineering Students. Global Journal of Engineering Education, 2, 1, 65-75, 1998.4. Ibrahim, A. M. Current Issues in Engineering Education Quality. Global Journal of Engineering Education, 3, 3, 301-305, 1999.5. Bell, T. E. Proven Skills: The New Yardstick for Schools. IEEE Spectrum, 8,63-49, 2000.6. Linder, A. G. and

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Maurice Bluestein

assessment processes in engineering technologyprograms has been spearheaded by the TAC/ABET accreditation agency1. Most engineeringtechnology schools recognize the need to develop an assessment program if they are to maintainaccreditation. An important criterion in any such program is the demonstration of appropriatemastery of the knowledge, techniques, skills and modern tools of the students’ disciplines. Mostprograms attempt to demonstrate this within the learning objectives of a particular course. Rarely isan attempt made to verify such mastery of the prerequisite(s) for that particular course. At IUPUI,we have been doing this for the past three semesters, going on a fourth, in our Thermodynamics IIcourse.The assessment of prior knowledge and

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Penelope Peterson; Frank Fisher

. Sample Sample Cronbach s α Mean Std DevAll Engineering Multiple Perspectives 0.80 3.72 0.65Freshmen Metacognition 0.78 4.25 0.65N = 209 Goals and Beliefs 0.66 3.94 0.54 Epistemology 0.72 4.59 0.58 AE TOTAL 0.85 16.49 1.69BME Multiple Perspectives -- 3.70 0.61Freshmen Metacognition

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Gary Lewandowski; Carla Purdy

tomorrow's facultymembers, Journal of Engineering Education,October 1994, pp. 2-5.6. University of Cincinnati Preparing Future Faculty in Computer Science website,http://www.ececs.uc.edu/~pffp. Accessed 01/05/01.GARY LEWANDOWSKIGary Lewandowski earned his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research interests include parallel algorithms, approximation methods for NP-complete problems, and computer science pedagogy.CARLA C. PURDYCarla Purdy has earned Ph.D.'s in mathematics (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) andcomputer science (Texas A&M University). Her research interests include computer systemsdesign and modeling, mixed technology design and simulation, computer arithmetic,experimental CAD, and

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Steven Hart; Ronald Welch

, etc.), desired structuralsystems, limitations and constraints. The products were a list of functional requirements, a list ofaesthetic requirements, a list of code requirements (UBC and Installation Design Guide), floorplan(s) for all floors, exterior elevation views for all sides, a general site layout, and a list of the Page 6.1126.2specific impacts on the problem (soil conditions, utilities, special site restrictions, etc.). The Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationresulting products

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Weining Feng; Alberto Gomez-Rivas

frequency of 9.55 rad./s is indicated). Figure 2: Bode plots Page 6.1132.5It is worth noting that the horizontal scroll bar at the bottom of the graph display is usedto display the frequency response data at a specific frequency point. This feature can be Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationused to find out dc gain, gain margin and phase margin, bandwidth, and high frequencyroll-off rate of the system.Due to the interactive nature of the tutorial program, any change in the system setting

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Stephen Stace; Janice Margle

these fields3. Morerecently, a Senate bill passed that provides 600,000 new visas for foreign workers sought by theburgeoning high-tech industry4. Clearly we need to nurture the technical interest andachievements of all students. Devising strategies to increase their participation and enjoyment inthe use of computers is the impetus for Me and Comp Sc. College students like music and MP3’s. They also like technology…cell phones,beepers, computer games, email, and surfing the web. This love of technology cuts across alleducational disciplines. A combination demo/hands-on exercise for the MIDI (MusicalInstrument Digital Interface) is under development for inclusion in an introductory computerscience course. The purpose of the exercise is to

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Bruce Segee; Michael D. Amos

Network package and replaced them with reusable databasestored procedures which can be utilized by many users simultaneously. While reducing some ofthe complexity of the system, we have also provided a foundation for easy data sharing throughthe WWW front end.This project is part of Graduate Research at the Instrumentation Research Lab at the Universityof Maine where students and Faculty work cooperatively to promote use of classroom ideas. Page 6.747.5Bibliography1. Silberschatz, A., Korth, H.F., Sudarshan, S. Database System Concepts Third Edition, McGraw-Hill, 1999.2. Miller, W.T., Glanz, F.H., and Kraft, L.G., “CMAC: An Associative Neural

