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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Subha Kumpaty

2002-201 Learning enhancement in Thermodynamics Classroom via use of TEST™ software in design projects and laboratory Subha K. Kumpaty Milwaukee School of Engineering, 1025 N. Broadway, Milwaukee, WI 53202AbstractIntroduced in Spring 1999 into the MSOE’s three-quarter Thermodynamics sequence, TheExpert System for Thermodynamics (TEST™ software by Subrata Bhattacharjee) 1 has become agreat asset and an excellent tool in enhancing students’ learning of Thermodynamicsfundamentals. The presenter, Dr. Kumpaty encouraged the institution-wide use of the softwareby obtaining a site license and

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Introduction to Engineering Courses

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2002 Annual Conference

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Hazel Pierson; Daniel Suchora

timesacceleration. It takes significant effort with examples to overcome this rather well embedded“fact”. One useful example is studying the free fall off a building where an object’s weightcauses the acceleration of gravity. Another is the example of a person in an elevator standing ona scale to measure the force exerted on the scale by the person when the elevator is acceleratingup, down, or moving at constant velocity. Free body diagrams and application of Newton’sSecond Law to these examples form the basis for the free body diagram of the model rocket inflight shown in figure 1 on the following page. Page 7.54.2 Proceedings of the 2002 American

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Moral Theories and Engineering Ethics

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2002 Annual Conference

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Arthur Kney; David Brandes; Mary Roth; Kristen Sanford Bernhardt

impressed with the potential of teaching moral theories in theengineering professionalism and ethics course and incorporated this change in the fall of 1998.Current CourseTable 1 shows the course objectives and outcomes for the fall 2001 semester, and Table 2 showsthe course schedule. The primary foci of the course are on understanding moral theories andapplying them to the analysis of engineering cases, acquiring the skills to conduct a basicengineering economic analysis, and developing communication skills. Texts include a book onmoral philosophy5 and a more traditional engineering ethics book6. The philosophy book is used Page 7.484.2

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Innovations in Teaching Mechanics

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2002 Annual Conference

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Helen Kuznetsov

oflearning through experience is achieved by allowing students to solve a renewed set ofproblems of the same type. This approach is possible only for computer-graded problemsconsidering usual large student per faculty ratio.To be really educational the problems have to present an appropriate challenge. Examplesof programs generating a variety of new challenging problems in a sequence of attempts bystudents to improve their grade are presented in Figure 1 below.Figure 1. A variety of problems presented in the same lesson in a sequence of executiontimes. The students are asked to determine forces in the members of the truss shown in redusing method of sections.Lesson "Trusses, Method of Sections" is a cT lesson and it required a rather

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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

. Eachmicroprocessor interacts with a variety of different I/O devices, both analog and digital.After a thorough research of all the available microprocessors, the RabbitCore moduleRCM2200 was selected. This is a very small board that includes the Microprocessor aswell as a built-in Ethernet compatibility. Furthermore, the inclusion of a TCP/IP protocolstack allows the network to easily interface to the outside world. Including power andground, the number of connections to the outside world is six, yet the number ofcontrollers, processing power, or number of I/O points is virtually unlimited.Furthermore, the use of standard networking protocols simplifies the software design andimproves the flexibility.1.Introduction Microprocessors have long been

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New Programs and Textbooks in BME

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2002 Annual Conference

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Rakie Cham; Brian Moyer

importance of visual learningin the field of biomechanics, acquired ADAMS simulation software from Mechanical DynamicsInc, and introduced its students to this tool. This paper describes the course, reports on ourinstructive experience and students’ evaluation of the class and suggests future teachingstrategies.We chose ADAMS based on its utility in industry and its integration in a number of mechanicalengineering courses. We focused on two of ADAMS’ numerous components: (1)ADAMS/View (A/View), a graphical interface used for building, simulating and animatingmodels, and (2) Human Figure Modeler, an add-on tool that allows modeling of human bodybiomechanics. Another appealing feature of the software is its numerous potential applicationsin research

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To Design and Conduct Experiments

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2002 Annual Conference

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Scott Morton; John Nydahl; Nancy Peck

asdemonstrations since the empirical results are in excellent agreement with accepted physicalmodels. Further, the exceptional agreement obtained between the general empirical model resultsand the various friction laws allows students to deduce specific relationships from more generalrelationships.I. IntroductionLower division students often blindly accept authority-given knowledge and then try toregurgitate and/or apply this information without regard to the implicit assumptions andlimitations. An implied goal of any higher learning institution is to move learners from naivetéto a questioning and critical thinking state 1. This situation is particularly acute when students areasked to integrate material from different courses 1,2 in discovery-based

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Freshman Curriculum Development

