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an exiting network connection at the University. A250 MB IDE and 1.44 MB, 3.5” floppy drives are used for data storage and program loading.The PIC was chosen for its low cost and ease of interface to the temperature sensors. It hasmany on-chip peripherals, EPROM, A/D converter and UART. The UART provides an easy tointerface EIA/TIA 232 connection between the host and temperature controller. An LM335temperature sensor was chosen for its low cost and linear output. The temperature sensor isinterfaced to the PIC through the A/D converter provided on the 16C74A. See Figure 1. IDE Connector Hard Drv. Temp. Floppy

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recent follow-up study of students who participated in the program, concluding with ourrecommendations for engineering educators based on the results of this study.IntroductionDuring the 1994-95 and 1995-96 academic years we, along with several colleagues, implementedthe Connections program at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM)∗. When we developed theprogram, our primary objectives were to help first-year students to: 1) discover and developsignificant connections among their first-year core subjects; 2) enhance their higher orderthinking abilities and apply these abilities in humanistic, scientific, and engineering contexts; 3)understand the historical and cultural contexts which have influenced developments in science,humanities, and

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by small education departments. Within the lastseveral years, however, the cost of these types of programs has come down 1. Since some 3Dmodeling programs are as low as $150 and student editions of constraint-based modelers can bepurchased for as little as $300, cost can no longer be an excuse for not including 3D modeling intointroductory courses 2 .Another excuse for not revising the curriculum has been that students must understand 2D Page 6.296.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering

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electrical power generation anddistribution created the most significant changes in social fabric in all of history. The in-classtexts 1., 2. present effective summaries of the nature and origins of the technological innovations.The number of close parallels in events between the industrial revolution in the past andinformation technology today is striking, to say the least. Students in technologically-orientedmajors readily relate to those aspects of the issues, but often do not have a clear perspective onthe social implications. Students in non-technical majors find the technical aspects boring. Bothtypes of students can benefit from perspectives gained in role-playing exercises

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Sarah Irvine; Mary Anne Lesiak; Andrea Prejean; Teresa Larkin-Hein

examined this interesting field of study through mathematical activities, scientificmethods, and the use of language and communication skills to demonstrate their understanding. Figure 1: A sample constructivist learning project on the study of petroglyphs Page 6.298.4 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Session 2480IV. Feedback from Participating TeachersOn the final day of the workshop

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tenure.An important difference between engineering and engineering technology programs regarding theuse of consulting and industrial experiences as part of a promotion and tenure plan is worth noting. In engineering programs, consulting and industrial experiences have not been considered themost advantageous use of a faculty member’s time, relative to achieving promotion and tenure. Inengineering technology, prior industrial experience is necessary for appointment.1 At many Page 6.299.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American

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, theoretical adaptation, andthe incorporation of comprehensive evaluation of student performance.IntroductionDistance education is rapidly emerging as a viable alternative to the traditional universityclassroom. Technology is a major contributor to the tremendous growth and diversity in distanceeducation 1. Virtual classrooms are emerging globally from Malaysia 2 to England 3. Chinaalone produces more than 100,000 graduates a year through distance education, with more thanhalf of China’s 92,000 engineering and technology graduates having attained their degreesthrough distance education 1.Interest in distance education has risen quickly in both the public and private sectors and incorporate and university boardrooms. “Investors are pouring millions

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Ricardo Molina; Claudio da Rocha Brito; Melany Ciampi

Engineering Education in Brazil 1.III. The SENAC of TodayBlazing new trails, keeping ahead of change, signaling new trends. And more: turning all thisinto a consistent project of support for people and organizations in the world of work andbusiness. At the turn of the century, SENAC has wholeheartedly taken up the challenge of theprocesses that have as a scenario an economy made dynamic by new technologies, by gallopingglobalization and the fierce competition 2.In the mid-1990s SENAC realized that it did not have to concentrate all the diffusion ofknowledge within its own physical facilities. The Educational Centers are essential for theprovision of courses and taylor-made packages for firms, and for holding seminars andcongresses; but there are

