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Pre-College and ECE Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Meyers; Donald Kirk

disciplinarynature of “technological literacy” has prompted a College of Education - Collegeof Engineering collaboration at San José State University.A team of six faculty members from the Colleges of Education and Engineering,including the deans of these colleges, is designing a course in technologicalliteracy for pre-service K-6 teachers. The course, which features hands-onlaboratory experiences, emphasizes how common, technologically-based systems,processes and products work and how they are designed.The major learning goals of this innovative course are for students in the course,who are pre-service teaching majors, to demonstrate: 1. Knowledge of the K-12 standards related to technology 2. Understanding of the processes involved in the

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Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Orwat; Mark Evans; Joseph Hanus

Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliography1. Cotton, Kathleen and Wikelund, Karen Reed, “Educational Time Factors”, Close-Up #8, Research You Can Use, School Improvement Research Series (SIRS), Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, 2001, http://www.nwrel.org/scpd/sirs/4/cu8.html.2. Anderson, L. "Student Involvement in Learning and School Achievement." CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH 26 (1975): 53-62.3. Anderson, L. "Policy Implications of Research on School Time." THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR 40 (1983): 25-28.4. Borg, W.R. "Time and School Learning." In TIME TO LEARN, edited by C. Denham and A. Lieberman

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Smith; Anneliese Watt; Caroline Carvill; Julia Williams

, you as the engineeringfaculty member are the “customer.” In the current climate of engineering education, many of usare accustomed to identifying the student or industry as the customers we serve. In the case ofwriting assignment design, however, the faculty member is initially the customer because yourneeds as an instructor—to teach particular principles, assist students in achieving certain learningoutcomes—must be the starting point. Without such consideration, you may find yourself at theend of the process complaining, “But that isn’t the writing assignment I wanted!”In order to determine the appropriate target for your design work, complete Checklist 1: CHECKLIST 1 · List the topics

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Shahnam Navaee; Nirmal Das

Session 2793 Utilization of MATLAB in Structural Analysis Shahnam Navaee, Nirmal K. Das Georgia Southern UniversityAbstractIn this paper an alternate approach to analyzing structures using MATLAB software is discussed.The procedure is to be implemented in teaching a structural analysis course offered in the CivilEngineering Technology Program at Georgia Southern University in the fall semester of 2002. Aseries of carefully selected set of problems are designed to familiarize the students to theMATLAB programming tools needed to analyze statically determinate as

Conference Session

New Ideas

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Oguz Soysal

been implemented in FSU since1998. The same group of 16 – 20 freshman students takes typically three coordinatedcourses all together, participate in various joint curricular or extracurricular activities, andsubmit journals about their experiences to three instructors teaching the learningcommunity courses. In Fall 2001, 18 students were enrolled in the engineering learningcommunity. The coordination between ENES 100 and PHYS 261 improves theproductivity by providing cross examples and better understanding of the relationshipbetween physics concepts and engineering design. ENES 100 and ORIE 100 complementeach other in various professional issues such as characteristics of good and bad designs,teamwork, technical communication, research tools

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Ward; Jonathon Smalley

Session 1453 Introduction of Design into a Freshmen Fundamentals of Engineering Course Dr. Jonathan Smalley, P.E., Dr. Robert Ward, P.E. Ohio Northern UniversityAbstractA Fundamentals of Engineering course for all freshmen in the College of Engineering wasdeveloped in 1995. This course has evolved over its 6-year life into a 3 credit hour course taughtduring the fall quarter of an engineering student’s initial year. The course combines lectureformat and computer laboratory work using MS Word and Excel. The focus is on engineeringanalysis during the

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Programming and DSP Potpourri

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Mayne

using Microsoft’sVisual C++. The VC++ programming environment has proven to be very satisfactory. Students whohave very little computer science background are able to adapt to C++ object-orientedprogramming and to the Application Wizard of VC++. They are able to do their programming inour department PC laboratories, they can take their work home easily using their own computers,and the programs that they produce look very much like the commercial programs they useroutinely. At many points in the course there is the common reaction: “so this is the way it’sdone”. The course develops specific programming and theoretical skills in computer graphicswhich transfer to any computing environment. But, by exposing students to PC

Conference Session

MINDing Our Business

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Geoffrey Bland; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

-AIR: A NASA-UMES Collaborative Experiential Learning Project”, Proceedings of 2001 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2001, Albuquerque, NM. CD-ROM.4. Felder, R.M. and Silverman, L.K., “Learning and Teaching Styles in Engineering Education”, Engineering Education, 78(7), pp. 674-681, April 1988.5. Kolb, D.A., “Experiential Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning and Development, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.: Prentice Hall, 1984.6. Svincki, M.D., and Dixon, N.M., “The Kolb Model modified for Classroom Activities”, College Teaching, Vo l.35.(4) , 1987.7. Peterson, G.D., " Engineering Criteria 2000: A Bold New Change Agent, ASEE PRISM, September 1997.8. FAA regulations PART 101 –Moored Balloons, Kites, Unmanned Rockets and

