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discussions between several faculty members that alternately teach the Dynamicscourse. It has been implemented in a standard classroom setting, as a guide for students tofollow when doing homework problems and more extensive projects. In this case allassignments must follow the framework, and students must show their work for each of theapplicable steps. Additionally, because of the continuing trend towards the use of technology forsolving almost all engineering problems in industry, the framework was implemented in a web-based educational tool so that students can learn problem-solving skills in the mode that they willlikely be using those skills, i.e. on a networked computer. In both cases the usability and

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students interpreted the actual speed atthe break. Maximum lift coefficients ran from about 1.5 in the clean configuration to about 2.3with full 40 degrees of flap. While these results seem a bit on the high side, they are,nevertheless, in the ballpark area. Prior to offering the course, a student who was a licensed pilot,investigated all the experiments as a special project course. He found the CLmax to be 1.39 clean,and 1.74 with full flaps, more reasonable values. Because the stall speed is squared in thecalculation, very slight error in reading it results in considerable difference in CLmax.Power required measurements yielded fairly good curves in the higher speed range, but weredifficult to measure accurately at the lower speeds. It was

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class in total. Once refined, the teamsembark on a number of tasks, delegated to individual members. These tasks include: creatingworking drawings, developing a detailed materials list, creating a working prototype, analyzingsimilar products on the market, developing a cost estimate along with profit projections andconducting a market survey of 100 people. Two to three weeks are allowed to complete thiswork.During presentation of their product engineering work, the teams distribute packets summarizingthe results. Class members listen to the presentations, discuss the information in the packets andask questions. The objective is to identify which one of the four or five products has the greatestpossibility for success. The task is not easy and

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: Project 2061. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. 5. National Education Goals Report. (1993). Summary guide -- the national education goals report: Building the best. Washington, D. C. 6. Anderson, R. (1995). Curriculum and reform: Dilemmas and promise. Phi Delta Kappan 1, 33-36. Page 6.1107.8 “Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2001, American Society for Engineering Education” 7. Yager, R. (1991). The constructivist learning model -- towards real reform in science education. The Science Teacher, 58 (1), 52

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himself to the class [Calculus].” Working Physical and “Let us use CALCULATORS!!!! [Calculus].” Conditions environmental “…more comfortable seats…It is kind of hard to pay attention conditions of when you are squirming in agony in your seat [Calculus].” work, amount “Have a microphone for the professor [Calculus].” of work, “Build little television monitors on the back of all the chairs so that facilities they show what the professor is projecting [Chemistry].” available for “Build a sound-proof booth around every student so that each…can doing the concentrate

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each semester. One primarygoal of the evaluation will be to obtain feedback that can be quickly implemented. Furthermore,students exiting the new courses emphasizing mechanics-materials links will be tracked in othermechanics courses with regard to their performance, percentage of students using such principlesin capstone design projects, undergraduate research, and percentage of students pursing graduatestudies in the area of mechanics and materials. Thus, the total impact of the developedcurriculum will be known clearly over a span of about 4-5 years.5. AcknowledgementThe authors acknowledge the support of the National Science Foundation under grant no. NSFDUE 9972394. Any opinions, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this paper

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Elliot Douglas, University of Florida

, “A Freshman Design Experience: Retention and Motivation”, Proceedings, ASEE Annual Conference, ASEE, 19963. Rizkalla, Maher E., Charles F. Yokomoto, and Carol L. OLoughlin, “A New Design-Oriented Approach for Freshman Engineering”, Proceedings, ASEE Annual Conference, ASEE, 19964. Courter, Sandra Shaw, Lymon Lyons, Susan Bolyard Millar, and Andrea Bailey, “Student Outcomes and Experiences in a Freshman Engineering Design Course”, Proceedings, ASEE Annual Conference, ASEE, 19965. Hiles, Kirk E., “A Project-Based Freshman Engineering Design Experience – FIRST”, Proceedings, ASEE Annual Conference, ASEE, 19976. Kallas, M. Nabil, Renata Engel, and Dhundy Sathianathan, “Teaching Design Skills in the Freshman

