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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Simon Ang; Fred Barlow; Alan Mantooth; Sean Mulvenon

Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering EducationII. Mixed-Signal/Telecommunications Courses To be prepared for careers in design, test, or CAD of MST circuits and systems, studentsneed to be exposed to the latest techniques and methods being employed in the designcommunity. Three MST courses with novel features are under development to promote studentexcellence in these areas: • Mixed-signal/telecomm modeling and simulation, • Mixed-signal/telecomm test, and • RF / Microwave circuit design. These courses are being coordinated, developed, and taught initially at the UA. Furtherenhancements aimed at

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Multi-disciplinary Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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Juan Lucena; Gary Downey

themselves forced to consider photoelectric‘scanning’ as one alternative. It seemed a natural. They were frustrated, however, because theirscience courses in mechanical engineering and one required technical elective in circuit theoryhad not equipped them to understand the complexities of a scanner. Were they abandoning theiridentities? As Thuy complained at the end of one team meeting, “This design shit has becomeEE.”Resisting the advisor’s efforts to extend them: Dr. Harris lived his career on the boundarybetween mechanical and chemical engineering. In one meeting with students, he reportedexcitedly that different plastics respond differently to the heat in a transparency machine, whichworked on a thermal basis. It had something to do with the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Risa Robinson; John Wellin

is based on the belief thatexperimentation is a critical element of the engineering profession, continuous experiences inexperimentation are desirable from a pedagogical point of view, and early hands on experiencesenhance student interest and motivation toward engineering at a time when career decisions arebeing made. These principles are supported by recent data from the educational literature. 5,6,7,8,9Since its inception in 1988, several colleges have adapted versions of the E4 program to theircurriculum. One study conducted in 1999 indicates that the retention rate of E 4 schools compared Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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Engrng Edu;An International Perspective

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2002 Annual Conference

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Zbigniew Prusak

necessary. L'Ecole Polytechniqueestablished in 1794 in Paris, is considered to be the first engineering institution with a structuredprocess of engineering knowledge transfer. The founders of that institution recognized that forfuture technological leaders (still primarily military, but increasingly civilian) knowledge and skillsneeded for a successful career, could no longer be provided by the centuries old education modelof one master and few apprentices. Education of a goal-minded individual who uses technicalknowledge as a principal tool and communicates effectively with non-technical personnel becamethe emphasis of the education in that institution. The principles of today's engineering work haveremained virtually unchanged. Increasingly

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Developing ABET Outcomes F--J

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2002 Annual Conference

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Francis Di Bella

another project theme with which to teach engineering students theDesign Process Methodology (DPM). After all, or so it is reasoned by the Instructor, ifthe Design Process Methodology could be applied to this problem, then it can be appliedto any problem that the student may be exposed to in their engineering careers. Certainly,the human sleep attendant solution offered by the magazine writer could be replaced bysome electrical-chemical-mechanical device in order to have some reasonable attempt todemonstrate the strengths of the Design Process Methodology to a mechanical system.Once again, after suitable time is spent in determining a precise Problem Statement,determining the customer and engineering specifications, conducting a

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Educational Opportunities in Engr. Abroad

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2002 Annual Conference

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Hugh Rogers; Ferdinand Walbaum

. 2Most Fachhochschulen have included a practical placement program in their courses, which meansone semester of [practical training in a company. Mostly during the main study program, studentsare expected to practice what they have learned with tasks and problems they will face duringtheir future, everyday professional experience. A degree thesis or final project covering a concreteprofessional problem to be completed in the last semester is often being developed in cooperationwith a company through this type of practical training. Small and medium-sized businesses areoften involved in these contacts with students, who frequently get their first career opportunitythrough their practical placement and degree thesis.The normal duration of studies

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Design and Innovation

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2002 Annual Conference

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Robert Knecht; Lasich Debra; Barbara Moskal

enter CSM, they have already made the decision to enter a science orengineering career. Therefore, the students at CSM may be different from other first andsecond year students who are still exploring potential careers.Another concern that should be considered is the limited number of female dominatedand mixed gender teams. Unfortunately, women are a minority in the field ofengineering and comprise only a small number of engineering students. At CSM,females comprise approximately 25% of the student population. This resulted in alimited number of female dominated (n=11) and mixed gender teams (n=8), making theidentification of significant differences difficult. Given these cautionary statements, the

