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Rujin Cheng; Tze-Leong Yew; Kurt Gramoll

environment is based, in part, on the successful multimedia course for engineeringstudents that have been conducted at the University of Oklahoma for the last fours years[2]. It isexpected that through the use of the Internet, the course content can be accessed by otherinstructors to learn how to develop and implement electronic media into their own courses.The distance learning site named “Electronic Media Education for Teachers” or EMET, is madepossible through a grant from the Hitachi Foundation. EMET is a three-year project that began inJanuary 2000, and is a joint collaboration between the College of Engineering and the College ofEducation at the University of Oklahoma. Figure 1 shows a screenshot of EMET. Fig. 1

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Fazil Najafi

alist of contacts in each of the agency’s ten offices. It can be accessed on the Internet athttp://scitech.dot.gov or http://t2.dot.gov.For a broader approach to federal Research and Development (R&D), a good reference is TheUnited States Government Manual (yearly) available from the U. S. Government Printing Office.Using this as a starting point, one can search through the telephone numbers to locate someoneactually involved in R&D who can provide meaningful information on the subject of say,“concrete.” However, one must be wary since many offices have the word “Research” as part oftheir title although they are not related to R&D projects per se. Another approach is to work thebuddy network by scanning the ACI directory for members

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Jerome Tapper

ties to the industrial base in the Boston and surrounding New Englandareas. The impetus for creating these strong ties is linked to this educator’s desire to improvefuture student cooperative work assignments, and increase both after-graduation employmentopportunities and industrial research project assignments. Over the past two years, industrialpartnerships have been established with two leaders in the industrial control systems market,Siemens Energy and Automation Corporation and Cutler-Hammer Corporation.2 3 Partnershipshave been established with several other smaller players as well. Each of these companies hascommitted itself to assisting Northeastern University’s School of Engineering Technology inachieving its goal of becoming a

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Daniel Davis; Elizabeth Petry; James Fuller

” Session 1606At the University of Hartford’s Ward College AET program:• Design is introduced early in the program and integrated throughout the curriculum. Every semester has a design studio course.• Increased exposure to practice is provided through industry-in-the-classroom activities.• Increased emphasis is placed on communication, both oral and written. Requirements are integrated throughout the curriculum.At the University of Hartford, students are often challenged with "real" projects. Whenpossible proposed sites are accessible for student visits. Students present their solutionsand are critiqued by their peers, faculty, local professionals, and invited guests. Othermembers of the College and University community are present as well

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Peter Schuyler; Howard A. Canistraro

being accomplished using the data acquisition and controlpackage LabView, by National Instruments. This powerful tool has been implementedthroughout the curriculum, ranging from introduction as freshmen with simple mechanicalmeasurements and data storage, to culmination with a senior design project that typicallyinvolves control and automation, achieved using the LabView system. A primary focus of thepaper will be the philosophy of the introduction of computer software packages in a four yearengineering technology curriculum, and how they can be used to reinforce key concepts found inMET. The paper will also detail some of the introductory and advanced laboratories that havebeen developed, the specific hardware that was purchased, the results

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Raymond Luebbers; R.A. Rodríguez-Solís; José Colom-Ustáriz

instrument to attract students is by providing them with undergraduate researchopportunities. The Industrial Affiliates Program (IAP) of the ECE Department is one of theprograms providing such opportunities. IAP is supported by 13 companies and it has beenrunning continuously for the last 11 years, supporting over 300 undergraduate students. Thestudents participating in the program usually register in Undergraduate Research (INEL 4998),which is a flexible course that can count for up to 3 credit hours a semester for a maximum of 6credit hours during the student’s career. The size of the course is four students in average. Themain advantage over a capstone design course is that the student has two semesters to completethe project under close

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Zdzislaw Kremens

university-industryrelationships, there is a common tendency to focus on research and development projects.Research and development is a very important factor in developing industry-universityrelationship, however contacts should not be limited to R&D exclusively. There are many otherpotential areas for bringing faculty and academic programs closer to industry. The faculty canparticipate, contribute and also learn from their industrial counterparts through variousapproaches that might include the hiring of adjunct faculty, technology transfer projects,consulting work, graduate placement etc.One of the most important concerns in the university-industry relationship is how responsive theuniversities must and should be. There are two aspects of

