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Yaw Owusu

are two major underliningprinciples behind this model and these are:1. Capacity to prepare our children adequately and get them into engineering education.2. The educational system must be such that it can keep the students in engineering, graduate them within a reasonable time with the best quality characteristics (high standards).Considering the above two principles, a systems approach design model has been adoptedin treating the entire educational process from pre-school through university level.Figure 2 provides a detailed schematic diagram for this global educational modeldeveloped by Owusu1. The model uses expert system and just-in-time techniques for theimplementation and evaluation of the educational process. The major team

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J.B. Troy; David Kanter; B.J. Reiser

Session 1609 A Systems Physiology Instructional Environment for Biomedical Engineers: a Design Grounded in the Learning Sciences D.E. Kanter 1,2, B.J. Reiser 2, J.B. Troy 1 1 Department of Biomedical Engineering / 2 School of Education and Social Policy Northwestern University, Evanston, ILAbstractTo the extent that Biomedical Engineering (BME) is rooted in the biological and medical sciences,a core Systems Physiology course provides undergraduates with an important learning opportunity.However, the rapid evolution of BME’s biological and medical foundations

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Ryan Wicker; Connie Della-Piana; Bill Diong

6.926.3implement process.Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2001, American Society for Engineering Education To run the described software and hardware in this laboratory are 10 Pentium II PCs thatwere donated by the Hewlett-Packard Foundation. A network server and printer, also donated bythat Foundation, round out the list of equipment available in this lab. The following figure shows the hardware configuration for each station in this laboratory. Figure 1 – Dynamic Systems and Controls laboratory station configurationIII. Impact on UTEP’s Electrical and Mechanical Engineering programs Our plan to motivate students in their study of engineering

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Maliaca Strom

bereduced. Hence, it was determined that the UA Library would move to maximize access tocontent, while reducing the growth rate and collection costs, by implementing a "no duplication"policy.1 Materials that were available in both print and electronic formats would only bepurchased in one format, preferably electronic.Although the purchase of a variety of library materials (e.g. books, databases, journals) wasincluded in the "no duplication" policy, the policy most greatly impacted the UA Library’smovement towards electronic journal subscriptions. Instead of canceling print subscriptionsimmediately and relying solely on the electronic journal collections to provide content to librarycustomers, the UA Library established a one-year period to work

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Jeff Fant

Collin County would identify CCCC with the term:Engineering Technology.Efforts to recruit students to CCCC’s division of Engineering Technology have notbrought in the desired number of students to this major. We need to implement atechnology awareness program. Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual conference & Exposition Page 6.928.1 Copyright 2001, American Society for Engineering Education 1 Session

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Gregory Kremer

problems efficiently and creatively. Assessmentsin several of those studies have shown that: 1) Students that received practice applying a strategyoutperform, on numerous measures, students who did not receive such an experience1, and 2)Upon reflection students appreciate the value added by the use of a strategy, making commentssuch as “I discovered that the same, organized approach can be applied to actively solvetechnical problems and to the problems of understanding new concepts and learning.”2In an educational setting we are not only interested in helping students to develop practical skillsfor solving problems, we are also interested in the pedagogical effects of the use of a frameworkon student learning of concepts. Does the use of a

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Patricia Brackin; Julia Williams

information about students’ abilities.SELF-ASSESSMENTDuring the winter quarter of 1998-99, students were asked to write paragraphs providing evidencethat they were meeting the teaming objectives. Two samples of student work are shown below.Company and student names have been omitted. Sample 1: “Throughout our design process I have helped in many ways. I have come up with new and different ideas to help our group solve the design problem presented to us. I have offered suggestions for improvement on other members’ ideas. And I helped choose the solution that we will present to Company X. Throughout the design process I have remained objective and impartial and open to other members ideas. Now that we

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Roman Stemprok

with distributed control systems as well asboth low-level human and high-level human interfaces. The students learned about powerfulcommunication networks able to provide complete, integrated, process control solutions tocomputer interface devices, shared communication facilities and electrical power systems. In thedistributed control field, major issues from the industrial customer’s viewpoint were alsoexplained.5IIIb. Real Time Simulation (BEE 5243)The Real Time Simulation course (BEE 5243) was provided to the fifth semester studentsspecializing in Instrumentation and Control, Figure 1. The course focused on integration of real-time operating system software and system architecture for applications with time-criticalconstraints.16 The

