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Wang Chien Ming; Mohamad Ridwan; Ang Kok Keng

components: (1) three open-book quizzes(25%), (2) one exploratory laboratory experiment (5%), (3) web-based tutorials (10%) and (4)an open book examination (65%).3. Participatory Workshop-LecturesOne problem of the conventional teaching method is in the presentation of the material.Frequently, lecturers tend to teach in the form of a monologue in front of a generally passiveaudience. This form of lecturing provides little incentive for students to attend classes. The factthat most of what they presented comes straight out of the textbooks and/or lecture notescompounds the problem. Only outstanding lecturers would be able to hold students’ attention for

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Educationstudent mentors. After a while, students begin to realize that group learning can be dynamic,productive and fun. Additionally, students learn how to function successfully in groups,invaluable experience for the future. Engaging in teamwork also lessens the feelings ofisolation for minority students while encouraging the positive aspects of community.In addition to academic workshops, another method used to enhance academic success iscourse clustering which puts minority students together in large general education courses inorder to increase diversity and reduce academic isolation. Increasing the number of minoritystudents within classrooms and laboratories diminishes any feelings of seclusion thattraditionally many minority students have had

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Russell Barton; Mary Frecker; Joseph Goldberg; Gary Stump; Britt Holewinski; Timothy Simpson

Engineering, specializing in eye tracking and human-computer interfacedesign. Dr. Goldberg received a B.S. in 1979 in Psychology, an M.S. in 1980 in Industrial & OperationsEngineering, and a Ph.D. in 1985 in Industrial & Operations Engineering and Psychology from the University ofMichigan.RUSSELL R. BARTONRussell R. Barton is Professor of Industrial Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University. He spent ten years inindustry, primarily at RCA, before entering academia in 1987. At Penn State he developed undergraduate courses inconcurrent engineering and laboratory-based statistics, as part of the Product Realization Minor. He developed agraduate course in using simulation models for engineering design, one of his primary areas of research

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Jian-ren Li; Ahmad Zagari

. CONCLUSIONThis project enables students to integrate classroom and laboratory knowledge with project-based learning. It has allowed students to develop advanced technical skills by cross-linking two Page 6.641.12sets of contemporary microprocessor technologies, i.e., Motorola and Intel, in a compact and Proceeding of the 2001 American Society for Enginnering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright c2001, American Society for Engineeringefficient way. The development of such competencies is essential in order to functionsuccessfully in today’s competitive electronic job market.Our preliminary assessment

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Qiuli Sun; Kurt Gramoll

sponsored by the California Education Round Table wasperformed in the fall of 1996 [12]. Based on this study, it is believed that the Internet and theWorld Wide Web will play multiple important roles in the higher education. Because of itspotential advantages, universities are not only one of the leading forces in developing theInternet infrastructure technologies, but also one of the first to adopt these technologies foreducational purposes. There are numerous ways to use the Web for education, such as generalcourse administration [13], information delivery [14], virtual laboratories [15], Internet-basedsimulation [16], online courses [17], and virtual universities [18].Based on current research as outlined, it is evident that work has been done

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Regina Zmich; Thomas Wolff

placed a value on the freedom of students to freelyexplore majors during their first two years. For example, all 6500 freshmen could declare one ofthe eleven Engineering programs as their intended major. In fact, nearly 1000 do so. However, theavailability of faculty, laboratories, classes and other resources required beyond the early years arenot kept in balance with declared student interests. Hence, a number of Colleges, notablyEngineering, Education, and Business, restrict admission at the junior level and in turn restrictaccess to upper-level classes to those who have competed successfully for limited upperclass seats.In the College of Engineering, junior enrollments are maintained at 750 to 800 students, includingabout 100 junior transfers

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program. Our approach stresses minimalist learning– the students learn the essential commands and capabilities of each program, and thenelaborate these on their own. The scripts include some instructions that cause errors orlead to problems. This forces the students to think about the limitations of the software,and how to overcome them. They also learn that all software has flaws. Each lesson hasan associated assignment to be completed outside the lab. Two major projects includedeveloping a personal webpage, and a CAD design competition. This paper includesexamples of student work and sample scripts.1. IntroductionIn their first year at the University of Virginia (UVa), our students are exposed to twocomputer laboratory experiences. The first

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Rose Marra; Andrew Lau; John Wise; Robert Pangborn

