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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Steven Graham; Ronald Bieniek

Session 2793During the inaugural year of the NFTS program, four system wide teleconferences were held.The topics of the teleconferences are summarized in Table 4. Each campus organized and hostedone teleconference. The teleconferences featured a speaker or speakers who focused on studentlearning. The intention was to have the featured speaker make a presentation and then answerquestions from all four campuses. Following the multi-campus session, the host campus had aface-to-face, interactive discussion with the speaker. Table 4. Teleconference topics and speakers for the 2001-2002 NFTS group. Date Speaker(s) Topic September 21 Tim Eison

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Perceived Quality Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Allen Estes; Stephen Ressler

Teaching. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1995.4. Wankat, Phillip C. and Frank S. Oreovicz. Teaching Engineering. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1993.ALLEN C. ESTESColonel Allen C. Estes is an Associate Professor and Civil Engineering Division Director at the United StatesMilitary Academy (USMA). He is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia. COL Estes received a B.S. Page 8.1058.10degree from USMA in 1978, M.S. degrees in Structural Engineering and in Construction Management fromStanford University in 1987 and a Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Colorado atBoulder in 1997. “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for

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A Potpourri of Innovations in Physics

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2003 Annual Conference

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G. Burbach

., Hauser E., and Hinks J., et al, 2000. Identifying Potential Collapse Zones Under Highways, in Proceedings: Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems (SAGEEP-2000, Arlington, Virginia February 20-24), Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society, pp. 351-358.5. l-Behiry, M. G., and S. M. Hanafy, 2000. “Geophysical Surveys to Map the Vertical Extension of a Sinkhole: a Comparison Study”, in Proceedings: Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems (SAGEEP-2000, Arlington, VA, Feb. 2000), Powers, et al, eds., Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society, pp. 341-350.6. Advance Geosciences, Inc, (2000

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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George Bugliarello

: 1988-1991; 1992-1994 I/S Ratio in 1988-91; 1992-94 3 2.46 2.5 1.93 1.85 2 1.72 Low 1.5 1.22 Medium 1.12

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Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2003 Annual Conference

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Cajetan Akujuobi

atPrairie View A&M University, Grant #s 410171 and 552207.CAJETAN M. AKUJUOBIDr. Akujuobi is the founding Director of the Mixed Signal Systems Program and Laboratory at Prairie View A&MUniversity. He is also the founding Director of the Center of Excellence for Communication Systems TechnologyResearch (CECSTR). One of his research interests is in the area of Mixed Signal Systems. He is also one of theResearchers with the NASA Center for Applied Radiation Research (CARR). Page 8.891.11Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003

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Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

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2003 Annual Conference

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Wilmorat Ratchukool; Arnold Lumsdaine

8.868.12Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationBIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION[1] Dockterman, D.A. (1995). Interactive learning: It’s pushing the right buttons. Educational Leadership, 53(2), 58-59.[2] Montgomery, S. (1995), Addressing Diverse Learning Styles In a Large Classroom. Proceedings of the 1995 Annual ASEE Conference. Anaheim, CA. 2(1), 1734-1739.[3] Philpot, T. (2000), MDSolids: Software to Bridge the Gap Between Lectures and Homework in Mechanics of Materials. International Journal of Engineering Education, 16(5), 401-407.BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATIONARNOLD LUMSDAINEArnold Lumsdaine is an

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Best Zone Papers

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Jay Porter; Joseph Morgan

FP FP Sonar Sonar Hub S-N Wired to GPS Wireless Bridge Light LightFigure 6. MP III Block Diagram. Page 8.143.8Proceedings

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Computers in ME

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2003 Annual Conference

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Kathy Stalcup; Javad Hashemi; Edward Anderson

Engineering Education, 3.Hashemi, J., Anderson, E. E., Majkowski, A., and Stalcup, K.A. (2002) The Laboratory Experience: Need for Alternative Delivery Methods. Proceedings of the University Synergy Program Conference, Lubbock, TX.Khanna, S.K., Jenkins, C.H., and Roylance, D. (2002). A new Approach to Integrated Instruction in Mechanics and Materials Science. Proc. Instn. Mech. Engrs. Vol. 216 Part L: J Materials: Design and Applications.Montero-Hernandez, O., Rugerio De La Rosa, A., Baez-Lopez, D., Alejos, R. (1999). Power Lab: a Tool to Learn Electrical Machines and Power Electronics. Computer Applications in Engineering Education, 7(3).Oblinger, D. G. and Rush, S. C., (1997). Challenges of the Learning Revolution, Bolton, MA