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Robert Avanzato

aspectsof the handheld-based robot is that the technology allows students to enter and modifysoftware directly on the handheld computer. This feature is particularly useful inenvironments where conventional desktop and laptop computers are not convenientlyavailable. This paper will describe the architecture of the robots and discuss theeducational benefits of the handheld approach to mobile robot control.1.0 IntroductionStarting in the fall of 1999, Penn State Abington has been actively exploring theintegration of Palm™ [1] handheld computers (personal digital assistants) into selectundergraduate courses in the areas of Information Sciences and Technology, computerengineering, French language instruction, and mobile robot design. The personal

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group is formed with a mix of people in order to solve aspecific engineering challenge, and the unique skills and expertise of each team memberare required in order to solve the problem. As a result, an ability to perform well onteams of diverse membership is a desirable trait for engineering graduates to possess.Participation on an interdisciplinary capstone project is a unique opportunity for studentsto develop and demonstrate this trait while still in school. Accordingly, ABET EC 2000criteria specify functioning on multi-disciplinary teams as part of required engineering Page 6.301.1program outcomes [1]. Proceedings of the 2001 American

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forindividual accountability in cooperative learning makes it essential for each group member tocontribute equally toward the group goal. Johnson, Johnson, and Holubec (1994, p. 31) list fiveways to structure individual accountability: 1. Allowing for smaller group sizes to ensure that each group member has the opportunity to contribute. 2. Examining each group member individually. 3. Recording the amount that each group member contributes toward the group goal. 4. “Assigning one student in each group the role of checker, who asks other group members to explain the reasoning and rationale underlying group answers" (p. 31). 5. Having students explain to the whole group what they have learned.C. Face-To-Face Promotive

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Susan Lord

coordinator, recorder, checker, and monitor. Information on these roles wasprovided on the first day of class in the syllabus and is summarized in Table 1. They werepatterned after materials from the NETI.4 The instructor assigned the roles for each assignmentto insure that students would rotate roles. In a team of three, the monitor and checker roles werecombined. In Fall 1999, students were required to complete all but that first homeworkassignment as a team while in Fall 2000, students had one more individual assignment. This wasin response to student comments in Fall 1999 that more individual assignments would improvetheir experience of working in teams in the course. Table 1 Cooperative Learning Team Roles (from Ref. 4

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activeincrease student learning.1-5 Since most professors model their first teaching efforts onthe methods they are familiar with, prospective professors who experience these activelearning methods as students are more likely to try them as professors. However, a largepercentage of current engineering graduate students are international students who havenot graduated from an ABET-accredited program. They are less likely to haveexperienced cooperative group teaching methods as undergraduates. When asked if theyhad done group work in their undergraduate classes, most graduate students in our classwho were undergraduates in the United States answered in the affirmative, whereas thosewho were undergraduates in other countries did not.There is often a

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activities. This paper presents a unified approach in that core or basic competenciesare carefully discussed and analyzed. A second component of the paper will then presentthe necessary components of a systems response to the achievement of competencies.The author will present a discussion in the following segments: 1) Base competencies; 2) General competencies for engineering education; 3) Paradigm shift on program evolution; and 4) Systems approach to educational transformation.This paper is not intended to provide definitive answers to today’s reform demands, butrather construct the necessary parameters for a systems method of responding toeducational change. As such, this paper will provide useful tools for practitioners.Base

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, quality of power,and practical maintenance. In addressing a host of cutting-edge technical issues, environmentalconstraints, and human factors, they find a way to meet their objectives. They propose auniquely insightful design in such a way that the customer can tailor it based on cost, includingintangible costs. Upon receiving the customer’s tailored solution, the students build the system.Finally, they propose practical maintenance arrangements. The system successfully providespower and continues to do so.Introduction Isolated electric power systems for residential use are popular in the wilderness of the PacificNorthwest [1]. In the past, these have oftenbeen quite crude, providing just a few wattsfor basic needs. However, new

