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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerrolyn Hebert; Dawn McKinney

Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”IntroductionIn order to evaluate our educational program, we have a Dean’s Student Council made up ofundergraduate and graduate students from all three of our program’s disciplines (computerscience, information science, and information technology) and an advisory council made up ofindustrial leaders from technology oriented companies from across our local region. When askedhow they would improve their education, the members of the Student Council consistentlymentioned that they would like to see more demonstrations and have more hands-on labs wherethey could explore the various theoretical topics discussed in class. The

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Chernik; Josh Lambden; Brent Young; Bill Svrcek

Session 2793 Experiences in Process Control Web-based Learning Paul Chernik, Joshua Lambden, Glen Hay, William Svrcek and Brent Young Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, CANADAAbstractAs more and more students gain access to computers, the idea of implementing Internet-basedchemical engineering courses becomes more of a reality. With web-based learning comes newopportunities and challenges for both faculty and students. In courses where hands-on learningdirectly facilitated by an instructor is not required, web-based

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K-20 Activities in Materials Science

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jed Lyons

schools. The demographics of Page 8.311.1the five teachers were 1 white female, 1 black male and 3 white males. Each teacher had earned Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationan undergraduate degree in Wood Science and Technology, Mathematics, Biology, ChemicalEngineering, or Chemistry before receiving teacher certification. They were highly qualified tocontribute intellectually to the research. The RET principal investigator from Mechanical Engineering has taught the ENGR 101course on

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Simulation Courses & BME Laboratories

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2003 Annual Conference

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Semahat Siddika Demir

Session 1309 A Simulation-Based Teaching and Learning Resource for Electrophysiology: iCell Semahat S. DemirJoint Biomedical Engineering Program, University of Memphis & University of Tennessee 330 Engineering Technology Building, Memphis TN, 38152-3210, USA Email: sdemir@memphis.edu Abstract— An interactive web resource, iCell (http://ssd1.bme.memphis.edu/icell/), wasdeveloped as a simulation-based teaching and learning tool for electrophysiology. The web siteintegrates education and research, and provides JAVA applets that represent

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Computer Literacy Among Minority Students

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2003 Annual Conference

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Joseph Urban; James Collofello; Doris Roman; Faye Navabi; Mary Anderson-Rowland

Excellence class on computer science basics. This class was successfully pilotedas a one-hour course during the Fall 2001 semester. Page 8.327.1Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationKeywords: Computer Basics, Computer Science, Computer Science Placement ExamI. IntroductionThe motivation for this project stems from the need to begin generating excitement and preparingstudents at earlier ages for information technology careers. Although most secondary schoolsprovide some education in programming

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Manufacturing Lab Experience

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2003 Annual Conference

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Can Saygin

. Page 8.52.6 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”3. Rahman, S.M., Sarker, R., and Bignall, B., 1999, “Application of Multimedia Technology in Manufacturing: A Review”, Computers in Industry, Vol.38, pp.43-52.4. Shu, L. and Flowers, W., 1994, “Teledesign: Groupware User Experiments in 3-D CAD”, Collaborative Computing, Vol.1., pp.1-14.5. Tang, J.C. and Minneman, S.L., 1991, “VideoDraw: Video Interface for Collaborative Drawing”, ACM Trans. Information Systems, Vol.9, No.2, pp.170-184.6. Leevers, D., Condon, C., Lutz-Kunisch, B. and Ahlers, R., 1992, "The DUMIN Project - Experience with

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Diversity in Materials

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2003 Annual Conference

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Paul Miller; Oscar Barton

Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationgeneration system and a distributed energy storage system. In addition, its mission-flexiblearchitecture provides a vehicle to suit many combat environments. All these capabilities providethe Navy with versatility and power. Yet this vision is possible only if the enabling technologiesrequired for production have reached a sufficient level of maturity. Among other technologies,such as expert systems and artificial intelligence, the development and use of advancedcomposite materials is a crucial enabling technology if the vessels are to come into being. Otherconcept vehicles include the stealthy modular submarine and the unmanned aerial vehicle, eachrequiring the

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Innovations in Teaching Mechanics

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2003 Annual Conference

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Richard Hall; Nancy Hubing; David Oglesby; Vikas Yellamraju; Ralph Flori; Timothy Philpot

assigned into three groups that viewed two example problems either by: (a) video lecture presentation; (b)static HTML webpage delivery; or (3) interactive animated modules featuring high quality, three dimensionalgraphics created with Macromedia Flash software. This paper reports the details of this experiment and the results.I. IntroductionConsiderable time, money, and effort have gone into the development of learning technologiesfor engineering education in recent years due to the wide availability of capable computers, theworld wide web, and powerful authoring environments. Unfortunately, a substantial number ofthese technology-based learning innovations have been developed with little thought given todesign issues or to their systematic

