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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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James Fragomeni

Session 2793 Integrating Material Science and Processing into the Undergraduate Engineering & Science Curriculum Using the Web James M. Fragomeni and Anwar Hossain The University of Detroit Mercy, Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering and Science, Detroit, Michigan 48237, USAAbstractThe proper understanding of engineering materials is very foundational and important withrespect to all the various branches of engineering and technology for a complete undergraduateengineering program. The purpose of

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Innovative Curriculum Development in EET

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2002 Annual Conference

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James Stewart; William Lin

apparent that, inorder to meet the needs of local and regional employers, some topics that were normallycovered in BSEET communications courses had to be integrated in the existing AAScurriculum in New Jersey. In early 1995, the North Brunswick EET department proposedan associate-degree curriculum that would include such communications topics in itsfive-trimester EET program. Implemented started later that same year.II. Program development and considerationThe new curriculum was designed to provide the AAS graduates some exposure to bothAM/FM and digital/data communications. The original curriculum was concentrated onfundamentals of analog and digital electronics with an emphasis on microprocessors andtheir applications, and included both calculus

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Ethics across the Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

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William J. Frey; Halley D. Sánchez; Jose Cruz-Cruz

in engineering requires that students understand their professional and ethicalresponsibilities. ABET also asks programs to ensure that students integrate ethicalconsiderations into a "major design project." Even a quick look at these ethics requirementsmakes it clear that the ethical component of this new engineering curriculum cannot becompletely delegated to the ethics expert, for example, a philosopher who would teach afreestanding course in engineering ethics required of all engineering students. For reasons thatwe will discuss below, the freestanding course, while an essential part of a successfulengineering program, does not by itself achieve the integration of ethics into the engineeringcurriculum that ABET requires.One of the

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Teofilo Caceras; James Ochoa

Session 2432 An Advanced Microcontroller Systems Course for Upper-Level Undergraduate Curriculum Teofilo A. Caceres, Zachary Combs and James A. Ochoa Texas A&M UniversityAbstractThe Electronics Engineering Technology program at Texas A&M University preparesundergraduate students to “hit the ground running” in industry engineering positions. Theprogram has a strong system-integration curriculum emphasizing the theory and application ofboth analog and digital electronics. Recognizing the popularity and importance of embeddedprocessors, the EET program

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New Information ET Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Gordon Goodman; Edith A. Lawson; C. Richard Helps; Barry Lunt

Session 2650 Designing an IT Curriculum: The Results of the First CITC Conference Barry M. Lunt, Edith A. Lawson, Gordon Goodman, C. Richard G. Helps Brigham Young University/Rochester Institute of TechnologyAbstractThe CITC (Conference on Information Technology Curriculum) in December 2001 includedrepresentatives from 15 Information Technology (IT) programs at four-year schools in theUnited States. Also in attendance were representatives from the Association for ComputingMachinery (ACM), the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), and theAccreditation

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Raghu Echempati; Arnaldo Mazzei

tools.An example student project will be presented and the learning outcomes discussed.IntroductionMany universities currently teach kinematics and dynamics of machinery and machine design astwo separate courses with some schools still teaching these as three separate courses. However,due to the recent ABET requirements and other curriculum issues, many universities areconsidering to integrate these courses into a single one. In fact, a common recent trend [1] is toteach an integrated course, which includes concepts of statics and basic solid mechanics. Otherexamples include the integration of technical drawing and solid modeling, dynamics andintroductory vibrations, finite element analysis (FEA) and machine component design andsystem dynamics and

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Outcome Assessment, Quality, and Accreditation

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2002 Annual Conference

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Stefan Bartels; Holger Dahms; John Gassert; Jens Thiedke; Owe Petersen

following the traditional curriculum track atMSOE. The FHL students readily demonstrate their strong technical and non-technical abilitiesduring their Diploma Design Project and senior year academic course work.ConclusionsThe Milwaukee School of Engineering and the Fachhochschule Lübeck have developed andimplemented a student exchange program that is integrated into the normal curricula of bothinstitutions. The main practical results of the program is that the MSOE students gain a broadand unique international understanding, in addition to the academic advancement of their junioryear abroad, and the FHL students gain an academic degree that allows them ready employmentin US industry and opportunity for entry into US graduate programs.One of the

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Curriculum Development in CET and MET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Nicholas Kissoff

. Page 7.716.7 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education 5. Murphy, M.D., Jensen, D.D., “Integrating CAD into an Already Packed Curriculum: Is another Class Necessary?”, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Charlotte, NC, June 1999. 6. Connolly, P.E., “CAD Software Industry Trends and Directions”, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, June 1998.NICHOLAS V. KISSOFFDr. Kissoff received his B.S. (‘80) and M.S. (’83) in Civil Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering Science majoringin Transportation (’88) all from The University of Toledo. His industrial experience