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Martin Morris; Fred Fry

SAE project. Theresponsibilities of the three teams have been divided into three overlapping domains: 1) engineand drive train, 2) suspension and controls, and 3) frame and ergonomics. Each team identifies amember as a leader and all three teams select one of the leaders to be the project coordinator.Each of the three teams must develop a plan and budget that accomplishes the objective of theirpart of the car while satisfying the requirements of the other two teams. The project coordinatorassumes the additional responsibility of integrating the team schedules and budgets into acoordinated plan.Entrepreneurship Course ProjectThe entrepreneurship course is taught each spring semester and is open to upper level businessstudents. Grading in the

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Robert Floersheim; Stephen Ressler; Margaret Bailey

after graduate school. With this high turnover level,we long ago had to solve the problem of maintaining an integrated curriculum whileproviding continuity in the face of continuous change in faculty. The course assessmentplan and process assists us with creating a mechanism for course continuity.III. Program Planning and Assessment ProcessThe United States MilitaryAcademy (USMA) ProgramPlanning and Assessment Modelis shown in Figure 1.8 Themodel clearly indicates that thedesign of the academic programgoals is motivated by currentand future Army needs. PhaseI (referring to Figure 1) occursat the academy level andinvolves the articulation of theacademy’s learning model.This learning model is not staticbut instead dynamicallyconnected in the

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Barbara L. Christe

distance educators need to pay more attention to student motivation and feelings than in a traditional setting the effectiveness of a distance educator is closely tied to their mastery of the particular media/technology involved there are a number of different kinds of interaction possible in the context of distance learning distance education incorporates all forms of interaction [1] education via the web requires different teaching skills than the traditional classroom. Page 6.309.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering

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Stephanie Sanford; Kenneth Williamson

and resources in society.Such examination is believed to enhance meaningful democratic participation in ourincreasingly multicultural society.At Oregon State University, all students are required to take a certified DPD course aspart of their “baccalaureate core.” DPD courses are approved by the Baccalaureate CoreCommittee of the Faculty Senate based upon the following criteria:1. be at least three credits;2. emphasize elements of critical thinking;3. have as their central focus the study of the unequal distribution of power within theframework of particular disciplines and course content;4. focus primarily on the United States, although global contexts are encouraged;5. provide illustrations of ways in which structural, institutional, and

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Pierre Cilliers

who have taken thiscourse.1. IntroductionThe objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a particular learning modelto improve students’ self-perception of their creative problem solving ability, henceforthreferred to as self-perception of creativity (SPOC). The definition of problem solving modelsand their relationship to effectiveness in design has been the focus of recent research onengineering education4,5. The learning model for the first year course TechnologicalInnovation is based on research on creative behaviour in Engineering students 1,2. InHattingh1 the determinants of creative design in Electronic Engineering students wasinvestigated in a sample of 165 third year Electronic Engineering students using 88

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Louis Theodore; Joseph Reynolds; Ann Marie Flynn

Table of Contents for the 2001 Marcel Dekkerbook titled “Health, Safety and Accidental Management in the Chemical ProcessIndustry”, authored by Flynn and Theodore.Part IPart I of this course serves as an introduction to Health, Safety and AccidentManagement. The more technical aspects of this subject –accident andemergency details, health and hazard risk assessment, etc. – are covered in theremaining Parts of the course. There are three topics in Part I. In Topic 1, thehistory of accidents is examined from early incidents to recent catastrophes. Theevolution of safety precautions, particularly as they apply to chemical plants, isalso reviewed. Topic 2 is concerned with legislation. The fear of accidents isprobably the major reason for the

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William Black; Robert Weber; Julie Dickerson; Carolina Cruz-neira

. Our goal is to bridge this interdisciplinary Page 6.310.1chasm.Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright2001, American Society for Engineering EducationOne response to these complex engineering environments, has been a significant increase inattention to design and teaming in engineering curricula, often through a capstone senior designcourse 1, 2. This well-tried method has its merits, but in its current form it offers students only anisolated experience in teamwork. Our goal is to give continuity to the students’ multi-disciplinarytraining. We are creating an