; • exposure to learning support services and career development resources • information on participation in cooperative education, internships, international experiences, professional societies and other student organizations • help in developing effective study, time-management, decision-making, critical thinking and learning skills3. 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, library research • introduction to design, case studies, global perspectives, teamwork and problem-solving • opportunities to use laboratory facilities or engage in hands-on activities4. Encourage

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Rami Zarrouk; Andrew Love; Maurice F. Aburdene

Session 1520 Teaching Kalman Filters To Undergraduate Students Andrew Love Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Maurice Aburdene, Rami William Zarrouk Bucknell UniversityAbstractThe Kalman filter algorithm is one of the most common estimation techniques used today, yetgenerally engineers do not encounter it until they have begun their graduate or professionalcareers, even though the concepts necessary to understand it are introduced to sophomoreengineering students. This paper presents an approach

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organization.Students were graded on the basis of homework and project reports. Peer evaluations were usedin order to discriminate among relative team member contributions. As described by Felder andBrent, team member assessments tend to be very honest with few people who appear to have aninflated view of their contributions (but some who underestimate their value). No exams weregiven in the class. No individual work was assigned in the main class, but one quarter of thecourse credit was earned in additional laboratory activities that were graded on an individualbasis.Heat Transfer Class ActivitiesClass activities revolved around a series of homework problems and projects. Homework setsintroduced topics of interest, developed experience with classical solution

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Rick Duley; A Boyanich; S P Maj

arises from hisexperiences in teaching SE principles in programming classes. r.duley@cowan.edu.auDr S P MAJ is a recognized authority in the field of industrial and scientific information systems integration andmanagement. He is the author of a text book, 'The Use of Computers in Laboratory Automation', which was commissionedby the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK). His first book, 'Language Independent Design Methodology - an introduction' ,was commissioned by the National Computing Centre (NCC). Dr S P Maj has organized, chaired and been invited to speakat many international conferences at the highest level. He has also served on many national and international committeesand was on the editorial board of two international journals concerned with

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Geoffrey Bland; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

inCalcutta, India with a honors in Mechanical Engineering in 1983, thereafter, he worked in a multinational industry for 4 yearsbefore joining Tulane University as a graduate student in the fall of 1987. He received his M.S. degree from Tulane University in1989 and Ph.D. degree from Duke University in 1992.GEOFFREY BLANDGeoffrey Bland received a BS degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering from Purdue University in 1981. Bland is amember of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes, Observational Science Branch,located at Wallops Island VA. Primary research activities are focused on the development and utilization of uninhabited aerial

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James Thom; Caroline Hoy; Raymond Thompson

THOMMark Thom is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Technology at Purdue University. He received hisB.S. from Purdue University in 1981 in Aviation Technology and was employed in aerospace engineering flight testfor eleven years. He received his M.A. in Industrial Psychology from the University of Missouri in 1989 and cameto Purdue in 1992.RAYMOND E. THOMPSONRaymond E. Thompson is Associate Professor of Aviation Technology at Purdue University in West Lafayette.Prof. Thompson founded the AOT Advanced Composite Laboratory and coordinates student services within thedepartment. His current research includes assessment, technology in the classroom, distance education, and

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collegecomputer, library and laboratory resources were available to students in the course. Andso it went, a scrambling semester with constant change.FIRMING UPBut, I had not truly involved the Engineering Advisory Council. As luck would have itduring October ‘96 the Council was meeting and I was invited to attend. I reviewed thebackground of the members in advance and found that several were financiers or venturecapitalists, others were leaders of large entities. I spoke with as many as I could before,during the breaks and after the meeting, two expressed strong interest in participating.My audience for the presentation of the plans was forming. At term end the reviewersincluded: Pierre Schoenheimer and Don Friedkin, principals of the Radix Group Inc

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Richard Upchurch; Judith Sims-Knight

Education Conference, Phoenix, AZ, 1998.36. Mourtros, N. “Portfolio Assessment in Aerodynamics,” Frontiers in Education Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, 1997.37. LaRose, G. “Documenting your course with course portfolios,” http://www.math.lsa.umich.edu/%7Eglarose/courseinfo/portfolios/page00.html.38. Stanford Learning Laboratory “Learning Careers,” http://sll.stanford.edu/projects/hlc/index.html.RICHARD L. UPCHURCHRichard L. Upchurch is a Professor of Computer and Information Science at the University of MassachusettsDartmouth. He is currently working with the assessment team of the College of Engineering, under the auspices ofthe NSF-sponsored Foundation Coalition, in developing software support for assessment and reporting. He and Dr.Sims

