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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Robert Malkin

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Abroad Educational Opportunities in Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jo-Ann Murray; Urbain DeWinter; Solomon Eisenberg

Session 3260 Developing a Study Abroad Opportunity for Engineering Undergraduates Solomon R. Eisenberg1, Jo-Ann Murray1 and Urbain DeWinter2 1 College of Engineering / 2Division of International Programs, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215AbstractThe Boston University College of Engineering, in cooperation with the Division of InternationalPrograms and the Technical University of Dresden (TUD) in Dresden, Germany, inaugurated astudy abroad program in spring 2001 designed specifically for second-semester

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Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2003 Annual Conference

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Joni Spurlin; Elizabeth Parry; Laura Bottomley

graduating at a higher rate than their male colleagues, they areleaving the College of Engineering to do it (see figure 1 for an example cohort).In each cohort women are graduating from the College of Engineering at lower rates. Theircognitive variables, however, tend to exceed that of the male students. In any given semester, theoverall average GPA of the women students in a cohort tends to exceed that of the males.Another way of looking at retention is to examine the number of students in a cohort retainedfrom year to year prior to graduation, see figure 2. Page 8.1187.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education

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A Potpourri of Innovations in Physics

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mark Kithcart; Legunchim Emmanwori; G. Van Ness Burbach; Dominic Clemence; Caesar Jackson; Guoqing Tang

research projects, and integrating researchand STEM education. This paper will report the progress that we have made so far in all fourareas.Through the TALENT-21 Program, a facility has been established for undergraduate researchtraining in the geophysical and environmental sciences. The facility includes a Seismic PhysicalModeling Laboratory for earth subsurface modeling and simulated measurements, and a SeismicData Processing Laboratory for data analysis and visualization. Planned for the research trainingprogram is a three-pronged approach of generating (1) real-world seismic data by seismic fieldsurveys, (2) physical modeled data through the Seismic Physical Modeling Laboratories, and (3)computer simulated data through mathematical modeling

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Cecelia Wigal

their peers, their management, various internal and external customers, and thegeneral public by corresponding, instructing, analyzing, researching, and presenting. Visuals anddocument design features as well as state-of-the-art hardware and software enhance anengineer’s ability to effectively communicate. Effective use of these tools requires knowledge of(1) what tools are available, (2) how to best integrate these tools, and, most importantly, (3)how the reader and listener best grasp written and orally communicated information.This paper describes a systems approach to integrating technical communication with theengineering curriculum. To introduce this approach, the basic theory behind systemsthinking—including systems methodologies and

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Three P's in Introduction to Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mary Clare Robins; Elizabeth Parry; Laura Bottomley

Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright (c) 2003, American Society for Engineering Education 1- Appeal to a broader range of student interests 2- Highlight the importance of community service for engineers 3- Increase student self-esteem by placing them in a role-model position 4- Help create a sense of engineering identity in studentsThe project was clearly an attempt to break away from the traditional engineering projects whilemaintaining learning objectives consistent with the course. The goals for the project also includedsome (3 and 4) that came from research in the Women-in-Engineering program on increasingstudent retention.Project

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Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2003 Annual Conference

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Janet Schmidt; Greg Wilkins; Clay Gloster; Robert Lent; Linda Schmidt

/ethnicity, 87% self-identified as Black or African American, 2% as White orEuropean American, 2% as Native American, 1% as Hispanic American, 1% as AsianAmerican, and 7% reported other racial/ethnic identifications. Participants from the thirduniversity, a predominantly White state university, included 266 students (52 women, 214men), who were also mostly in their first (80%) or second (13%) years of college. Theirmean age was 18.52 years, SD = 2.53. Self-reported racial/ethnic designations includedBlack or African American, 9%; White or European American, 63%; Hispanic American,3%; Asian American, 22%; and 3% reported other racial/ethnic identifications.All participants completed the research measures in class during the last two weeks of thesame

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Industrial Sponsored Design

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jerry Hatfield

engineering majors can easily grasp the idea of thebase station and the robot “talking” to each other. Base Station Transceiver Remote Transceiver Figure 1: 900 MHz Communication LinkWireless Data Formats:Serial digital data was selected for conveying commands from the base station computer to therobot, but since all sensor data would be in analog form, it was decided to simply encode theinformation returned from the robot to the computer as a variable frequency tone using a voltagecontrolled oscillator. The base station and robot communication links are shown in Figures 2 and3. Page