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Design and Innovation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robin Adams; Pimpida Punnakanta; Craig D. Lewis; Cynthia Atman

Session 2630 Comparing Design Team Self-Reports with Actual Performance: Cross-Validating Assessment Instruments Robin Adams1, Pimpida Punnakanta 1, Cynthia J. Atman 1,2, Craig D. Lewis 1 Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching 2 Department of Industrial Engineering University of WashingtonAssessing student learning of the engineering design process is challenging. Students’ ability to answer testquestions about the design process or record

Conference Session

Project Based Education in CE

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anant Kukreti

with the REU project team, but with other graduate students, staff,and faculty members working in the structural engineering laboratories. The bi-weekly reportswere promptly critiqued by the Project Director and returned. A suggested outline and detailedinstruction for preparing the final report was given to the students at the end of the third week ofthe project. Using the bi-weekly reports and this outline, the students prepared the final projectTechnical Report. Thus, the whole REU Site provided an insight to the participants on the issues andconcerns with design, manufacture, testing and data synthesis of a range of different structuralengineering research projects. The work accomplished by the participants in each of theseprojects

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Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

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2002 Annual Conference

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Margaret Bailey; Ozer Arnas

Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education and photovoltaic devices. The completeTable 2. Summary of ME 472 Topics listing on all 40 lessons presented in ME 472Subject Lessons is listed as Table 3.Advanced Thermodynamic Analysis 7Gas and Steam Power Cycles 5 Over the course of the semester, two guestCombustion 3 speakers from different Army ResearchPower Cycle Components 1 Laboratories visited the class to offer theirVCRC 1 viewpoints and present their currentAbsorption Refrigeration 2 research

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Program Assessment in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Neff; Susan Scachitti

student objectives or assessment measures,laboratory improvements or advances, grants or other evidence of continuous improvement. Ifno form is turned in, it is assumed the faculty member has coasted in that course that semester.The course update forms produced by an individual are attached to his or her annual report.3. Course Model At the beginning of the semester each faculty member prepares a coursemodel for at least one of their courses that shows program educational objectives, studentlearning objectives in support, assessment measures to evaluate student outcomes andanalysis/further actions. These are also attached to his or her annual report.ConclusionTC2K will require finding a recipe that works for your program. TC2K will drive

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Marie Dahleh

covered which may differfrom the department syllabus, any laboratory projects, design experience, oral or writtencommunication projects and any social or ethical issues discussed in the course. The curriculumcommittee, to determine if the department syllabus needs to be changed, reviews the coursereports annually.Senior Exit surveyAll graduating seniors are asked to fill out a survey just before graduation in the spring. Thissurvey is quite detailed consisting of 23 questions many with multiple parts. Several questionsspecifically ask the students to give an opinion about how well the department met the MEprogram outcomes. The rest of the questions were included to correspond to questions o n theone-year alumni survey and will be used for

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Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie Goldberg

specific registers and counters of the8051 microcontroller. Note these tasks are essential in microcontroller applications, and eachmicrocontroller has unique hardware and software to efficiently perform them.The assembly language code and hardware involved in these three tasks are presented in classlecture. (Figure 1 shows the assembly language code for the three tasks. Note the code may notbe complete). The students study the 8051 instructions that are employed in the three tasks.Students follow up in laboratory by entering the code with a text editor and assembling anddownloading the code using the Rigel RJ 31P 8051 board and READS51 software developmentenvironment. They construct a hardware interface board consisting of drivers and LEDs

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Trends in Nuclear Education II

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Tebbe

training with simulators in OECD countries,” 1997 IEEE 6 th Conference on Human Factors and Power Plants, IEEE, 1997.10. Bartak, J., Chaumes, P., Gissinger, S., Houard J., and Van Houte, U., “Operator Training Tools for the Competitive Market,” Computer Applications in Power, IEEE, Vol. 13, 2000.11. Corcuera, P., Garces, M., and Ryan, J., “A Training Simulator with Soft Panels,” Western Multiconference 2000, Society for Computer Simulation, 2000.12. Doster, J., “Simulation as a Tool for Teaching Nuclear Reactor Systems,” ANS Transactions, Vol. 81, 1999.13. Ma, Y. and Edwards, R., “Undergraduate Simulator Design Course,” ANS Transactions, Vol. 80,1999.14. Kitamura, M., Ohi, T., Yamamoto, T., and Akagi, K., “Development of High