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Strategic Issues in EM Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jeffrey Harwell; Donna Shirley; Hillel Kumin

engineering disciplinesi.Engineers in each discipline must, of course, be technically competent in their field. But Page 7.1020.3today’s engineers are also expected to be capable of working within modern “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Education”environments. Ability to use information technology, work in teams, understand businessand global culture, communicate, and continue to learn throughout a career have beendefined by prospective employers as vital for success in engineering.Figure 2 illustrates the

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Using Technology to Improve IE Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jerry Davis; Paul Stanfield

EducationReferences1. Lang, J.D., Cruse, S., McVey, F.D., and McMasters, J., “Industry Expectations of New Engineers: A Survey to Assist Curriculum Designers,” Journal of Engineering Education, January 1999.2. Burton, L., Parker, L., and LeBold, W.K., “US Engineering Career Trends,” ASEE Prism, May-June 1998.3. Morgan, R.P., Reid, P.P, and Wulf, W.A., “The Changing Nature of Engineering” ASEE Prism, May-Hune 1998.4. Engineering Criteria 2000, Criteria for Accrediting Engineeering Programs: Effective for Evaluations during the 1999-2000 Accreditation Cycle: Engineering Accreditation Commission. Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology; http://www.abet.org/download.htm, 30th November 1999.5. Curricula 2002; Manufacturing Education for the

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Curriculum and Laboratory Development

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2002 Annual Conference

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Prasanta Kalita; Peter Lyne; Loren Bode; Alan Hansen

thinking skills,(d) Apply strategies for problem-solving,(e) Demonstrate basic engineering principles of energy conversion efficiency,(f) Develop skills in metalworking and soldering,(g) Stage a competition in which the objective is to travel as far as possible on a smooth floor on 20 ml of ethanol, and(h) Generate enthusiasm about engineering.Modification of Course CurriculumIntroduction to Agricultural Engineering is a one-credit hour course and is specified as a“Discovery” course at the University of Illinois. Discovery courses have the common goal ofhelping freshmen in the transition to the intellectual life of the campus. Apart from introducingthe agricultural engineering discipline and career opportunities, class

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Understanding Students: Cognition

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2002 Annual Conference

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Edward Greitzer; Diane H. Soderholm; David Darmofal; Doris Brodeur

and Astronautics at M.I.T.,where he teaches courses in aerodynamics and numerical methods. His research interests focus on thedevelopment of next-generation computational tools for aerospace applications. In 1996, he received anNSF CAREER award.DIANE H. SODERHOLMDiane Hauer Soderholm is the Instructional Designer in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronauticsat MIT. She collaborates with faculty to investigate, pilot and implement new teaching approaches,designs and revises courses and curriculum, and participates in the many educational initiatives in whichthe department is currently engaged.DORIS R. BRODEURDoris R. Brodeur is the Director of Learning Assessment in the Department of Aeronautics andAstronautics at MIT. She is responsible

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ECE Design, Capstone, and Engr. Practice

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2002 Annual Conference

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Paul Salama; Charles Yokomoto; Maher Rizkalla

student pre-requisites. The project topic was attractive to the students because of theirinterest in pursuing careers in the area of the project or in pursuing an advanced degree in thearea.III.2 Description of the Sample Project In order to demonstrate how a design project can be designed to satisfy the currentinterpretation of multi-disciplinary teamwork in a design project, we will describe a project thatinvolved the transmission of compressed video over the Internet. This will allow the utilizationof the Internet for video-conferencing, diagnostic medical procedures, and industrial processcontrol as well as many other technologies. Students were required to investigate problemsassociated with the transmission of real-time audio and video

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Academic Prerequisites for Licensure

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2002 Annual Conference

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Howard Epstein

professional degree?Notable in the comments that were considered as not directly related to the TC report, category(5), included an anonymous comment that market forces should be used to improved CE salaries.Several other comments concerned the role and training of technologists versus engineers. Dr.Doug Hambley wrote that, “Raising the entry standard to a master’s degree will not guarantee ahigher standard of performance on the job, and it may drive a lot of potentially brilliant engineersinto other careers.” This type of comment showed up in many of the statements submitted.The Task Committee for the First Professional Degree – Final Report and Board ActionThe Task Committee presented their final report to the ASCE Board of Direction on October

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Tools of Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

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Robert Carpick

author acknowledgessupport from the National Science Foundation Career Program, award number CMS-0134571. Page 7.1317.9Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliographic Information1. W. McKeachie, Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research, and Theory for College and University Teachers. 10th ed.Boston: Houghton Mifflin (1999); C. Bonwell and J. Eison, Active Learning: Creating Excitement in the Classroom,ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report No. 1, 1991; K. A. Bruffee, Collaborative learning

