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MET Student Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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David Lyth; Jorge Rodriguez

Institute at Western Michigan University.He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Madison. Teaches courses in CAD,CAM, Mechanical Design, Biomechanics and Finite Element Analysis. His research is in the field of computers inengineering, with particular emphasis to machine design, modeling and biomechanics.DAVID LYTHProfessor and Research Associate of the Engineering Management Research Lab at Western Michigan University.He received his Ph.D. in Production/Operation Management from Michigan State University. He offers courses inProduction Planning and Control, Quality Assurance, Production/Operations Management and Quality Management.His research interests are on quality systems, continuous improvement and

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Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

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Nick Salamon; Gautam Wagle; Cliff Lissenden

addition to teaching engineeringmechanics courses ranging from statics to plasticity theory, he performs experimental andmodeling studies of material response in the presence of multiaxial stress states. He is a memberof ASEE, SES, ASME, ASCE, and Sigma Xi.GAUTAM S. WAGLE is a Research Assistant at Penn State. He received a B.E. degree inMechanical Engineering from the University of Bombay, India in 1997. He worked for a year asa Pre-planning engineer in the Switchgear manufacturing division of M/s Larsen and Toubro Ltd,Bombay, India. Gautam received his M.S. in Engineering Mechanics from Penn State in 2000.N.J. SALAMON, Ph.D. (Northwestern University, USA) has been a professor at Penn Statesince 1985. Prior to that he was associate professor at

Conference Session

New ET Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Crossman

and questions. Of course,students may not be able to absorb the material at the higher rate, but one of the outstandingadvantages of this delivery mode is that a student may stop at any time, review as necessary, andrepeat the lecture at will. As in a conventional class, textbooks and/or coursepacks are providedalong with the CD-ROMs. Students are able to email or call instructors as necessary to obtainadditional help. At the time this paper is being prepared, approximately half of the courses havebeen prepared and others are currently in production.VII. Challenges EncounteredSince Old Dominion University initially planned to offer only 36 credits of the total program,which would ideally be offered near the end of the sequence of studies, it

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Trends in Nuclear Education II

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Tebbe

nicely with those plans. Before the interface could be created the form of the data storage needed to be specified.Several interfacing options were explored including TCP/IP, Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE),and Open Database Connectivity (ODBC). It was determined that a common database formatthat could interact with a structured query language (SQL) would be the best choice. Forsimplicity a Microsoft Access database was then selected. In order to test the interface certain functions were selected to be displayed. For outputdisplay several core variables were chosen, including temperature and flux. For input control theposition of the control rods were simulated (Fig. 1). Options were specified so that the core data

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Promoting ET with K-12 Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cottrell

EngineeringTechnology at Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg. He graduated from the United States MilitaryAcademy in 1978 and retired in 2000 after over 22 years of military service with the US Army Corps ofEngineers. Studies at Texas A&M University resulted in a MS Degree in Civil Engineering in 1987 and aPhD in 1995. He is a registered Professional Engineer and has taught courses in statics, dynamics,mechanics of materials, graphic communications, and construction planning, scheduling, estimating, andmanagement. Page 7.1251.8 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sohail Anwar; Eric Granlund

to develop. Design competencies help one define educational outcomes,develop plans for achieving integrated design experience, and document educationalprogram success. 3 Categories of design competencies include: information gathering,problem definition, idea generation, evaluation and decision making, implementation,communication, teamwork, and process improvement. 4Engineering faculty tend to use at least one of four approaches to teach engineeringdesign: lecture, faculty as guide or coach, case study, and industry involvement. 5 Thefaculty at the Altoona College of the Pennsylvania State University (Penn State Altoona)uses lecture method as the primary vehicle to teach engineering design process to theengineering freshmen.Engineering

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Innovation in Design Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Gul Okudan Kremer; Sven Bilen; Richard Devon

important source of the best jobs. Usinginformation technology, it is very easy to form (but perhaps not necessarily operate) cross-national student teams and to use faculty in other countries to give lectures and lead discussions.We have actually done this in one course for the last five years and are planning expansion tomulti-point teams. In this course, half of the industry design projects come from industries inFrance, and on one occasion we were able to have an A-V conference between the French andAmerican students and a representative of the French industry. In doing this we can enhance theknowledge of the participating students of the global economy and of engineering practice inother national economies. We can also improve the ability of

Conference Session

Using Animation and Simulation in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jay Porter; James Ochoa

