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New EET Course Development

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2002 Annual Conference

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Youakim Al Kalaani; Abul Azad

-trained peoplewho can operate and maintain this high-tech equipment has substantially increased. This highdemand for qualified engineers and technician has not gone unnoticed. Many colleges across thenation have witnessed growing enrollment in this rapidly changing field. Classically, electricmachines and power electronics have been taught as two separate entities independent from eachother. This is the case in most engineering institutions with graduate courses, since powerelectronics has many other industrial applications. However, teaching modern machines withvariable-speed drives is no longer possible without considerable knowledge of powerelectronics1.The traditional approach in engineering technology education has been to offer students

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Design, Assessment, and Curriculum

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Jon Dixon

Session 3425 Excellence in Product Design Jon C. Dixon Adjunct Faculty Programs in Engineering and Technology Management University of St. Thomas St. Paul, MinnesotaAbstractIndustry strives mightily to provide excellent products. No manufacturer is likely toproduce excellent designs without understanding what is meant in some way by“excellence”. However, it is extremely infrequent to find solid definitions of “designexcellence”.The University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, MN) has established a

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Graduate Student Experiences

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2002 Annual Conference

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Haitham Logman; Ronald Barr; Cynthia Finley; Michael Hagenberger

Speaker Topic/Title Dr. Carl Haas, Dept. of Civil “Teaching future engineeringSeminar April 12, 1999 Engineering educators.” Dr. Gloria Rogers, Rose- "Outcomes assessment - whatSeminar March 25, 1999 Hulman Institute of is it good for?" Technology Graduate engineering

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Ann Kenimer; Jim Morgan

, Bob "An Integrated Freshman Engineering Curricula", Proceedings, 1998 Frontiers in Education Conference, Tempe Mission Palms Hotel, Tempe, Arizona, November 4-7, 19983. P. Imbrie, C. Malavé, and K. Watson., "From Pedagogy to Reality: The Experience of Texas A&M University with the Foundation Coalition Curricula," Proceedings of the 1997 Frontiers in Education Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 1997.ANN KENIMERAnn Kenimer is an Associate Professor of Biological and Agricultural Engineering at Texas A&M University and amember of the NSF Foundation Coalition project. She teaches courses in engineering problem solving, engineeringdesign, environmental engineering technology, and nonpoint source pollution control

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Tricks of the Trade Outside of Class

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2002 Annual Conference

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Willie Ofosu

profession as a faculty teaching in atechnology program, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)stipulate that one must have some industrial experience, among other expectations. Thevalue of this lies in the fact that it helps in bringing aspects of the real world to theclassroom. This helps the students to appreciate how the theories and principles learnt inthe classroom relate to practices in industry. Page 7.555.1Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education.This project was sponsored by the Minority Office and

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ET Industrial Collaborations

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jamie Workman

Session 3149 MET, AFS, and FEF: University, Industry, and Foundation Collaboration That Works Jamie K. Workman Indiana University-Purdue University, IndianapolisIntroductionThe Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) department at Indiana University - PurdueUniversity, Indianapolis (IUPUI), the Central Indiana Chapter of the American Foundry Society(AFS), and the Foundry Educational Foundation (FEF) have had a long, successful partnershipof preparing, promoting, and producing exceptional students ready for employment in themetalcasting industry. This relationship

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Innovative Curriculum Development in MET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Chen Lin

1447 USING SPREADSHEET PROGRAMS IN TEACHING MACHINE DESIGN Cheng Y. Lin, Gary R. Crossman Department of Engineering Technology Old Dominion University Norfolk, VirginiaAbstractThis paper presents an approach on using spreadsheets to teach machine design. It alsolists detailed procedures on how to implement the teaching scheme. Results show thatspreadsheet programs can help students organize their design procedures. By using thecharacteristics of spreadsheet programs, students do not have to repeat the

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Managing and Funding Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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Loc Vu-quoc; David Mikolaitis; Norman Fitz-Coy; R. Keith Stanfill

% of our projects were recruited bottom-up• target operations executive management (engineering and manufacturing); human resources folks all think this is a great program, but do not control the resources required to support a project• concentrate initial recruiting efforts on gathering commitments from existing sponsors, then focus on new sponsor recruitingMany of the IPPD projects were established as the result of the networking effort of the facultycoaches. For example, the projects funded by the US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) atMacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, was the result of the conversation between one of theauthors and the head of the Directorate of Advanced Technology of SOCOM, during his visit tothe

