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New Trends in ECE Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Patrick Dessert; Subramaniam Ganesan

and J.Bier, “The evolution of DSP processor”, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, March 2000, pp. 43-51. 21. W.Strauss, “ Digital Signal Processing – the new semiconductor industry technology driver”, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, March 2000, pp. 52-56.BiographyDR. SUBRAMANIAM GANESAN, is a Professor in the department of Computer Scienceand Engineering, and Associate Director of Product Development and Manufacutring CenterOakland University, Rochester, MI 48309, USA He is working on automotive applicationslike: DSP based electric power steering, Fuzzy idle-speed control, road scene analysis forintelligent vehicles, real time lossless Image compression, mobile communication protocol,application of wavelet transform and Hough

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Vladimir Briller; John Carpinelli

Session 2793A Comparative Analysis of Student Performance in Lower Division Computer Science Courses in Face-to-Face Mode vs. Distance Learning Mode Vladimir Briller and John D. Carpinelli New Jersey Institute of TechnologyAbstractComputer engineering and computer science students at the New Jersey Institute of Technology(NJIT) take a two-course sequence on the fundamentals of computer science as parts of theirplans of study. The two courses, CIS 113 and CIS 114, cover topics in computer system basics,algorithm design, data abstraction, programming languages, data structures, and

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Classroom Innovations

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2002 Annual Conference

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Robert McFarlane; James McBrayer

actual problems. The place that thesetwo aspects of the syllabus come together is in the engineering laboratory. It is here that thestudent is presented with a concrete problem to be solved, and they learn to apply the lessons ofthe classroom. The larger goal is to prepare the graduate to enter today’s engineering professionwith not only the proper problem-solving strategies and skills, but also to have gained experiencethat can be directly transferred to the needs of the contemporary career. This means exposure tothe latest technologies and an understanding of their concepts and applications. Perhaps the most significant aspect of engineering practice in the last decades has beenthe impact of computer technology in practically every

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Harold Stern; Robert Leland; Russ Pimmel

Post-Module where impact issues of engineering are discussed Plan an effective presentation Create list of impact questions for a particular implementation Write guidelines for effective oral Identify implications of various technological

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Strategic Issues in EM Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Sherion Jackson; Andrew Jackson

Engineering EducationBiographic Information Dr. ANDREW E. JACKSON is an associate professor in the Aeronautical ManagementTechnology Department at ASU East. In addition to teaching traditional classroom courses, hehas delivered courses on-line using one-way video & audio, one-way video with two-way audio,synchronous and asynchronous courses using e-mail and the web as a content delivery vehicle. Dr. SHERION H. JACKSON is a Faculty member at the University of Phoenix Online, aFaculty Associate at ASU East, and the Principal of Benjamin Franklin Charter School, a K-8school in Queen Creek, Arizona. She began working in technology-based classroom instructionin Orlando, Florida in 1991. She holds a Doctor of Education from Arizona State

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Teaching Effective Communications

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2002 Annual Conference

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David Hutto; Kathryn Hollar; Eric Constans; Anthony Marchese; Roberta Harvey; Bernard Pietrucha

theirunderstanding of design itself: To focus the design process on the needs of the user and customer rather than on the capabilities of technology requires a change in mindset, one often resisted by engineers. We were surprised to find that the journals helped to change their minds. Journals actually gave the students a place to think through their objections to the principles of user-centered design, allowing them to convince themselves of the value of these principles. 8These practical studies of the ways in which students benefit from writing that takes placeduring the “thinking” phases of projects give credence to the concept of invention, whichhas been dismissed by some as a romanticized mystification. Even though it is not yetfully

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Computers in Manufacturing Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Alan Leduc

inspection processes. GD&T and three-dimensional modeling both dependheavily on the use of datum planes and axes. By requiring students to be consistent in theapplication of datum planes/axes and location dimensions, the instructor emphasizes theimportance of capturing design intent (manufacturing intent) in the model thus further enhancingthe students understanding of the impact of design on manufacturing.This paper discusses the importance of three dimensional-modeling and geometric dimensioningas they relate to manufacturing and outlines a two-semester course sequence for presenting thismaterial in a Manufacturing Engineering Technology curriculum.A Need to Follow the Change in Communication ModelsA survey by Clark and Scale of North Carolina

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Design for Community

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2002 Annual Conference

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Brian Thompson; Craig Somerton

