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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Richard Speakman; Joel Perlin; Daniel Pack; Barry Mullins

Electrical Engineering in 1995 fromArizona State University, Harvard University, and Purdue University, respectively. During the 2000-2001academic year, he was a visiting scholar at Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Lincoln Laboratory. He is amember of Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, IEEE (Senior Member), and ASEE. He is a registered ProfessionalEngineer in Colorado. His research interests include intelligent control, automatic target recognition, and robotics.Email: daniel.pack@usafa.eduBARRY E. MULLINS is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Chief of the Computer SystemsDivision at the U.S. Air Force Academy, CO. He received a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University ofEvansville, a M.S. in Computer Engineering from the Air

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A Potpourri of Innovations in Physics

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2003 Annual Conference

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G. Burbach

and relatively unquantifiable with no immediate short-term benefits. TheNorth State Gold Mine Project represented a unique partnership between industry and academiathat had immediate and substantive benefits not only for the students and the university, but forthe industrial partner, the client, and the community as well.Pyramid Environmental and Engineering, P.C. (“Pyramid”) is a full-service consulting firmspecializing in environmental geology, geophysics, and engineering. North Carolina A & TState University (“NC A&T”) is a historically black, four-year university with a strongcommitment to the science, math, engineering, and technology (SMET) disciplines. Both arelocated in Greensboro, North Carolina.The partnership between

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Tenure and Promotion Tricks of the Trade

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2003 Annual Conference

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David Cottrell

full assessment is not complete. Nevertheless,preliminary returns indicate that the University’s recognition of the true nature of outreachplayed a vital role in developing and implementing changes to ensure that the Universitycontinues to meet the needs of its constituents, the faculty, and the University itself and inpromoting an environment of continuous improvement and customer satisfaction.Bibliography:1. “Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Technology Programs, Effective for Evaluations During the 2002-2003 Accreditation Cycle.” (2002). Technology Accreditation Commission, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc.2. Kellogg Commission (1999). Returning to our Roots: The Engaged University. Third Report of the

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mustafa Sanver; Li Yang; Eric Gillispie

Page 8.10.1productivity of students by bringing multiple sources of information to the student through the Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationInternet. Lastly, students can directly control the pace at which they learn.These features of technology-based learning make the design of course content veryimportant. In the design of online web-based course content, a powerful way of conveyingknowledge to students is through visualization. In the design of courseware with visualizationthe process of developing effective, well-focused visualization paradigms is very important.First of all, courseware

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Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

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2003 Annual Conference

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Timothy Cooley

original thermal behavior. On a more abstractlevel are difficulties regarding an effective approach to the concepts that would be meaningful tomechanical engineering technology students in an associate’s degree program.A system called the Thermal Computing System (TCS) was designed and installed in a desktopcomputer to provide a simple, very low cost solution to the first difficulty. It allows students toobserve, test, and record in real-time the thermal behavior and effects of individual componentsand parameters of the same desktop computer in which it is installed. However, the question ofhow to effectively use this TCS/computer to teach potentially complex heat transfer concepts tosophomore engineering technology students remains.This paper

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Internet Programming and Applications

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2003 Annual Conference

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Thomas Miller; Steve Walsh; Leigh Haefner; Hollylynne Stohl

, the development workrequired to turn Belshazzar into a usable tool was not suitable for a subsequent semester designproject. The effort continued by hiring computer science students supported by NC StateUniversity’s Office of Distance Education and Learning Technology Applications (DELTA). The Page 8.263.3system is currently used in limited production by faculty at NC State.Proceedings of the 2003 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationSystem DescriptionThe complete Belshazzar system setup, which consists of a

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ET Distance Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

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Marty Frisbee; Deborah Sharer

Session 1647 Don’t Just Tell Me, Show Me! Presenting a Microelectronics Course Completely on the Internet Deborah L. Sharer, Marty D. Frisbee Department of Engineering Technology University of North Carolina at CharlotteAbstractChallenges to effectively delivering distance education (DE) courses, particularly web-basedindividual access (IA) DE, such as lack of instructor access, isolation, and removal of peerinteraction are well recognized as common throughout all disciplines. Considerations such asincreased self-discipline and the

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Product and Venture Creation Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

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Wilburn Clouse

Entrepreneurs in Action: A Team Development Process Innovation and Entrepreneurship R. Wilburn Clouse, PHD Vanderbilt University wil.clouse@vanderbilt.edu 615 322 8059Abstract This research paper reports on learning models studied to infuse the spirit ofentrepreneurship into a multi-disciplinary learning environment involving Engineering andHuman and Organizational Development students. The paper describes the process used in threedifferent models to encourage creativity, innovation and entrepreneurial thinking among diversestudents. Course syllabi