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Yi-Zun Wang; Mohammad Saifi

not handle the situation around him/her, the student will fail. We use the"Academic Success Skills Survey" 1 as an assessment tool. The questions on the survey tellstudents what the positive attitude is. We did both individual and team surveys the first day ofthe class and also at the end of the semester. From the students’ response to the survey, we canmeasure how their attitude has changed.The results show that the students have made significant changes in the following aspects:-" I recognize the importance of goal setting and I have clear academic goals."-" I am highly motivated through a clear understanding of the rewards and opportunitiesgraduating in my chosen major will bring to my life."-" I make effective use of my peers by frequent

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Arthur Johnson

: 1) A capacity element. Using this element would signify that the number of migrating animals is finite, whatever could be stored in the capacity element. Flow of animals from the element would decrease as the migratory pressure, and the number of animals upstream, decreases. 2) A pressure source. Using this element would signify that the migratory pressure of animals attempting to move through the valley does not decrease with the passage of animals. However, the constriction of the valley still has an effect on the flow of animals through it. 3) A flow source. Use of this element would mean that flow of animals would be constant, and not affected by the resistance represented by the

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Robert Y. Ofoli; Mackenzie Davis; Craig W, Somerton

DevelopmentThe development of this program is detailed in Somerton et al [1]. A proposal for this collegeteaching certificate program was formulated by a committee of faculty and graduate studentsduring the 1998-99 academic year. The proposal was forwarded to the Dean of the College ofEngineering at Michigan State University, and after review by the administrative group of thecollege, the decision was made to go forward with the program. A coordinating committee ofthree faculty members (the authors of this paper) were identified to develop the two coursesassociated with the program. One purpose of this coordinating committee was to provide, on arotating basis, the instructor for the first three offerings of the theory and practice course. Thecollege

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Kwok Pang

they would see applications either in the fourth year or when theyworked in industry. “You know what,” he said “the students do not trust us.” It is my intent toadopt his inductive method of teaching applications first before differential equations, entropy orenthalpy. To teach chemical engineering applications to the freshmen, I needed something forthem to see. What is better than pointing at a physical model which is an exact replica of acomplete chemical plant and say that this is chemical engineering at work?Figure (1) shows the photograph of the Chevron’s TAME (tertiary amyl methyl ether) plantwhich was constructed in 1995 to produce high octane TAME for gasoline blending. On thephotograph, you will see several students attempting to

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Elizabeth Berry; Robert Lingard

sections of Computer Science 380, "An Introduction toSoftware Engineering," we provided some specific, but limited instruction in groupcommunication and administered the Kolbe A Index.1 The Kolbe A Index is an instrument thatmeasures conation, or a person’s inherent talent or natural way of doing things and predicts what aperson will or will not do, given the freedom to act. Widely used in the corporate world, the KolbeA Index is valuable method for putting together synergistic teams.Our experience has demonstrated the value of instruction in group process and the benefits ofassigning students to teams based on their conative talents. An analysis of success of teamprojects over a two year period shows a statistically significant correlation

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Stephen McKnight; Gilead Tadmor; E Everbach; William E. Cole; Michael Ruane

language of continuing utility, but withoutthe complications of variable typing and declarations. Early laboratory experiences includeprogramming loops to cause stepper motors to move a flag, control through photocell feedback,and measuring acoustic velocity and distance by appropriately thresholding a reflected acousticsignal. As a final project, students write a program to control the movement of an ultrasonicsensor to image a metal target encased in an opaque gelatin package.1. IntroductionSince computation is ubiquitous in engineering practice, a freshman course in computation orcomputer programming is a feature of most engineering curricula. These courses are often lessthan satisfactory for both the students and the instructor. While contact

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Jr., Donald Horner; Dr. Jack Matson

Session #3242 Teaching Creativity, Innovation, and Change in the Leaderless Classroom Donald H. Horner, Jr., Jack V. Matson, The Pennsylvania State UniversityIntroductionCreativity: having the power to create; marked by originality; imaginative. Innovation:the act of innovating or producing something new or unusual. Change: to makedifferent; to alter; to transform.1 Different concepts? Yes. Related concepts?Definitely. Teachable concepts of particular relevance to engineers? Without question.Definitional differences notwithstanding, there exists a shared essence