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New Trends in ECE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Lorena Basilio; Frank Claydon; Betty Barr; David Shattuck; Stuart Long; Jennifer Ruchhoeft

uses. Thatprogram involves a relatively small group of students from across the college of engineering. Thisprogram was one of the pioneering programs in the use of Collaborative Learning or CooperativeLearning, as described by Uri Treisman [1] and Paskusz and Foster [2]. Their emphasis is collegewide, and is therefore somewhat more general, and is targeted more at the courses that ourstudents take as freshmen. While the PROMES program does work with our two target courses, Page 8.1044.2 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Michael Deisenroth

objectives (2,3).Learning objectives can be defined as, “statements that describe what students will be able to doafter completing a prescribed unit of instruction” (2). A more detailed definition is provided byMager, “the objectives must include three characteristics: (1) a statement about what the learnermust be able to do, (2) a description of the conditions under which the performance is to occur,and (3) a description of the criteria for acceptable performance” (4). Common to both of thesedefinitions is the focus on what the learner/student must be able to do at the completion of thelearning unit. Learning objectives provide detailed descriptions about the exact behavior astudent should demonstrate to show competence in a particular area. For

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Experienced-Based Instruction

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2003 Annual Conference

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Allen Estes; Ronald Welch

the community aboutengineering and building ties with local organizations/communities.1 These local organizations /communities receive a valuable service from the students in the form of a design, professionalrecommendation, and/or a working device at minimum to no cost. These organizations /communities have, in turn, informed other groups that have aggressively sought assistance fromthe department. Students learn to interact with community sponsors, many who have littletechnical training, and contribute to the local area in a meaningful way. Recent project sponsorsranged from sports clubs at the academy to a local humane society. Large funding requirementsmust come from the client, while small amounts, if the client has limited funds, come

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Paul Johnson; Harold Larson; Charles Standridge; Shirley Fleischmann

as an engineering student. Mathematicsassignments provide an introduction to fundamental engineering concepts and calculations such asstress and strain. Weekly assignments are given that require students to provide written reactionsto the readings as well as to solving basic engineering problems mathematically. The course helpsbuild student interest and enthusiasm for their engineering education as well as assisting studentsto decide whether engineering is a profession that suits their interests and abilities.1. IntroductionApproximately half of all students who declare engineering as their major upon entering GrandValley State University (GVSU) from high school are not prepared to enroll in the first calculuscourse. This is due to a

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Developing Young MINDs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

. Students developed some insight aboutdesign optimization with regard to structural strength and costing while iterating on theirdesigns using a test load of a moving truck that was provided in the West Point BridgeDesign software. Photograph[1] shows NOAA summer camp students working on theWest Point Bridge Design software and Photograph[2] shows one of the summer campstudents performing a load test on a bridge constructed by her team using popsicle sticksand glue.Learning Outcomes • Simulation as a tool to gain insight prior to real construction • Design as a constrained optimization process • Appreciation for teamwork • Appreciation for safety, failure, and it’s consequences • Some idea of material selection and cost estimation.IV

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Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

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2003 Annual Conference

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James Johnson; Bill Kitchen

approach requiresstudents to build a case as a result of solving the problem. Barrows argues that this approach is Page 8.287.1much more in keeping with the way real problems are addressed in the world outside of school 1 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineer Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”As a result of Barrow’s influence the development team from NSTCC in cooperation withresearchers from Vanderbilt designed a framework for thinking through the process of developingand delivering a case. The Case Files Learning Cycle, shown in

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Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Satish Ranade; Howard Smolleck

program of student activities. This paper describes the philosophy and concept of the directed mentoring program asestablished at NMSU, discusses its implementation and its first year, and cites some experiencesand successes achieved thus far with its first group of students.1. Introduction Electric power engineering programs today often face a challenge in attracting qualitystudents. One reason is that the power industry has little visibility amongst freshmen andsophomore engineering students. As a result, very few students even think of power engineeringas a career choice, and many put off taking power classes (if they take any at all) until theirsenior year. We have often heard talented and motivated students to lament that they

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Teaching Design with a Twist