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Remote Sensing and Telemetry

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ingvar Gustavsson

Session 2359 User-defined Electrical Experiments in a Remote Laboratory Ingvar Gustavsson Department of Telecommunications and Signal Processing Blekinge Institute of Technology, SwedenAbstractLaboratory exercises in electrical engineering courses can be performed remotely using realequipment. A number of user-defined experiments on electrical circuits have been conductedover the Internet at Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH), Sweden; the experiments have beencarried out in different locations simultaneously using the same experimental hardware located

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Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Renken; John Reisel

capstone design project. Bothprojects required the students to research alternative solutions to their problems, which alreadyexisted. They needed to familiarize themselves with current technology, and practice using andinterpreting site and system diagrams for a complex facility. They needed to learn how to interactwith other engineers and industry professionals in order to learn what their problems were, or howtheir product would help solve a problem. The students in each project needed to design a systemthat would meet the needs of the PNIC, and they needed to perform a cost analysis to determine ifthe solution was viable. The students working on the power generation project also had anopportunity to learn a great deal about the societal impact

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Pre-College and ECE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Gary Goff; Elizabeth McCullough, Kansas State University; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

teachers. Over 700 teachers from schoolsalong the Interstate 4 Corridor that runs from Tampa on the west coast through Orlando toDaytona Beach on the east coast have attended the camp. The two-day camp has a basicschedule that allows for variations to fit the local community where it is offered. The intendedaudience is primarily high school mathematics, science, computer science and technology teachersand curriculum specialists. The overarching goal of the event is to provide the teacher withinformation about the electronic microchip industry from the background science, themanufacturing or fabrication processes, employee qualifications for technical staff includingtechnicians, operators, engineers, etc., and career opportunities and business

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Virtual & Distance Experiments

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2003 Annual Conference

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Robert Weber; Bernard Lwakabamba; Julie Dickerson; Carolina Cruz-neira; Diane Rover

American Society of Engineering Educators (ASEE) Conference, Toronto, Canada, June, 2002.[2] B. Graubard, F. Chen, Z. Min, R.J. Weber, D. Rover, and J.A. Dickerson, “Lessons Learned: Installing a Wireless System in the C6 Virtual Reality Environment,” IEEE Virtual Reality Conference, 7th Annual Immersive Projection Technology (IPT) Symposium, Orlando, March 2002.[3] J. A. Dickerson, W. C. Black, C. Cruz-Neira, R. Weber, “CRCD: Wireless Multimedia Communications for Virtual Environments,” Invited Paper at the American Society of Engineering Educators (ASEE) Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June, 2001.[4] R. Stuart, Design of Virtual Environments: Barricade Books, 2001.[5] Allen Bierbaum, VR

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Motivating students to achieve

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2003 Annual Conference

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Debra Wright; Gretchen Hein; Mary Fran Desrochers; Mary Raber

Session 3475 Fun and Games… In the Classroom? MaryFran Desrochers, Gretchen Hein, Mary Raber, Debra Wright Michigan Technological University (School of Technology/Department of Engineering Fundamentals/College of Engineering/Department of Biomedical Engineering) 1400 Townsend Dr. Houghton, MI 49931AbstractActive learning techniques have been shown to improve student interest in and learning of coursematerials. New educators, however, can find it challenging to incorporate active learning experiencesinto their courses. This paper will discuss the use of games, from

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Computer Literacy Among Minority Students

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2003 Annual Conference

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Austin Asgill; Willie K. Ofosu

purchase laptop computers, which can be loaned to studentswhile they are studying at the particular institution.IV. Closing the Divide Many of the nations engineering and engineering technology schools have been striving toincrease the number of underrepresented minorities who enroll in their programs. The fact thatthese are the groups most affected by the digital divide has not been good news for them. Acommerce department study has found that between December 1998 and August 2000, the gap inhome Internet access between Black households and the national household average increasedfrom 15 to 18 percent. The gap between Hispanic households and the national average widenedfrom 13.6 to 17.9 percent 5. As a result, many young people might

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Current Environmental Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

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Cynthia Veit; Chris Swan

example, Arlington will continue todevelop high school projects and curriculum on the benefits of recycling. Other benefits tostudent learning include:1. Students are forced to recognize that engineering and non-engineering aspects in solving societal problems are important.2. Students are forced to “think outside the technical box” to develop appropriate and realistic solutions.3. Students come to realize that professional and social responsibilities go together.From the perspective of the course or program administrators, inclusion of CSL projects providesa successful way to have students recognize the importance of soft constraints in developingsolutions to what is perceived a technological problem. This is important since engineers

