Conference Session

FPD7 - Global Warming & Sustainability for First-Year Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Blair Rowley, Wright State University; Kumar Yelamarthi, Central Michigan University; Thomas Bazzoli, Wright State University

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First-Year Programs

Yelamarthi, Central Michigan University KUMAR YELAMARTHI, M.S. is currently a Ph.D. student, and holds a Masters in Electrical Engineering from Wright State University. He serves as the lead Graduate Teaching Assistant for the Freshman Engineering and Computer Science Program. He was honored as the most outstanding Graduate Student in 2004, most outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant in 2005, and also has been nominated for excellence in teaching awards several times. He is currently an author on over fifteen publications. His research focus is low-power VLSI methodologies, and engineering education.Thomas Bazzoli, Wright State University THOMAS L. BAZZOLI, M.S. is Assistant Dean for Fiscal Affairs

Conference Session

Teaching Engineering and Public Policy

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Philip Dunn, University of Maine; Kenneth Nichols, University of Maine

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Engineering and Public Policy

Minn. Bridge to Collapse,” by Del Quentin Wilber and Michael Laris. Page 13.342.6Washington Post (January 15, 2008): A03, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-gyn/content/article/2008/01/14/AR2008011402782.html.5. Gortner, Harold F., Kenneth L. Nichols, and Carolyn Ball. (2007) Organization Theory: A Public and NonprofitPerspective. Thomson-Wadsworth.6. Curtis, Karen, Michelle Mason Webber, and Kathy Weymouth. (2006) “U.S. Route 1 Reconstruction in Warren,Maine: A Survey of Community Response to the Department of Transportation’s Application of Context SensitiveSolutions.” Orono, Maine: University of Maine Master of Public Administration

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Teaching Engineering and Public Policy

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Boerger, Engineering Economic Associates, LLC

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Engineering and Public Policy

AC 2008-2849: A TAXONOMY OF EPP PROBLEMSPeter Boerger, Engineering Economic Associates, LLC Peter Boerger is an independent consultant specializing in solving problems that incorporate both technological and economic aspects. He has worked and published for over 20 years on the interface between engineering, economics and public policy. His education began with an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, adding a Master of Science degree in a program of Technology and Public Policy from Purdue University and a Ph.D. in Engineering Economics from the School of Industrial Engineering at Purdue University. His firm, Engineering Economic

Conference Session

Computer Simulation and Animation I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Othoniel Rodriguez-Jimenez, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico; Carlos Pacheco, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico; Nelson Reyes-Aviles, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico; Marisol Mercado, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico

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Computers in Education

,Inc.Nelson Reyes-Aviles, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico Nelson is a graduate from the Computer Engineering Program at Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico. He is now the IT Manager for the Puerto Rico National Guard in San Juan PR.Marisol Mercado, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico Marisol graduated magna cum laude from the Computer Science program at Interamerican University of Puerto Rico. She is currently a masters' student at Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico. Page 13.1316.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Unisyllabus: A Tool to Manage Your Program’s

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Measurement Innovation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joshua Schwartz, Western Carolina University; Mequanint Moges, University of Houston; Xiaojing Yuan, University of Houston; Driss Benhaddou, University of Houston

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Instrumentation

applications in embedded control design providing both enhanced designrevision capability and component count saving for lesser board space and energy use.The technology behind PSoC includes three main components: the core, configurable analog anddigital blocks and the programmable routing and interconnect as shown in Figure 1. The core is abuilt-in microcontroller unit with flash memory and SRAM link to resources including internaland external crystal oscillator for clocking and sleep and watchdog timers. It also has MAC forfast multipliers and decimators for digital signal processing applications. For applications thatuse full speed USB interface, it has I2C functionality for implementing I2C slave or master. Thesecond component which includes the

Conference Session

Successful Mentoring and Outreach Programs for Girls and Minorities

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati; Kenneth Simonson, University of Cincinnati; Latiera Evans, University of Cincinnati