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Eugene Niemi

Session 2793 Using Model Rocketry to Introduce Students to Aerospace Engineering Eugene E. Niemi, Jr. Mechanical Engineering Department University of Massachusetts Lowell Lowell, MA 01854Abstract This paper summarizes five years of experiences with a mini-design module intended todevelop the interest of freshmen in aerospace engineering as a career. Model rocketry was oneof several modules that students participated in during the course Introduction to

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Robert Newland; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater; Kevin Dahm

experiments are introduced in the Organic Chemistry Laboratory andthen are never addressed again. This philosophy propagates a student perception that basicchemistry is not very important to their careers. To counter this perception, we will link organicchemistry with reaction engineering and chemical process pathways courses through a series ofcommon experiments. This will illustrate to the student the importance of using chemistry fun-damentals to design chemical reactors.Reaction Engineering ExperimentsWe are proposing to develop and implement a set of 4 experiments. Each of these experimentswill be integrated through various levels in the curriculum.Micro-Mixing ExperimentIn practice the issue of mixing and chemical reactions is economically very

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Course Assessment in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Laura Lucas; Daphene Koch

unique aspects of each site visit canallow the same visit to serve several courses.Manufacturing is another example of how the students can learn more by seeing the facility. Anational curriculum for middle and high school students began in 1994 to introduce students tothe modern factory5. Teachers were introduced to the program through a video professionallyproduced by a television station. It set up teacher workshops and had interviews with thecompanies to learn how to prepare student’s visits. Teachers in social studies, science,communication skills and career training shared materials. One field trip could cover these cross-curricular areas to make the most of the event.Using a residential construction site for several courses in a

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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2002 Annual Conference

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Mani Mina

theory, and otherapplications, there are some students who still do not see why they should learn the subject. It isthe author’s opinion to let the students know their question is valid and they should seek answersas they learn more about electrical engineering. They should keep the question in their mind. Page 7.828.7 Proceedings of the 2002 American society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @2002, American Society for Engineering EducationThey should keep asking the question throughout their careers and see if they find betteranswers. The important point for the student is to

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Innovative Curriculum Development in EET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jerome Tapper; Walter Buchanan

which was gratefully utilized for this pilot experiment. · The results of this pilot laboratory were overwhelming, as students responded more than favorably in both their coursework and course evaluations. This was the first time in the history of this author’s teaching career that students did not want to leave after the three- hour “lecture-laboratory” had ended. · Subsequently to this, several additional laboratory courses were held in this facility. A proposal to the College of Engineering dean was made to assist in obtaining larger quarters for the successful endeavor. · Major domestic and international ICS manufacturers were invited to the university for a presentation about the benefits of

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Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2002 Annual Conference

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Lyle Feisel; George Peterson

an appreciation of the importance of data replication or good teamwork in a laboratory setting.] 4. Organization—organizing different values into the beginning of an internally consistent value system. [Examples: adopt a systematic approach to problem solving; demonstrate recognition of a need to balance freedom and responsibility; formulate a career plan.] 5. Characterization by a value or value complex—internalizing a value system and behaving accordingly in a pervasive, consistent, and predictable manner. [Examples: work independently and diligently, function effectively in group activities, act ethically

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Freshman Curriculum Development

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2002 Annual Conference

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Rita Caso; Jeff Froyd; Jan Rinehart; Ahmer Inam; Ann Kenimer; Carolyn Clark; Jim Morgan

culturethat fosters interdependence, women should prefer classes that emphasize cooperative learning.In fact, both studies suggest that active participation in class, class discussion, small group work,and cooperation will improve the learning environment for women.Industry involvementVery few students choose a major with a thorough understanding of the implications for theimpact of their choice of major on what they will do after graduation. Student knowledge of thepractice of engineering and possible careers paths for engineering graduates early in theircollegiate careers is minimal at best. Without an accurate picture of the value of their major forlife after graduation, students may find it difficult to justify to themselves the hours of

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Special Topics

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2002 Annual Conference

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Sheryl Gowen; Alisha Waller

composition ofthe team affect the communication? When and why do women report negative attitudes towardteam dynamics? How does working in teams of differing gender composition affect students’attitudes toward engineering as a major, a career, and an identity? We suspect that the dailyinformal communication events have a tremendous impact on students’ experiences. Page 7.133.10 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education Third, the importance of visualization skills to engineers have been espoused

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Outreach: Future Women in Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Donna Whiting; Marion Usselman