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Successful Entrepreneurship Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Wierman John; Shoukas Artin; Robert Allen; Larry Aronhime

medical record. Bioimpedance device. Contains: DC/AC converter, Multimeter function generator, etc. Initial Prototype: Computer database The initial c ommand to measure the bioimpedance wi ll be issued fr om the computer to the device. The device will contain all cir cuitry necessary to measur e the bioimpedance as well as protect the patient from any surges in curr ent. The device will pass a s mall

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Teaching Strategies in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

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Marcus Pandy; Anthony Petrosino; Ronald Barr

. Cockerham, and D. Nopachai for their help with module development. Page 8.380.6 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationReferences[1] Bransford, J.D., Brown, A.L., Cocking, R.R. (1999). How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.[2] Schwartz, D.L., Brophy, S., Lin, X.D., Bransford, J.D. (1999). Software for managing complex learning: Examples from an educational psychology course. Educational Technology Research and Development

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Lucy King; Jacqueline El-Sayed

element analysis and hand calculations based on the failuretheories learned in lecture. Figures 3 and 4 show the Fanuc robot used and a computer model ofone of the group product. For the gripper to be functional, students had to extend the arm toattain the reach into a narrow channel to retrieve the injection molded part.With the help of the MfgE students, materials and tooling were selected, Bills of Materials weregenerated, and purchase orders were submitted to the MfgE professor for immediate purchase ofparts and tools. Most groups selected some type of pneumatic piston-cylinder actuators, and used Figure 3: Fanuc S-12 Robot with a parallel Figure 4: Group 1 Robot gripper Computer gripper

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Stephen Martin; Shailendra Mehta; Ronald Steuterman; Leah Jamieson; Donald Blewett; William Oakes; Edward Coyle

the EPICS program is available on-line at http://epics.ecn.purdue.edu. All publications related to the EPICS program are available athttp://epics.ecn.purdue.edu/papers/Default.htm and an index of the student teams’ web pagesresides at http://epics.ecn.purdue.edu/projects/teams_nationwide.htm.1 E.J. Coyle, L.H. Jamieson and W.C. Oakes are with the EPICS program within the Schools of Engineering atPurdue University; S. Martin, R.J Steuterman, S.R. Mehta, and D.A. Blewett are with the Krannert School of Page 8.1134.1Management at Purdue University.2 Marie C. Thursby is now with the Dupree College of Management, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA

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Outreach: Future Women in Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Suzanne Heyman; Aisha K. Lawrey; Ronald H. Rockland

2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education” [4] Widnall, Sheila E. (2000). Digits of Pi: Barriers and Enablers for Women in Engineering. The Bridge Magazine Volume 30 [5] Koppel, N., Cano, R., Heyman, S., “An attractive engineering option for girls”, Proceedings for the 32nd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Boston, MA, Nov, 2002 [6] Cano, R., Kimmel, H., Koppel, N., Muldrow, D., “A First Step for Women into the Engineering Pipeline”, Proceedings for the 31st ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Reno, NV, Oct. 2001 [7] Abrams, L.M., Fentiman, A.W., “An Integrated Program to Recruit

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Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Peter Meckl

of including ethics in a Control Systems course, it seemed adaunting task, since the lectures were already crammed tight with technical material. Moreimportantly, since the course is a senior-level technical elective, the topics are rather abstract,making it even more difficult to establish linkages with real-world problems. However, as Ibegan to ponder on this during the Ethics Across the Curriculum Workshop, it quickly becameclear that an exposure to ethics could also provide the mechanism to make this material moreconcrete. So I began searching for a pertinent case study that would highlight the importantethical dimensions of control system design. After some searching, I found references for theBART case study from the 1960’s, which

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Arnaldo Mazzei

analysis of particle dynamics using work-energy and impulse-momentum methods, analysis of impact events; (4) analysis of a system of particle using work-energy, impulse, linear and angular momentum; (5) kinematics and kinetics of rigid bodies analyzed in various reference systems; (6) additional analysis of rigid body dynamics using work-energy and impulse- momentum; (7) inertia quantities. Computational techniques will be incorporated into several design projects throughout the semester to illustrate alternative solution methods.Textbook(s): Engineering

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Perceived Quality Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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N. K. Anand; John Weese

Council 3.1 Masters Degree Requirements D. Research Contracts, Grants, 3.2 Doctoral Degree Requirements & Gifts 3.3 Doctoral Examinations E. Sample Degree Plans 3.4 Graduate Course OfferingsThe self-study document includes copious amounts of data regarding production of M.S. andPh.D. degrees, examples of placement of Ph.D.’s, student credit hour generation, teaching loads,frequencies of course offerings, and general budgetary considerations. Page 8.554.5Weese & Anand: External Review of Texas A&M University’s ME Doctoral

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Assessment of Entrepreneurship Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jack McGourty

