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New Electrical ET Course Development

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Aaron Gold; Walter Banzhaf

Polytechnic Institute in an era whenall EE students knew the filament pins for a 12AX7. A senior member of IEEE, Banzhaf is the author of two bookson computer-aided circuit analysis using SPICE.AARON GOLDAaron Gold just graduated with B.S.E.E.T. and A.S.C.E.T. degrees from the University of Hartford's Ward Collegeof Technology with a minor in Computer Science. While taking courses himself, he taught laboratory sections ofcourses in both algebra-based physics and electronic engineering technology, including three sections of the EL 110course described in this paper. Gold was a president’s list student for all eight semesters, and plans to pursue agraduate degree as well as a career in Information Technology, while likely continuing to teach at the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ravi Ramachandran; Kevin Dahm

required on the part of the instructor.Description of SimulationThis section explains the mechanics of the game and provides details about some of theinvestment opportunities that made up the simulation. A more complete description has beenpublished previously.5Possible 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 or size of withdrawals- at 5% interest per turn. Inaddition

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Trends in Construction Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Amro Taibah; Mohammed Haque

Architecture, College ofEnvironmental Design, King Abdulaziz University, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. His research interests are in real estate Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Educationvalue analysis, Landscape design values and aesthetics, GIS-based decision support systems, geoinformatic analysisfor urban planning and policymaking, and mitigating construction management issues in the Saudi market. Dr.Taibah's interests also include professional consultation in urban design and construction management. Dr. Taibahholds a B.S. in landscape architecture from King Abdulaziz University, a Masters degree in

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Energy Programs and Software Tools

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2003 Annual Conference

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P.S. Lankeu Ngankeu; Michael Sexton

., Engineering Thermodynamics, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1996.3. Massardo, A.F., and Lubelli, F., “Internal reforming solid oxide fuel cell-gas turbine combined cycles Part A: CellModel and Cycle Thermodynamic Analysis”, ASME Paper 98-GT-577.4. Sexton, M.R., “Gas Turbine Engine Simulation using MathCAD: A student Project” Proceedings of the ASEEAnnual Conference (Charlotte, NC, June 1999).5. Çengel, Y.A. and M.A. Boles, M.A., Thermodynamics An Engineering Approach, McGraw Hill, Princeton Rd, S-1, Hightstown, NJ, Third Edition, 1998P.S. LANKEU NGANKEUP.S. Lankeu Ngankeu completed the requirements for the B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering at the VirginiaMilitary Institute in December 0f 2002. He plans to attend graduate school in the fall

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Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joni Spurlin; Elizabeth Parry; Laura Bottomley

light of previous focus groups [8]. The next question also producedresponses consistent with previous research, "What made you decide to go into engineering?"Many of the women said they liked math, their parents encouraged them to do so, or they wereplanning to go to medical school.The next question, "What programs would you like to see in the College?" led to a diversion fromthe planned course of the conversation. The women began to talk about programs, but withoutspecific suggestions. They then began to question one another on their experiences in particularclasses. One woman suggested that calculus had been challenging due to the use of MAPLE, acomputer-based mathematics program. She suggested a program to help the students learnMAPLE. The

Conference Session

Industrial Sponsored Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Hatfield

RobotWhat is Success?In this course, the design process is the main theme; whether the final product meets all the goalsis not that important. In fact, students learn more when they encounter major problems thanwhen everything goes just as planned. The teaching team considered all three teams to besuccessful, however, the students’ perception is different. The students are much happier if theirfinal product performs to all expectations and particularly if their design outperforms those of theother teams.Would We Do It Again?This project was probably the most challenging of all the projects in the history of the course.The mechanical challenge was too great, or maybe the students should have been given moreencouragement to not select such complex

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Satish Ranade; Howard Smolleck

host industry as feedback. Planning on the part of the students has been enhanced also, asthey appear to be taking courses early and in sequence. All of the students involved arescheduled to complete “depth” classes in one or two areas besides electric power. Additionally, the faculty have noticed an eagerness and a willingness of the scholarshipstudents to perform beyond anticipated levels of academic participation. Perhaps this is partiallydue to the availability of additional paying assignments (such as paper grading and preparation ofexamples and drawings for short courses) which we have been able to offer these students.Likely additional reasons may be that these students had already expressed interest in the powerprogram, were

Conference Session

Three P's in Introduction to Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kristine Craven

following project introduction is taken directly from the laboratory manual. Xetron Project Many of the exercises in the manual will follow a theme that when put together will complete an engineering related project. This project is outlined below. You have met some new friends who invited you to their hometown to give you a party for your next birthday. As these are very interesting beings, you decided to accept and learned that they are from Xetron, a planet fifty five million miles away. Nervous, but excited, you packed your bags, boarded a Lockheed Martin X-33 spacecraft, and departed the Earth at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday January 10, 2002. You plan