Session 1692 Gender Equity Professional Development for Teachers in a Summer Camp Setting Marion Usselman, Donna Whiting Georgia Institute of TechnologyThe attitudes and classroom behaviors of K-12 teachers can have a substantial impact on whethergirls perceive technical careers as appropriate and available to them. It is well documented thatelementary girls are enthusiastic in their pursuit of math and science knowledge, but thisenthusiasm often declines as the girls reach middle school1. Studies of classroom dynamicsreveal that teachers often

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Curriculum Development in Graphics

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2002 Annual Conference

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David Forsman; Kathryn Holliday-Darr; Michael Lobaugh

notebooks for future classes.8. Times for In-Office Meetings with students were established and these meeting were worth 5% of the total grade for the course.The rationale for the inclusion of a grade for Office visits/Notebook/Journal was to encouragethe participation of the assessment portion of the class through office visits. It was also anopportunity for the instructor to interact with the students on a more personal basis and to talk toeach student about their progress in the course, other classes, and career choices.One office visit every three weeks was required to both review progress and to determine stepsfor improvement (assessment). It was the instructor’s opinion that some students had no clue asto why they were doing poorly, or what

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Educational Trends in Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Steven Mickelson

between the options within the AE and AST curricula· To develop team skills through the use of collaborative, learning-based assignments· To introduce students to various problems (areas of interest) within the agricultural engineering and technology field· To experience hands-on laboratories related to the AE and AST options· To increase involvement in professional societies and student branches· To introduce technical writing skills during the first year of study· To make first-year composition courses more meaningful to students· To establish career development/job preparation· To receive academic guidance related to curriculum issuesThese general and specific ABE LC objectives were designed to help our departmentmeet the following college

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Pre-College Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Lori Bassman; Patrick Little

hope that these projects introduce the possibility of engineeringas a career to the students who take part in them. To this end, during the second half of theworkshop other interactive engineering tools that might excite high school students arepresented. For example, in 2001 participants were introduced to the West Point Bridge Designercontest [4].Women in Engineering and ScienceSince almost all of the attendees have a majority of students who come from groupsunderrepresented in science and engineering, a discussion of ways to encourage these students topursue these fields beyond high school is an important component of PEPS. In 2001, with theintroduction of a significant number of attendees from girls’ schools, a focused discussion onwomen

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Shahnam Navaee; Nirmal Das

computing software, an experience that will serve the students well in their futureacademic and professional careers. Page 7.1288.14 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Education% Analysis of a Statically Indeterminate Frame Utilizing the Slope-Deflection Method.% ______________________________________________________________________________________________% Program objective:% To compute the moments at joints B, C, and D of the given frame using the method of slope-deflection

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Advancing Thermal Science Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Shawn Klawunder; Blace Albert; Ozer Arnas

Session 2166 SYSTEMATIC THERMAL SCIENCE COURSE DEVELOPMENT AT THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY MAJ Shawn E. Klawunder, CPT Blace C. Albert, and Dr. A. Özer Arnas Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering United States Military Academy West Point, NY 10996Abstract The mission of the United States Military Academy (USMA) is “To educate, train, andinspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of charactercommitted to the values of Duty, Honor, Country; professional growth throughout a career as anofficer in the

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International Engineering Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Bahadur Khan Khpolwak; Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz

their books here at CHA’s facilities. A fourth alternativewould be to collect books from individual professors and send them to Herat. This last step Ihave been pursuing for a number of years and have collected some books that will be sent ifother alternatives do not work.VI. Support StaffThe administrative structure of the Faculty consists of the Dean, the Assistant Dean, theAcademic Manager, a full time technician, and a librarian. Staffing seems to be adequate for aFaculty of this size.VII. Professional DevelopmentCurrently there are no formal professional development opportunities available for the teachingstaff. This has become a major source of frustration for the teaching staff especially the juniorprofessors. They look at their careers

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Computed Simulation and Animation

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2002 Annual Conference

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Vivek Venkatesh; Nawwaf Kharma

strategies for teaching digital logic touniversity students are:· Lack of prior knowledge: Most university students encounter digital logic topics for the first time at the threshold of their university career. They possess no foundation of prior information (i.e., mental schemas) that can be used to encode new information and create new schemas of understanding. This places an onus on the instructor to successfully relate the new digital logic concepts (e.g., the binary nature of data) to existing out-of-discipline concepts (such as black & white printing and images.) Such a situation requires that the instructor or course designer (a) seek information about his/her students’ academic and professional background, as well as