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wade Driscoll

Handbook for College Teachers (2nded.), Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1993, pp. 13-23.[3] Asymetrix Corporation, Multimedia ToolBook Version 3.0: Multimedia Authoring System for Windows,Bellevue, WA.[4] Driscoll, Wade C., Using Visual Basic for Engineering Computations, to be submitted to the 2003 ASEE AnnualConference Proceedings (2002)[5] Driscoll, Wade C., Visual Basic For Engineers, Workbook for Engineering Computing Published byComdoc at Youngstown State University (2000)[6] Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology,Engineering Criteria 2000, 111 Market Place, # 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202 (1996)[7] Jung, I., Hosoon Ku, and D. L. Evans, A Network-based Multimedia Computerized Testing Tool

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Manufacturing Systems Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Linards Stradins; Richard Rothaupt

Educationgenerated models using lecture and demonstration as their principal mode of instruction. Thischange occurred for many reasons, some of which were the cost of upkeep on laboratories andthe lack of support given to instructors who focused upon the basics of practical engineering.Also, there had been an ongoing change in faculty where instructors of design and applied topicswere replaced with those who were more focused upon basic research of cutting-edgetechnologies while the basic engineering technologies were neglected1. Luckily, UW-Stout wasable to avoid the trend of eliminating laboratories, so we continue to have a strong history ofapplied knowledge in education. With our laboratories intact we have been able to incorporatelaboratory activities

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Partnerships in IE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Emanuel

Session 3657 The Community Based Capstone Design Experience: More than Meets the Eye Joseph T. Emanuel Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Technology Bradley UniversityAbstractFor the past 36 years, Bradley University’s Industrial Engineering program has used community-based projects as the basis for the Capstone Design experience. For the past 25 years, the“clients” for these projects have been asked to pay for the service provided. The courseemphasizes real-world team problem solving and the need for strong

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Topics in Mechanical ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Cooley

forMechanical Engineering Technology students. It combines the basic aspects of a traditionalrotary viscometer with a purely mechanical measurement system that allows students to clearlyvisualize and experience first-hand the reaction to viscous shear stress on a stationary drum inresponse to a concentric rotating cup containing the test fluid. This paper describes importantdesign features of the device, constructed from an “antique” Garrard turntable, and the majorconceptual topics students must understand in order to complete their laboratory exercise.The Rotary Viscometer SystemThe rotary viscometer system combines a Garrard turntable, used in a previous lifetime toexperience and enjoy LP albums, with a custom designed support structure containing

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Physics in the K-16 Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

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Sallie Townsend; Natalie Segal

. Creating avisual organization of information makes it much easier to see what to do next for the visual-spatial student. Both are visual tools to solve analytical problems. Several examples ofapplication of these methods are presented.IntroductionThe students at Ward College of Technology at the University of Hartford can major inArchitectural, Audio, Electronic, Computer, and Mechanical Engineering Technology. They arethus a diverse group, with different abilities. We have found that our Architectural EngineeringTechnology (AET) students, for example, tend to process information visually, whereas theAudio Engineering Technology (AUET) students process information aurally and theMechanical Engineering Technology (MET) students process information

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Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2003 Annual Conference

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Joanne Hood; Elizabeth Bahe; Fonda Swimmer; Ingrid St. Omer

Session 1430 Student Retention Dialogue: Focus Group Outcomes Ingrid St. Omer, Joanne Hood, Fonda Swimmer Northern Arizona University Elizabeth Bahe Scottsdale Community CollegeAbstractIn the Fall of 2001, the Admissions, Recruitment and Retention committee at Northern ArizonaUniversity’s (NAU) College of Engineering & Technology (CET) sought to begin to collect dataregarding student persistence. NAU has demonstrated a strong commitment to undergraduateeducation and diversity. According to the National

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Trends in Mechanics Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Don Evans; Gary Gray; Francesco Costanzo; Phillip Cornwell; Brian Self

Copyright c 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationstudent misconceptions, that is, primarily whether the misconceptions should be “con-fronted, overcome, and replaced” or they should be “developed and refined”. In spite ofthis disagreement, there remains much that can be learned from this literature about howwidespread these misconceptions are and how persistent they are, even under what isgenerally considered “good” instruction. Although these studies list many student mis-conceptions, none offer good, reliable, valid assessment instruments that can be used byinstructors in a “production” mode to judge the adequacy of their instruction.One of the significant hindrances to reform in science, technology, engineering and math-ematics (STEM