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert M. McAllister; Matthew Sanders

high school or been delayed in obtaining their highschool diplomas. Students, school officials, parents, and others inquire about the programs, whichis a good indication of the successfulness of both Kamp Kettering and 21st Century Woman. Morethan 90 percent of participants indicated that programs increased their interest in engineering andaffected their plans for career in mathematics, science, or engineering. Above 88 percent of theparticipants of Kamp Kettering in the last four years have indicated that the primary source forprogram information was supplied by students, school officials, and parents. In the same period,over 92 percent of participants in the 21st Century Woman Program received the primary sourcefor program information from

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Zollars; Jim Henry

, therewas no indication that either method of experimentation had a significantly greater valuefor the students in learning the concepts of system dynamics and control.We plan on continuing this study and will work to make the conclusions quantitative.In terms of deciding which method to use for a class, here are the considerations that wewould highlight. If the instructor has Control Station licenses and is familiar with ControlStation use, it is a powerful stand-alone tool for helping to teach the analysis and designof control systems. Otherwise, the web-connected experiments provide a tool that can beequally powerful. A pro for Control Station is that multiple students can do simulationssimultaneously. A pro for the web-connected experiments is

Conference Session

Innovation in Design Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Vincent Wilczynski

the students learn about the kit, and then design,construct and test their solutions. A class period is devoted to the competition itself when teamsdemonstrate the success of their work. Figure Seven – Kit of components and assembly.In addition to the competition, the teams must deliver a presentation on their work as well as areport explaining how they applied the design process to their solution. The reports includediscussions on using a decision matrix project planning software as design tools. As to beexpected, the students favor this component of the class and it is hoped they are able to benefitfrom the experience when they apply design fundamentals in future courses

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Recruitment and Retention

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Korinne Resendez; Carryn Bellomo; Rafic Bachnak

and Technology Laboratories,computer laboratories, etc.), demonstrations, hands-on experimentation, and oralpresentations by students. Participants will tour the Science and TechnologyLaboratories, the Library, and other university facilities. The workshops will emphasizecritical thinking and problem solving skills. Students will perform a series of laboratoryexercises and carryout hands-on activities that involve automation systems. Thelaboratory exercises will demonstrate the workings of real devices and their use in realworld applications. Planned daily breaks will allow social opportunities with otherparticipants. Every student receives a free TI-83 Plus graphing calculator, teachingsupplies, a per diem for lunch at the University Center

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Technology in Environmental Engineering Courses

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Harmon

, Standards, and Student Testing(CRESST) knowledge/concept mapping system (see Osmundson et al., 1999). Details on the methodsemployed are provided elsewhere (Chung et al., 2001). Briefly, the student survey was used to collect dataon student demographics, experience with complex projects (in school or at work), frequency with whichthey use general problem-solving skills, perceptions about ISIS and impressions about availability of ISISresources. The self-regulation survey targeted information about students’ self-perceived use of their ownself-regulation skills (e.g., planning, self-checking, etc.). The concept mapping was used as a vehicle tomeasure course content understanding. Table 2. Design of the Main ISIS Assessment

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Innovation in Design Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Young

Education, Vol. 4, No. 1, Jan. 1995.2. Crawley, E. F., Greitzer, E.M., Widnall, S.E., Hall, S.R., et. al., “Reform of the Aeronautics and Astronautics Curriculum at MIT”, ASEE Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 83, No. 1, pages 47-56, January 1994.3. MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, The Strategic Plan of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Cambridge, MA, USA, April 17, 1997.4. Crawley, Edward F., “The CDIO Syllabus: A Statement of Goals for Undergraduate Engineering Education”, MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Januar y 2001.Biographical InformationPETER W. YOUNG, Col, USAF (ret.) is a Senior Lecturer and Director of CDIO

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rachel E Collins; Christopher Foreman; Matthew Ohland

students who heard that the lists were available later in theday, because some tour times would fill up quickly. As a result, students in the earlier classeswould give their friends in later classes advance warning, thus worsening the problem of managingthe flow of students.Furthermore, establishing an accurate forecast of student tour attendance using the paper-and-pencil system required a review of all the pages in all the notebooks. This forecasting is essentialto ensure tour availability for the students and to give planning information to the faculty whodeliver the tours. The burden of manual review prohibits the discovery of a variety of morecomplicated errors in the sign-up sheets: • Students signing up for tours with conflicting