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2002 Annual Conference

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Rita Caso; Jeff Froyd; Jan Rinehart; Ahmer Inam; Ann Kenimer; Carolyn Clark; Jim Morgan

. As the foundation for new curricula, A&Mdeveloped LCs. At A&M, a LC is a group of students, faculty and industry that have commoninterests and work as partners to improve the engineering educational experience. LCs valuediversity, are accessible to all interested individuals, and bring real world situations into theengineering classroom. The key components of A&M engineering LCs at are: (1) clustering ofstudents in common courses; (2) teaming; (3) active/coopera tive learning; (4) industryinvolvement; (5) technology-enhanced classrooms; (6) peer teachers; (7) curriculum integration;(8) faculty team teaching; and (9) assessment and evaluation. This presentation will use bothquantitative and qualitative assessment methods to try

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Manufacturing Education and Outreach

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2002 Annual Conference

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Anil Saigal; Vincent Manno

such asmanufacturing engineering, biotechnology, microwave and wireless engineering, etc. In order toget a Certificate, a student typically has to take four or five courses. These courses are typicallymore applied in nature, focusing on process and production topics. Within the Department ofMechanical Engineering, most part-time, post-baccalaureate students start in the CertificateProgram in Manufacturing Engineering (see Table 1). Many of these students continue on fortheir Master’s degree as all the courses taken as part of the Certificate program can be used tosatisfy the requirements for the graduate degree. The certificate program is open to students witha bachelor’s degree and a background in engineering, science, or mathematics. The

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New/Emerging Technologies

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2002 Annual Conference

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Chenghsin Liu

adding JavaScript in the creation of a collaborativeenvironment. The JavaScript programming language makes multimedia and interactivecapabilities available to Internet users.With the use of VRML, the web is being extended to 3D. And JavaScript can broadcast thegraphics over the Internet. This powerful combination shows that VRML and JavaScript provideextensive support for large-scale virtual environments. Newer versions of the web browserscome with multimedia plug-ins such as the Cosmo player that can run the VRML file so thatusers can view graphical images virtually.Collaborative EnvironmentFigure 1 shows the steps to establish a collaborative environment using Pro/ENGINEER,VRML, JavaScript, and Cosmo Player. A simple pyramid is used to

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Monica Mallini

upon “reallife” examples frequently. The course schedule, shown in Table 1, was modified to establish afirm foundation, for instance with a discussion of basic electricity. Because engineering is much more than book learning, theory is reinforced by laboratoryexercises and simulations of analog circuits and digital electronic circuits. However, the synergybetween lecture and laboratory is particularly strong in this non-majors course. In a course forelectrical engineering majors, skills such as using a voltmeter, reading a logic diagram,understanding pin assignments, and wiring a circuit are prerequisite to performing the laboratoryexercises. ELEN 2300 differs markedly in that these simple skills are a major course objective.Therefore

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ECE Design, Capstone, and Engr. Practice

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2002 Annual Conference

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Vamsy Chodavarapu; Bill Kirkey; Alexander Cartwright; Pratibha Gopalam

develop new systems. Page 7.900.1 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”In a paper previously published by us [1], we have described how to integrate the use ofdesign in laser and photonics courses. We have implemented that strategy and in doingso, created a new virtual learning environment that has impact on three courses at theUniversity at Buffalo, The State University of New York, which are taught forundergraduates (Lasers and Photonics, EE 492 and Consumer Optoelectronics EE494)and graduates

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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2002 Annual Conference

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John Buck; Kathleen Wage; Cameron Wright; Thad Welch

. Surveys and coursegrades are important assessment techniques for evaluating the benefit of these alternatives,but there is clearly a need for a quantitative measure of student performance that can beused for inter-campus comparisons. Third, the advent of ABET Engineering Criteria 2000,4which requires all programs to implement an assessment feedback cycle, further amplifies theneed for objective assessment techniques throughout all undergraduate engineering curricula.One of our models in developing the SSCI exams was the Force Concept Inventory (FCI),which spurred recent reform in and debate about the freshman physics curriculum.1, 5 TheFCI is a multiple choice exam covering Newtonian physics. The exam includes carefullycrafted incorrect answers

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Projects to promote eng.; teamwork,K-12

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2002 Annual Conference

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Richard Gilbert; Elizabeth McCullough; Kimberly Rogers; Joseph Hickey; Andrew Hoff; Eric Roe; Marilyn Barger