Session 2625 Community Outreach for Capstone Design: The Cycle Projects Craig W. Somerton and Brian S. Thompson Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State UniversityIntroductionA current trend in engineering education is the incorporation of a service learning experience.One such example is the EPICS program at Purdue, which involves the volunteer work ofengineering students in the community [1]. Another approach, proposed herein, is to utilize thesenior capstone design experience in community outreach. This approach has been taken duringthe past three years in the mechanical engineering senior

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Curriculum Development in CET and MET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jan Lugowski

skills.The curriculum is modularly structured, which means that the program is delivered in a veryflexible manner. The flexibility is enhanced by the fact that the modules are smaller than threesemester-hour credit courses. As part of the integrated curriculum, the fluid power module isinterconnected with other modules. The relevance of the competencies developed in variousmodules is thus reinforced throughout the curriculum. As a result, the participant of the program(traditionally known as student) is expected to be able to relate each of the competencies to themanufacturing engineering.1. BackgroundThe National Science Foundation has been funding since 1995 three national Centers ofExcellence through its Advanced Technological Education (ATE

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Balancing Personal and Professional Life

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2002 Annual Conference

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Penny Knoll; Lisa Bullard; Ann Saterbak

this summer.’ For me, thatlifestyle is not realistic. Finally, my department already has 25 tenured or tenure-track personnelwho have a research focus – what we really need is at least one faculty member who has thetime, energy, and desire to focus on undergraduate students.”Faculty Member #2. The second faculty member is 38 years old and graduated with a B.S. inConstruction in 1995 and an M.S. in Construction Management in 1999. She joined the CivilEngineering Department at Montana State University in 2000 as an Adjunct Instructor inConstruction Engineering Technology (CET). She teaches both undergraduate and graduateclasses; advises 45 undergraduate CET students; serves as the Director of the Internship programat MSU for both Civil and

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jessica Mitchell; James Sweeney; Kristine Csavina

frontfor students. The need to provide an earlier understanding of the field of bioengineeringoriginates not only from ASU student feedback, but also from more general reports generated onS.M.E.T. (Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology) education. In Elaine Seymour’sarticle, “Revisiting the “Problem Iceberg”: Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Students StillChilled Out” she details findings on why equally capable students (mathematic S.A.T. scores of650 minimum) switched to non-S.M.E. majors. At the top of the list is “a lack, or loss, orinterest in science,” with an overall conclusion that students switch majors based on “career -related concerns.” In better introducing first year students to bioengineering at ASU and in thelocal

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Innovative Lab and Hands-on Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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Ismail Orabi

degree from the State University of New York and B.S. from Cairo Institute ofTechnology, all in Mechanical Engineering. In the past 10 years, He has established three Laboratories: theMaterials Testing laboratory sponsored by the NSF, the Engineering Multimedia Laboratory supported by AT&TFoundation and the Space Dynamic Systems Lab funded by United Technologies and the Yankee Ingenuity of theState of Connecticut. He has published over 25 technical articles in refereed journals and conference proceedings.His research interests include dynamics of linear and nonlinear structural systems, numerical simulations andseismic analysis and design. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference &

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Instrumentation Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Michael Case; Binaya Acharya; Bruce Segee; Isaac Horn

Technology Inc, http://www.microchip.com/1010/pline/analog/anicateg/mixed/signal/adc/sar/devices/mcp3202/702 7/index.htm4. LM35 Precision Centigrade Temperature Sensors. 2000 National Semiconductor Corp. http://www.national.com/pf/LM/LM35.html#Datasheet5.Bill Giovino, “Zilog and the Embedded Internet- a White Paper” http://Microcontroller.com 09/22/2006. Mark Thoren “TCP/IP Using Microcontrollers and the Development of and Internet mp3 Player” An Independent Study Report, ECE 599 Spring 2001, University Of Maine..BRUCE SEGEEBruce E. Segee is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University ofMaine. His research interests include Instrumentation, Automation, and Intelligent Systems. He is

Conference Session

Learning Styles

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2002 Annual Conference

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SangHa Lee; Stefani A. Bjorklund; John Wise; Thomas Litzinger

the assessment of the ECSEL coalition.JOHN WISEJohn Wise is Director of Engineering Instructional Services at Penn State. In this capacity, he provides assistance tofaculty members and teaching assistants in the areas of teaching, learning, and instructional technology. Hereceived his B.A. in Liberal Arts from The University of the State of New York and his M.S. in InstructionalSystems from Penn State. He is currently completing his dissertation research on intellectual development ofengineering students as a doctoral candidate in Instructional Systems. He may be reached at jwise@psu.edu. Page 7.581.11 Proceedings of the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Mary Stephen; Jerry Weinberg

