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William Szaroletta; Lloyd Ewing; Nancy L. Denton

methodical troubleshooting and encourages the student teamsto exercise caution as they prepare to collect data. An interesting observation is that severalstudents originally thought that incorporation of DAQ techniques would make their laboratoryexperience easier, but were quickly reminded by their peer team members that there was plenty ofwork to do.There are numerous positive aspects to inclusion of DAQ in lower division laboratory courses.From the students’ perspective, the greatest benefit is the redirecting of their time from relativelymindless data collection and hand recording followed by data entry (with the possibility of typingerrors generating invalid data/results) to focusing on understanding the experimental setup andmechanics concepts

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Vikas Yellamraju; Kurt Gramoll

about database or platform specific issues.Since Perl processes textual information, which is handled well by databases, Perl-DBI forms agood choice for database programming and accessing information.SQLStructure Query Language (SQL) allows users to access data in relational database managementsystems, such as Oracle, Sybase, Informix, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access. SQLstatements are used to perform tasks such as add or update data on a database, retrieve data froma database, allow users to define the data and manipulate it.ODBCOpen Data Base Connectivity (ODBC) is an Application Programming Interface (API) thatallows abstracting a program from a database. When writing code to interact with a database, oneusually has to add code that

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Anthony Tzes; Hong Wong; Vikram Kapila

of real-world experimental test-beds. Finally, even in its preliminarystage, the MPCRL has contributed to outreach programs including the Youth in Engineering andScience (YES) program,4 which encourages high school students to pursue studies in engineeringand science, and a Summer Workshop5 to expose graduate students from various universities toreal-time experimental control. This array of activities facilitates the development ofcompetencies in project-based, cooperative, and peer learning (e.g., through hands-on activities,team projects, group discussions, and team writing) and active learning (e.g., thinking,observing, brain-storming, listening, note taking, critical reading, summarizing, problem solving,conducting computer simulation

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Anant Kukreti

develop prediction equations.9. Team work and collaborative learning (between participant and participant, participant and graduate assistant, and participant and faculty mentor).10. To visual aids in communicating the test responses.11. Writing and presentation of technical reports.In each of the three “research-oriented” projects conducted in this REU Site unique contributionswere made by each group. The microconcrete group developed prediction equations (empirical)for compressive strength, split cylinder tensile strength, modulus of elasticity, and MOR flexuraltensile strength, and a mix design methodology for high strength concrete. The use of neoprenepads as dampers in bolted moment connections demonstrated by the steel connection group

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Timothy Wheeler; Dr. Rose Marra; Dr. Jack Mitchell; Dr. Charles Croskey

the payload structure, the payload power systems and harness, thedata encoder and the S-band transmitter. One of the experiments was a deployed rigid sphere.This “bowling ball”, including the onboard transmitter, data encoder and the patch array antennawere entirely student designed and built.The four instruments included a pair of Langmuir probes, a miniature mass spectrometer(purchased from Faran Scientific, Inc.), an photodiode array (built by SUNY students), and therigid sphere. The mass spectrometer quadrapole apparently burned up due to the rocket’s lowerthan expected altitude. The other instruments were not as pressure-sensitive and performed well.Students at Penn State and SUNY continue data analysis efforts as of this writing. Except

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Kathryn Jablokow

the details: (a) You are to keep a 8rhvrÃUuvxvtÃEhy throughout this course. (b) You are to write for at least 10 minutes in your journal every day, starting today and ending on the last day of class. (c) You may use any format for your journal, including the Thinking Expedition Journals that I will make available to you during our first class meeting. (d) For those of you who have never journalled before, we will discuss the process of journalling further in class. I will also put several books about journalling on reserve in the library. Content: • Your 8rhvrà Uuvxvtà Ehy is your personal “backpack” of ideas, thoughts, ques- tions, and comments related to this course

