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Natalie A. Mello

certain abilities. These abilities include areas that have not been traditionally addressedby ABET in the past. The criteria now encompass such things as:• an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams• an ability to understand professional and ethical responsibility• an ability to communicate effectively• an ability to understand the impact of engineering in a global/societal context• a recognition of the need to engage in life-long learning• a knowledge of contemporary issuesThe practice of engineering, science and management is best learned by a student through aprocess of ’initiation into a tradition’ as an apprentice to a master 4. Such an approach toengineering education was anticipated by WPI over 25 years ago and has been enhanced by

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Jeremy Koczenasz; Bradley Bashford; Anil Sawhney; Andre Mund

Engineering and Management, ASCE, Vol. 113, No. 2.DR. ANIL SAWHNEYDr. Sawhney is currently an Associate Professor at Arizona State University in the Del E. Webb School of Construction.He received his Bachelor of Engineering degree from India in 1987 and a Master of Building Engineering andManagement degree from the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi in 1990. He completed his Ph.D. at theUniversity of Alberta in June 1994. Before ASU, he was an Assistant Professor at Western Michigan University. Hisresearch interests are mainly focused on construction simulation techniques and use of computers in education.JEREMY KOCZENASZJeremy Koczenasz is currently an undergraduate student at Arizona State University in the Del E. Webb School

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Tze-Leong Yew; Kurt Gramoll

multimedia software tools that are used todevelop interactively rich technical presentations. One of the main difficulties in teaching thecourse is that everything pertaining to multimedia needs to be known at once to produce a viablemultimedia presentation. Therefore one of the basic goals of the course is to master the softwaretools involved. However, since this course does not center about the learning of multimediasoftware, each tool is used as it might be applied to engineering. For example, MacromediaDirector was used to create a simulation program to calculate the position of a ball rolling in atwo-dimensional bowl. Similarly another tools are used to show the concepts behind jetpropulsion. This teaching method is directly associated with

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Patricia L. Fox; Stephen Hundley

10% 10% Community Service 4% 6% Research 5% 1%In response to a question concerning the presence of a faculty union/collective bargainingcontract, 67% of the two-year schools and only 23% of the four-year schools respondedaffirmatively.Seventy-four percent of four-year schools reported that the minimum degree required for hiring afull-time engineering technology faculty member is a Masters, while 26% indicated that a Ph.D.is required. At two-year schools, 55% require a Masters degree, 35% require a Bachelor Degree,and 10% require an Associate Degree. When asked if the highest degree needed to be in theparticular field in which

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Stephanie Blaisdell; Mona Moore; Marcela Castro; Mary Anderson-Rowland

Counseling Psychology, 28(5), 1981, 399-410.MARCELA CASTROMarcela Castro is currently a doctoral student of the Curriculum and Instruction Educational program at ArizonaState University. She received her B.A. in Communication Sciences from Universidad de Occidente in Los Mochis,Sinaloa, Mexico. She came to ASU as a Fulbright scholar in 1993 to pursue a Masters in Educational Media andComputers. She received her degree in May 1995. Marcela is the program assistant for WISE Investments.STEPHANIE BLAISDELLStephanie Blaisdell is the Director of theASU's Women in Applied Science and Engineering (WISE) Program. Shehas worked with the WISE Program since its inception in 1993. She holds a master's degree in Counseling and is aPh.D. candidate for Counseling

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Abbes Berrais

Page 5.692.5 Figure 2: Architecture of the educational expert system EDAStudent-InterfaceThe student-interface is the most critical component of an educational expert system, and is anecessity for the success and acceptability of any expert system. The design of the student- 16interface is influenced by many factors, amongst these : the cognitive model of the student’sthought processes, aspects of usability, the type and capabilities of the programming tools,the hardware environment, and the intended function of the ES. The general screen display(Master Menu) of the EDA student-interface is shown in Figure 3. The student errors wereidentified and classified

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Robert Davis; Laura J. Genik; Craig W. Somerton

usetoday. Another modification made to the program was the addition of a tutorial for thethermal system analysis of a VCR cycle. This tutorial emulates the general solutionmethodology used in the course and reinforces the concepts with the students. Theprogram is available via current web pages for the described course.Introduction The evaluation of thermodynamic systems can become a long and tediousprocess, though an important one for students to learn and master. Several cycles arecontinually taught in applied thermodynamics courses such as the Rankine cycle forsteam power systems, the Brayton cycle for gas turbine systems, vapor-compression forrefrigeration systems. Within the applied thermodynamics course at the University ofPortland

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William F. Horton; Thomas Agayoff; Saul Goldberg