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Marilyn Dyrud

Session 2793 Communication and Civil Engineering: An Integrated Approach to Senior Projects Marilyn A. Dyrud Oregon Institute of TechnologyFor the past year, Oregon Institute of Technology’s Civil Engineering and CommunicationsDepartments have been developing a creative curriculum venture: a unique senior designexperience that would combine the content of what had previously been three distinct classes:engineering design, technical writing, and group dynamics. Students would work in teams on areal design project, and the nine faculty

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New Programs and Textbooks in BME

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2002 Annual Conference

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Robin Adams; Mary Lidstrom; Kjell Nelson; Jeffrey Bonadio; David Stahl; Cynthia Atman

to engineering students who have little or nocollege level biology background. This course, entitled “Biological Frameworks for Engineers”instructs biology concepts from an engineering perspective and emphasizes the functionalaspects of biological systems. It is divided into a series of three to four week modules, eachestablishing a real-world problem as a context for active, problem-based learning. Acombination of instructional methods are used for each module such as lectures, in-class student-centered exercises, discussions, and labs. A matrix of assessment methods are integrated into thecurriculum to triangulate on student learning outcomes and to provide feedback to theinstructional team as part of an iterative course development cycle

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New Trends in ECE Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Thomas Hemminger; Ralph Ford

simulation. Narrowband noise generation, removal, and examination of filter tradeoffs. • Correlation and a communication systems decoder. In summary, integration of DSP in the curriculum in previous courses has provides a solid base for this capstone course and allows the development of advanced applications and real- time hardware implementations.8) EE BD 480 & 481 – Electrical Design Projects and Capstone Project. This is a two course sequence in the 7th and 8th semesters. Many of our students work with software for the development stage but do not necessarily use DSP for their final project, although we certainly encourage it. Projects using a significant amount of DSP are included below: a

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Zhengtao T. Deng; Xiaoqing (Cathy) Qian; Abdul Jalloh; Amir Mobasher; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

so far. Two of thesegraduated hold manufacturing engineering positions in the Huntsville-Decatur area ofAlabama.Bibliography/References1. Engineering Education – Designing an Adaptive System - Edited by the Board on Engineering Education, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel, National Research Council. National Academy Press. Washington D.C. 1995.2. Manufacturing Education Plan: Phase I Report. “Industry Identifies Competency Gaps Among Newly Hired Engineering graduates. Published by the Society of Manufacturing engineers and the SME Education Foundation, 19973. Integrating the Product Realization Process (PRP) into the Undergraduate Curriculum, The American

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Using Technology to Improve IE Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Willie Ross; Denise Jackson

Session 2439 Using Shareware Resources in the IE Curriculum Denise F. Jackson, Ph.D., P.E. and Willie Ross, III Department of Industrial Engineering, The University of TennesseeAbstractThe World Wide Web (WWW or web) and the Internet allow access to a variety of resourcesthat can be incorporated into the Industrial Engineering (IE) curriculum. The use of informationtechnologies as an integral part of a course tends to increase student enthusiasm and makescommunications and data exchanges more efficient. The web contains a plethora of

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Innovative Curriculum Development in MET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Christopher Karas; Vladimir Sheyman; Mulchand Rathod

procedure to allow the following: TESTING, RESULTS, AND DISCUSSION(1) To determine the basic characteristics of thevalve i.e. flow of liquid components at an Several tests were performed to check theappropriate flow rate, leakage at different inlet injection valve for seal integrity and assessment ofand outlet configurations, and velocity coefficient flow characteristics. Prior to each test, a(Cv). (2) Obtain functional performance of the calibration was performed on the pressurevalve for cycling and ability to flush the static mix transducers. In-line ball valves were manuallyhead of react components to prevent gelling and turned on and off as needed.hardening inside the mix head after the

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Curriculum Development in Graphics

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2002 Annual Conference

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Alain Desrochers

principles follows rather than precedes its use in tutorials.Apprenticeship of CAD software in engineering curriculaLearning CAD software in engineering curricula is usually not and end in itself. Indeed, CADsoftware apprenticeship alone is generally not being recognized as “units” by engineeringaccreditation boards in North America, unless it is coupled as laboratory to more traditionalformal courses on CAD theory and principles. Also, the definition of units and the manyobjectives of CAD courses make it such that a limited number our hours can effectively bedevoted to CAD software apprenticeship. At the same time, CAD systems have become anessential tool for creating digital products, a now common input source for an increasing numberof

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Design in the Engineering Core