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Karen Williams; James Hedrick

varying computer skills. A collegelevel research paper and presentation have been an important part of the workshop since itsinception and both require a high level of computer competence. Thus, we cover the computerskills that students need to write a clear, concise, easy to read research paper. The Netscapebrowser and search engines are used to locate data relating to AIDS on the WWW, and their use iscovered in class. The reliability of all data must be evaluated regardless of source and some Page 6.1101.3guidelines for evaluating information found on the WWW are presented. After discussing some ofthe tools for finding reliable data the

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Edgar Conley; Linda Riley

mechanical or industrial engineering; 2) to provide students with elementary tools and methods useful in the design process and to encourage students to apply these tools by means of carefully crafted design exercises; 3) to develop teaming, interpersonal, time management and creative thinking skills; 4) to further refine communication, writing and presentation skills; and 5) to begin the process of relationship building among individual students, the instructor teaching the course, and the student’s home department.From a faculty perspective, achieving these objectives with a group of freshmen may seemdaunting. Nevertheless, such a course is often the student’s first exposure to discipline-specificmaterial, thus an improperly

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David Kelley

, writing a researchreport, or solving a chemistry problem, group members need to be aware of the standards thathave to be met. Cooperative learning is easier to structure when there is an absolute right orwrong answer to a problem, such as in mathematics, but it can be used successfully for Page 6.302.2assignments which have a varying range from right to wrong. The key is to set a specific criteriaProceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright2001, American Society for Engineering Educationor standard for the group to reach. Second, there needs to be positive goal

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Cynthia Mitchell; Anna Carew

accidental outcome of an open-ended and technicallybased design process’.Over the past two decades, The Institution of Engineers, Australia (IEAust), has moveddecisively to promote sustainable engineering practice in Australia. IEAust recently overhauledthe processes by which many Australian engineers attain two important professional milestones:undergraduate baccalaureate and professional certification/recognition. In 1999 revised NationalCompetency Standards were introduced following an extensive peer review process. TheseStandards set out the competencies expected of professional engineers and provide theframework for assessment of engineers seeking chartered membership of IEAust. Sustainability

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Kay Wilding; Claudia Grossman; Stephen Hundley; Patricia Fox

valuable for their culturalexperiences.VIII. Student PerspectivesStudents from IUPUI and BA-M are required to write reports as a part of their final grade. Thefollowing are quotes taken from student final reports that summarize their experience in theirown words. “As a student, I found this internship experience very valuable. The opportunity to work in anexciting new field such as computers is an honor in itself. But to have this opportunity joinedwith the fact that it is located in a foreign country, this is priceless.” Alice Parrotte, 1999 IUPUIinternship exchange student“Through traveling and working abroad, I realized how important it was for me to work for aglobal and well-diverse company and build skills that would provide opportunities for

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John Bourne

, Challenge-Based • Multi-Disciplinary / Integrated Learning Curricula Page 6.153.5 • Student Teaming Proceedings of the 2001 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference &Exhibition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Education • Peer Instruction (student centered • Educating Whole Person learning) Pervasive Liberal Arts • DesignTEAM 2: ISSUES

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James Nelson; Bernd Schroder

engineering from day one of their studies. They have a solidbackground in design, data analysis, report writing, teamwork, the appropriate use of softwarepackages (EXCEL, MathCAD) and problem solving. They also have been exposed tofundamental engineering principles in the settings of statics, circuits and thermodynamics.Salient features of the integrated curriculum are the reliance on active/cooperative learning andthe emphasis of connections across disciplinary boundaries. A formal reflection of the emphasison cross-disciplinary work is the fact that the co-requisite engineering and mathematics classesare considered a “block”. Students that are in the same section of the mathematics class are alsoin the same section of the co-requisite engineering

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Richard Jendrucko; Jack Wasserman

interactive group projects and group discoveries. The responsibilityof learning is placed on the student rather than on the instructor. Students are responsible fortheir reading assignments and lectures are not provided on the material except for spot lectures inresponse to questions. Critical questions provided before the reading and activities following thereading are used to assess the level of student understanding. Group activities require eachstudent in a group to have read an assignment to be effective participants. The students arerequired to utilize various methodologies such as reading, writing, presenting, and problemsolving. They are also required to assess their weekly performance and the performance of theirgroup.Elements of the PE