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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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New Electrical ET Course Development

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2003 Annual Conference

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Kathleen Ossman

digital signalprocessing are noticeably absent in engineering technology programs. A recent look at ABETaccredited electrical/electronics engineering technology programs [1] showed that only 6 of the 66programs accessed offered DSP as a required course in the curriculum. Another nine programsoffered DSP as a technical elective and the remaining 51 did not offer DSP to their students at all.As DSP becomes more pervasive in industrial applications, it is imperative that engineeringtechnology graduates have some exposure to digital signal processing theory and practice. Themain difficulty in teaching DSP to technology students is the level of mathematics. Studentsopening a textbook on digital signal processing [2] – [4] are faced with pages and

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Web Systems and Web Services

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2003 Annual Conference

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Xiannong Meng

. Examples includeDS 575 at the DePaul University [5], CS 378 at the University of Texas – Austin [6], CS 466at John Hopkins University [9] among others. The programming projects in these coursesdeal with various parts of the Web search including search engines, crawling, retrieval anduser interface. Most of these projects use the technology of CGI, making it rely on existingWeb servers. What made our project different was that we emphasized the whole picture ofWeb search. Our project included every components in a Web search retrieval system, theWeb server, the crawler, indexing, ranking and retrieving components. The only softwarerequirement for our project is a high-level programming language that supports networkprogramming. All student groups

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Successful Entrepreneurship Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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John Wierman; Marybeth Camerer

Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationGive the Dean bragging rights. Deans like to be able to report successes of their faculty,departments, centers, and programs. Be aware of possible awards and honors, and be sure tonotify the Dean and the Communications Office of successes to publicize. Our program had twomain “bragging rights” items in 2002: Our business process management lecturer, Josh Reiter,won a campus-wide award for excellence in teaching. Hopkins undergraduate teams won firstand third prizes in the Greater Baltimore Technology Council’s first “Mosh Pit” business plancompetition, in competition with teams of MBA students from other universities in the region.Invite the

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Virtual Instrumentation

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2003 Annual Conference

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M. Kostic

Technology Education," World Congress of Engineering Educators and Industry Leaders, UNESCO Conference Proceedings, Paris, France, July 2-5, Vol.3, pp.463-468, 1996.Author BiographyM. KOSTIC is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Northern Illinois University.He received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois, and then worked in industry for some time. Professor Kostic'steaching and research interests are Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer and related energy sciences; Page 8.998.9with emphases on new technologies, experimental methods, creativity, design, and computer

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Advisory Boards & Program Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

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Sindee Simon; Theodore Wiesner; Lloyd Heinze

, Process Modeling, and Engineering Statistics, to show the relationship problems. between basic science and engineering/ technology. 1D Encourage use of outside resources, 1. Students will know i, k 1. Compilation of an outside resource such as WWW, library, etc., in solving how to effectively portfolio by the faculty member open-ended problems in use the WWW and teaching technical writing containing undergraduate ChE classes. the library to find examples of the use of WWW and information. library, as well as documentation of

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Blaine Lilly; John Merrill

(OSU), with a joint appointment in thedepartments of Industrial, Welding, and Systems Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. Before joining OhioState, he worked as a tool and die maker at General Motors Corporation.JOHN A. MERRILL is the Director for the First-Year Engineering Program at The Ohio State University (OSU).His current responsibilities include operations, faculty recruiting, curriculum development, and program assessment.Dr. Merrill received his Ph.D. in Instructional Design and Technology from OSU in 1985, and has an extensivebackground in public education, corporate training, and contract research.OMER MASUD is a Graduate Teaching Associate for the First-Year Engineering Program at The Ohio StateUniversity College of Engineering

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Innovative Hands-On Projects and Labs

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2003 Annual Conference

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David Hall; Kelly Crittenden

. Heearned his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering in 1995 from the Georgia Institute of Technology where hespecialized in computational analysis of high temperature fracture. His research interests includetrenchless technology, buckling of thin walled pipe liners, computer vision, and innovation in engi neeringeducation.Dr. Kelly Crittenden is an Adjunct Professor of Engineering at Louisiana Tech University. He earned hisPh.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Louisiana Tech in 2001 where he used computational analysis tostudy the repair of femoral neck fractures. He is currently teaching a variety of freshman and sophomorelevel engineering courses, as well as upper level biomedical engineering courses

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Steven Peretti; James Spivey; Paula Berardinelli; Naomi Kleid; Deanna Dannels; Chris Anson; Lisa Bullard; Dave Kmiec