, PWS Publishing Company.[6] Sen, P. C., 1996, Principles of Electric Machines and Power Electronics, 2nd Edition, John Wiley and Sons.[7] Vithayathil, J, 1996, Power Electronics Principles and Applications, McGraw-Hill.SAUL GOLDBERGSaul Goldberg is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo,California. He received the Bachelor of Science Degree (Electrical Engineering) from Fairleigh Dickinson Universityand the Master of Engineering and Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering) from the University of Florida at Gainesville.His industrial experience includes assignments at Bendix-Eclipse Pioneer Division, Mount Sinai Hospital (Departmentof Radiology, Miami Beach, Florida

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Peg Boyle Single; Carol Muller

protégés would seek mentors in the future. Protégés who were Page 6.235.5dissatisfied with their mentor suggested several factors which might contribute to dissatisfaction: Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationmentors who were too busy to respond to email, or responded too briefly; or a perceivedmismatch of fields or degree level aspirations (e.g. a masters student interested in pursuing aPh.D. matched with mentor with a terminal masters degree). Those who neither continuedcontact with their

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Ted Aanstoos; Steven Nichols

(up to a full added year) o Note: this approach is consistent with the move to establish a standardized 5- Year Master of Engineering degree plan9 • Build new certificate program similar to several already in place o At UT Austin, these include the Business Foundation Program and Elements of Computing (each offered in the 2000-2002 catalog; see Note 6) • Use of seminars, short courses, web-based learning (team-taught and paid by employer) • Elimination of mandated history/government course content • Establish mentoring relationships early on with prospective employers (perhaps with early employment contracts

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James Fuller

Session 2306 Classroom and Site Integration: Utilizing Site Documentation and Classroom Assignments to Make Connections Between Theory and Practice James E. Fuller, AIA University of HartfordAbstractThe late Italian master builder Luigi Nervi said “A good architect is someone capable ofseeing the main problems of a design, capable of examining with serenity the variouspossible solutions, and who finally has a thorough grasp of the technical meansnecessary to accomplish his project.” Ernest L. Boyer and Lee D. Mitgang, in their reportBuilding Community: A

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Timothy M. Weise; Daniel J. Biezad

loop. The system is able to record flight data,perform programmed flight maneuvers such as frequency sweeps, and record flight data. Thedata that has been recorded can be now be used to develop a closed loop control system. Introduction A radio controlled (RC) helicopter is one of the most difficult hobbies to master. It is avery complicated machine with many control actuators. It has a complicated model of motion.The control inputs are coupled with one another. How could one be made easier to fly? Add astability augmentation flight control system! This would require some electronics able to use theradio to servo control signal to sense the pilot input and the rate gyro feedback signal to

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Walter Vincent; Nipha P. Kumar; Craig A. Bernecker

stateat eighteen locations. Over 37,000 of these students are located at the main university campuswhich is located in a town of approximately 39,000 residents. The University town issurrounded by rural and agricultural areas. Architectural Engineering is one of eight departmentsin the College of Engineering, one of ten academic colleges at the University. ArchitecturalEngineering is a five year undergraduate program with a terminal degree of Bachelor ofArchitectural Engineering. The Bachelor of Architectural Engineering degree requires aminimum of 168 credit hours. The Department also has Master of Science, Master ofEngineering, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. The student population consists ofapproximately 360 undergraduates spread over the

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Sameer Kumar; John Walker; Jeffrey A. Jalkio; James Rehg

the policies and procedures put in place to ensure the infrastructure is used consistentlyamong all parties thereby ensuring its effective usefulness.In the televised teaching, instructors need to familiarize themselves with the distance learningclassroom environment, the computer console and new teaching skills for such courses. Multi-media presentation tools need to be mastered to incorporate them in the class sessions effectively.Detailed organization of the class and planning of the presentation is essential to manage time andprocedures established for course administration relative to student questions, distribution andretrieval of materials. New presentation skills need to be adopted such as responding to cameramovement, cueing and

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Scott A. Stefanov; Daniel J. Pack

. Pack, Scott Stefanov, George York, and Pam Neal, “Constructing a Wall-FollowerRobot for a Senior Design Project,” Computers in Education Journal, vol. VII, no. 1, pp. 39 – 43,January-March 1997.[2] The 1997 Fire-Fighting Home Robot Contest-Rules and Regulations, http://www.trincoll.edu/~robot/rules97.html.[3] Joseph L. Jones and Anita M. Flynn, Mobile Robots: Inspiration to Implementation,Wellesley, Massachusetts, A.K. Peters, 1993.[4] P.J. Mckerrow, Introduction to Robotics, Addison Wesley, 1991.Daniel Pack is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the United Air ForceAcademy, CO. He received the Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering in 1988, the Master ofScience degree in Engineering Sciences in