Session 1526 A Laboratory Experience for Teaching Participatory Design in a Human-Computer Interaction Course Jerry B. Weinberg, Mary L. Stephen Southern Illinois University Edwardsville / Saint Louis UniversityI. IntroductionThe ability of computer technology to improve productivity and enhance quality of life restssquarely on how well the technology application fits our conceptual understanding of how thingswork1. While it is important for a software product to provide the necessary functionality toperform its intended use, it is also important that this

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Modeling in Materials Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Craig Johnson

are required to haveChemistry, but not a materials course. This broadens the diversity of students in the course, andcreates a tight schedule regarding inclusion of basic skills, processes and applications. Page 7.869.1 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”As an MET elective, the course involves both analysis and technology. The objective of thelaboratory is to involve the students with hands-on experience in composite design. The studentsalso test the beams for mechanical properties.The

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Innovative Laboratory Instruction

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jess Everett

students that made important software contributions.BIBLIOGRAPHYBert, R. (1998) "Designing Sooner, Not Later", ASEE Prism, December Issue, pp. 18-19.CEES [School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science] (1998) “Sooner City – Design Across theCurriculum”, Proposal to National Science Foundation, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK.Siegel, D. (1999) "Technology Creates New Ways of Teaching Design", NSPE Engineering Times, pp. 11, 14, April1999BIOGRAPHYJess W. EverettJess W. Everett is an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering atRowan University. He also serves as chair of the Landfilling and Composting committee of the Air and WasteManagement Association. Dr. Everett is a registered

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Assessing Teaching and Learning

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2002 Annual Conference

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Donald Headley; Sanjiv Sarin

from SUCCEED, an NSFcoalition that aims to revitalize undergraduate engineering education. This support is gratefullyacknowledged. The first author would also like to thank his students in INEN 260, 270 and 330for voluntarily participating in this study.References1. ABET, Criteria For Accrediting Programs In Engineering In The United States, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc., 111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, Maryland 21202-4012. http://www.abet.ba.md.us/EAC/eac2000.html2. Astin, A.W., What Matters in College: Four Critical Years Revisited. Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, CA, 1993.3. Black, P. and William D., “Inside the Black Box: Raising Standards through Classroom Assessment,” Phi Delta

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Tools of Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

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Dave Cress

Session 1630 The F Word in the Classroom: Fail and Learn David Cress Associate Professor Petroleum Engineering Marietta CollegeIntroductionEach semester, I pick one or two bulleted points in our college mission statement and developnew exercises to address them. Five years ago, I chose, “preparation for lifelong learning andprofessional development.” The behaviors I associate with lifelong learning involve regularreflection on and assessment of failures and successes as well as

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Design and Innovation

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2002 Annual Conference

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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

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Web Education: Delivery and Evaluation

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2002 Annual Conference

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Tim Diemer; Rob Wolter; Cliff Goodwin

Session 2420 There Is No Substitute For Face-to-Face Learning: Or Is There? Tim Diemer, Robert Wolter, Cliff Goodwin Purdue University School of Engineering and Technology/IUPUI In spring of 2000, the Department of Organizational Leadership and Supervision (PurdueSchool of Engineering and Technology, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis)offered students the option to take a sophomore level survey course fully online. The course,titled "Human Behavior in Organizations," was also offered in traditional, classroom-basedsections. The challenge the authors faced as instructors went beyond the usual

Conference Session

MET Student Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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Harley Hammond; Chih-Ping Yeh

Vision: Theory, Algorithms, Practicalities”, E. R. Davies, Academic Press, 19965. “Digital Image Processing”, Rafael C. Gonzaless, Addison Wesley1987.CHIH-PING YEHChih-Ping P Yeh received the B.S. degree in Electronic Engineering from Taiwan, the M.S. degree in BiomedicalEngineering from Northwestern University at Evanston, IL, the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineeringfrom Texas A&M University at College Station, TX. Dr. Yeh is an Associate Professor in the Division ofEngineering Technology at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.HARLEY R. HAMMONDHarley R. Hammond earned his M.S. degree in Engineering Technology from Wayne State University in 2000 aswell as a B.S. degree in Automated Systems Engineering Technology and A.S

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Instrumentation and Control Applications

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2002 Annual Conference

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Philip McCreanor

– Augenstein, Don, Yazdani, Ramin, Moore, Rick, Dahl, Karina, “Yolo County Controlled LandfillDemonstration Project,” Solid Waste Technologies, May/June 1998.Biographical InformationPHILIP T. MCCREANORPhilip T. McCreanor is an Assistant Professor in the Environmental Engineering Program at Mercer University inMacon, GA. Dr. McCreanor possesses a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering and a M.S. in Environmental Sciencefrom the University of Central Florida and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Miami. Hisresearch interests include bioreactor landfills, remote sensing, instrumentation, and unsaturated groundwater flow.DEBRA R. REINHARTDr. Reinhart is Associate Dean for the College of Engineering and a Professor with the Univeristy of