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Richard Jendrucko; Jack Wasserman

Tennessee, Knoxvillecampus (UTK) as detailed below.Since the early 1970’s The University of Tennessee, Knoxville had offered an undergraduateEngineering Science (ES) Program BME option. This option program was built around acurriculum concentrated in mathematics and the engineering sciences (mechanics of solids andfluids, thermal and material sciences) and featured 18 hours of technical electives. Toaccommodate students having interest in the field of biomedical engineering, several BMEfaculty were hired and five undergraduate and two graduate BME elective courses weredeveloped and were offered regularly over a period of more than twenty-five years. During therecent past, it was noted that 80% or more of the 80-100 students enrolled in the

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Jiang Li; Matthew Lee

problems, such online labs will offermany advantages that will make learning more efficient and effective for both faculty andstudents.Bibliography1. Wilson, J. M. & Byron P. R. (1996). A multimedia model for Undergraduate Education, Technology in Science, Vol., pp. 315-387.2. Holzer, S. M. & Andruet, R. H. (1998). Learning statics with multimedia and other tools, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Seattle Washington, pp120-126.3. Li, J. and Lee, Y. M. (1998). Teaching Mechanics with Multimedia Tools, the proceedings of the 1999 ASEE annual conference at Charlotte, NC. USA, June 20-24, 1998, CD-ROM, Session No. 1668.4. Li, J. (1998). Teaching Engineering Mechanics with the Internet, Abstracts in Proceedings

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Patrick James Cronin

Matrix Structural Analysis, Dover Publications, Inc., New York, 1985.2. Argyrus, Energy Theorems and Structural Analysis, Butterworth Scientific Publications, London, 1960.3. Przemieniecki, J.S., and L. Berke: “Digital Computer Program for the Analysis of Aerospace Structures by the Matrix Displacement Method”, Flight Dynamics Lab. Report FDL-TDR 64-18, 1964.4. Turner, M.J., R.W. Clough, H.C. Martin, and L.J. Topp: “Stiffness and Deflection Analysis of Complex Structures”, Journal of Aeronautical Sciences, 23 : 805-823, 854 (1956).PATRICK J. CRONINPatrick J. Cronin is currently an Assistant Professor of Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University NewKensington Campus. He holds a B.S. in Engineering Science and an M..S. degree in Civil

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Patricia L. Fox; Stephen Hundley

isvalid, not only for concentrated courses, but, indeed, for every course taught, includingtraditional semester-length courses. There are several strategies that can be employed to monitorand improve quality in concentrated courses. By far, the most obvious method for ensuringquality is to carefully select which course(s) will be taught in a concentrated format. Having aclear rationale (i.e. student demand) and a valid pedagogic response (i.e. concentrated formatswork well for case-study teaching) ensures that courses selected for this format will be chosenwith care and emphasis on student learning.In addition to appropriately selecting courses, explicitly documenting the course expectationsand objectives, and communicating them to students in

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research. First, the team had to locatethe employees who were knowledgeable concerning the work of technicians. These interviewsled to subsequent visits with technicians during which the technicians and the team isolated theapplication(s). A video clip of the technician discussing their job and their use of math wasincluded in the snapshots. Students and faculty have a better acceptance of the research whenthey see and hear the employees speaking. The full team (six to eight faculty) would thenresearch and write about the applications that would eventually be highlighted in the snapshot.Faculty found industry very eager to cooperate and willing to invest the time to contribute to abetter curriculum. The visits during the summer of 2000 supported

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John Carpinelli

Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education4. Tanenbaum, Andrew S. Structured Computer Organization, 4th edition, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall(1999).5. Mano, M. Morris. Computer Systems Architecture, 3rd edition, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall (1993).6. URL: www.awl.com/carpinelli; Companion web site for Computer Systems Organization and Architecture7. URL: www.awl.com/info/carpinelli; Companion web site for Computer Systems Organization and ArchitectureJOHN D. CARPINELLIJohn D. Carpinelli is an associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Computer and InformationSciences, at New Jersey Institute of Technology. He received the B.E. in Electrical Engineering from Stevens Instituteof Technology in