Means 3.90 3.48Team Project Ratings (All Categories) 4.08* 3.26*Team Project R a t i n g s 4.25* 3.30*(Innovation Category Only)*P< .05At the University of Pittsburgh, one focus has been on Product Realization (ENGR 1050) aninterdisciplinary course that considers the product development process. Multidisciplinary teamsof engineering and business students must take a product from concept to manufacturingprototype. Each student team may either develop a product design of its own choosing or workwith an industrial partner of the Swanson Center for Product Innovation. Some funding isavailable for students to make conceptual prototypes and mock-ups as part of their business

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Improving Communication Skills in ME

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2003 Annual Conference

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Theresa McGarry; Edward Young; Elisabeth Alford

, grading of communications assignments in engineering courses involves writtencomments from the instructor(s) designed to give students feedback on their work. Thus, forwritten assignments the instructor writes comments in the margins and/or general summativecomments at the end or beginning of the paper. Similarly, oral presentation assessments oftenconsist of feedback sheets on which the instructor has written comments during and/or after thepresentation.The ultimate aim of these procedures is of course to improve students’ competence inprofessional communications. However, it often seems doubtful that this goal is achieved. First,written assessments are time-consuming for the instructor, which can cause faculty to be reluctantto give many

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Three P's in Introduction to Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Ruben Schwieger

. Peterson. Mathematics, 6th edition John Wiley and Sons, Danvers, MA 11. Otung, I.E., Reassessing the mathematics content of engineering education, Engineering Science and Education Journal, v10, August 2001, Institute of Electrical Engineers 12. Posamentier, Alfred S. and Jay Stepelman, Teaching Secondary Mathematics, 5th edition 1995 PrenticeHall, Upper Saddle River, N.J. 13. Smith, Karl J., Problem Solving, 1991, Brooks/Cole, Pacific Grove, CA 14. Usiskin, Zalman, Anthony Peressini, Elena Anne Marchisotto, and Dick Stanley, Mathematics forHigh School Teachers 2003 Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, N.J. 15. Willamowski, Jutta, Francois Chevenet, and Francois Jean

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Design Projects in Manufacturing

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2003 Annual Conference

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Venkat Allada; Tony Okafor; Rajiv Mishra; Ming Leu; Ashok Agrawal; Frank Liou

-Manufacturing, 99-02. He has published various papers,and has research grants and contracts over $2MRAJIV. S. MISHRARajiv Mishra is a full time Assistant Professor of Metallurgical Engineering Department at UMR. Hecurrently serves as coordinator for the School of Mines and Metallurgy in the Manufacturing EngineeringEducation Executive Committee (MEEEC) at UMR. He is a Research Investigator at the IntelligentSystems Center and the Materials Research Center at UMR.ANTHONY. C. OKAFORAnthony C. Okafor is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at UMR. He currently serves asthe Coordinator of the BSME-Manufacturing Option Program in Mechanical Engineering at UMR. He is aResearch Investigator at the Intelligent Systems Center at UMR. His teaching

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Technical Issues in Arch Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Daniel Davis

Community, A New Future for Architectural Education and Practice”, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 1996.[3] Nicol, D., and Pilling, S., “Changing Architectural Education”, E & FN Spon Press, 2000.[4] Boyer, E. and Mitgang, L., “Building Community, A New Future for Architectural Education and Practice”, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 1996.Daniel DavisDr. Daniel Davis, AIA. is an Associate Professor and Director of the School of Architecture at the University ofHartford. He is a Registered Architect in both NY and CT and has over 20 years experience as a Design Architect.Davis is also an Associate with Fletcher-Thompson, Architects and Engineers, where he is the Director of Design oftheir Hartford

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K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2003 Annual Conference

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Robert Vieth; Kazem Kazerounian

, and it is expected thatongoing evaluation and formative assessment will drive continued program improvement.AcknowledgementThe support provided by the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12Education Program under award #DGE-0139307 is gratefully acknowledged.Bibliography1. National Science Foundation, “NSF Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12) ProgramSolicitation”, NSF 01-114, http://www.nsf.gov.pubs/2001/nsf01114, 2001.2. Project Lead the Way, http://www.pltw.org.3. The Junior Engineering Technical Society, http://www.jets.org.4. L.J. Bottomley, E.A. Parry, S. Brigade, l> Coley, L. Deam, E. Goodson, J. Kidwell, J. Linck, and B. Robinson,“Lessons Learned from the Implementation of a GK-12 Grant