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Real-world Applications in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Edward Vavrek

Session No. 2147 Incorporating Working Model Into The Lab Of An Applied Kinematics Course Edward M. Vavrek Purdue University North CentralI. IntroductionMechanical Engineering Technology students take an Applied Kinematics Course in their thirdyear at Purdue University North Central. Kinematics is the study of motion in different machinemechanisms. In this course, students learn techniques necessary to study the motions ofmachines and perform design concepts to optimize the motion of a machine arrangement. Thispaper discusses the current

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Control in the Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

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W. San Yip; Michael Hough; Eric Wood; Thomas Marlin

for real-time optimization of plant operations. He was twice awarded the Excellence inTeaching Assistantship Award sponsored by Dow Chemical Company.THOMAS MARLINThomas Marlin worked in industry for 15 years before joining McMaster University and assuming hiscurrent positions as Professor of Chemical Engineering and Director of the McMaster Advanced ControlConsortium. He teaches courses in process control, process analysis, trouble shooting and appliedoptimization. His major research interest is developing technology for real-time control and optimization. Page 7.130.17 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education

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Understanding Students: Cognition

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2002 Annual Conference

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Durward Sobek

once standard practice in professional practice and education,but in recent years the practice has waned as digital technologies have provided new ways torepresent and store engineering information. Fortunately, the ME faculty at Montana StateUniversity were sympathetic to journaling, and agreed to re-institute them if I could providesupport. To date, I know of no other study that uses journals to investigate design processes(although certainly design journals are in use in many design courses7-9), so this is new territory.We’ve collected journals for three semesters (Fall 2000, Spring 2001, and Fall 2001) and nowhave over 70 journals on 21 projects. The Fall 2000 journals were of low quality for reasonsexplained in a companion paper,10 so

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Internet Programming and Applications

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2002 Annual Conference

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Charles Miller; Carlos Morales

Session 2258 Delivering Instructional Video Anywhere: An Intelligent Wireless Streaming Video Delivery Mechanism for Mobile Asynchronous Distance Learning Carlos R. Morales, Charles D. Miller Purdue University, Knoy Hall, Room 363, West Lafayette, IN, 47907AbstractDuring the last two years, Purdue University’s Computer Graphics Technology department has beendeveloping an open-architecture distance learning system capable of both synchronous and asynchronousinstructional delivery. The system strives to provide the ability to deliver any instructional content, to

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ET Interdisciplinary Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Biswajit Ray

Session 3148 Experiences with an Introductory Electronics Course for Non-Science Majors Biswajit Ray Dept. of Physics & Engineering Technology Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Bloomsburg, PA 17815AbstractExperience with a hands-on introductory electronics course for non-science majors is presented.This three-credit course is offered as a general education science course with no physics ormathematics pre-requisite. Expectation of students varies from getting a basic

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Programming and DSP Potpourri

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2002 Annual Conference

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Delores Etter; Cameron Wright; Michael Morrow; Thad Welch

: t.b.welch@ieee.orgDELORES M. ETTER, Ph.D, is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the U.SNaval Academy, Annapolis, MD, and holds the ONR Distinguished Chair in Science and Technology. From1998–2001, she was the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology. She is author ofa number of engineering textbooks and her research interests include adaptive signal processing. ProfessorEtter is member of the National Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the IEEE and the ASEE, and a memberof Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu. E-mail: etter@usna.eduMICHAEL G. MORROW, P.E., is a Faculty Associate in the Department of Electrical Engineering at

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Control in the Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

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Kevin Dahm

Inductive Approach to Teaching Heat and Mass Transfer," Proceedings of theASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, St. Louis, MO, June 2000.15 Felder, Richard, "Reaching the Second Tier: Learning and Teaching Styles in College Science Education."J. College Science Teaching, 23, 5 (1993).16 Wankat, P. C. and Oreovicz, F. S. Teaching Engineering, McGraw-Hill, 1993.17 R.M. Felder, "Meet Your Students: 1. Stan and Nathan." Chem. Engr. Education, 23, 2, (1989).18 R.M. Felder, "Meet Your Students: 2. Susan and Glenda." Chem. Engr. Education, 24, 1, (1990).KEVIN DAHM is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. He received his Ph.D. in1998 from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prior to joining the faculty of Rowan