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Hugh Jack

. Through the 1970s and early 1980s it was used on largecomputers in companies and universities. During this time many refinements and enhancementswere made. By the mid 1980s Unix was being used on many lower priced computers. By the endof the 1980s most universities were making use of Unix computers in computer science and engi-neering programs. This created a wealth of graduates who understood what they could expectfrom a mature operating system. But, it also created a demand to be able to do high level work athome on low priced machines.Early in the 1990s Linux started as a project to create a Unix clone that would run on a personalcomputer. This project gained momentum quickly and by the mid 1990s it was ready for users.The first groups to

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Larry Shuman; Justin Chimka; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre; Jack McGourty; Harvey Wolfe

undergraduate design course and their “New Products Program”make extensive use of teams composed of students, faculty and outside sponsors [1].That model is currently being replicated across US engineering institutions. Now, almostevery accredited engineering program has at least one project-driven course that providesstudents with the opportunity to experience, as part of a team, design from ideaconception to some level of completion. If properly structured, such courses can teachstudents the skills necessary for being effective team members, includingmultidisciplinary teams.Unfortunately, educators frequently incorporate student teams into their courses withlittle thought given to either learning objectives or the most effective way to

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William Johnson

instrumentation and controlsystem has been integrated into the facility.Project descriptionUnder the ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air ConditioningEngineers) Undergraduate Senior Project Grant Program, undergraduate students at theUniversity of Tennessee designed and constructed a comprehensive laboratory setup for use inpsychrometric studies. The local ASHRAE chapter assisted in procuring equipment. Studentsenrolled in a special topics class completed the design work and performed much of the actualconstruction over a two-year period. The first year, students designed and built a duct systemincorporating a cooling coil, a two-stage heater, a variable speed fan, a humidifier and neededflow, temperature and humidity

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Wayne Wolf

in order to put the various design problems in perspective. Asurvey of several real system designs also helps to frame the course material for the students.Students are grouped into lab teams of two or three students. The teams spend the first half of thesemester on a series of labs that familiarize themselves with the equipment. They spend the sec-ond half of the semester on a project of their own choice. I meet briefly with each team to be suretheir project is feasible. They present an initial plan for their project in an in-class design review.Each team maintains a Web site that provides the project requirements, specification, architecture,and implementation details.6 ConclusionsEmbedded systems have been around for quite some time, but

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J. Giolma; Kevin Nickels; Farzan Aminian

engineering, taken during the junior and senior years. The program provides significant hands-on experience through engineering laboratories and participation in engineering projects required in eight semester-long design courses. The emphasis on fundamentals is intended to prepare students for dealing with the rapid pace of technology and the interdisciplinary nature of engineering practice. The laboratory and design portions of the program provide the students with a balanced perspective on the theory and practice of the engineering profession.9One impact of this mission is the delineation of courses into fundamentals and elective courses.The fundamentals and design courses are required of all students, and lay the foundation

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Maria Kreppel; Beverly Swaile

individual faculty member working with each student“stakeholder” group. Course content is organized around a specific technological “focus issue.” Sample issueshave included the Hamilton County Environmental Priorities Project and the Fernald UraniumPlant Superfund clean-up effort. Entwined within the broad issues above are discussionsinvolving solid waste management, water pollution, air quality, public concern, accountability,environmental justice, and regional implications. In this course students sift through andcritically review data from multiple sources identifying the technological assets, limitations, andassumptions those sources use in formulating their data and analyses. The course aims toexamine the assumptions, impact, and

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Mariano Savelski; Robert Hesketh; Kevin Dahm

chemical engineers including pharmaceuticals,bioprocessing and membrane applications. If a large percentage of students that are trained inprocess simulators do not use them, then is integrating process simulation an effective use ofeducational time at the undergraduate level? What issues are brought about when studentsbecome dependent on process simulation results and are not able to perform hand calculationsfor an industry without process simulation?BackgroundProcess simulators are becoming a basic tool in chemical engineering programs. In Seniorlevel design the semester design project typically involves the use of either a commercialsimulator or an academic simulator such as ASPENPLUS, ChemCAD, ChemShare,FLOWTRAN, HYSYS, and PROVISION (PRO/II

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Anthony Tzes; Hong Wong; Vikram Kapila

data acquisition, rapid control prototyping, and control of amultitude of multidisciplinary experimental test-beds. In addition, in summer 2000, wedeveloped the MPCRL web site to facilitate remote access to our laboratory test-beds via theworld-wide-web. The MPCRL web site features online-experiments, information/navigation/resource centers, prerecorded videos of experiments, live video stream of online-experiments,and a chat window. The MPCRL supports undergraduate and graduate control courses includingthe capstone design projects. Finally, its outreach efforts have included summer workshops forgraduate and high school students.Introduction Engineering education is facing unprecedented challenges and exciting opportunities.Advances in