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Robert Anderson; Paul Duesing; Marty Zoerner; Kevin Schmaltz

), phone, and e-mail accounts thatallow for scheduling with faculty members. Teams are given extended access to thisfacility during evenings and weekends. University purchasing personnel are often usedto acquire necessary project components, and a lecture covering proper purchasingprocedures is given to the students in the Fall semester. As projects enter theconstruction and testing phases, teams may ask for a certain area in the workshop to bedevoted for their senior project, or for access to existing laboratories and equipment toconduct certain tests or use certain equipment.Interaction with the industrial contact is perhaps the key to project success or failure.Close communication with a limited – ideally just one – number of company contacts

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Geoff Swan; S P Maj; D Veal

, ’The Use of Computers in Laboratory Automation’, which wascommissioned by the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK). His first book, ’Language Independent DesignMethodology - an introduction’ , was commissioned by the National Computing Centre (NCC). Dr S P Maj hasorganized, chaired and been invited to speak at many international conferences at the highest level. He has alsoserved on many national and international committees and was on the editorial board of two international journalsconcerned with the advancement of science and technology. As Deputy Chairman and Treasurer of the Institute ofInstrumentation and Control Australia (IICA) educational sub-committee he was responsible for successfullydesigning, in less than two years a new, practical

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Larry Shuman; Graciela Perez; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre; Harvey Wolfe

the area of operations researchmethods to the health field, he is now active in the development of models for assessing engineering education.MARY BESTERFIELD-SACREMary Besterfield-Sacre is an Assistant Professor in the Industrial Engineering Department at the University ofPittsburgh. Her principal research interests are in empirical and cost modeling applications for quality improvementin manufacturing and service organizations, and in engineering education evaluation methodologies. She has beenassistant professor at the University of Texas -El Paso, and has worked as an Industrial Engineer with ALCOA andwith the U.S. Army Human Engineering Laboratory

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Sarah Lewis; Renate Fruchter

Engineering Education”RENATE FRUCHTER 5Renate Fruchter is the director of the Project Based Learning Laboratory (P BL Lab) in the Department ofCivil and Environmental Engineering, and a senior research associate at CIFE, at Stanford. She leads a researcheffort to develop collaboration technologies for multidisciplinary, geographically distributed teamwork, and e-Learning. She is the leader and developer of the innovative “Computer Integrated A/E/C” course launched in1993 and currently offered in a global setting including universities in US, Japan and Europe.SARAH LEWISSarah Lewis is a Graduate Student in the Learning, Design, and Technology M.Sc. Program in the School

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at the campus. InMechanical Engineering Technology 206 (Dynamics and Machine Elements), students are givenclass assignments (laboratories) involving several aspects of the vehicle design. Studentsmeasure suspension components on an existing vehicle, develop a kinematic model in softwareand analyze the kinematics and dynamics of the structure. They also investigate a gearbox andanalyze a complete vehicle drive train. In Engineering Graphics Technology 114 (SpatialAnalysis and CAD), students draw vehicle components in AutoCAD for class assignments.Students in Mechanical Engineering Technology 210W (Product Design) work on assignmentsinvolving drive trains and gearing using the vehicle systems as examples. Students inElectromechanical

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., E.C., Challenges of Delivering Undergraduate Engineering Programs to Place-bound Members of the Technical Work Force, Proceedings of Frontiers in Education Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, Paper F1B.3, 1997.30. Kiernan, V., Rewards Remain Dim for Professors Who Pursue Digital Scholarship, The Chronicle of Higher Education, pp. A45-A46, April 28, 2000.31. Bruce, R.G., Distance Delivery and Laboratory Courses, Proceedings of Frontiers in Education Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, Paper F1B.1, 1997.32. Buchanan, E., Going the Extra Mile: Serving Distance Education Students with Resources and Services, Syllabus, Vol. 13, No. 9, 2000, pp. 44.47.33. Walker, D., Britain Plans A Major E-University with Goal of Competing

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Philip Parker; Max Anderson; Michael Penn