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MET Student Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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Kenny Fotouhi; Ali Eydgahi

Engineering Technology Program offers at the University of MarylandEastern Shore. The selection of the automatic speed adjustment of windshield wiper wasintended to incorporate and demonstrate the application of feedback control and photo -optics. In this project, the student had to design an automated speed controller for awindshield wiper motor of a vehicle based on the amount of rainfall. The speed of rainfallin this project was determined by the amount of rain collected in semi-funnel shapedmount under-hoot with flat side against the windshield directly. An optic -electronicsystem was designed which uses flash converter to set the desire motor speed setting ofthe wiper according to the rainfall.IntroductionDriving in the varying degrees of

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New Trends in ECE Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Mohammad Alim

next batch with six students in the same option are scheduled to Graduate in May 2002.Both these batches of students were provided hands-on laboratory training at the University ofMassachusetts (UMass) – Lowell campus in the Summer of 2000 and 2001, respectively. Forthis hands-on training financial support was obtained. The REU (Research Education for theUndergraduates) funded during 2000 was provided by the National Science Foundation(NSF). During 2001 the total funding was arranged through the Army Missile Command(AMCOM). Any remaining balance was supported by the University.The construction of the new School of Engineering and Technology building isprogressing. This building will have a dedicated VLSI and Microelectronics

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Innovative Curriculum Development in EET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jerome Tapper; Walter Buchanan

Session 1448 INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS PROVIDE PROGRESS REPORT CARD FEEDBACK ON NEWLY DEVELOPED INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS LABORATORY Jerome Tapper, Walter W. Buchanan Northeastern University, Boston, MassachusettsAbstract ¾ In order for engineering technology programs to provide more formidable state-of-the-art programs for their students, program administrators must gain insight into theworthiness of their curricula. Engineering technology programs and courses supported andevaluated by industry representatives are quite valuable in preparing students for responding tolocal

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Instrumentation Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Devdas Shetty

Session 2087 Real Time Mechatronic Design Process for Research and Education Devdas Shetty 1, Jun Kondo 2, Claudio Campana3, Richard A. Kolk 4 1,2,3 - University of Hartford, College of Engineering West Hartford, CT, USA 4 - Carrier Electronics Div., United Technologies Corp., Farmington, CT, USAAbstractThis paper presents the design methodology used in various real time mechatronics projects thatinvolve data acquisition, real time control and embedded processing. As a design philosophy,mechatronics serves as an integrating approach to engineering design. A mechatronicallydesigned product relies heavily on system

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Program Assessment in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Gregory Neff; Susan Scachitti

Assessment Page 7.1123.2Processes4 every year. This conference is very useful and recommended for TC2K preparation. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationMany other assessment and accreditation references are also available from the ASEE website 5The Recipe for Success at Purdue University CalumetAfter reviewing various sources, becoming educated on assessment methods, and working tounderstand the purpose of implementing the new ABET criteria, the Department ofManufacturing Engineering Technologies

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Steve Rothberg; Phil Barker; Aruna Palipana; Fiona Lamb

teaching software using the project’sstandardised evaluation process and creating a fully-searchable database of software reviewsand evaluation case studies, EASEIT-Eng seeks to make the task of choosing andimplementing such software an easier one. These reviews and evaluation case studies indicatestrengths and weaknesses of a particular application of the CBL software as well as thesoftware itself. In addition to offering an introduction to an evaluation methodology withpotential for wide-spread applicability, this paper will be of interest to the many projects andservices in the field of Learning Technology that rely on securing practitioner involvementfor their success.The ProjectThe main aim of EASEIT-Eng is to enable engineering academics to

Conference Session

Teaching Outside the Box

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2002 Annual Conference

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R. Artigue; M. H. Hariri; M. Misovich; M. Anklam; David Miller

Page 7.66.5 Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationDAVID C. MILLERDavid C. Miller is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Dr.Miller has previously taught at Michigan Technological University and The Ohio State University. He received aB.S. degree from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, an M.S. from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,and a Ph.D. from The Ohio State University.M. HOSSEIN HARIRIM. Hossein Hariri is a Professor and Head of the Chemical Engineering Department at Rose-Hulman Institute ofTechnology. He received a B.S. degree from Abadan Institute of Technolgy in Iran, an M.S. from Illinois Institute ofTechnology, and a Ph.D. from