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Bertram Pariser

Session 1148 Teaching Critical Thinking Bertram Pariser TCI, The College for TechnologyAbstractThis paper describes the challenge of Teaching Critical Thinking to a class of physicsstudents at TCI, The College for Technology in the fall semester of 2000. Besidesachieving its goal of helping students to think critically, teaching critical thinkingprovides fun and students find it quite rewarding. Students are encouraged to work oncreativity throughout the semester, in class, in laboratory experiments, on homeworkproblems and in the creation of examinations. 1

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James Svoboda, Clarkson University

. Page 6.939.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ¸ 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationElectric Circuits WorkoutThe Electric Circuits Workout is designed to help students learn about electric circuits byproviding numerous practice problems and immediate feedback regarding the correctness of thestudents solutions to those problems. The problems are separated by topic. At present, theElectric Circuits Workout includes problems on 16 topics:1. Ohm’s and Kirchhoff’s Laws: Simple circuits2. Ohm’s and Kirchhoff’s Laws: Circuits with Dependent Sources3. Voltage and Current Division, Series and Parallel Resistors4

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Bruce Perlman; Roli Varma

represents: (1) expertise, which stems from prolongedspecialized training in a body of abstract knowledge; (2) autonomy to make choices whichconcern both means and ends; (3) commitment to the work and the profession; (4) identificationwith the profession and fellow professionals; (5) ethics to render service without concern forself-interest; and (6) collegial maintenance of standards to police the conduct of fellowprofessionals1. The American Society of Civil Engineers describes the engineering profession as“a calling in which special knowledge and skill are used in a distinctly intellectual plane in theservice of mankind, and in which the successful expression of creative ability and application ofprofessional knowledge are the primary rewards”2

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William Mueller; Philip Pritchard

presentations. Page 6.941.1 Proceedings of the Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 1. A Web page from the MathSoft Learning SiteMathcad itself is well known to engineers as an easy-to-manipulate tool for everyday problemsolving. Mathcad’s user interface allows regions of text, equations, numerics, and graphics, aswell as regions connected to external applications, to be arranged freely on the page. The inter-connectivity of the various regions is also freely arranged, resulting in a creative

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John Tharakan

environmental engineering practice, students arebetter primed for, and more receptive to, an introduction to the principles and technologies ofenvironmental engineering.I. IntroductionAs awareness of the importance of environmental issues grows, and as students begin to demand Page 6.942.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationand require training and education in this area, universities around the world have seen theincorporation of environmental issues into courses across the curriculum (1). In

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Sema Alptekin; Reza Pouraghabagher; Patricia McQuaid; Daniel Waldorf

makes use of state-of-the-art industrial grade production equipment, computerhardware and software in the form of the following two systems: 1) a functioning "real" factoryhardware environment, and 2) a Production Planning and Control Center.The overall objectives of the Teaching Factory are:• to graduate better professionals by providing leading edge concepts in modern manufacturing, enabling them to effectively compete in today's industry• to enhance the current curriculum that will focus on modern manufacturing concepts• to demonstrate viable solutions to the dynamics of technological challenges across the entire integrated business enterprise• to transfer technology and information from and to partner companies as well as local

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Marshall Coyle; Christal Keel

Page 6.944.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Educationboundary conditions and how they can affect the solution.II. Present TrendIn an effort to get a general feel for when (and if) FEA is being taught in engineering programs,an informal survey was conducted. This survey was administered using an engineeringtechnology list server containing roughly 2,000 people, representing over 500 educationalinstitutions, along with a list of people recognized as experts in the finite element analysisfield.[7] The survey asked educators 1) whether they currently offered finite element analysis intheir

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Hubert Smith

was launched. Students were divided into groupsof three for the laboratory portion of the course, and each week they were scheduled for an in-flight lab session. Experiments were conducted in the following topics: 1. Airspeed calibration 2. Stall speed measurement 3. Power required and drag determination 4. Climb performance and ceiling prediction 5. Takeoff distance 6. Static longitudinal stability and neutral point 7. Dynamic longitudinal stabilityThe course was taught by a qualified pilot, who also acted as the test pilot/lab instructor for theflights. This