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Berrisford Boothe; Todd Watkins; John Ochs

approach to curricular integration includes pre-college outreach, freshmanprojects, curricula support, capstone projects and graduate projects. The educationalenvironment includes a Campus Center for Entrepreneurial projects; an entire building designedto support students project teams. This paper will discuss the design and implementation ofthese programs, our assessment and evaluation methods, lessons learned and future plans forimproving this environment.1. IntroductionThe engineer as inventor is certainly not new. Many innovative products that we enjoy todaywere invented and created by engineers, but what about the engineer as entrepreneur? Textbookauthors write and students study engineering design, concurrent engineering and design in abroad

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Wil Clouse; Terry Goodin

Points % Grade I Building A Background And Understanding Of Entrepreneurship Topic 1 - Introduction January 16 N/A 0 Introduction of Professors and Assistants Introduction of Students Teaching Strategy For The Class Assignments Introduction to Prometheus New Way of Thinking Purchase Textbook Page 6.312.7Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Education Session 3454

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Douglas Goetz; Darin Ridgway; Ben Stuart; Valerie Young; Michael Prudich

safety,documentation, and planning. Each laboratory report grade represents an amalgamatedassessment of students’ progress towards all goals, so it cannot be used to assess progresstowards any of them. Assessing student progress in our course is additionally complicatedbecause students rotate through experiments supervised and graded by different professors.A criterion-based grading system, inspired by Walvood and Anderson’s Effective Grading: ATool for Learning and Assessment,1 was introduced at Ohio University. A standard gradingsheet for all experiments specifies “traits” indicative of progress towards each course goal (e.g.,the student’s proposed test matrix indicates ability to design an experiment) and criteria forgrading each trait. The

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Terrence Freeman

(1995) describes a dozen diagnostic, analytical, and evaluative processing skills thatcontribute to creative thinking3: (1) recognition, (2) interpreting clues, (3) concept formation, (4)generating possibilities, (5) judgment, (6) developing alternatives, (7) comparison & choice, (8) Page 6.314.1analysis, (9) perception, (10) values & feelings, (11) design, and (12) problem solving. “Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education”Von Oech outlines several factors that tend to diminish how effectively

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Robin Burt; Krishna Athreya; K-Y. Daisy Fan

engineering, but also allowed them to experience the complex interaction amongour society, technology, and environment—an issue not often addressed in the early stages ofengineering education.IntroductionEngineering continues to be a field where women and people of color are highly under-represented, with women making up barely 20% of the undergraduate population in engineeringin the United States and minorities making up less than 10%.1 The recent report of theCommission on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in Science, Engineering andTechnology (CAWMSET) reiterates the national need for broadening the accessibility to qualitySET pre-college education, particularly for underrepresented minorities.2 Institutions andcolleges of engineering are

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Brian Manhire

standing. Some implications of these findings are described as well as their placewithin the overall flux of national academic standards in higher education as reported in the lit-erature.I. IntroductionThe distribution of letter grades awarded for academic achievement in higher education in theUnited States has changed considerably since the 1960s. Levine and Cureton found that in 1969,7 percent of students received grades of A- or higher while 25 percent received grades of C orlower and that by 1993 these figures had essentially reversedbecoming 26 percent and 9 per-cent respectively.1 Other reports of changing academic standards (alias grade inflation) have ap-peared in the literature;2-25 Gibson’s recent grade-inflation satire26 is indeed

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

Session 2566 A Curricular Review Process for Systematic Continuous Improvement John K. Gershenson1, Christine E. Hailey2, J. Clair Batty2, Warren F. Phillips2 1 Michigan Technological University / 2Utah State UniversityAbstractThis paper describes a novel process for curriculum planning, assessment, and improvement.The process is quantitative but allows faculty freedom to innovate. The review process issufficiently flexible that it can be applied to many engineering programs. The curricular reviewprocess is split into cycles corresponding to the various