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tim Mizen; Robert Baldwin; Ronald Miller

the vision embodied in three vital recitals: • Institutional Mission Statement • Profile of the PI Graduate • Institutional Constituencies and StakeholdersNot only will these documents provide the philosophical underpinnings for the PetroleumInstitute, they will also become the cornerstone of the programmatic and institutional assessmentplans that are required to ultimately achieve ABET accreditation for each of the five engineeringdegree programs. Each degree program at the Petroleum Institute will develop its own unique Page 8.408.2and independent assessment plan, but the procedures and

Conference Session

Promoting ET Through K-12 Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Harper; David Meyer

learning in Sinclair’s Engineering andIndustrial Technologies programs. This award provided nearly $3000 for materials and suppliesto build the launch models. Regrettably, Dr. Russ Jerd passed away near the end of 2002 after aprolonged illness. Dr. Jerd will be missed by his friends at Sinclair Community College.Project Plan Resources from Sinclair's Aviation Technology, Industrial Engineering Technology, andother engineering technologies were utilized to accomplish this project. The leadership team forthe project involved three Sinclair student organizations. These included the Sinclair AviationClub, the newly formed Sinclair chapters of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers and theSociety of Plastics Engineers. Collaboration with local

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Stanford; Donald Keating

development correlated with the skill-sets, knowledge, and experience required beyond entry- level as a “system for lifelong learning” through the professional master’s, doctoral, and fellow levels of professional competency.(4) Identify institutional obstacles and resistances to transformation; develop an innovative strategic plan for effective change; and conceive new organizational structures for professional graduate education where learning, engineering creativity, professional scholarship, innovation, and engagement with industry flourishes to develop and sustain high-quality professionally oriented graduate programs.(5) Implement innovative pilot demonstration model-programs (by building upon already proven successes, best

Conference Session

Raising the Bar and Body of Knowledge

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ernest Smerdon

needed for future professional practice inengineering, particularly civil engineering, the reader is referred to two other papers presented atthis ASEE Annual Conference, June 23-25, 2003, Nashville, TN. These papers are in theproceedings and are: 1. Task Committee on Academic Prerequisites for Professional, “ASCE’s Raise the Bar Initiative: Master Plan for Implementation” 2. Walesh, S.W., “ASCE’s Raise the Bar Initiative: The Practice Oriented Body of KnowledgeSummary and ConclusionASCE is working on developing a consensus on what is needed for the practice of civilengineering at the professional level. The individual state boards of licensure will determinewho is qualified for a license to practice civil engineering in each

Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in Manufacturing Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William White; Marie Lee; Diane Schuch Miller

perspective (Schuch-Miller & Plonka, 2001) 5. Moreover, follow-up classroom discussions, an integral component ofthe case design, allow learners to reflect, summarize and solidify their own learning and structureit in a way that is meaningful to them (Hidi & Anderson, 1986) 6.Case study documentation and support materials online allow students to obtain backgroundinformation on the situation, research components involved in the case and define the problem forthemselves. They can collect a history of the situation through virtual interviews as well asresearch the processes and machinery involved in the operations. The candidates are providedenough information to initiate a plan and formulate potential solutions. Students are expected tojustify

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Watson; Hossein Salehfar; Arnold Johnson

determined that electronic delivery is acceptable. In addition,the level of access that students have with regard to online material was also established. Furthertrials are being planned and it is considered that this method of delivering distance courses hasgreat potential.For an actual demonstration of the method discussed in this paper, the readers are invited to visitthe following Web site: http://power.ee.und.nodak.edu/courses/ee313/spring2002/Lectures/demo/ee313-lectures-demo.htmReferences1. Virtual Link Corporation, “Mimio,” [Online]. Available: http://www.mimio.com/index.shtml.2. TechSmith Corporation, “Camtasia,” [Online]. Available: http://www.techsmith.com.3. RealNetworks, “RealOne Player,” [Online]. Available: http

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Electrical ET Labs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Cecil Beeson

make "mask ashift :mask 1]]end Page 8.1264.9Figure 4C – Logo Program to Input Switch Data by Multiplexer and Display on Screen “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”What’s Next?Starting with the Winter quarter, January 2003, the PPP project will be introduced to anintermediate level digital systems course. Projects currently in the planning stages include: • Integrating a PC with counter circuits • Generating various types of waveforms • Interfacing with PLDs

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James H. Lorenz; Ahad Nasab

system consisted of two pairs of 12 inch pneumatically Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright c 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationoperated arms that mimicked the motion of automotive windshield wipers. They were designedto fit under many different containers including the cardboard containers the company used toship items overseas. The company has since manufactured four additional stacker/destackersystems for other assembly lines, and is currently planning the installation of similar systems at itsother U.S. and overseas locations.Other activitiesI completed many additional tasks during the balance of my internship. These tasks related