Copyright 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationThe interface also provides cursor and zoom capability so that students can make quantitativemeasurements. A current drawback of the system is the speed of the PCI DIO 96 card. A newversion of MaxTester with updated hardware is planned that will allow students to measure propagationdelay and glitches. Figure 3 – MaxTester’s simulation interface. Figure 4 – MaxTester’s graphical user interface. The red lines indicate simulated signals while black lines indicated measured signals. Page 7.816.6 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering

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Use of Labs to Introduce Students to Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

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Andrew Lau; Sven Bilen; Elizabeth Kisenwether

) Page 7.416.5 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society from Engineering Education Table 3 Listing of topics covered in Lab 3 Lab Section Title Section Objectives and CommentsSection Lab 3 Sensing Temperature with a Thermistor 3.2 Task: Control Temperature Presents the problem of designing a system to control temperature in a “product MJ12,” which is a film container 3.3 Problem Analysis 3.3.1 Individual/class discussion Students are to work out a plan of attack: what is the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Young

2 Analysis analyze, separate, order, explain, connect, classify, arrange, divide, compare, select, explain, infer Synthesis combine, integrate, modify, rearrange, substitute, plan, create, design, invent, what it?, compose, formulate, prepare, generalize, 3 Evaluation assess, decide, rank, grade, test, measure, recommend, convince, select, judge, explain, discriminate, support, conclude, compare

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Issues in Computer Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Joel Jackson; Ashraf Saad; Thomas Barnwell; Monson Hayes

Page 7.575.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationscalable delivery system which allows course lectures, individual office hours, and tutorial sessionsto be broadcast to multiple facilities from any one of five distributed classrooms and seven groupstudy facilities distributed across four campuses.The GTREP program is an ideal testbed for novel distributed education methods. In this paper,we present some results for the combined approach we have developed, and outline plans forfuture scaling as the GTREP program expands.1. IntroductionGeorgia Tech is involved in a number of distance learning

Conference Session

Internet Programming and Applications

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2002 Annual Conference

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Charles Miller; Carlos Morales

/Supervision. Charles has beende/features/ppc/pie.asp developing content management systems for clients such as the Metropolitan Planning Council, the Management Association of Illinois,[6] Microsoft Window Media Specifications. and the Campaign for Sensible Growth. His(2001) [On-Line] Available: research interest includes artificial intelligence,http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsme dynamic data visualization, and mobile webdia/en/default.asp advancement

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Fragomeni

incorporate new advances inmicrostructural analysis and materials design. All of this is to be implemented into the collegeclass plan through specific homework assignments and projects. Homework assignmentsinvolving microstructural analysis involving the measurements of various microstructuralfeatures such as the average grain size, ASTM grain size number, particle size measurements,inclusion size measurements, etc could be performed by the student. The students would firstview the microstructures on the internet web environment and then choose the appropriatemagnification to make the desired measurements. The students could then use quantitativeanalysis to perform the measurements of the microstructural variables. The student could thencorrelate the

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Said Shakerin

a short article on the benefits of involving undergraduate students inresearch projects. These benefits include, but are not limited, to an opportunity for students tolearn about project planning and management, and to improve their writing skill in terms ofproducing a technical paper worthy of publication. Such experience is a definite plus that can beproudly added to their resumes. Page 7.199.11 Corresponding author “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Educatio n Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”The general topic of interest in this research

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Pedagogical Best Practices

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Darrell Guillaume; Crist Khachikian

predictedgrade. They were also asked to give reasons why their assessment may not match their actualearned grade. Surveys varied slightly to match the time of administration; a sample survey (fromthe 10th week of CE 384) is shown in Figure 1.This paper analyzes the numerical data obtained from these surveys that pertain to gradeprediction. Specifically, the expected grades are converted to grade points and compared to theactual grades. For this study, grades of “A”, “B”, “C”, and “D” are worth 4, 3, 2, and 1 gradepoints, respectively. Some students listed mixed grades in which case the equivalent gradepoints were averaged. For example, a student listing an expected grade of “A/B+” received 3.65grade points (i.e., (4+3.3)/2). A second paper is planned in

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Albert Segall

thephysics was not used as a basis for their score. This is an important point since the purpose ofthe course is to help teach basic engineering concepts and not to evaluate existing knowledge.Class participation accounted for another 10% of the grade with the remaining 40% of the gradeawarded for a term paper collected during the final class. For this paper, students were expectedto choose a science fiction story (movie or book) not covered in class and analyze the story for[ The course was originally conceived and planned by the author while at Penn State University to be Page 7.993.4delivered as a freshman-engineering seminar. Proceedings of