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J.P. Trudeau; Alan R. Klayton; A.L. Clark; Daniel J. Pack

master skills related to a limited amount of the course material.Independent labs also work well in a class where not all students successfully complete all thelabs. In such cases, students are not necessarily constrained to finish a previous lab to start thenext lab. On the other hand, integrated labs provide students with an overall direction, i.e., aroad map, for the course. Students can see the “big picture” and understand how each lab fitsinto the global goal of the course. This approach also encourages students to practice top-downdesign skills and to organize their work for future use. Integrated labs also force students to betterdocument their software and hardware designs. In addition, the integrated labs allow students topractice

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M. A. Mooney; K. K. Muraleetharan; H. Gruenwald; B. E. Vieux; Randall L. Kolar

that has dominated engineering education in the past. We feel theplan detailed herein could serve as a paradigm for many engineering programs.While group activities permeate the curriculum, we are not neglecting the value of independentstudy. In this respect, the laptop computer truly mobilizes resources for individual-centerededucation. By having computer access from across campus 24-hours a day, one can study thecourse content at their own pace, with as many learning loops as required to master the material.Furthermore, multimedia computing applied to higher education allows for a $multipleintelligences perspective,# which provides the individual learner with more than one media so asto reach various types of learners, e.g., some people are

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John G. Nee

authorizations in the associatedmajors. Faculty interested in learning more about the program should contact the author. REFERENCES Baartmans, B.G. and Sorby, S.A. (1996). Introduction to 3-D Spatial Visualization. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, Inc. Bertoline, G.R., Wiebe, E.N., Miller C.L., and Mohler, J.L.(1997). Technical Graphics Communications, 2nd ed. Burr Ridge, IL; Richard D. Irwin, Inc. Lawry, M.H. (1997). I-DEAS Master Series Student Guide. Santa Fe, NM.: OnWord Press. Lutz, R.J. (1991). Applied Sketching and Technical Drawing. South Holland, IL:The Goodheart-Wilcox Company, Inc. Nee

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Aaron A. Jennings

also important that this be done with the minimum amount of information necessary.Blunder Control - It is important for the code to seek to protect itself from ill- conditioned input. This is always a desirable feature, but is of particular importance for software used in education. There may be a reasonable expectation that professional users will understand the problem well enough to enter credible data. This is not a reasonable expectation for student users.Learning Curve - It is important that students be able to master a code in a reasonably short time period. One might expect professional users to undergo a period of training. Numerous short courses are offered specifically to train professional users about common software

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William J. Adams; Curtis A. Carver

EducationalHypermedia and Multimedia. Boston, MA. 708-713.Author InformationMAJ CURTIS A. CARVER JR.MAJ Curtis A. Carver Jr. is an active duty Army Officer with fourteen years of service. He has a Bachelor of Sciencedegree from the United States Military Academy and a Master of Computer Science degree from Texas A&M Uni-versity. Curtis is a member of Upsilon Pi Epsilon, Phi Kappa Phi, AFCEA, AACE, ASEE, IEEE, and the ACM. Hisresearch interests include distributed multimedia, hypermedia, and object-oriented systems and network security.CPT(P) JOSEPH ADAMSCPT(P) William J. Adams is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sci-ence at the United States Military Academy. He is an active Duty Signal Corps officer with over

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Pradeep K. Agrawal

provide instructions driven by format.Also, the feedback and evaluation pr.ocedures focus on text mechanics. This approach isinadequate because writing is kept separate from thinking. The popular approach assumes that(i) writing skills are static, (ii) students have mastered their subject matter, and (iii) students havesolved the “audience puzzle.”This paper argues for the unique benefits of maintaining an in-house writing program forundergraduate - and graduate - level engineering students. It holds that only an in-house programcan integrate technical content with writing and critical thinking to teach students. This paperfocuses specifically on our efforts to incorporate these features into our undergraduate laboratorycourses. The benefits of

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Ian R. Simpson

Programs" betweenseveral of our European partners and ourselves. In the UK, for example, my Frenchstudents register for the whole of a "Master of Science" course in subjects such asComputer Science, Signal-Processing, Microwaves and Optoelectronics. On obtaining theM.Sc, my students also qualify for our own "Diplôme d'Ingénieur." Over the past tenyears, whole networks of European partners have come into existence enabling theexchange of students throughout all 15 member nations of the European Union. 1996 sawthe most remarkable example yet of academic collaboration. A Spanish student from aprestigious Telecoms Training College in Barcelona decided to spend his final 2 yearswith us in France. He was top student in Spain after three years, a feat

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Jawaharlal Mariappan

that is integrated with the master cylinder, wheel speed sensors and a control unit. Themost important function of ABS is to avoid the wheel lock phenomenon by sensing wheel lockusing the wheel speed sensors and intelligent algorithms and taking appropriate action to control Page 2.19.6the brake pressure. Thus ABS fits our definition of mechatronic system in that it must performcertain mechanical function efficiently and reliably by the application of computer controlthrough electronic interfaces, and the use of sensors, actuators and computer algorithms. A studyof ABS was conducted as part of the mechatronic course at GMI. A topical outline