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Valerie Taylor; Sumalatha Adabala; Jose Miguel-Alonso; Jose Fortes; Rudolf Eigenmann; Renato Figueiredo; Nirav Kapadia; Luis Vidal; Jan-Jo Chen

developedin research projects provide text-based interfaces. Such interfaces, while being e cient forexpert users, are an additional overhead to a novice user. If many tools are intended to beused throughout the semester, the overheads are magni ed by the number of needed tools. and is currently available as part of the NETwork-computer for Computer ArchitectureResearch and Education | NETCARE | a three-university consortium consisting of PurdueUniversity, Northwestern University and the University of Wisconsin. The infrastructure provides access to large pools of heterogeneous hardware resources,promotes reusability of software installations, documentation and educational content, andprovides standard Web-based user interfaces 8 . It has been

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Ronna Turner; Ken Vickers; Greg Salamo

technically proficient at their job and at the same timeunderstand the economic and engineering implications of their decisions.” 2. The Boeing CompanyCEO Philip Condit has stated that “… it is important that engineering education also have breadth.Students need to know about business economics: What does it cost to build a project? What’sinvolved in integration?” 6.On the other end of the business size spectrum, small entrepreneurial technology startups arerequiring their smaller employee base to not only develop the technology, but also to manufactureand market it. Robert Morgan has reported the results of a meeting of fifty leaders of the NationalAcademy of Engineering (NAE) that “Engineering employment in manufacturing has movedsomewhat from

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Penelope Peterson; Frank Fisher

developed with the primary goal of “influencing student attitudes rather than impartingcognitive knowledge”11. Other researchers have realized the roles that student attitudes can play onstudent performance, and discuss the utility of studying these changes in students12. Ultimately, wefeel that it may be possible to introduce learning opportunities in the curriculum (in unit sizesranging from single assignments, to larger projects, to perhaps portions of an entire class), with thegoal of instilling both content knowledge and these additional attitudes and cognitive dispositions instudents.The initial focus of our work has been in the field of biomedical engineering, because the interactionamong professionals of different backgrounds (engineering

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Judson Singer

class students have received two messages from their professor.The first introduces them to the lighter side of the engineering profession.“Three men: a project manager, a software engineer, and a hardware engineer are helping out on a project. About midweek they decide to walk up and down the beach during their lunch hour. Halfway up the beach, they stumbled upon a lamp. As they rub the lamp a genie appears and says "Normally I would grant you three wishes, but since there are Page 6.837.3Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American

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Andrew Lau; Robert Pangborn

developing effective study, time-management, decision-making, critical thinking and learning skills(3) Provide exposure to some of the professional skills and competencies associated with academic study and practice of engineering; • practice in skills such as use of e-mail and the Web, computation and library research • introduction to design, case studies, global perspectives, teamwork and problem-solving • opportunities to use laboratory facilities or engage in hands-on activities(4) Encourage networking and interaction with faculty, other engineering students, alumni and other industry practitioners; • in-class discussions or debate • guest visits and presentations • collaborative projects and other group

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Tanya Zlateva; Julia Burstein

, synchronizing streaming video and audio, with a slidepresentation, graphics and animation; (ii) On-line weekly office hours; (iii) Weeklyhomework assignments, proctored examinations and/or semester projects; (iv)Communication and course management through a course web site, includingdownloadable teaching materials, homework submission tools, grade management,threaded discussion, chat, e-mail. The first course taught in this format is evaluated againsta control section delivered in parallel, and in the traditional classroom format. Studentperformance and satisfaction in the distance and on-site sections, based on final grades andcourse evaluation, were very similar. In addition, responses to questionnaires targeting thetechnology and the delivery format

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Paul Lin; Hal Broberg

for the class.Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2001, American Society for Engineering Education e. The Change Your Password icon, in Figure 3, is self-explanatory. The IT department assigns an initial password and then the student can change the password to one that makes the site private to him/her. f. The WebCT Homepage icon, in Figure 3, takes the student to the commercial homepage of WebCT and can be removed, if desired. However, WebCT does offer services to students and the web site is quite interesting, so this icon was included. 8. The Project Evaluation Criteria