.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/project/actionagenda/index.html. Assessmentdata, which will be available in the summer of 2003, will suggest the impact of presenting this material inthis format as opposed to less structured methods. Lang, J.D., S. Cruse, F.D. McVey, and J. McMasters. “Industry expectations of new engineers: A survey to assistcurriculum designers.” Journal of Engineering Education 88.1 (1999): 43-51.2 Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. ABET Home. http://www.abet.org. 2002.3 There are numerous examples of this type of course in the literature. One example is:Walker, Kristin. “Using genre theory to teach students engineering lab report writing: A collaborative approach.”IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication 42.1

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Instrumentation and Control Applications

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2003 Annual Conference

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Peter Shull

Engineering and Technology Programs.” ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings. Session 1559. 1998.6. “OMB-LogBook User’s Manual, Stand-Alone, Intelligent Systems for 16-bit Data Acquisition and Logging,” Omega.7. Student Manual for Strain Gauge Technology. Measurments Group, Inc. Bulletin 309D. 1992.8. http://www.pcb.com/tech_accel.html. Diagram of accelerometer stud mounting. Retrieved from Internet at Penn State University, Altoona Campus. December 20, 2002.9. http://www.eng.utah.edu/~shorth/dynamic.html. “Dynamic Ski Testing.” Retrieved from Internet at Penn State University, Altoona Campus. August 29, 2002. Page

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Physics in the K-16 Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

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Budny Dan; Teresa Larkin

and reliable learning-style identification instrument. The PEPS is currently beingused as a research tool within the introductory physics course for non-majors at AmericanUniversity. Two teaching approaches that have been developed based on a learning-style approachwill be shared. These approaches include the use of writing as well as interactive, live online chatsusing Blackboard technologies. Ideas for effective adaptation of these approaches by educators inother branches of science, as well as mathematics, engineering, and technology (SMET) educationare discussed.I. INTRODUCTION The brisk changes that continue to occur in modern society, and in academia in particular,suggest that learning must be a continuous process. A growing body of

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Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2003 Annual Conference

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Sean Daly; Roman Stemprok

Stemprok, Tan Pin-Hui, “Voice Cancellation,” 2002 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings, Montreal, Canada, June 18, 2002.Roman StemprokAssistant Professor of Electronics Engineering Technology at the University of North Texas. Registered PE inTexas. Actively involved in research for industry with more than ten years of industrial research experience, oversix years of teaching experience, ten-plus research publications. Member of TAP5-TxDOT, IESNA and CIE.M.E. in Electrical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal (1989), Ph.D. from the Department of ElectricalEngineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock (1995).SEAN DALYBachelor of Science Degree in Engineering Technology from the University of North Texas expected in 2004. Parttime

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Improving Communication Skills in ME

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2003 Annual Conference

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Michael Alley; Harry Robertshaw

Copyright 2003 ©, American Society for Engineering Education Fuel cells are devices for energy conversion [Breakthrough Technologies Institute/Fuel Cells 2000] Figure 6. Body slide from the first portion of the presentation [10, 11]. Composite materials are ideal for bipolar plates Advantages Easy to shape Light in weight Resistant to corrosion Disadvantages Low conductivity High cost (at present) Figure 7. Body slide from the second portion of the presentation [10]. Page 8.990.8Proceedings of

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What Makes Them Continue?

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2003 Annual Conference

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Staci Provezis; Mary Besterfield-Sacre; Larry Shuman; Siripen Larpkiattaworn; Obinna Muogboh; Dan Budny; Harvey Wolfe

Industrial Engineering from Purdue University, and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering at the University ofPittsburgh. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh, Dr. Besterfield-Sacre was an assistantprofessor at the University of Texas - El Paso, and has worked as an Industrial Engineer with ALCOA and with theU.S. Army Human Engineering Laboratory.Dan Budny is Academic Director of Freshman Programs and Associate Professor in Civil Engineering at theUniversity of Pittsburgh. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from Michigan Technological University and theM.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Michigan State University. His research has focused on the development of programsthat assist entering freshman engineering students. Of particular

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Tools of Teaching and Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

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Maher Murad; Robert Martinazzi

introduced in the Highway Surveying andDesign class. The Highway Design is a junior level course. Only Civil Engineering Technology(CET) students take the course which is it preceded by two-sophomore level courses insurveying. The Highway course is design and problem solving in nature. It develops studentsability to use mathematical formulas, specifications and guidelines by design agencies,assumptions and finally common sense to recommend solutions for a given highway problem.The Highway Design class contained twenty nine (29) students. Traditionally, exams in highwaydesign would include problems that require making sound engineering assumptions and may leadto different solutions or alternative designs.Analysis of ResultsTwo exams were given to