Session 2002-2027 Teaching Problem Solving to High School and Community College Students: A New Approach Andrew M. Hoff1, Marilyn Barger2, Richard Gilbert1, Kimberly S. Rogers1, Joseph D. Hickey1, Eric Roe1, and Beth McCullough2 (1) University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33620 / (2) Hillsborough Community College, Brandon, Florida 33619AbstractWe present the results of a new approach to adapt and incorporate high technology materials intoour state mandated secondary education curricula. This is accomplished by providing secondaryand community college

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Educational Opportunities in Engr. Abroad

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2002 Annual Conference

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D. Joseph Mook

Session 2028 Educating the Global Engineer: A Program to Promote Study Abroad, International Exchanges and Diversity in Undergraduate Engineering Lester A. Gerhardt*, Peggy Blumenthal**, Susannah Spodek** Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute*/Institute of International Education** IntroductionMore than 96% of humanity lives outside the borders of the continental United States. Of the 15million Americans studying in higher education in the United States each year, only about 1% goabroad as part of their undergraduate educational experience. Moreover, less than 3% of this 1%are

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ricardo Teixeira; Pedro Portela; Maria Restivo; Jose Marques

know-how from various engineering areas in avery rewarding cooperative teaching and learning exercise.IntroductionThe increasing specialisation of modern engineering curricula may contribute to an excessivefragmentation of teaching subjects, which hinders the formation of a global picture in thestudent’s mind.In the course of their basic experimental training, engineering students are, very routinely,supposed to achieve confirmatory results of simple physical laws or effects. The currentavailability of icon-based user-friendly graphical software for monitoring, control, dataacquisition and interpretation, has provided students with an excellent training facility, whichis intuitive, open, interactive and flexible 1. In our opinion the

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Jenkins; John Kramlich

criteria mandated for accreditation by the Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology (ABET)1. Defining (and communicating) program objectives, educational processes,assessment /evaluation, and feedback are essential aspects of how engineering programs achievetheir academic aims. Teaching students how to learn as well as assessing how well studentslearn are integral parts of this new paradigm in engineering education.How much and how well students learn can be assessed if engineering instructors (who seldomhave formal training in pedagogy) are cognizant of such concepts as Bloom’s taxonomy ofcognitive domain2 and Sousa’s illustration of the complexity and difficulty within the taxonomy3.The lowest to the highest levels of complexity of the

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Assessment in Large and Small Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Ronald Terry

in order to achieve the desired benefitsmentioned above. In particular, it was critical that the exam be intimately tied to ourcurriculum by directly addressing the core competencies. Also, development of our ownexam permitted us to write conceptually based questions to probe student understandingrather than just their ability to plug numbers into learned relationships. It should be notedthat the emphasis on these core competencies is in addition to the focus on the rest of theobjectives and attributes of our chemical engineering program which includes thosespecifically detailed by EC2000.Table 1 shows the list of 18 core competencies targeted by the exam. One objective inpreparing the exam was to determine the minimum number of questions

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Assessment of Biomedical Engineering Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Sean Brophy; Robert Roselli

formativeassessment to students and timely information about student comprehension to instructors. All Page 7.549.1CCSs provide mechanisms which perform the following basic functions: 1) delivery of an Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationappropriate question to the entire class (or selected subgroup); 2) retrieval of individual studentresponses to the question; 3) Sorting, compilation and display of student responses; and 4)discussion of student responses. CCS can exist in many different forms. We are

Conference Session

Design in the Engineering Core

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2002 Annual Conference

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Sanford Meek; Mark Minor

by integrating the electronics, microcontroller,programming, and finishing touches to create an autonomous robot. Teams meet with coursestaff at these milestones to gain feedback and evaluate their progress. Throughout this processthey witness directly the impact of their design and instrumentation decisions on the performanceof their robot in a fun and competitive environment. The students are then better prepared fortheir fourth year capstone design project.1. Introduction Design is a skill often said to be best learned by experience. At the University of Utah,Mechanical Engineering students learn design by experience in this manner throughout the

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Williams; Robert Doty

course that provides the major design experience atBaylor. Differing forms of the capstone design experience have been presented by otherauthors.1-2The core course at Baylor emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of engineering design and isteam-taught by at least one mechanical engineering faculty member and one electrical/computerengineering faculty member. The objective of the course is to facilitate the transition fromacademia to professional engineering practice and to integrate the accumulated background ofthe engineering student. The project to be designed, built, and tested, as the central requirementof this course is typically an integrated electromechanical system with computer control,necessarily drawing from earlier courses in

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Mentoring Graduate Students for Success

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2002 Annual Conference

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Patricia Stubblefield; Elisabeth Alford

high level of competence is essential for professionalcareers in academia or research. Even though ABET Engineering Criteria 2000 hasencouraged engineering colleges to expand communications instruction in theundergraduate curriculum, it has long been possible to complete an undergraduate Page 7.851.1engineering program with no formal writing instruction beyond freshman composition Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering Education(1, p. 130). Thus, many engineering graduate students could profit from a review