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

trips. The objective of Summer Institute is also to deepen theawareness and interest of underrepresented ethnic students in STEM, targeting Cincinnati PublicSchools, but open to students from greater Cincinnati. Our goal is to assist in the development ofstudents’ math/science preparation and understanding of these disciplines as they relate toengineering. The Institute seeks to improve student’s understanding of science and math throughhands-on classroom and lab experiences. These activities emphasize: Content, the "what" ofscience and math; Attitude, the idea that subjects can be mastered; and Process, the method ofusing science and math as a tool to resolve everyday problems. In summer of 2007 SummerInstitute 16 students participated. The

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment III

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jay Wierer, MSOE; Steven Reyer, MSOE

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Electrical and Computer

systems would improve. This has not been the case. In fact, grades appear to havedecreased slightly, although possibly insignificantly. An examination of assessment resultsshows what may just be an unfortunate fact of teaching signals, whether DSP or analog. That is,both courses contain topics that are somewhat abstract and difficult for students to grasp, andtranslating any mastery in the discrete-time world to the continuous-time world is a high-levelobjective that not all students can master. Anecdotal information directly from the studentsindicates that they favor the new approach, and that overall, they have a better understanding ofthe signals topics.Future successes will be dependent on several things. Assessment results show that

Conference Session

Distance and Web-Based Learning in Engineering Technology: Part I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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B. Sridhara, Middle Tennessee State University

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Engineering Technology

. 3. “Teaching Dynamics in a Master Classroom using CourseInfo,” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Nashville, Tennessee, June 2003. 4. “Teaching Engineering Fundamentals with a Project-Based Learning Approach,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Portland, Oregon, June 2005. 5. ”Webct – A Powerful Web-Enhanced Instruction Tool For Engineering Technology Courses.” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Chicago, June 2006. 6. Mukasa E. Ssemakula, “Learning Effectiveness in Online vs. Traditional Courses,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Portland, Oregon, June 2005. 7. Autar Kaw and

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Laboratories in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cheng Lin, Old Dominion University; Gene Hou, Old Dominion University; Sebastian Bawab, Old Dominion University; Timothy Coats, NSWCCD; Hesham Nassar, Old Dominion University

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Engineering Technology

Intelligent Robots and Systems, p 1570-5, 2008.5. “Actuators, Motor Components & Modules”, http://www.copleycontrols.com/Motion /Products/Motors /index.html6. “ Digital Drivers”, http://www.copleycontrols.com/Motion/Products/Drives/Digital/index.html7. Petruzella, F., “Programmable Logical Controllers”, McGraw Hill Higher Education, 2003.8. “NI USB-6251”, http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/2025979. “PCB Piezotronics”, http://www.pcb.com/spec_sheet.asp?model=3703G2FE50G&item_id=466210. Dhekane, M., “Experimental Analysis and Modeling Validation of a Knee Brace in Shock Mitigation”, Master Thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, August 2008

Conference Session

Laboratories in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Grant Richards, Purdue University; John Denton, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Margot Vigeant, Bucknell University; Michael Prince, Bucknell University; Katharyn Nottis, Bucknell University

Using the Results ofPhysics Education Research. UniServe Science News, 1999. 13.Midkiff, K, T. Litzinger, and D. Evans. Development of Engineering ThermodynamicsConcept Inventory Instruments. In Frontiers in Education. 2001. Reno, NV.Olds, B., R. Streveler, R. Miller, and M.A. Nelson. Preliminary Results From theDevelopment of a Concept Inventory in Thermal and Transport Sciences. In ASEENational Conference. 2004. Salt Lake City, UT.Prince, Michael, and M. Vigeant. Using Inquiry-Based Activities to PromoteUnderstanding of Critical Engineering Concepts. In ASEE National Conference. 2007.Honolulu, Hi.Streveler, R., B. Olds, R. Miller, and M. Nelson. Using a Delphi Study to Identify theMost Difficult Concepts for Students to Master in Thermal and

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Automation and Robotics Subjects in Manufacturing Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University

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Manufacturing

within the Easy C softwareinterface. After learning about the Master-code (firmware for the microcontroller) and the defaultcode used in clearing the microcontroller from corrupt programs, students build and downloadsample programs available to them. Two sample programs are included with this paper and theyare shown in Figure 5 and 65. The program in Figure 5 is generated by dragging programmingblocks to the programming window. The Figure 6 is the Easy C syntax of the program beinggenerated and is created automatically as the blocks are dragged into programming window. Thisprocess is similar to the LEGO programming environments for Mindstorms and NXT. Figure 5. An example Easy C program (Block Diagram Version) for rover robot navigation5