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Biomedical Engr. Design and Laboratories

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John M. Sankovic; Dmitri Kourennyi

of 10% per day. We believe that thesemeasures, although sound severe, actually exert positive influence on students and help in thetiming of the course. First, it allows to keep course within planned timeframes, Second, studentslearn quickly that the full scale report requires substantial efforts to finish, and cannot be done thelast night before the deadline. Third, students are getting a little bit of discipline andorganizational skills.ConclusionEBME 313/314 “Biomedical Engineering Laboratory I/II” course has a complex structure, andrequires a lot of attention from the coordinator, TA, students, and lab instructors. In return,students are getting a diverse body of knowledge and skills. EBME 313/314 is not just a set ofeducational labs

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention--Lower Division

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Abaté; Ramesh Gaonkar

policies all composed inappropriate industry legalese . Trainees are expected to attend classes five days a week,beginning at 8:00 a.m. Trainees are allowed a fixed number of absences for the duration of thetraining session, which must be officially called in; if a trainee exceeds that limit without a validreason, s/he is asked to leave the company (i.e., dropped from the program). Trainee teams areasked to design and/or analyze realistic industry projects in their electronics and computer labsessions, and are expected to present several oral and written proposals or presentations tooutside audiences, as Company representatives. Department managers periodically attend eachothers training sessions, in an atmosphere of department meeting planning

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum Development in EET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rafic Bachnak

laboratory provides teaching and research capabilities in severalscience and engineering areas, including sensor technology, data acquisition, controlsystem design, system modeling, signal processing, image processing, and datavisualization. Future plans include the implementation of Internet-based measurementand experimentation to facilitate offering technical courses online.Bibliography1. Sensors for Measurement and Control, Peter Elgar, Henry Ling Ltd, Prentice Hall, 1998.2. Introduction to Control System Technology, 7th Edition, R. Bateson, Prentice Hall, NY, 2002.3. MATLAB Student Version Release 12, including the Control Systems Toolbox, The MathWorks

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Assessment of Biomedical Engineering Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisle Hites; Eric Nauman; Edgar O'Neal; Kay C. Dee; Glen Livesay

] The projects were such that each partners’ work was fairly equal_____12. The sequence of laboratory projects was thoughtfully planned so that later projects built on knowledge and skills developed in earlier projects_____ Page 7.1189.213. Laboratory projects were coordinated well with what was being covered in the class_____ Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2001, American Society for Engineering Education14. The laboratory projects were well prepared (e.g., instructions were clear, needed materials and equipment were at

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Education Research

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2002 Annual Conference

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Donald Merino

.0460 .0196 Post - C Mean .9224 .9505 -.0281 Std. Dev. .0939 .0770 Std. Error .0161 .0075 Diff. in Means: Pre - Post .5339 .7603 .2264Biographical InformationDR. DONALD N. MERINODonald Merino is a tenured full professor of Engineering and Technology Management and Management at StevensInstitute of Technology and the Alexander Crombie Humphreys Chair of Economics of Engineering. He teachesEngineering Economics, Decision Analysis, Total Quality Management, and Strategic Planning. He is the

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Emery; David Mould; Carey Noland; Brian Manhire

sales of processed steam at the Pécs Power Station in Hun-gary. Yet another was to develop a strategic plan to raise public awareness of environmental issues andfunding for environmental projects in the Czech Republic for the Environmental Partnership for CentralEurope.Students learn in teams by completing a variety of project tasks. Although faculty may prescribe somepro forma tasks such as performing SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats), country,region, market and industry analyses with concomitant presentations and project documentation, otherpertinent tasks may be performed ad hoc as course projects unfold.Some GLC projects are deliberately undertaken cooperatively with foreign universities so that GLCstudent-teams have

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Innovative Courses for ChE Students

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Jennings; Melanie McNeil; Art Diaz

basedon initial scale-up, however class discussion includes full scale-up production aspects. Thelaboratory course includes a capstone design project. This project is highlighted here because ofits importance in demonstrating the final scale-up capability of the students and the fact it will givea significant demonstration on the evolved ability of the cross-disciplinary student teams to utilizetheir skills to produce their design.The semester long assignment will be to produce a suitable industrial-level production plan for a Page 7.522.5product of interest to the team (such as insulin, human growth factor, etc.), as if it was to be