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, 1992.2. Emerson, Toni and Debra Revere, "Virtual Reality in Training and Education: Resource Guide to Citations and Online Information", HITL Technical Publications, B-94-1 ( 1997 Revise ) 1994.3. Larijani, L. Casey, The Virtual Reality Primer, McGraw Hill, 1994.4. Pantelidis, Veronica S., "Virtual Reality and Education: Information Sources", ftp:ftp.hitl.washington.edu/pub/scivw/citations/VR-ED.html.5. Pimental, Ken and Kevin Teixeira, Virtual Reality: Through the New Looking Glass. Second Edition, Windcrest Books, 1995.6. Stampe, Dave, Bernie Roehl, and John Eagan, Virtual Reality Creations, The Waite Group Press, 1993.7. Youngblut, Christine, "Educational Uses of Virtual Reality Technology

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Bahman Motlagh; Walter Buchanan; Alireza Rahrooh

, controltheory, system identification and adaptive control. He is a member of ASEE, IEEE, Eta Kappa Nu, and Tau Beta Pi.BAHMAN MOTLAGHBahman S. Motlagh is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Technology at the University of Central Florida. Hereceived his B.S. from Istanbul Academy of Sciences, M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Engineering from theUniversity of Central Florida, in 1993 and 1997, respectively. He is a member ASEE and IEEE. He has publishednumerous papers on various electrical engineering applications and computer architecture.WALTER BUCHANANWalter W. Buchanan is Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology and Director of the School of EngineeringTechnology at Northeastern University. He received his BSE and MSE from Purdue

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communicationsystems can be emulated.Bibliography1. Rappaport, Theodore S. Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1999.2. Stremler, Ferrel G. Introduction to Communication Systems, 3rd Ed., Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley PublishingCompany, 1992.3. Proakis, John G. Digital Communications, New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1989.4. Wells, Lisa K. LabVIEW Student Edition Users Guide, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 19955. NI 5411 for PCI Data Sheet. http://www.ni.com/catalog/pdf/0inc604a.pdf6. NI 5911 for PCI Data Sheet. http://www.ni.com/catalog/pdf/0inc576a.pdf Page 6.138.7 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barbara L. Christe; Elaine M. Cooney

females in non-traditional fields.However, few engineering technology faculty are women. Universities find it difficult to locatewomen who meet the TAC-ABET qualifications for technology faculty. Of the 382,700engineers in industry with master’s degrees, only 10.7% are women. If a doctorate is required,search and screen committees will only find 6.8% of the 80,300 industry engineering PhD.’s arewomen3. Because this data does not break out years of experience, and because the number ofthe women in the field has become significant only recently, the actual number of womencandidates who meet the requirement of masters with three years of industrial experience isactually lower.There is a critical link between female students pursuing degrees in the

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Xian Zhao; Matthew Lee; Jiang Li

Windows), or system hardware. The ease of use in addition to the universalityof the CF application makes it ideal for online testing purposes.In brief, CFML is an easily applied markup language due to its recognizable similarity tothe popular HTML. CFAS consumes fewer system resources than many CGI basedapplications due to its integration with the web server software. Additionally, CF has alower potential for a system security breach than do CGI applications since they are nottreated as executables. Therefore, CF is a very suitable, stable, useful, and powerful toolfor developing interactive teaching.Bibliography1. Holzer, S. M. & Andruet, R. H. (1998). Learning statics with multimedia and other tools, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition

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Nicholas Cain; Julia McLees; Jason Bara; Gary Wnek; Bradford Crosby; Gary Huvard

as a d.b.a. (“doing business as”) of HRC, Inc., an S-Corp originallyincorporated by one of the authors for his consulting practice. As such, HRC has a federal tax IDnumber, pays local business taxes on gross income, and files state and local business tax returns.For the uninitiated, an S-Corp is basically a protective shield. It was originally conceived, inpart, to protect the personal assets of sole proprietors from lawsuits over products or servicessold by a small business.S-Corps do not make profits. Some, like HRC, don’t even accumulate assets. At the end of eachtax year, the difference between the income and expenses of the corporation must be paid to thestockholders of the corporation based on the percentage of stock owned by each. If

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Yaw Owusu

* Team Approaches A L I 2. CUSTOMER RELATIONS Y * Sales/Marketing * Product Support * Customer Survey & Analysis 3. PRODUCT DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT S * Design for Manufacturability (DFM) Y * Design Standards/Components/ S Specifications T * Design Reviews