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Matthew R. James; Mario G. Beruvides

-collar/knowledge workperformance improvement, technology management, and engineering education. Dr. Beruvides is a senior memberof IIE and member of ASEE. He holds BS in Mechanical Engineering and a MSIE from the University of Miami,and a Ph.D. from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Industrial and Systems Engineering.MATTHEW R. JAMES is a Masters Degree student in Industrial Engineering at Texas Tech University. Mr. Jamesinterests include technology management, engineering economics, and performance systems improvement. Mr.James is a member of IIE, SME, Alpha Pi Mu, and Tau Beta Pi. He holds BS in Industrial Engineering from TexasTech University and is currently working on his Masters Thesis in the area of human bias and

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Jr., Fred O. Simons; Aaron L. Robinson

interface, the ADSP-21060 alsofeatures six 4-bit link ports that provide additional I/O and multiprocessing capabilities. Because the bitcapacity of the ports are small, these links ports can be clocked more than once per instruction cycle toachieve higher data transferrates[DSPA94].The Texas Instruments TMS320C80 DSPuP is actually 5 separate processors integrated together on asingle chip. The 5 processors consist of a single master processor and 4 slave parallel processors. TheTMS320C80 Master Processor(MP) is a 32-bit, IEEE-754 compatible floating point processor. The MPmanages the functions of all components within the chip. It is the main supervisor and distributor oftasks withinthe chip and also functions to communicate with external

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Patrick E. Connolly; Theodore Branoff

Press.Sorby, S. A. & Baartmans, B. J. (1996). A course for the development of 3-D spatial visualization skills. Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 60 (1), 13-20.VI. Biographical InformationTHEODORE J. BRANOFFTed is an assistant professor of Graphic Communications at North Carolina State University and has been anASEE member since 1986. He has taught courses in introductory engineering graphics, computer-aided design,descriptive geometry, and vocational education. Ted has a bachelor of science in Technical Education, a master ofscience in Occupational Education, and a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction. His current academic interestsinclude spatial visualization ability, information processing theory, geometric dimensioning and

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H. Öner Yurtseven; Patricia L. Fox; Stephen Hundley

bright, new faculty intoa school or program becomes extremely difficult, if not impossible. In some cases, schools areforced to offer new faculty higher salaries than current faculty, which can result in otherproblems.Another factor to explore for building a case for salary compensation would be to review yourundergraduate salary offers. The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)Salary Survey, April 1998 6 reports that the average salary ranges from $35,705 to $45,591 forengineering bachelor degrees and from $52,190 to 53,717 for engineering master degrees.Salary offers in the 90th percentile range from $44,000 to $50,000 for bachelors and from$57,000 to $66,000 for masters. Today, some salary offers to holders of bachelor degrees

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Eric Connell; David L. Batie

. (1997, September). Collaboration by Wire. Architectural Record. 131-137.9. Tarricone, Paul. (1996, September). Design-Build It, And They Will Come. Facilities Design & Management, 60-63.10. Tufte, Edward R. (1990) Envisioning Information. Cheshire, Connecticut: Graphic Press.11. Whitlock, Todd L. (1992). An Argument for Design/Build. Real Estate Finance, 9, 87-90.DAVID L. BATIEDavid L. Batie is an Assistant Professor of Construction Management at East Carolina University. Dr. Batie is aregistered Architect in Kentucky with national NCARB certification. He is active in distance learning, and iscurrently developing web based learning modules for elementary and secondary education students. Dr. Batiereceived his BSAS and Master of

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J. Hardwick Butler; Burton Courtney

dramatically in the near future. A "new" tradition, like change,is inevitable.J. HARDWICK BUTLERJ. Hardwick Butler is currently a professor at Middle Georgia College. Mr. Butler receivedBachelor and Master of Science Degrees in Civil Engineering from the Georgia Institute ofTechnology and is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Georgia.BURTON M. COURTNEYBurton M. Courtney is currently an associate professor at Middle Georgia College. Mr. Courtneyreceived Bachelor and Master of Science Degrees in Civil Engineering from the Georgia Instituteof Technology and is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Georgia. Page 4.202.6

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T. Scott; John P. O'Connell

with the utilization of energy through application ofbasic Natural Laws commonly using models for fundamental properties. Its study is basic toscience and engineering and it is a core subject in most engineering curricula.Thermodynamics challenges students in several ways. First, the fundamental principles andprocedures which must be mastered for successful application are abstract and mathematical.Next, the devices and systems most commonly treated in the initial engineering course, such asengines, steam power and energy conversion, are unfamiliar and appear complex. In addition,this course is where many students first discover that the required problem solving methods aremore sophisticated than memorization and merely doing many example