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Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2002 Annual Conference

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Edwin Zivi; Jenelle Piepmeier

received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from LeTourneau University in 1993,Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering from GeorgiaInstitute of Technology in 1993 and 1999, respectively. Since 1999, she has been on the faculty of the SystemsEngineering Department of The United States Naval Academy as an Assistant Professor. Her primary researchinterest is vision-guided robotics. Page 7.1158.7 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for

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ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

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William Osborne; Bill Carroll

worldwide research partners inAlcatel’s Preferred Partner program. Industry leaders have joined with UT-Dallas and the ErikJonsson School to conduct research, share resources, enhance educational opportunities, anddevelop new technologies. The School of Engineering and Computer Science is composed oftwo departments, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. The total enrollment for thesetwo departments in the fall of 2001 was 3600 students.UT-Dallas offers a wide variety of program through its various schools and programs. Theseschools include the Schools of Engineering and Computer Science, Management, Art andHumanities, Human Development, Natural Science and Mathematics, Social Science, andGeneral Studies. The university supports 20 doctoral

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Ram Mohan; Steven Parks; Krisnamurthy Jayaraman; Edward Evans; Siamack Shirazi; Ovadia Shoham; Mei Zhuang; Marilyn Amey; Keith Wisecarver; George Chase; Charles Petty; Andre Benard

University,and the University of Tulsa. The objective of the project is to develop a new curriculum for teachingundergraduate and graduate students multiphase computational fluid dynamics for advanced design.The impact of multiphase flow research on solving practical engineering problems is an integral partof the learning experience. Industrial participants in the project provide specific design problemsrelated to emerging technologies. Students are taught the fundamentals of computational fluiddynamics (CFD) during a one-week workshop. This is followed by an Internet course on multiphasetransport phenomena. The students work in teams on CFD design problems with a faculty andindustrial mentor. The salient results of this NSF/CRCD project are

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Lisa Anneberg; Ece Yaprak

Session 1520 THE USE OF FREEWARE NETWORK ANALYZERS IN A NETWORKING LABORATORY Ece Yaprak Division of Engineering Technology Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan 48202 313-577-8075 yaprak@eng.wayne.edu Lisa Anneberg Electrical and Computer Engineering Lawrence Technological University

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Student Teams and Active Learning

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2002 Annual Conference

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Robert Lent; Janet Schmidt; Gary Pertmer; Linda Schmidt

Collective Efficacy 1 Session 2330 Exploration of Collective Efficacy Beliefs in Student Project Teams: Implications for Student and Team Outcomes Robert W. Lent, Linda Schmidt, Janet Schmidt, and Gary Pertmer University of Maryland, College Park Page 7.548.1Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

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Using Animation and Simulation in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Daniel Chen

include displacement, velocity, and acceleration can be easilyobtained. With such a powerful tool, students can enhance their problem solving skills andunderstand the concepts of mechanism design better along the way.The course of Advanced Computer-Aided Design offered at Central Michigan Universityemploys such a design tool called SDRC/I-DEAS. Although this software is sophisticated interms of capabilities, it is not difficult to learn due to its visual feedback at every step. This iscrucial for students in engineering technology who learn best when they can see things and workwith them. The capability of animation provided by the software stimulates great interests fromstudents. This article discusses how the animation is used to help students

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New Computer ET Course Development

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2002 Annual Conference

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George Zion

Session _3647_ Laboratory Development for a VHDL Design Course George H. Zion Electrical, Computer, and Telecommunication Engineering Technology Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY 14623 AbstractDue to the proliferation of highly integrated programmable logic devices, (PLD, CPLD, andFPGA), the traditional methods for performing digital logic design has given way to adevelopment process that involves extensive use hardware descriptive languages. In industry,the two languages

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CAD Applications in MET Courses

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2002 Annual Conference

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Nirmal Das

, Dale, Simple beam calculations for pinned end connections (Simple_Beam1.mcd, Mathcad 8 Prof, 200 kb), MATHCAD WEB LIBRARY, Civil and Mechanical EngineeringNIRMAL K. DASNirmal K. Das is an associate professor of Civil Engineering Technology at Georgia Southern University. Hereceived his Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree from Jadavpur University, India, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees inCivil Engineering (structures) from Texas Tech University. His areas of interest include structural analysis, structuraldesign and wind engineering. Dr. Das is a registered professional engineer in Ohio and Georgia. Page 7.1061.10