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2003 Annual Conference

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James Jensen

Session 2653 A Case Study Approach to Freshman Engineering Courses James N. Jensen, Ph.D. Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Director, Center for Teaching and Learning Resources University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY 14260IntroductionThe entry-level engineering course is an important element in the development of youngengineers and in the retention of engineering students. The objectives of a typical entry-levelengineering course are wide-ranging and may include (1) the

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Mentoring, Outreach, & Intro BME Courses

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2003 Annual Conference

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Shruti Mehta; Amanda Knudson; David Kanter; Suzanne Olds

Session 1609 Designing an Outreach Project that Trains Both Future Faculty and Future Engineers Suzanne A. Olds1, David E. Kanter1,2, Amanda Knudson 3, Shruti B. Mehta 1 1 Biomedical Engineering Department/ 2School of Education and Social Policy/1Biology Department Northwestern University, Evanston, ILI. BackgroundRecognizing that there are more engineering jobs than there are future engineers in theeducational pipeline, many universities have developed programs to attack this problem at itsroots - in elementary and middle schools

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Quality & Accreditation: Outcome Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

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Joseph Wunderlich

-evaluation, continuous improvement, and life-long learning are critical.I. IntroductionABET is: “The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology; a federation of 31professional engineering and technical societies. Since 1932, ABET has provided quality assuranceof education through accreditation. ABET accredits more than 2500 engineering, engineeringtechnology, computing and applied science programs at over 550 colleges and universitiesnationally. ABET is recognized by the Council on Higher Education Accreditation.” 1 ABET has traditionally accredited two types of programs: Engineering and EngineeringTechnology, and has more recently added accreditation of Computer Science programs. ABET hasdifferent criteria and a separate commission for

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Materials Curricula: Modeling & Math

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mike Ashby

Session Number 2464 New Approaches to Materials Education for Students of Engineering M. F. Ashby and D. Cebon, Engineering Department, Cambridge, EnglandAbstractA novel approach to the teaching of materials to engineering students is outlined. It startsfrom the overview of the “world” of materials made possible by material property charts,and develops both an understanding of material properties and skills in selecting materialsand processes to meet design specifications. It is supported by extensive computer-basedmethods and tools, and is well adapted both for elementary and for advanced courses.1. Why

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Pre-College Initiatives in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Pauline Sexton; Monique Wade; Bevlee Watford

1 Art 1 Biology 4 BIT 1 Business Management 1 Computer Science 1 Economics 1 Engineering 6 Exercise Sports Medicine 1 Finance 1 General Science 1 Interior Design

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Outreach: Future Women in Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Sasha Pasulka; Sandhya Pillalamarri; Milica Milovancevic; Michael Wagner; Meena Nimmagadda; James Adams; Anjali Gupta; Mary Anderson-Rowland

science teachers treat girls andboys differently in the classroom, including making more eye contact with the boys, paying moreattention to the boys, and challenging boys to find the right answer, while girls get sympathy 1.Astin and Astin found, as have other studies, that boys tend to operate the equipment while thegirls record data and write reports. They saw that a loss in self-confidence from differentialtreatment appears to begin around the seventh grade and continue through high school 1. Themost striking differences between boys and girls are not in achievement or opportunities to learn,but in their attitudes toward science and mathematics 2. Research has continually shown thatwomen are significantly less confident than men in their math

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Blaine Lilly; John Merrill

of the project was to prototype a product that could be mass-produced for the ENG 183course.Following are the requirements given to the ME/ISE 682 students:The track and structure are not separate projects. They should interface to allow a wide variety ofsuccessful roller coaster layouts. o Track Fixed constant width, sized to roll both a 1” and ¾” marble or ball bearing Track must not capture the bearing Track surface should allow the bearing to roll smoothly, and with minimal rolling friction Track must be able to be inclined and banked Track features must be able to be resized, and placed at arbitrary

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Steven Chin; John Schmalzel; Shreekanth Mandayam; Ravi Ramachandran; Linda Head

into a rapidly changing and highly competitivemarketplace. Key program features include: (1) an analytical and hands-on balance createdthrough collaborative laboratory and lecture material; (2) an emphasis on teamwork as thenecessary framework for solving complex problems; (3) incorporation of appropriatetechnologies throughout the curricula; and (4) creation of continuous opportunities for technicalcommunication. To best meet these objectives, our programs include a multidisciplinaryengineering clinic every semester [1][2][3]. Sharing many features in common with the modelfor medical training, the clinic provides an atmosphere of faculty mentoring in a hands-on,laboratory setting. In addition to the clinic, specialized courses are taught