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Industrial Collaborations

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Kissock; Rebecca Blust

the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliography1. Office of Industrial Technologies. 2002. Industrial Assessment Center. http://www.oit.doe.gov/iac/2. Muller, Barnish,and Kasten, 1998.3. University of Dayton. 2002. Industrial Assessment Center. http://www.engr.udayton.edu/udiac/4. The United States Department of Energy’s Industrial Assessment Center. 2002. Student DevelopmentProgram Guide5. Ray, Steve. Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student, University of Dayton Industrial Assessment Center.Interview. December 12, 2002.6. Nicholas, John M.,1998. Competitive Manufacturing Management. McGraw Hill, Boston

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Web-Based Laboratories and Classes

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Gehringer

for the class. It seemed to me that the only advantage I would get from Blackboard was in the presentation of the grade information to the students. Everything else would require me to do my usual web stuff PLUS an extra step in order to connect it into Blackboard. This seemed like a lot for relatively little return.”A Construction and Civil Engineering Technology Instructor put it this way: “Blackboard is too bulky, attempting to accomplish too many objectives, thereby requiring too much time for fluency for modest user.”Another theme was access restrictions. Although both Blackboard and WebCT can reportedly beconfigured to make pages public [1], most systems are not set up to make this easy. Theacademic

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Simulation Courses & BME Laboratories

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Safa Sadeghpour; Ragu Vijaykumar; Mark A. D'Avila; Joseph V. Bonventre; Heather Gunter

Session 1309 Educational Innovation in Physiology: Capillary Filtration Heather E. Gunter1,2, Mark A. D’Avila2, Safa Sadeghpour2,3, Ragu Vijaykumar4, Joseph V. Bonventre2 1 Division of Engineering & Applied Sciences, Harvard University / 2 Harvard – MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology / 3 Department of Brain and Cognitive Science, MIT / 4 Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, MITAbstractThe concepts underlying capillary

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Virtual Instrumentation

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Parten

17-18, 1988 10. Engineering Accreditation Commission, Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc., Baltimore, MD, November, 2000 11. NI ELVIS User Manual, National Instruments, August, 2002. Page 8.1265.12 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education 12. Ahmed A. Gamal, Sam Al-Hashmi, Varghese George, and Xiaohuan Wan, “NI-2 Oscilloscopes,” EE 2331 Project Report, Fall 2002. 13. Brian

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Issues in Computer Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerome Eric Luczaj; Chia Han

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright2003, American Society for Engineering Education”integrated throughout the process, assessing how well the program connects objectives to contentto learning and achievement.3.2 Immediate feedbackAnother area where technology can and should insert assessment into the educational process isby facilitating immediate feedback. Without timely feedback connecting student learning toinstructor evaluation, neither the instructor, nor the students nor the program administrators havethe power to affect change or to correct problems. Consider typical feedback from student toinstructor. Students evaluate a course with a course survey, completed at the end of the term.They fill out

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanics Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Alan Zehnder

to Cornell students, however instructors at other schoolscould tailor the use of the lab by writing their own manuals to replace those provided.Use and Evaluation of Lab The virtual torsion lab was used in the Fall 2002 semester at Cornell as one of four labs in asophomore course that combines statics and mechanics of materials. The course was taken byabout 120 students. The lab will be used in the Spring 2003 at Cornell and other schoolsincluding two-year and engineering technology programs. Students were given two weeks to complete the lab. The work entailed analyzing the dataprovided to determine yield and fracture strengths, shear moduli, and to deduce relationshipsbetween stiffness, strength and dimensions of the test samples. A

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Web-Based Laboratories and Classes

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve E. Watkins; Richard Hall; Vicki Eller

once they have learned the software. • Memorability – The user should be able to use the software periodically without having to relearn it. • Errors – Users should be able to recover from errors easily. • Satisfaction – Users should feel comfortable with the system and feel that it was useful.Usability testing records usage patterns and user reactions. A designer can use this data to Page 8.1278.1improve the user interface of any computer software interface.“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering

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Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Keith Sylvester

Energy promotes partnerships between the public and privatesectors to lead to sustainable utility PV markets (UPG, 1997). The Technology Experience toAccelerate Markets in Utility Photovoltaics (TEAM-UP) program funds ventures that develop Page 8.670.2sustainable markets and opportunities for PV applications. It also funds programs that takeProceedings of the 2003 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering 2177advantage of business opportunities with PV