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course, develop a syllabus or field project, prepare a research proposal, balance workoverloads, present an appeal to a faculty member or department chair, ask for an assignment Page 6.716.1change, learn the “unwritten rules” of the organization (e.g., dress codes, address titles, social Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Educationstyles and norms), etc. Mentors and protégés also may address psychosocial issues such as howto deal with difficult peer or faculty relationships or

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Corinne Darvennes; Sally Pardue

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education”Figure 1. Air track demonstration unit, 2DOF system set-up with motor input at leftmechanism. The signal was displayed on a Tektronix digital scope and projected onto the screenvia an overhead projector and camera system.Example demo: On a SDOF setup, we measured free response to a displacement input. Weasked the students to describe what they saw on the oscilloscope and they named the sine wave.Thus the harmonic response that is always assumed mathematically became real for them. Wemeasured period and demonstrated how to change this into natural frequency of the system.Informing the students of the mass, we

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Thomas Barnwell; Ronald Schafer; Joel Jackson; Douglas Williams; David Anderson; Monson Hayes III

to a web site. If anything, online students require moreindividual attention than traditional classroom students, especially if they are involved in hands-onlearning projects. We also feel that the benefits of online education, in many cases, justify theincreased cost. Finally, we believe that Internet-based education will continue to grow, especially Page 6.763.6 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Educationin the area of corporate training. As this field expands we must work closely with

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copyright act1 protects intellectual property that is “fixed in a tangible medium ofexpression2.” The intellectual property that is of concern for faculty is that of copyright and therights that flow from its ownership. The copyright protects original works of authorship such asnotes, texts, and multimedia works amongst others. As with any property the owner has certainrights and these rights are often referred to as the “bundle of rights”. The bundle of rightsincludes the rights to own it exclusively, exclude others from having or deriving any benefit fromit, and alienating it; that is, to convey to others any rights which you may have in the property.However, many faculty projects are considered “work made for hire”3 and as such are generallythe

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projections from the U.S. Bureau of LaborStatistics “call for the number of engineering jobs to continue rapid growth, far outpacing jobgrowth for the labor force overall.”2Of further interest in this discussion is the trend in engineering technology (ET) education andspecifically for the associate degree programs. From the numbers provided in the Engineering &Technology Enrollments, Fall 1999 report3, enrollments for engineering technology programs arerelatively stable though still 4-5% less than they were in 1990. These programs are either losingan increasing number of students between the first and second year or the two-year degree istaking longer than two years for a growing population of students (see figure 1

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, Markov decision processes, systems engineering methodologies, andengineering education.1 Gorman, M., Richards, L., Scherer, W., and Kagiwada, J., "Teaching Invention and Design: Multi-Disciplinary Learning Modules," ASEE Journal of Engineering Education, April 1995, pp. 175-186.2 “ASEE Project Report: Engineering Education for a Changing World”, ASEE Prizm, December, 1994, 20-27.3 Masi, C.G., “Re-engineering Engineering Education”, IEEE Spectrum, September, 1995, 44-47.4 Ladesic, J.G., and D.C. Hazen, “A Course Correction for Engineering Education”, Aerospace America, May, 1995, 22-27.5 Richards, L.G., M.E. Gorman, W.T. Scherer, R.D. Landel, “Promoting Active Learning with Cases and Instructional

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William Sutton; Kathryn Laskey; Elbert White; Mark Houck

: GraduatingAccomplish other non-courseassessment instruments - OIA ã ã ã ã ã ã ã ã seniors will complete OIA Survey Each spring, at the completionSenior Project Self-Evaluations ã ã ã ã of Senior Design capstone courseAssess Program Outcomes A-F ã

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Techniques - Spring 2000 Reading Assignment Read Sections 1-6 and 1-7 in your Rehg textbook (pgs. 17 - 23, including the figure and table on p. 23). Answer the following question. (For some there is more than one right answer.) For the following products, suggest which type of manufacturing system would be appropriate: project, job shop, repetitive, line, or continuous. Explain your reasoning. Manufacturing Product Reasoning System Type ball point pens aftermarket automotive parts electronic calculators