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Amir Karimi

Analysis II.These are foundation courses in the mechanical engineering curriculum and strong preparation inthese courses is essential for student success in the upper level courses. To improve studentsuccess, one hour of mandatory recitation has been added to the three courses listed above.Again the enrollment for each recitation section is limited to 25 students and the recitation hoursare used to improve students’ problem solving skills.EGR 1303 – Exploring the Engineering Profession: This new course is required in allengineering degree programs at UTSA. The course format is a three-hour lecture, one-hourlaboratory/recitation. The laboratory/recitation hour is limited to a small enrollment to allowstudent/instructor interaction in problem

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Paul Giolma; Kevin Nickels

laboratory and designportions of the program provide the students with a balanced perspective on the theory andpractice of the engineering profession1.The design sequence includes a first year experience consisting of two three-hour courses, eachof which has a small-group design project. These courses also provide an introduction toengineering, to CAD and to a variety of computational tools. The second year has two one-hourdesign courses that include small-group projects and provide introductions to engineeringeconomics and statitistical methods. The projects (one being a mini-capstone project) in the firsttwo years have themes that are principally mechanical in nature. In the third year there are alsotwo one-hour courses: one deals with design from

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education and Outreach

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anil Saigal; Vincent Manno

alumni and industrial advisors.The role of IAC was then expanded to include advising the department across all programs,participating in our ABET EC2000 continuous improvement process, and helping organize andexecute other outreach activities. Current members of IAC are from government and small andlarge industries such as the US Army Research Laboratory, GE Aircraft Engines, LucentTechnologies, Corning-Lasertron and Cambridge Applied Systems. These outreach activities define the third and fourth areas of university-industrycollaboration - co-organizing our annual Thermal Manufacturing Workshop and sponsorship ofdesign projects. As part of the outreach activities and in order to involve the local engineeringcommunities, Tufts University

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CE Rap Session and Toys in the Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Kilduff

was designed to help students visualize theserelationships and develop a deeper understanding of mass balance principles. The model was usedto separately demonstrate how to measure elevation-storage and stage-discharge relationships.The scale of the model makes it suitable for real-time, in-class demonstrations and experiments.All required equipment fits on a standard laboratory cart, and can be easily transported to theclassroom. A second objective of the model reservoir was to provide a system of sufficient simplicityto allow mathematical modeling. If a step function is used for the inflow hydrograph, and a vesselhaving a regular shape is used for the reservoir (e.g., cylinder), the differential mass balanceequations can be

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Promoting ET with K-12 Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Tim Brower

Page 7.1117.4Conference Travel/Fees $1950 "Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering Education" Course Material - The course material included a combination of hand-on laboratories used in the Mechanical Engineering Technology program at OIT, workshops on space related technology, brainstorming sessions with the counselors to arrive at an experimental idea, Logo 7 robotic exercises, and a field trip to a nearby military air base. A schedule of activities that the high school students followed throughout the week is given in Table 4 below. Table 4. Technology Space Camp activity schedule.Time

Conference Session

Capstone Mechanical Engineering Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Darrell Gibson; Patricia Brackin

.[3] Brackin, P., and Gibson, J.D., “Techniques for Assessing Industrial Projects in Engineering Design Courses”,Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM, 2001.[4] Walvoord, B., “Helping Students Write Well: A Guide for Teachers in All Disciplines”, The Modern LanguageAssociation of America, New York, 1986.[5] Process Education Teaching Institute Handbook, Pacific Crest, Corvalis, 1999.[6] Gibson, J.D. and Brackin, M.P., “Techniques for the Implementation and Administration of Industrial DesignProjects for Engineering Design Courses”, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Charlotte, NC, 1999.[7] Brackin, P., and Williams, J., “Teaching and Assessing Team Skills in a Senior Level Design Course”, Proceedingsof the ASEE

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International Engineering Education II

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Waddah Akili

students attend pre-engineering. (1) The effectiveness of pre-engineering units in preparing students has been underscrutiny. The consensus is that radical changes are required and steps should be taken to modifycurrent programs, teaching methods, and students’ assessment schemes.Although English is unanimously agreed upon as the language of instruction, there aredifferences of opinion on how much English is necessary. One view is that English should bephased in gradually, thus allowing for Arabic to be used simultaneously with English. Thecounter view, held by most, is that English proficiency should be acquired and exhibited at thestart.While English is used for engineering subjects by all eight colleges to varying degrees, Arabic isused almost

Conference Session

Hunting for MINDs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Liz Oshaughnessy; Barbara Goldberg

minimum of 20% of the group’s membership 10. B. Retrain recruiters and academic advisors to counter any de-facto (and possibly inadvertent) tracking of female students into non-technical careers. C. Re-examine and alter the gender image the institution presents of itself. Look at who is being used to represent the ‘faces’ of the institution. Who are the spokespersons? It may be necessary to increase the number of female recruiters, the number of photos of females in the catalog, particularly in views of students at work in laboratories, and the number of images of females in any promotional literature or advertising.2. Institutional Support: A. Strengthen the effectiveness of and access to academic