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2002 Annual Conference

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Sanford Meek; Mark Minor

their concepts and they are now ready in their third year to study and practice the design ofintegrated electro-mechanical systems: mechatronics. The mechatronics curriculum marries traditional design of mechanisms with current toolsfor system integration: microprocessor applications, sensing and actuation techniques, systemsmodeling, and feedback control. This union facilitates the study of traditional subjects whileproviding a practical motivation for understanding the benefits and applicability of modernautomation techniques. Such an understanding is crucial since mechanical engineers mustfrequently consider the design of a system or process that is subject to rigid constraints on cost,weight, space, and performance. All of these

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Graphics Applications in ME

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2002 Annual Conference

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Richard Wilk

Session 2238 Development of Communication Skills Across the Engineering Curriculum Richard D. Wilk and Ann M. Anderson Mechanical Engineering Department Union College Schenectady, NYAbstractThe ability to communicate effectively has been identified as an important attribute of a well-rounded engineering graduate. We have identified four major areas of emphasis in the MEcurriculum: written, oral, graphical and electronic communication. An across-the

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Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2002 Annual Conference

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Massood Atashbar

Engineering students traditionally take a subset of courses required for the EE and CSdegrees, along with specialized CE courses in architecture, microcontrollers and digital designand integrated circuit design. From an EE view, they have too little hardware experience touseful interfacing and according to CS, programming embedded microcontrollers in assembly orC is insufficient. This would probably be satisfactory if most CE graduates went to work in hightechnology companies like microelectronic industry, but this simply not the case. A number ofCE students wind up being employed as more traditional engineering doing software design.Many will have careers in digital communications and data acquisition, where signalconditioning, digital signal

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Programming and DSP Potpourri

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2002 Annual Conference

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Sylvie Ratté; Jocelyne Caron

Session 3220 Learning to program in the context of an industrial simulation: A pedagogical experiment in C++ and its implications for curriculum development Sylvie Ratté, Jocelyne Caron École de technologie supérieure / Université du Québec à Montréal1. IntroductionSince 1995, our programming courses have been supported by web sites where students can findsupplementary resources. Each site contains six main blocks: memo, theory, work, results, linksand help. The organizational structure of each block (Figure 1) includes a general home page andspecific

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Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps II

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2002 Annual Conference

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Venkat Allada; Rajiv Mishra; Ming Leu; Anthony Okafor; Ashok Agrawal; Frank Liou

, J. B., “Improving Engineering Design,” National Research Council, Washington, D.C.6. Magrab, E. B., Integrated Product and Process Design and Development, pp. 29-30, CRC Press.7. http://mime1.gtri.gatech.edu/mime/8. NSF Award #99500739. “Engineering Education: Designing an Adaptive System,” The Board of Engineering Education, National Research Council, National Academy Press.10. OKAFOR, A. C., AND OMURTAG, Y., "THE ROLE OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING IN MANUFACTURING EDUCATION," PROCEEDINGS OF 1988 ASEE ANNUAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, PP. 1261-1264.11. Priest, J. P., and Bodensteiner, W., "Industrial Survey of Curriculum Needs for Transition of a Product from Development to Manufacturing," Proceedings of 1992 ASEE Annual Conference, pp

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Introduction to Engineering Courses

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2002 Annual Conference

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Lorcan Folan; David Doucette; Gunter Georgi

communication skills, project management, as well as overview lectures on major technical and non-technical disciplines.2. Creation of a large, interdisciplinary undergraduate laboratory, used by students from many disciplines to plan a variety of engineering experiments in a common space.3. Use of laptop computers as design tools that are integrated into the Engineering courses.I. IntroductionOur world is becoming ever more complex. It is no longer possible to cope by relying onexpertise from a single discipline. Concurrent Engineering is now a practice used throughoutindustry, and its participants are expected to be able to work in an inter-disciplinary environment.A second trend is the renewed emphasis on design, as opposed to analysis, in

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Real-Time and Embedded Systems Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Daniel Pack; Barry Mullins

several years, microcontrollers have been an integral part of the electricaland computer engineering curriculum at the U.S. Air Force Academy. In fact, fifty percent ofour junior/senior level computer systems courses have used Motorola’s 68HC11 exclusivelyeither in conjunction with an evaluation board or as a single, stand-alone controller. We arecurrently in the process of migrating from the 68HC11 to the 68HC12 within our computersystems courses. This paper describes the rationale for the transition, the preparation stepsrequired, the implementation issues we faced, the results of the transition as viewed by facultymembers and cadets, and lessons learned from the experience.IntroductionAfter the advent of the Motorola 68HC11 microcontroller in

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Special Topics

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2002 Annual Conference

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Mary Ayre; Julie Mills

engineering colleagues are rarelyaware of this conceptual integration. Consequently undeclared, incomplete or conflictingperspectives tend to inhibit the acceptance of the concept of an inclusive curriculum and henceits implementation in the engineering curriculum. If and when some consensus is reached as toits desirability and applicability in engineering, a second difficulty arises: how can the Page 7.177.3characteristics of an inclusive curriculum be incorporated into engineering programs? Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American