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Daniel Raviv

Education DÃuvÃqrhÃurÃyvÃvÃssrrqÃhÃqrhy)ÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃà à @hÃhyyà "ÃivrÃÃ7)ÃÃhsrÃrhvtÃurÃsvÃià WK urÃuhÃÃpà "ÃivrÃpypxvrÃrhÃurà " Ãrà WK pà "ÃivrÃhthvÃrhÃurà " ÃrÃhqÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃà à UurÃyhÃiÃÃirÃrhrÃÃirÃurÃiyrÃrÃà PurvrÃurrÃvÃÃqrhyÃÃXurrÃuyqÃurÃh4ÃThere are several possible solutions to this problem. Clearly “trial-and-error” willeventually lead to a solution (Experimentation). However, more efficient solutions canbe utilized using the eight-dimensional methodology: 1. Dimensionality: Start at a bunny (your choice) and find which bunny is the last one to be eaten

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Karen Horton

strengths of materials. Dynamics is a corequisite. TechnicalVibrations focuses on three areas: 1. analysis of one degree of freedom spring-mass-dampersystems with an emphasis on the design of machinery foundations; 2. use of a portable spectralanalyzer to perform resonance testing and machinery vibration testing; 3. room airborne noisepredictions due to machinery noise. MathCAD is used to solve graphically the second orderordinary differential equations describing free and forced single degree of freedom systems.Machinery measurements are taken at the University Central Heating Plant using the CSi Model2110 Machinery Analyzer. Predictive maintenance concepts are addressed.Objectives of New Course “Industrial Vibrations”A large percentage of

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Michael J Batchelder; Daniel F. Dolan

havefailed due to overheating, circuits have failed due to vibration, and circuits have faileddue to moisture from heavy rain. Packaging, printed circuit boards, connectors, andpower distribution must be designed to withstand the harsh conditions encountered inracing. Heat, vibration, and rain must be considered.The instrumentation team must design to meet safety standards. Strict rules forcompetition govern the solar car design: (1) size of cars, total photovoltaic cell area, andstorage batteries (2) mechanical safety: steering, braking, impact, rollover and (3)electrical safety: isolation, grounding, fusing, signaling, and switching. This givesstudents experience in meeting strict specifications not often encountered in studentprojects.Students

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Hugh Jack

the needs of local industry. This includes a sequence of courses [1] that explore theconcepts of controls and automation. The first course, offered in the fifth semester, is EGR 345 -Dynamic Systems Modelling and Control. This course covers topics including basic linear controlsystems. This is followed in the sixth semester with EGR 450 - Manufacturing Control Systems.This course uses PLCs as a base platform to explore topics such as logical and sequential control,analog IO, linear control, and data communications. The final course in the sequence is EGR 474- Integrated Manufacturing Systems.EGR 474 was offered for the first time in the summer of 1998. It used a more traditional approachto teaching integrated manufacturing. This included

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Rami Zarrouk; Andrew Love; Maurice F. Aburdene

” equation below) as asolution M xi x=∑ (1) i =1 Mwhere xi is the i-th measurement of some quantity x (resistor value in our case), and M is thenumber of measurements, but they are often unclear as to how an average helps the situation. Atthis point we introduce (or remind them of) the equation for the uncertainty of an average13: Measurement Uncertainty r σ x = Average’s Uncertainty

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Robert Bishop; Richard Dorf

theirlearning materials, including the textbook entitled Modern Control Systems1, the supplementaltext Modern Control Systems Analysis and Design Using MATLAB and Simulink2, and thewebsite http://www.prenhall.com/dorf achieves this balance, hence can play a significantrole in presenting practical notions of design of control systems in a chalk-and-talk lecture.It is important to introduce students to the process of control system design in a fashion that isfamiliar and inviting. To this end, for students studying control systems we suggest a series ofsteps embodied in the familiar block diagram form shown in Fig. 1 to guide students through thedesign process. Since design is a creative endeavor, there is not a unique design approach thatalways leads to

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Durward Sobek

studentsimprove ladder program quality and/or problem-solving efficiency.1. IntroductionProgrammable Logic Controllers (PLC’s) are specialized microcomputers specifically designed forautomated discrete control of industrial processes. Any engineering student interested in industrialautomation would benefit from a strong grounding in this technology. At Montana StateUniversity, the Industrial and Management Engineering program offers PLC programming as partof the first course in computer integrated manufacturing. This paper describes the results of aclassroom research project conducted to test the efficacy of an alternative approach to solving PLCprogramming problems.PLC’s are unique from other microcomputer-based systems in that the most commonly