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Baker; David Silverstein

mathematics facultyto determine the specific coverage of the calculus courses as taught locally. Engineeringfaculty will then take this information and develop a list of topics to address for thisproject, based on their collective experience of student recall of calculus concepts whenfirst applied in engineering classes. These topics will cover the full range of calculuscourses, from differential and integral single variable calculus, through multivariablecalculus and elementary differential equations. Some studies have already considered theessential topics in certain engineering fields.4The second phase will involve assigning faculty to develop prototypical material toaddress the topics identified in the previous phase, and developing a plan to

Conference Session

Pre-College Initiatives in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lang Wah Lee; Tamer Ceylan

consisted of lectures, laboratory work, and group discussions.Activities in the afternoon session were to complement the work covered in the morning sessionwith emphasis on instructional design, delivery, and evaluation and with special attention to readingin the content areas. Teachers studied the group investigation and other models of teaching forimplementation in their classrooms. Coaching in the models took place in the summer institute andduring the school year.C) Preparatory Work. To make the program more effective, we conducted an initial survey ofparticipants’ needs and interests prior to the workshop. Based on the results of the survey, wefinalized our education plan. The following six areas were emphasized in our curriculum: (a

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

THEO MARYONOVICH; Chris Netherton; Chandra Sekhar; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

to find an objectplaced in a room by analyzing data from its own internal sensors and instructionstransmitted from a local PC. The local PC is equipped with a user interface programwritten in Borland C++ (Figure 1-1). When an individual accesses the user interface, theywill be asked to enter the appropriate grid pattern for the hexapod to follow. The userwill be provided with a “hexapod path” sheet to plan the path for the robot. Each box onthe path sheet represents 1-foot square on the floor. It is up to the user to “roughly”estimate the distance to the GOAL object. Complete accuracy is unnecessary because therobot’s infrared sensor will take over when it gets within 4-feet of the GOAL. Figure 1: Floor

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Murphy; Vincent Capece; John Baker

with abetter understanding of what mechanical engineering is about. This information wouldhelp some of the students who had thought about a career in engineering to make a bettereducated decision when they get to college, while some who may have never thoughtabout engineering as a career might consider it. In planning such a program, one mustkeep in mind that mechanical engineering is too broad, and the various areas of emphasisare too deep, to allow for a highly detailed overview. It is only realistic to provide a briefintroduction, and one must guard against overwhelming the students with detail. Also, itis important to keep all discussions and project work on a level appropriate for highschool students, who have no background in calculus

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Keyser; Polly Piergiovanni; S. Scott Moor

test their own control systems. At the heart of the process is the LEGO® RCXbrick, an inexpensive system that grabs student interest. Using the kits, students are able toconstruct the physical process with quick release fittings and implement the control system insoftware using ROBOLABTM for LabVIEWTM. Inexpensive kits were developed using LEGO components that include a tank, sensors,motorized control valve and a control algorithm. The kits are easy to reproduce. With them,students conduct several level experiments which illustrate concepts of simple draining tankdynamics. The students plan and construct the piping, determine the placement of sensors andcontrol elements and decide the process control parameters. In a single class period

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Manufacturing Competitiveness

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Gore

in the system, or 365 days divided by turns per year). For exampleToyota's inventory turns per year ranged from 60 to 80 in the 1970's, which meant that inventoryturned every 4.5 to 6 days. Many domestic companies, including Blount International, HarleyDavidson, and General Electric adopted and were successful with JIT about the same time.However, from that time to the present, inventory turns have dropped steadily for many of them.Toyota's turns per year dropped to the 20's in the 1980's to 12.2 in 2001. General Electric had itsleanest year in 1973 and has lost ground since that time. 1 So, some of these companies begancomparing improvement techniques such as "Total Quality Management" (TQM), "EnterpriseResource Planning" (ERP), and "Theory

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Related Engineering Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Bowman

, J.C. Kramlich, and J.L. Fridley, “A Design AttributeFramework for Course Planning and Learning Assessment,” IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 43, No. 2, May2000ROBERT J. BOWMAN received the B.S.E.E. degree from Penn State Univ., the M.S.E.E. degree from San JoseState Univ., and the Ph.D.E.E. degree in 1980 and Ph.D.Bioeng in 1983 from the Univ. of Utah. He has practiced asa design engineer for thirty-two years and has held faculty positions at the Univ. of Utah, Univ. of Vermont, Univ.of Rochester, and is currently Department Head of Electrical Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology. Page 8.477.9 “Proceedings