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Knowing Students:Diversity and Retention

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2002 Annual Conference

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John Demel

of the freshmanprograms, a summary of changes accomplished, and the retention statistics for the College ofEngineering.IntroductionIn 1988, at The Ohio State University the retention of engineering students to the junior yearranged between 40 and 50 percent. See Figure 1. This followed the national norms. In the early1990’s the Ohio State College of Engineering became part of the NSF funded GatewayEngineering Education Coalition. The other members of the Coalition were Drexel University,Columbia University, Cooper Union, New Jersey Institute of Technology, University ofPennsylvania, University of South Carolina, and Florida International University. One focus ofthe Coalition’s efforts was to improve retention to the junior year by using

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Inter. collaboratory efforts in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

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James Cunningham; D. Joseph Mook

ten ERAUstudents have studied at EPF as of this writing, only three have followed through with thedouble diploma option. Of seventeen EPF students in the program, six have earned all threedegrees; to achieve that, students must complete a minimum of 33 undergraduate and 27graduate engineering credits taken at ERAU, on top of the five-year French EngineeringDiploma. A flow chart of the ERAU-EPF Double Diploma program is displayed in Figure 1.Accreditation concerns are addressed through course-by-course comparisons between thedouble degree participants. Professors from each institution cross the Atlantic to examine thecurricula, laboratories and design projects. EPF engineering and computer science(infomatique) department chairs spent a week at

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Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

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2002 Annual Conference

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Richard Gilbert; Kathleen Carvalho; Elizabeth McCullough; Marilyn Barger

laboratory. To date, 2 exercises havebeen developed for the Inorganic Chemistry courses (CHM 1045 and CHM 1046) and 1 activityfor Organic Chemistry (CHM 2211). The potential payback is blatantly obvious: Recruitundeclared students already somewhat interested in science (chemistry) and technology into thenew Manufacturing Technology program.A parallel effort to increase exposure of the new laboratory facilities at HCC to the localengineering college and technical community has been initiated. To enhance the relationshipbetween HCC and the College of Engineering at the neighboring University of South Florida(USF), a graduate Engineering Class in Modeling and Analysis was invited to the Vacuum TechLaboratory to use the equipment to acquire data to

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New MET Course Development

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2002 Annual Conference

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John Zecher

also its limitations. The course discussed in this paper, is a junior level course that focuses primarily on using finiteelement analysis to solve linear stress analysis problems. Prerequisites to the course include: Statics,Strength of Materials, and Design of Machine Elements. Unlike some MET programs that have chosen tointroduce FEA in their Statics [1] or Strength of Materials courses [2], the course described in this papercenters on FEA as the main focus of the course. This approach allows concepts and equations developedduring these earlier courses to be reviewed and reinforced by comparing their manual calculations with theresults produced from the finite element model. Ten written lab report projects are assigned

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Parviz Daneshgari

product development team integrate all of theThe complex task of Product Development has been a individual components into a working system.major challenge for product manufacturers anddevelopers since the introduction of complex This approach works under two conditions:mechanical systems. The current approach to ProductDevelopment planning and execution, for many 1. Breakthrough technology; such as NASAcomplex commercial products, is resource based as satellites or new military technologiesopposed to learning based. The future competitiveness 2. Hypothetical unlimited markets and unlimitedin the world market is being driven by a need to enlist a

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ET Industrial Collaborations

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jamie Workman

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Innovations in Teaching Mechanics

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2002 Annual Conference

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Marilyn Smith

Dynamics, 3 rdEdition by David J. McGill and Wilton W.King. The syllabus for the semester courseis constructed as shown in Figure 1. Kinetics of Particles and Mass CentersCourse Structure Kinematics of PlaneThe traditional course structure in anundergraduate course beyond the freshman Motion of a Rigid Bodyyear usually includes graded homework, twoor three quizzes, and a final exam. The Kinetics of Plane Motionhomework will typically contribute 15% to

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Moral Theories and Engineering Ethics

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2002 Annual Conference

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David Haws

lottery.The best of the worst outcomes would be to loose the natural lottery in an open society thatwould maximize access to primary goods (the worst of the worst would be to loose the naturallottery of talents and be born as an outcaste). Rawls derives the two principles of justice byimagining deliberations from the original position, concerning the conditions under whichinequalities in primary goods would be considered just.The two principles of justice are hierarchical in that the first principle takes precedence over thesecond principle, and part a) of the second principle takes precedence over part b). 1. Each person has an equal right to the most extensive scheme of equal basic liberties compatible with a similar scheme of liberties for