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Azzedine Lansari; Abdullah Abonamah; Akram Al-Rawi, McKendree University; Faouzi Bouslama, Université Laval

Page 8.860.3 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education 2 information needs, access and evaluate appropriate information to answer those needs, and communicate effectively to a variety of audiences in both English and Arabic. • Information Technology: ZU graduates will be critically aware of the implications of information technology on the individual and on society, and be able to use IT to communicate and solve problems in an ethical way • Critical Thinking and Reasoning: ZU graduates will be able to use information, reasoning

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Steven Beyerlein; Michael Klein; Matt Walker; Kevin Organ; Dan Gerbus

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationBased on the analysis presented in this paper, the two greatest strengths are (1) IEW’s ability toadapt their goals to the interests and needs of new members each academic year and (2) thecollaboration between members of IEW and each year’s Capstone Design class. By allowing thisadaptability, IEW members are more committed to team goals established each year because thesealign more fully with what each member finds meaningful. Collaboration between graduatestudent mentors and Capstone Design students is critical for undertaking industry projects thatinvolve state of the art technology and

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Laboratory Developments and Innovations

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2003 Annual Conference

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Venkata Ramana Ajjarapu; Shashank Krishnamurty; Sastry Vedula

DSP-PC”. Presented at All India seminar on “ Solid State Switching Devices-Progress and Prospects”, IEE (India) Hyderabad, July 14-16 2002, pp 5.7- 5.13. “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education”BiographySHASHANK KRISHNAMURTHYHe obtained his BE degree from Nirma Institute of Technology, India in 2001 and is presently pursuing his Mastersdegree at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. His interests are in the area of electrical machines, drives and real-time control of power electronic systems.VEDULA V. SASTRYHe received the Ph.D. degree in 1968 from Indian Institute of Technology

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Surya Mallapragada; Maureen Griffin; Mary Huba; Jacqueline Shanks; Kevin Saunders; Charles Glatz

Copyright ©2003, American Society for Engineering Education We believe that PBL can be effectively implemented in engineering curricula. TheAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) considers the following to beamong the 11 required outcomes attained by engineering graduates [2]: ability to engage in life-long learning; ability to work in multidisciplinary teams; ability to identify, formulate and solveengineering problems; and ability to consider the ethical and social dimensions of engineeringsolutions. These outcomes are those that prove most difficult for engineering faculty to achieve inthe standard curriculum. Our approach is to combine improvement in these ABET-related processskills with the learning of critical

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Teamwork & Assessment in the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

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Shamsuddin Ilias; Franklin King

Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationI. IntroductionThe Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board accredits engineeringprograms in the U.S. for Engineering and Technology (EAC/ABET)1. Beginning in 2001, allprograms are being evaluated based on the outcomes of the programs and the skills of theirgraduates. Each program’s outcomes must also be linked to the objectives of the program andthe missions of the College and University. In addition to a process for measuring and evaluatingtheir outcomes, Universities must have outcomes assessment (OA) processes in-place to ensurethe continuous improvement of the program. The continuous improvement processes mustinclude input from the constituencies that the

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Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Karthik Ramani; Anderson David; Alexander Lee

emphasis has shifted to ProductLifecycle Management (PLM) tools.Past educational efforts in CAD include education-related use of rapid prototyping, self-taughtweb-based learning, team project-based learning, and design-manufacturing integration. Theusefulness of CAD/CAM tools in the learning process and job market utilization is unquestioned.What remains to be studied is how much and in what depth they should be taught 1. A wide rangeof studies have used CAD instruction in the undergraduate curriculum 2. The relationshipbetween industry and engineering/technology academic programs is constantly evolving andredefining itself 2. Classroom lectures are compared with self-teaching in order to impart to thestudents the learning process 3. Industry’s

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Lab Experiments in Materials Science

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2003 Annual Conference

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John Marshall

“students” from as young as eight years old, all the waythrough university seniors. One of the distinct advantages is the immediate visual andtactile feedback it provides when adjustments are made or when different forms ofconductors are used. It is interesting to note that one of the professional reviewers thatevaluated this manuscript for publication indicated that this was a “great little motor” andthat she actually used it in her engineering classes!Bibliographic Information Beakman's Electric Motor http://fly.hiwaay.net/~palmer/motor.htmlBiography JOHN MARSHALL received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University and is the Internship Coordinator for the University of Southern Maine’s Department of Technology. His