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Activities for the Materials Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

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Donald Goddard

Chromium 0.80-1.10% 0.75-1.20%one grade, B7, that has proven Molybdenum 0.15-0.25% 0.15-0.25%particularly useful for fundamentalteaching purposes. The Table 1 Alloy composition comparison between AISI-specification is not only an alloy SAE 4140 and ASTM A 193 Grade B7specification, but it also coversaspects of manufacturing and product form. That makes the specification in itself an interesting Page 8.16.1study in specifications for the students. The cost aspect associated with the B7 grade of materialProceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education

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Capstone Design

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jeff Will; Doug Tougaw

relationships among faculty and students in the twodepartments and improved assessment results for multidisciplinary teamwork skills.Particular aspects of the course sequence such as writing design requirements, virtualprototyping, physical prototyping, testing, and reporting are described in detail. Specialconsideration is given to the challenges of grading individual members of a team project.1. IntroductionTwo of the most important skills engineering educators can impart to their students arethe ability to design a product or system and the ability to work effectively in teams1-3. Inparticular, since the introduction of Engineering Criteria 2000 by the Accreditation Boardfor Engineering and Technology4, multidisciplinary teamwork has been an active

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Three P's in Introduction to Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Kristine Craven

-Hulman Institute of Technology, who found that their Applied Opticsmajors needed to see practical application for their course material, developed a project-basedlaboratory where the students design and build a product. The authors report that the studentsfelt that they learned the concepts better and there was a higher level of enthusiasm and prideamong the students.1 The project presented in this work was first developed by severalengineering faculty teaching different sections of same freshmen engineering lecture courseoffered at West Virginia University.2,3 The project was completed in several homeworkassignments that students worked on outside of the lecture meetings. This differs from thecurrent implementation where the assignments are

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rocco Ciccolini; Robert Barat

to data that are proportional to the tracer concentration using the Beer-Lambert law (Daniels and Alberty, 1975): I S  A = ln o  = ln w  = cd σ d L (1) I  Sd  Page 8.807.2“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition,Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”where Io = incident intensity, I = transmitted intensity, Sw = recorded signal for water (assuming Sis proportional to I), Sd

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New Trends in ECE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Matt Mangum; Gary Daniels; Mary Crawford

improve the production rate. The result is aneffective technology-enhanced supplement to classroom instruction that can be efficientlyproduced.1 Introduction1.1 DisclaimerWe caution readers that this paper is intended to be an interactive on-screendemonstration; words on paper will not do it justice. Try it online atwww.engr.utexas.edu/rgd1.1.2 RationaleThe genesis of this project was influenced by a number of factors, including issuesspecific to our institution, changes in the higher education environment, andtechnological advancements. The University of Texas at Austin has a large and growingelectrical engineering enrollment, with typically poor retention rates in the first two years

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ET Capstone Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

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Janak Dave; Thomas Boronkay

home personnel were usedto obtain the “Voice of the Customer”. Some of the needs articulated by the customers were:Ease of conversion, safe and simple to use, and affordability among others.Product SpecificationsThe above needs were used in developing the “House of Quality” which in turn is used toconvert these needs into quantified design specifications. These were: time of conversion,manual force of conversion, angle of reclination, height of chair in the “Examination Table”configuration, and number of people required for conversion. (Fig 1

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Tools of Teaching and Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

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Saleh Al Hashimi; Colm Mealy; Barbara Olds; Ronald Miller

Session 1531 Cultural and Linguistic Influences on the Force Concept Inventory: A Preliminary Study Colm Mealy1, Saleh Al Hashemi 1, Barbara M. Olds2∗and Ronald L. Miller2 1 Petroleum Institute in Abu Dhabi/ 2Colorado School of MinesIntroductionThe Force Concept Inventory (FCI) is one of the earliest and most widely used concept tests inphysics.1, 2 According to its authors, this multiple choice assessment tool is “designed to assessstudent understanding of the most basic concepts in Newtonian mechanics.” David Hestenes,developer of the FCI, and his colleagues have