Conference Session

Learning as a Community

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janet Meyer, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Patrick Gee, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Laura Masterson, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

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First-Year Programs

AC 2009-1256: INTEGRATED LEARNING IN FRESHMAN ENGINEERING: THETHEMED LEARNING COMMUNITYJanet Meyer, Indiana University-Purdue University, IndianapolisPatrick Gee, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis Patrick Gee, MSME, is a Lecturer in the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUI. He is also director of the Minority Engineering Advancement Program (MEAP). Patrick has both a B.S. and an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering.Laura Masterson, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis Laura Masterson is a joint advisor in the School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUI and University College at IUPUI. She has a B.S. degree from the University of Notre Dame and a Masters

Conference Session

Distance and Web-Based Learning in ET: Remote and Virtual Laboratories

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Xuemin Chen, Texas Southern University; Lei Jiang, Donghua University; Darayan Shahryar, Texas Southern University; Lawrence Kehinde, Texas Southern University; David Olowokere, Texas Southern University

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Engineering Technology

"); mt.addImage(resImages[3],6); resRight = getImage(base,"resright.gif"); mt.addImage(resRight,7); try { mt.waitForAll(); } catch (InterruptedException e) {} Page 14.1168.6 . . . } Figure 4. Using MediaTracker to load resistor images.This Java applet (Resistor Color Code Virtual Laboratory) has been used to teachundergraduate students and high school students in a pre-college summer engineeringprogram. The students can master this skill easily with a developed vivid user interfaceand quiz. This applet is being maintained as a sub-page of

Conference Session

Educational Issues in Civil Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ahmet Zeytinci, University of the District of Columbia; Philip Brach, University of the District of Columbia

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Civil Engineering

60 16 -54.93 46.51 85.31 42.183 2 6 3 3 2 2 1.5 10 5 42 11 -37.86 30.36 58.29 29.364 2 6 3 3 2 2 1.5 12 6 45 12 -42.64 36.89 66.71 31.3912 2 6 3 3 2 2 1.5 6 4 24 8 -20.71 19.88 32.90 19.21 Table 4 Page 14.323.6The following is an example of a quiz which has been created for an individual student. Eachstudent in the class gets a different personalized problem. The instructor has a master spreadsheet with the

Conference Session

Special Session: Findings from the Academic Pathways Study of Engineering Undergraduates 2003-2008--Overview and Panel Discussion

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cynthia Atman, University of Washington; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Lorraine Fleming, Howard University; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Karl Smith, Purdue University; Reed Stevens, University of Washington; Ruth Streveler, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

). Page 14.631.1Karl Smith, Purdue University KARL A. SMITH is Cooperative Learning Professor of Engineering Education, Department of Engineering Education, and Fellow, Discovery Learning Center at Purdue University West Lafayette. He has been at the University of Minnesota since 1972 and is in phased retirement as© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Morse-Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of Civil Engineering. Karl has been active in the Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) for over 25 years and has served in many capacities, including Chair of the Division. His Bachelors and Masters degrees are

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine Hovell, University of Texas, Austin; Kimberly Talley, University of Texas, Austin; Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas, Austin

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Graduate Studies

joining a research project at FSEL, a new student is assigned a desk looking out over thelab floor. For new masters’ students, the desk is located in a “bullpen” style (or cubical-farm, ifyou’d rather) room – a large room divided into five short isles with two to four desks per aisle.This personal space is highly beneficial to a new student: not only does it provide an out-of-home location to work on schoolwork, but the student is surrounded by his or her peers, who arealso newcomers to the program.A small conference room is also available to the students, which aids in teamwork for groupprojects. The room isn’t very fancy, but has enough space for five or six students to cometogether and talk, with a white-board for writing up ideas. A printer