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Best Zone Papers

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2003 Annual Conference

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Marjorie Hovde

Session #1601ConclusionIn schools of engineering and technology, standards and practices for assessingstudents’ communication abilities are evolving. The approach discussed here has thepotential to provide useful results while taking into account the amount of time andthe levels of expertise that faculty members can dedicate to all forms of assessment.We need to make continued efforts to overcome the obstacles to effective technicalcommunication assessment. The impetus provided by accrediting organizations canprovide us with opportunities to improve the communication abilities of engineeringand technology students and to improve E&T faculty members’ abilities to teachstudents to “communicate effectively.”Bibliography1. Cerri, S. “Effective

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Academic Standards and Academic Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

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Robert Vieth; Kazem Kazerounian

, vol. 16, no. 2, 2000, p.97-103. 2- Engineering Criteria 2000, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, available at http://www.abet.org 3- R. Natarjan, The Role of Accreditation in Promoting Quality Assurance of Technical Education, Int. J. Engng.16, 2, 85-96, 2000. 4- D. Q. Nguyen, The Essential Skills and Attributes of an Engineer: A Comparative Study of Academics, Industry personnel and Engineering Students, Global Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 2, No. 1, 65-76, 1998. 5- D. Thom, Engineering Education and the New Industrial Revolution, Int. J. Engng. Ed.,14, 294, 1998. 6- S. Florman, The Civilized Engineer, St. Martin’s Press, New York, 1987, pp. 76-77. 7- E. Ferguson, The

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Web Systems and Web Services

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2003 Annual Conference

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Melissa Lin

Coordination a & Management p t e Data r Transformation Web Server s Distribution Queuing & Persistence Message Transport ERP Applications Data warehouse

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Engineering / Education Collaborations

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2003 Annual Conference

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Joel Weinstein

gave students theopportunity to develop these skills in a real world environment. Students needed to learnhow to communicate with one another and to work effectively with other team memberswith whom they have little in common. Students learned that attention to detail isparamount when developing a product. Students became aware of the economic andfinancial side of building a product for a business. Students who participated in this classexperienced first hand the internal intricacies of the software industry and its inherentproblems. These students will be better equipped to compete for the best jobs and start ona path to a successful career upon graduation.BibliographyTQM for Computer Software-2nd Edition, Robert H. Dunn and Richard S. Ullman

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Retention of Minority Students

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2003 Annual Conference

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Nadine Macauley; Edward Golovatch; Annita Alting; Ardie Walser

in all courses of the respective program appearing to violaterequisite(s) e.g., a student who was registered for CSc 102: Introduction for Computer 25 21.1 20 17.1 15 10 8.8 8.2 8.5 7.2 5 4.2 3.8

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Instrumentation and Control Applications

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2003 Annual Conference

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Peter Shull

the 20th Annual International Conference of the IEEE. Vol. 5 p. 2775-2778. 1998.2. Boaventura, C., Cordeiro, M., Couto, C., Morais, R., Salgado, P., and Serodio, C. “Solar Data Acquisition Wireless Network for Agriculture Applications.” 19th Convention of the Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel. P. 527-530. 1996.3. Kostic, M. “Instrumentation with Computerized Data Acquisition for an Innovative Thermal Conductivity Apparatus.” ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings. Session 2659. 1998.4. Lekas, S. “Searching for the Right Data Acquisition Software.” Evaluation Engineering. vol. 35, no. 12, p. 14-20. December, 1996.5. McDonald, D., and Mahajan, A. “Data-Acquisition Systems: An Integral Part of Undergraduate

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Building Cross-Disciplinary Partnerships

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2003 Annual Conference

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Larry Richards

/lower cost. If the projects are better, we allwin, we get better products, and the engineer probably will get promoted before those who do not thrive inthe long distance environment.”Should this class be offered again in this format? Yes, this is exactly the kind of courseengineers practicing in industry want. They are seeking practical courses focused onbusiness issues. Was the second on-line version better than the first? Yes! We havelearned what works, and what doesn’t. The next time will be even better.References[1] Ulrich, K. T. and Eppinger, S. D. Product Design and Development Second Edition. Irwin-McGrawHill, New York, 2000.[2] Bolanos, H. and Lewis, D. Entrepreneurship and Small Business: How to make money with YourIdeas The Big Purr

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Teamwork & Assessment in the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

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Shamsuddin Ilias; Franklin King

Teaching,” in New Directions for Teaching and Learning: Motivating Professors to Teach Effectively, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, pp. 27-35. 7. Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1982), “Intrinsic Motivation and Effective Teaching: A Flow Analysis,” in New Directions for Teaching and Learning: Motivating Professors to Teach Effectively, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, pp. 15-26. 8. Deci, E.L. and Ryan, R.M. (1982), “Intrinsic Motivation to Teach: Possibilities and Obstacles in Our Colleges and Universities,” in New Directions for Teaching and Learning: Motivating Professors to Teach Effectively, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, pp. 27-35. 9. King, F. G. and Schimmel, K. S., (2001), “A model for faculty