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assurance in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Swami Karunamoorthy

tomake decisions about students, instruction, curriculum, instructors, and program. Theyshould be feasible for implementation to improve the outcomes as well as the processes.For example, the classroom assessment has two important feedback. One of them is toinform the instructor about students' level of understanding and to indicate the roadblocksin learning process so that appropriate instructional interventions can be planned. Theother one is to inform students, parents, and others about student outcome. In programlevel the results of the assessment can be used as feedback to continuously improve thequality of program.Student Outcome Portfolios Student outcome portfolio is a viable measuring tool for assessment process and itcan be

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Classroom Tips

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Dahm

the game. The full simulation included overtwenty distinct investment opportunities so this discussion is confined to illustrative examples.Possible InvestmentsEach student started the game with $10,000. The semester was divided into twenty turns. Thestated goal of the game was to finish turn 20 with as much cash as possible. Thus, all investmentshad a fixed, known planning horizon (and no salvage value unless otherwise stated). Studentswere given the option of placing money in a savings account- with no minimum or maximumbalance and no restrictions on frequency/size of withdrawals- at 5% interest per turn. In addition,students had the option of borrowing an unlimited amount of money at 15% interest,compounded every turn.Most investment

Conference Session

Teaching Outside the Box

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rachel Specht; Kathryn Hollar; Mariano Savelski; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

into corechemical engineering courses.Rachel Specht is a Junior Chemical Engineering Student at Rowan University. Rachel has an interest in biomedicalengineering and is planning to pursue a masters degree in this field. She has been a member of the Dean’s List atRowan University. She is the current president of the Society of Women Engineers student chapter at RowanUniversity and plays an active role in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Page 7.444.7Proceedings of the 2002American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright 2002, American Society for

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Madara Ogot

common multi-media tools and have them apply that knowledge in the creation of their multi-mediapresentations. Although the actual software taught will change with market trends, students wereexposed to Adobe Photoshop®, Corel Draw®, Macromedia Flash® and iMovie® during the2001/2002 academic year.2.4 Specific Aim #4: Improvement of Student Communication SkillsStudents receive formal training on making oral presentations and writing technical reports, withparticular emphasis on the use of multimedia technologies. In the spring semester with studentsregistered for Reverse Engineering I/II (refer to Figure 1), the R&D teams hold joint weeklymeetings where team members present progress of the past week for review and plans for nextweek. All CDW

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Issues in Computer Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeff Nadel; Daniel Walsh

current and future state-of-the-art projects that give an immediacy and relevance toaugment their traditional studies.Progress in education in the 21 st century depends upon access to world-class tools. Clearly,available infrastructures can either expand or inhibit our potential facility potential. We must beever vigilant, an infrastructure system can provide potential in one era, but drag us intoobsolescence in another era. It must be thought of as a perishable entity. This is an importantunderstanding because what was avant-garde yesterday is state-of-the-art today, derigueurtomorrow and passé at the end of the week.III. Vehicle RequirementsThe college has developed a strategic plan to invest in people, the tools they need to accomplishtheir

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Inside the Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Reid

to convince asomewhat reluctant student that the lab practical exam should be taken seriously.Optional help lab session:This will require a significant time investment on the part of the instructor, but can really benefitstudents. I plan a session around the second week of the semester for students who may be weakin some area of lab. Since we do not typically have classes on Fridays, one of these sessions canbe scheduled for a Friday. This lab session is entirely optional, although some students arestrongly encouraged to attend. I will usually have some basic laboratory exercises ready, andhave students work through these essentially with the instructor as the lab partner. This can serveas a confidence booster for a student, hopefully

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ralph Budwig; Beyerlein Steve; Matthew Cunnington; Levi Westra; Donald Elger

, Professor Mike Anderson, Dec. 2000.2. Elger, D.F., S.W. Beyerlein, and R. S. Budwig, Using Design, Build and Test Projects to Teach Engineering, Proceedings of the 2000 Frontiers in Education Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, Oct. 2000.3. Foss, J. F., Basic Elements in a Fluid Mechanics Laboratory Experience: An Engineering Science Approach, Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol 110, Mar 1988, p 9-15.4. Lasher, William C., Jack H. Young, and Richard C. Progelhof, A Plan for Integrating CFD into an Undergraduate Curriculum, Final report submitted to the National Science Foundation, Grant # DUE-9651218, www.pserie.psu.edu/cfd/index.html, Jan 4, 2002.5. Novak, J.D., Gowin, D.B., Learning How to Learn, Cambridge: New York, p. xi