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Curriculum and Laboratory Development

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2002 Annual Conference

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Hartono Sumali

one of its periodic curriculum reviews. In that review, its alumni in engineering andmanagement professions expressed that ABE graduates needed better skills in measurementinstrumentation and data acquisition. As a response to the alumni feedback, and to the emergingfield of precision agriculture, the Department started a course entitled Instrumentation and DataAcquisition in the fall semester of 1998. The course contents were selected from topicsrecommended by engineers practicing in industry, taking into consideration the materialsoffered in similar courses at other universities 1. In 2000, the Department further refined thecourse contents to ensure compliance with the ABET 2000 criteria, which stressed an assessmentof the course based on

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Integrating Engineering and the Liberal Arts

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2002 Annual Conference

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Kenneth Van Treuren

Required?; 2) Can Engineering & Liberal Arts be Integrated?; and 3) HowCan the Liberal Arts Support Engineering? Lastly, this paper examines the integration of liberalarts into engineering education to develop a Christian worldview as stated in Baylor University’smission statement. The authors conclude that a common liberal arts core for Baylor University isnot the answer for engineering programs and proposals are given to satisfy liberal artsrequirements.IntroductionV. James Mannoia Jr. points out in his book Christian Liberal Arts: An Education That GoesBeyond that defining the term liberal arts is not without difficulty1. The “basket approach”would describe the content of a liberal arts education as a collection of skills or

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Argrow

methods. It shiftedemphasis from compartmentalized basic science, mathematics, and engineering science coursesto those designed to integrate topics, provide hands-on experiential learning, and a renewedfocus on product design. The new curriculum employs the resources of the Integrated Teachingand Learning Laboratory to incorporate a hands-on component for core undergraduate courses.The ProActive Teaching and Learning Philosophy was implemented with the new curriculum.This philosophy enforces student preparation and capitalizes upon this preparation to replace theconventional, passive lecture with an interactive session in which all students actively participatein topical discussions. In addition, team teaching is now the standard in the sophomore

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CE Rap Session and Toys in the Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

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Lisa Wang

dynamics and earthquake engineering. The videos are for demonstrations of the structural response using the shake tables. The interactive exercises will be used inside and outside the classroom to introduce students to basic concepts, and prepare students for the future laboratory experiments.UPGRADING OF EXISTING CURRICULA In order to include the basic concepts of structural dynamics in the undergraduatecurriculum, an introduction to this subject need to be integrated into undergraduate curriculum,specifically the Structural Analysis course. To effect this change, the course material in thiscourse will be revised so that there will be time for the introduction of Structural Dynamics. Thegoal of this change is to

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Klaus Weinmann; Michele Miller

entireundergraduate mechanical engineering curriculum and make revisions. The primary goals of thenew curriculum are making the first year common to all engineering majors, integrating designand manufacturing concepts from the freshman through senior years, and increasing the hands-on component with new lab classes and facilities. An important part of the overall curriculumrevision was to improve the manufacturing component, particularly in the context of improvingdesign capabilities.In the quarter system, all mechanical engineering (ME) students were required to take a 4 creditclass Introduction to Manufacturing Processes. This was a junior level class (often postponeduntil the senior year) consisting of 3 lectures and 1 lab session per week. The course

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Philip Carpenter; Harvey Smith; Murali Krishnamurthi

appreciation of environmental issuesby engaging them in an integrated approach to learning math, science, business, law, social, andengineering concepts. Environmental management systems are “next generation” responses toenvironmental problems that go beyond regulatory compliance by integrating interdisciplinaryscience, quality management and systems engineering practices to redress point, non-point andprocess aspects of pollution. A significant challenge of the project is to design the learningmodules so that students can better understand and experience first hand the benefits ofenvironmental management in real-world settings by interacting with students from diversedisciplines and professionals. The project team is assisted by an advisory team

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Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2002 Annual Conference

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Stephen Petersen; Richard Hughey; David Meek; Alexandra Carey

. The manual unifies the curriculum and makes the course easier to teach andadminister, especially for new instructors. It was recently modified to reflect changes in thecourse as we moved to an open-source assembler.Laboratory programming assignments are given electronically, typically once per week, over thecourse of ten weeks. Students spend four hours in scheduled sessions per week, but are given theoption of working in the laboratory during other times as well. Assignments vary in difficultyand complexity, from basic exercises in efficiency in MIPS to programming intricate routines tohandle external and internal interrupts with the Microkits. Each assignment also presentsstudents with opportunities to excel by electively choosing to