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Constantin Chassapis; Kishore Pochiraju; Sven Esche

generaleducational goals of the SoE at SIT. The mechanical engineering department strives to provide itsstudents an educational experience, which is balanced in its attention to fundamental principles,design methodologies and professional practice while promoting innovation and creativity.The objectives of the mechanical engineering program can be summarized as follows:1. Educate the students in fundamentals of science and engineering with emphasis on mechanical engineering applications and engineering design throughout the curriculum.2. Instill responsibility and effective understanding of social factors including legal, political, ethical, economic, and public relations aspects of mechanical engineering.3. Encourage the systems approach and project

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Amir Karimi

Economics Analysis 3 IIIA Literature 3 Literature IIIB The Arts 3 The Arts IIIC Language 0-6 Language 0-6 IV Interdisciplinary Studies 6 CE/EE/ME 4813-Senior Design Project 3 World Civilization 6 Total 48-54 Total 44-50The bill also directed the Coordinating Board to adopt rules and identify component areas for a42-semester credit hour core curriculum to be transferable among the state

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Suzanne Weiner; Honora Nerz

assignment. These often involve a great deal of interaction between thelibrarian and students. Another form tends to be assigned mostly to freshmen and sophomores:this is a short assignment created by the instructor (and usually given at the beginning of thesemester) which requires students to do some basic tasks, like look something up in the catalog.The only interaction with the librarian that occurs at this point is when the students show up atthe reference desk asking for help. Still another form is just a straightforward assignment with aresearch component, such as a term paper or a design project. These are the kinds of projectstypically assigned to the upper classes. There is little librarian interaction, because facultyassume that by the

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April Brown; Donna Llewellyn; Marion Usselman

transform teacher education programsthat prepare K-12 teachers in the areas of science, engineering and mathematics (SEM). The titleof the NSF sponsored project, InGEAR (Integrating Gender Equity and Reform"), suggested itspurpose: To promote equal access to quality science and mathematics education for boys and girls across Georgia. Equal access includes encouragement to explore and discover, intellectual challenge, and success that is born out of these opportunities. Access also includes awareness of career opportunities associated with science, mathematics and related technical fields, such as engineering.4The Georgia Institute of Technology was designated the lead institution in the consortium due toits reputation

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W. Doyle St.John

measurement instrumentation, interpreting data, device modeling and calibration, programming in Visual Basic, and computer interfacing.5. To be able to control by PC both stepper and DC motors.6. To further the practice of communicating the results of a project in writing and public speaking.Objectives one and two have resulted from a number of issues. There are countless sensorsavailable which span the range of sophistication, cost, package style, application, and otherfactors which must be considered when designing an experiment. The choice of sensor mustconsider the type of measurement instrumentation available (e.g. bandwidth or power), themeans by which it’s inner components may be probed or exposed (i.e. package style

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Terry Armstrong; Paul Rousseau; Katharine Fulcher; Carlo Felicione; Steve Beyerlein; Donald Elger

work on exams was very disorganized and difficult to follow.Written assessment. We analyzed three different collections of student writing: answers to open-ended questions on an in-class survey, essays from student homework portfolios and a reportfrom a design project. For example, on the report for the design project one team stated “These basic principles allowed us to define the situation and state the goal of the design project. Once we had done this, we started working on the project by taking small pieces at a time, so that we did not get ahead of ourselves and miss something important along the way. We began this by brainstorming to come up with a number of possible designs that could work for the project

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Peter Golding; Walter Fisher; Stella Quinones

problems and explores the worldof engineering through hands-on projects. The problem solving skills learned in this courseprovide a solid foundation for success in the math, science and engineering courses that follow.This paper describes the evolution of the ÀclusterÀ learning community, the importance of theÀclusterÀ instructor team, the development of student success strategies and critical thinking skills,the enhancement of applied math skills through problem solving, the use of hands-on projects toexplore engineering and further develop applied math skills, and the development of team skillsthat support student learning. Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Hutto; Kathryn Hollar

Page 6.1091.1of four programs: Chemical, Civil and Environmental, Electrical and Computer, Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Educationand Mechanical. The College graduated its first class in May 2000 and serves 15to 35 students per year in each of its four programs for a total of 60 to 125students per year.The hallmark of the Rowan engineering program is an emphasis on technicalcommunication and integrated, hands-on design and experimentation, which isrealized in the multidisciplinary, project-oriented Engineering Clinic sequence.Beginning in the freshman year, all students enroll in Clinics and work withstudents and