Page 6.792.11 Proceedings of 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationSite VisitDuring the site visit the evaluator spent Sunday through Tuesday on campus. During that timehe met with the program coordinator on Sunday afternoon to review the course folders and tourthe laboratories. On Monday he met with students and faculty in the program as well as facultyfrom chemistry and biology in the morning. In the afternoon he had more detailed discussionswith the program coordinator. He had questions about environmental engineering programcriteria coverage in the curriculum and what constituted proficiency in a

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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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Thomas Stanford; Michael Aherne; Duane D. Dunlap; Mel Mendelson; Donald Keating

-century. This culture is predominantly based on a science-driven, basic-research model that findsits roots in policy developments arising out of the 1945 Bush report, Science: The EndlessFrontier. The reality, however, is that most modern industrial innovative technologydevelopment does not find its genesis in the research university laboratory. Hence, it is driven bythe everyday, nitty-gritty details of living in a complex world of markets, needs, opportunitiesand responses to complex social, technical and policy problems.13 Most “real world” innovativetechnology development occurs through a purposeful, systematic needs-driven process using thecreative engineering method.3,14Re-engineering ETL graduate professional education so that it is

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will award its first graduate degree in 2001to students working at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The program is unusual in that itdeveloped from within the aerospace engineering faculty with full faculty support. Severalimportant lessons and pitfalls in the program development and in obtaining accreditation aredescribed in the paper. Foremost among these are issues of faculty ownership of educationalmaterials, faculty training requirements for the distance learning environment at the graduatelevel, course scheduling so that the students can graduate in two years, integrating the web intolecture and laboratory courses, and funding negotiations with the administration. The paperconcludes with a few strong recommendations for other

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industry.2. Provide students with a strong foundation for graduate studies in ME or AE and related fields.3. Provide students with experience in using computers and information technology in problem solving and learning.4. Provide students with hands-on experience through laboratory courses.5. Develop students’ ability to communicate and work effectively in teams.6. Develop students’ understanding of multicultural and global perspectives, as well as ethical choices inherent in the engineering profession. Supporting Outcomes of the BSME and BSAE ProgramsGraduates of these Programs will:1. Have an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering.2. Have an ability to design and conduct experiments, as

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successful. Onemechanism used in the large (1400 students) first semester computer course is a mid-semesterevaluation. The students are asked to evaluate their graduate and undergraduate teachingassistants, the course coordination, and the effectiveness of the student teaming experience.Results are returned to the Director of Laboratory Instruction. In this way, teaching assistantsissues are dealt with in a timely manner and corrected mid-semester.Another mechanism that has proven effective in the large-classes is the use of class-representatives. One student is chosen from each recitation or lab division. The representativesmeet with the lecture instructor once a week to provide feedback from the lab section on the

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Berrisford Boothe; Todd Watkins; John Ochs

financial resources and logistics needed to complete project on time and on budget.This is being accomplished with excellent support staff.Project and Program Staff SupportTo date the iP3 Program has developed funding for staff to support the e-teams. The staffincludes a program director, an outreach manager, a program manager and an academic associateto coordinate students, faculty, sponsors and facilities. Various laboratories funded and operatedby departments, institutes and centers house the technologies needed by the teams to createsuccessful prototypes. E-teams are funded to pay for the use of these facilities. E-teams arefunded to purchase the various devices, subsystems and components needed to complete theirprojects. Staff support the

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-Prescott faculty involvement was, in part, accomplished usingDistance Learning Technology (DLT) between our two campuses. In this way allinvolved had opportunities to learn how to use this technology, in addition to thefocus technologies of the program, and to assess how it may be employedbetween our student groups for interactive design projects or in offering morecourses via DLT in the future. This experience also proved helpful in identifyingfuture improvements for our engineering laboratories on the two campuses toinclude DLT capabilities.A second workshop was conducted in August to review each module developed.Participants provided comments and constructive feedback. During the Augustmeeting each participant was asked to show, in written

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students felt comfortable working within the assigned teams,actively participating in team activities. They felt that communication between team memberswas effective and perceived team members as being supportive. In general, they thought thelaboratory activity enhanced their understanding. However, engineering students felt that astronger chemistry background would have better prepared them for the laboratory exercise.Likewise, TVI technician students felt comfortable working in teams, and similarly, they felt thattheir chemistry and math background was marginally adequate. Both groups found the CD-ROM easy to use although some students asked for better navigational aids. The technicianstudents rated the visual aids, simulations, and exercises as