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Mobile Robotics in Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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David Ahlgren; Igor Verner

educational assessment and point out on possible improvements in theintroductory robotics course.1 Department of Engineering, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut 06106. dahlgren@trincoll.edu Page 7.161.12 Department of Education in Technology & Science, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa,32000, ISRAEL. ttrigor@tx.technion.ac.ilFire-Fighting Robot ContestThe Trinity College Fire-Fighting Home Robot Contest (TCFFHRC) aims to increaseawareness of robotic fire-fighting, encourages team-based education, and promotesrobotics as a theme for teaching engineering design. The TCFFHRC is open to persons ofall ages, affiliations, and levels

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Educational Opportunities in Engr. Abroad

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2002 Annual Conference

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Masakazu Obata; Leon Sanders; Keiichi Sato; Yuko Hoshino

Session 3260 Teaching Technical Courses in Japan in English Yuko Hoshino, Masakazu Obata, L. Wayne Sanders, Keiichi Sato Kanazawa Institute of Technology/Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyabstractThis paper discusses an attempt to overcome the problems in teaching technical courses at anengineering college in Japan. One American engineering professor was invited to teach suchcourses for one term in collaboration with Japanese professors of engineering and of foreignlanguages. Fundamental problems and constraints are discussed with our experiences andthe concluding suggestions and recommendations are

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Christopher Carroll

Minnesota Duluth iscurrently testing the feasibility of using the latest personal computer technology,handheld “pocket PCs,” in its undergraduate curriculum. This academic year, 2001-2002, freshman students in the Engineering programs and in Computer Science are beingrequired to purchase Compaq’s pocket PC, the “iPAQ,” for use in entry-level courses inthose departments. This paper reports interim results of using the iPAQs in thoseintroductory Engineering and Computer Science courses during Fall semester, 2001.As with any new technology, time has been needed to find constructive ways to applythese iPAQs in the curriculum, and that effort is continuing. Faculty in the affecteddepartments were provided with their own iPAQs from the College during the

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Teaching Outside the Box

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jason Keith

Session 1613 Learning “Outside the Toy Box” Jason M. Keith Department of Chemical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931AbstractThis paper describes the use of educational tools to teach chemical engineering undergraduatestudents the fundamentals of electric circuits and control systems for a bench scale chemicalmixing plant prototype. It was found that having access to kits aimed at elementary and middleschool students aided student learning of these challenging multidisciplinary concepts. A strategyfor using

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Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

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2002 Annual Conference

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Margaret Bailey; Ozer Arnas

, photovoltaics, thermoelectricity, thermionics, andmagnetohydrodynamics. Supplemental lessons on energy storage, semi-conductors, andnonreactive energy sources (such as solar collectors, wind turbines, and hydroelectricplants) are included here. This paper discusses the evolution of ME 472 over the pastseveral years and explains the motivations for the course’s progress.I. IntroductionThe United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point is the oldest engineeringinstitution in the nation, having taught engineering science and design to students ofmilitary art since 1802. The Academy’s overarching general educational goal is “Toenable its graduates to anticipate and to respond effectively to the uncertainties of achanging technological, social

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Professionally Oriented Graduate Program

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2002 Annual Conference

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Ronald Bennett

Session 2155 Selling Innovation Ronald J. Bennett, Ph.D. Engineering and Technology Management University of St. Thomas St. Paul, MinnesotaMISSIONWe provide a practical, values-based learning experience that produces well-rounded,entrepreneurial engineers and technology leaders who have the technical skills, passion andcourage to make a difference.IntroductionAs a fresh PhD in engineering at my first full-time job in industry I developed a new approach toa current problem

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Learning Styles

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2002 Annual Conference

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Daniel Knight; Jacquelyn Sullivan; Lawrence Carlson

Attitudes: A Cross-Institutional Study,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 90, 2001, pp. 477-489.5. Poole, S. J., deGrazia, J. L., & Sullivan, J. F. “Assessing K-12 Pre-Engineering Outreach Programs,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 90, No.1, 2001, pp. 43-48.6. Marchmen III, J. F. “Multinational, Multidisciplinary, Vertically Integrated Team Experience in Aircraft Design,” International Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 14, 1998, pp. 328-334.7. Engineering Accreditation Commission. “Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs: Effective for Evaluations During the 2001-2002 Accreditation Cycle,” Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. 2001, http://www.abet.org/images/Criteria/eac_criteria_b.pdf8