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human consciousness?In the life sciences, current research is mapping out detailed knowledge of the humanbody. The human genome project is making rapid progress. Meanwhile, in thetechnological and engineering sciences machines are being designed and built to functionlike the human organism. Robots are being built and designed not just to perform dirty,repetitive tasks humans prefer not to do, but for complex, reasoning tasks requiringcognition, perception and sensitivity. In Japan, at the Science University of Tokyo, arobot has shape-memory actuators that move like muscles creating facial expressionsbeneath the robots silicon skin.' Tatsuya Matsui, creator of RoboCup, the robot soccerplaying team, is now working on the next evolution of his

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allocation, prioritization and scheduling of connections, protection from performance attacks, e.g., distributed denial of service (DDoS). • Internet applications DNS/Web/File/Mail Server configuration, intrusion detection and protection.4. Summary VNL represents an aggressive approach to quality instruction of network engineeringstudents in higher education. Integrating numerous complex functions into a livelytraining environment makes it a major challenge. The research team is vigorouslypursuing the project, with helpful input from industry partners. The laboratory is anongoing activity, benefiting from continuous improvement and frequent technologyupdates. The remote-access technology provides a useful tool for both

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Design Project,” 1999 ASCE/EWRI International Water Resources Engineering Conference, Seattle, WA. 6. Hydropower! Contest web site: http://www.ultranet.com/~hands-on/hydro/contest.htmlJOSEPH ORLINSJoseph Orlins is an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering atRowan University. Dr. Orlins is a registered Professional Civil Engineer in Washington and Minnesota and isactively involved in water resources engineering education and research. Dr. Orlins received his B.S.C.E. degreefrom the University of Washington in 1993, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering at the University ofMinnesota in 1996 and 1999, respectively

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effect can also be demonstrated quantitatively with the existing rocketmodels, by adding additional gently-tapered streamlined shapes to the trailing edge of thecylindrical rocket body. Interestingly enough, addition of a streamlined shape to the trailingedge reduces the resultant drag force, even though there is a significant increase in surfacearea—clear indication that pressure drag effects are at work.The model rocketry DBT activity has been very well received by the students, and the level ofenthusiasm demonstrated by the students is clear indication that they enjoy the project, as well asthe competition. They clearly spend considerable time outside of class to refine their rocket

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. The Control System Toolbox, MATLAB, and SIMULINK has been the platformused at Bradley. Once the control system is optimized in simulation, the controller is then converted tosoftware or hardware for implementation.The optimum phase margin approach has been used in senior capstone projects which have consisted ofphase-locked loops, switching power supplies, and a temperature controller. It is currently being appliedto a small robot arm system by two senior students and to an industrial hydraulic application by a Page 6.152.11 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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are among the renowned scholars whohave led workshops hosted at the University of Michigan. The Educational Research MethodsDivision of the ASEE assisted with partial funding to the Student Chapter for some of theseworkshops.The most recent addition to the teaching programs and workshops is the Engineering TeachingDevelopment (ETD) Project. In 1999, the UM-ASEE Student Chapter started this multi-component program designed to improve the long-term teaching skills of graduate studentinstructors. The program consists of three parts: college-wide workshops conducted by nationallyrecognized engineering educators, departmental training and mentoring programs for graduatestudent instructors and a Teaching Fellows Program for graduate students to

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Jr., Vernon Lewis; Carol Considine

-4, 1990). Page 6.213.7 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationCAROL L. CONSIDINECarol L. Considine is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering Technology at Old Dominion University. Shejoined the faculty of Old Dominion University in fall 1999. She has fifteen years of industrial experience inconstruction estimating and project management. She received her B.S. in Civil Engineering from Virginia Techand her M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of California at