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

objectives. Theirpresent classroom experience is writing out conscious thoughts (i.e., continuous notes). This isgreat for developing the thought process, but not necessarily for development of efficient board Page 6.1003.4notes that increase/motivate student learning. I hope they will apply our techniques when they Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationreturn, in return they will get complimentary comments from their students, while arousing theinterest of other professors in their departments or

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Daniel Raviv

: Page 6.946.12 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationAn ENGINE in a new car can be turned ON if:(The KEY is ON) AND (BATTERY is ON) AND (The A/C is OFF OR The LIGHTS are OFF)Use smallest number of NAND and NOT Gates to implement the “ENGINE ON” function.This example relates to dimensionality, modification, similarity, and experimentation strategies.b2.3) Computer Science exampleFind the general solution to the “Tower of Hanoi” problem. Write a program that will producethe solution for N disks (N< 10). In this example students experiment with a small-scale hands-on solution (segmentation

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Narayanan Komerath

6hours per week, with the number of hours varying widely between students, weeks of thesemester, and curricular demands. Each student is assigned one specific problem where s(he) isthe team leader, but is also asked to work with all other teams as needed. The specific problemmay run across years, and generally does. Examples: 1) Develop multimedia material from flowvisualization video tapes, to be used in modernizing courses (NSF project); 2) Extract vortexstrength from cross-flow image pairs (Army / NASA projects), 3) develop laser sheet imagingtechniques, 4)write JAVA user interface for an Air Force computer program, 5) design a 3-Dwind-driven manipulator. In each case, there is a PhD candidate assigned to “support” theproject, who needs the

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James Menart; Elizabeth Johnson; Gary Kinzel

EducationAppropriate software decodes the joystick commands and translates them to desiredCartesian velocity commands. Another level of software is used to translate Cartesianvelocities into joint velocities, to compare the desired joint velocity commands to the actualjoint velocity, to calculate the discrepancy, to calculate the desired motor input signals, andto write a proportional command to a motor chip. A control circuit interprets this commandand generates the desired voltage and currents to move the motors.A modified version of the final prototype for last year’s design is shown in Figure 2. Thegoal of the 2000-2001 design is to reduce the costs associated with producing the prototypeof Figure 2. In this year’s project, WSU is responsible for the arm

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James Masi

, developed byfaculty, scientists, and engineers throughout the United States. They discuss issues of MSE(materials science and engineering) with people from education, industry, government, andtechnical societies, and hear about new MSE developments. Half-day mini workshops in smallgroups are conducted in state-of-the-art laboratories at the host laboratories including NASALangley Research Center, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Oak Ridge NationalLaboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Boeing Airplane Company- Seattle, ColumbiaUniversity/Brookhaven National Laboratory, University of Michigan/DaimlerChrysler.An extensive peer review process of experiments is followed. After submission of abstracts,selected authors are notified of

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Ronna Turner; Ken Vickers; Greg Salamo

to all members ofthe cohort (such as management of shared office space). Other working groups may be formed bythe cohort students (or even between cohorts) to focus multiple talents on a particularly difficultresearch problem element. Both of these types of ad-hoc groups emulate situations routinelyfound in industrial technology groups, and give the students experience in peer group leadership insupport of group goals.While this operational model is a simple concept, it provides the framework that allows thestudents to know each other well enough that they accept responsibility for each other’seducational success. It also provides a framework to assign management responsibility for groupneeds to different students to organize and execute

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Vijay Arora; Lorenzo Faraone

consistent with values of society.✔ Generating and evaluating alternatives.✔ Communicating ideas to peers and public-at-large.✔ Using resources effectively (enhancing production capability PC) and efficiently (enhancing production P). PC/P balance is a must to derive optimal benefits.In the next section, we discuss how a human brain can turn into an entrepreneurship savvy oneby following a model proposed by Ned Hermann and extensively discussed by Lumsdaines.2 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 6.1.9 Copyright©2001, American Society for Engineering