Conference Session

Educational Opportunities in Engr. Abroad

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

D. Joseph Mook

scholarships, andpublicize the program in the media and at engineering education and study abroad conferences.An Executive Board, elected by U.S. consortium members, determines overall program policy.The current members of the Executive Committee are: Lester Gerhardt, Rensselaer PolytechnicInstitute (Chair); Steve Melsheimer, Clemson University; D. Joseph Mook, University ofBuffalo, SUNY; Marianne Machotka, University of Wisconsin; Billy Wood, University ofTexas-Austin; Thomas Regan, University of Maryland, James Cunningham, Embry RiddleUniversity; and Peggy Blumenthal, IIE (Ex Officio). All hold senior administrative positions intheir organizations, and six of the eight hold teaching positions as well.Program FundingThe program received initial three

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering and the Liberal Arts

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren

an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering at Baylor University. He received hisB. S. in Aeronautical Engineering from the USAF Academy and his M. S. in Engineering from PrincetonUniversity. He completed his DPhil in Engineering Sciences at the University of Oxford, UK. At Baylor he teachescourses in laboratory techniques, fluid mechanics, energy systems, propulsion, and freshman engineering.STEVEN EISENBARTHSteven Eisenbarth is Associate Dean of the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Baylor University. Hereceived his B.S. in Mathematics and Physics from Albertson College of Idaho and a Masters and Ph.D. in Physicsfrom Baylor University. He teaches courses in electrical and computer engineering including embedded

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MET Student Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

R.L. Alan Jordan

presentation is help at thesame time.Legal Roadblocks You may not expect your students to produce a design that needs protected. However, anydesign should be treated as if it can be patented. Students need to learn the procedure for protectionof ideas. They should be required to buy a laboratory notebook and required to make notes in thenotebook, sketches of ideas, and shown how to protect those ideas. These are habits that can beinstilled during projects of this type. There are some possible legal roadblocks that need to be considered before the project getsunderway. First, who owns the intellectual property if some ideas come out of the project that areworth patenting or copyrighting? Second, who is responsible for protecting these ideas

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Outcome Assessment, Quality, and Accreditation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nilufer Gozacan; Reza Ziarati

example in their Manual. A Model Handbook will be developed.R – The Course Team* This important section outlines the membership of the Programme Team, calendar of ‘Programme Team Meetings’, agreed Programme, etc.S – Course Support Services* This section will be a source of information for Programme Teams, and they should add any systems which operate in their own Faculty of Department, eg for obtaining laboratory/workshop materials for classes.T – Student Support Systems* This will be an information section about services available to help students. Programme Teams will need to be aware of these and make their students aware of them.U – Non-Attendance Systems* This section will give the safety net system for

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Mayer

turbine and are condensed back to liquid in thecondenser. Although less energy efficient than closed-cycle, the condensed water of this open-cycle process is free of salts and may be used to supplement fresh water supplies.Previous OTEC developments include a 50-kW demonstration plant aboard a Navy-barge in1971. It provided proof-of-concept closed-cycle feasibility by yielding a net 15 kW. TheJapanese later installed closed-cycle plants at Nauru and Tokunoshima that yielded a net 10 kWand 32 kW, respectively. The National Energy Laboratory of Hawaii (NELH) installed anexperimental 200-kW open-cycle facility in 1993 that yielded a net 50 kW. A subsequentexpansion increased the net output to 500 kW, but the facility has since been

Conference Session

Assessment in EM Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Raper

people, systems, and projects.4. Developed in students the ability and desire to grow intellectually and personally, in lightof an increasingly global and multicultural work environment.5. The Engineering Management Department at the University of Missouri-Rolla providedan educational environment to support and encourage students to succeed.6. Provided students with the knowledge of a specific engineering management emphasisarea.Department and Program Concerns:7. My education prepared me for my current position.8. My education matched my current interests.9. My Engineering Management education was of high quality.10. Department faculty were committed to students and their success.11. The Department provided modern classrooms and laboratories.12

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Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sastry Vedula

development of the state of the art powerelectronics laboratory at Iowa State University .S. S. VenkataHe received the Ph.D. degree form the University of South Carolina in 1971. He held various teaching positions atWest Virginia University as well as at University of Washington, Seattle, USA. Presently, he is a Professor &Chair of the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, at Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA. He isFellow of IEEE, USA and the co- author of a book entitled: Introduction to Electric Energy Devices . Page 7.565.16 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Educat ion Annual