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be anticipated at the time of the assessment.The first of these objectives is addressed by introducing the class in the initial sessions toexamples of technologies that have been developed in the past, and which have led tomajor impacts on society, some of which were not anticipated. An example is theInternet. It is impossible to give an exact date for the beginnings of the Internet, althoughthe year 1969 is often given as the birthyear of this phenomenon. It was in that year thatthe Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) set up the first nodes for what wouldbecome the ARPANET, which in time evolved into the Internet6. The ARPANET wasset up to provide for communications among scientists at a number of research institutesand universities

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Electrical Engineering, New Mexico State University, Submitted to ABET, June2000.3. Occupational Outlook Handbook, Professional and Technical Occupations, Engineers,http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos027.htm.4. Placement Manual, 2000-2001, New Mexico State University, Placement and Career Services.5. Placement and Career Services, New Mexico State University, http://www.nmsu.edu/~pment/.PAUL M. FURTHPaul M. Furth received the BS degree in engineering from the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, in1985. From 1985 to 1989 he was a project engineer for TRW Technar, Irwindale, CA. He then received the M.S.E.and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, in 1992and 1996, respectively. In

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inthe small lab environment (system of large lumped-masses). The momentum gained in the useof LabVIEW both in the previous laboratory course and the Control Systems courses is alsomaintained throughout the semester. In addition, the final design project (design of anexperiment) must be fully interfaced with the software.CHALLENGES OF THE FORMAT1-Credit limitation The 1-credit limitation was a compromised solution and was made based on thefollowing criteria. While all other programs on the campus of TCNJ require approximately 120credits for graduation, the engineering program has managed to maintain a 135 creditrequirement. Although it was desirable to have four 2-credit courses, the already higher cap of135 credits prevented such an

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onspreadsheet problem solving with Excel. The bulk of the course teaches programmingfundamentals using Excel and VBA. Students develop a major Excel/VBA project and make aPowerPoint-based presentation that is videotaped and critiqued.The contact time allocated to the course does not allow for inclusion of other software packages,such as Mathcad or Matlab.University of Colorado: Introduction to Engineering Computing [ GEEN 1300 ]This 3-credit-hour course has been taught at Colorado since 1986 to all engineering students,except EE’s. It is not taught to computer science students. The course was based on the Fortranlanguage with some content covering Excel and Matlab, but Dave Clough revised the course forthe Fall 2000 semester to use VBA instead of

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Robert Kilmer; Carl Erikson Jr

Indiana University of Pennsylvania, MS in Operations Research from the Naval PostGraduateSchool, and Ph.D in Industrial Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA. Since 1994 Dr Kilmer hasparticipated in a variety of research projects emphasizing multi-disciplinary approaches to solving complex business andengineering problems. Page 6.1089.6 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Education

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

. III. Graduates will be able to communicate 3. Laboratory MAE 2040, and work effectively on team-based Experience MAE 4040, engineering projects. etc. IV. Graduates will recognize the importance 4. Computer-based MAE 1100, of and have the skills for continued Engineering etc. independent learning. 5. Humanities, Arts, and MAE 1110

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Shawn Gross; David Clarke; David Bentler; Joseph Hitt; Janet Baldwin; Ronald Welch

Engineering Educationchairs may be more suitable. The equipment in the room to include the amount of black boardspace, projection systems, etc. may limit how course material is presented. Is the classroomclose to a laboratory or is their classroom space in the laboratory if experiments are part of thelesson objectives? Is there space in the classroom for large models or demonstrations? Is thecourse covering design or is it a seminar?13 All of these (and many more) issues affect thelearning environment for the course.Even though there is an appearance at some universities that funding is only sought for researchfacilities rather than maintaining or upgrading existing classrooms, the professor must still seekout and demand classrooms that are conducive

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graduate mechanical engineers. Another seniordesign professor a t the University of Washington upon seeing the torsional lab, recounted astory of his own. Years before he had run into a torsional problem when working with a group ofsenior students on their senior project and had had trouble even finding how to analyze theproblem. Another example came from an “older” student who had been working a number of Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 6.246.3 Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Educationyears as a design engineer and was taking