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Mwangi, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Craig Baltimore, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Design in Engineering Education

experience. There are twotracks to tenure and promotion: (a) The traditional theoretical track followed by most universities where the faculty member must have attained a Ph.D. degree in structural engineering or relevant field. At ARCE, the candidate is also required to have a few years of experience in the structural engineering profession. This is usually verified by professional engineering (P.E.) licensure. (b) The practitioner track where the individual is required to have attained a Masters degree in structural engineering or relevant field, be California licensed structural engineer (S.E.) with at least ten years experience as a structural engineer.Currently in ARCE department, of the thirteen

Conference Session

Develop Course / Materials / Topics for a Global Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melany Ciampi, Organization of Researches in Environment, Health and Safety; Claudio Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences

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International

organizations responsible for the otherprofessionals of Technology area.3. Admission Requirements Page 14.786.4Candidates requirements for admission and should have a bachelor's degree in science,engineering, or technology, or in such fields as computer science/engineering, electrical/ controlengineering, industrial engineering, environmental engineering, manufacturing engineering,materials science and engineering, mechanical engineering, or management, etc.Students with other backgrounds will be considered based on their interest, formal education andexperience in teaching.4. Course InformationThe Master Degree in Engineering Education requires 30 credit

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Potpourri

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dominic Halsmer, Oral Roberts University; Nate Roman, Oral Roberts University; Tyler Todd, Oral Roberts University

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Design in Engineering Education

, this seems like an interesting and fruitfulpursuit, particularly at a Christian institution such as ORU. This approach is especially fittingunder the further assumption that humans are “made in the image” of such a master engineer,which is characteristic of a Christian worldview. This would presumably help to explain whythere is such a profitable match between the complexity of the cosmos and the mentalcapabilities of humans. Remember that such a match forms the basis for any successful reverseengineering studies of natural systems. However, the Christian worldview also entails theexistence of an adversary who opposes the work of the master engineer, which may make thereverse engineering task more difficult.The first step is to define the

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Bailey, Brigham Young University; Joseph Ekstrom, Brigham Young University

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Information Systems

that if things go seriously wrongon a VPS, there is no physical machine to manually reboot. A laboratory administrator must befound to reboot the container from a master control utility. On the other hand, as a testament tothe quality of the isolation of the containers from each other, we have had no instances in whicha student’s application has been able to damage a VPS other than his own.Another limitation from a teaching perspective is that in order to maximize the efficiency of thesystem, software that is common to all the containers on the server should be pre-installed by thesystem administrator. This software image is then shared by all the VPS. This is not desirable ifwe need to give students experience with system administration tasks

Conference Session

Engineering and Other Disciplines

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Weese, Texas A&M University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

on what motivated students to enroll, whether their expectations were met, did theyfind the course intellectually stimulating, did they master the engineering and science principlespresented, and did they find the course beneficial. They should also be asked to suggestimprovements. Essay questions are particularly good indicators for a newly offered course andoffer good guidance for course modifications, even though they are time consuming to process.Benefits for E/ET CollegesE/ET colleges have much to gain by offering EI courses. Colleges of veterinary medicine,agriculture, and business are usually considered integral parts of their institutions. Fifty yearsago, veterinary medicine colleges enrolled almost no women but today, however

Conference Session

Sustainability in Engineering Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Delfino, University of Florida

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2009-2438: INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABILITY:DECIPHERING CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIESJoseph Delfino, University of Florida Joseph J. Delfino is Professor of Environmental Engineering Sciences at the University of Florida where he has been on the faculty for 27 years. During that period, he served for 11 years as Department Chairman. He has supervised the theses and projects of 80 PhD and masters students and is the author/co-author of 100 papers in scientific journals. He currently serves as an Associate Editor of the Journal of the American Water Resources Association. Prior to joining the faculty at Florida, he was a tenured Full Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

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1996 Annual Conference

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Richard L. Marcellus; Jr., John Felver; Joy Pauschke

Housing Services at Northern Illinois University. References1. Landis, R. B., “Academic Gamesmanship: Becoming a ‘Master’ Student,” Chicago, IL: National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, Inc., 1987.2. Hacket, G., N. E. Betz, J. M. Casas, and 1. A. Rocha-Singh, “Gender, Ethnicity, and Social Cognitive Factors Predicting the Academic Achievement of Students in Engineering,” Journal of Counseling Psychology, Vol. 39, No. 4, 1992, Pp. 527-538.3. Light, R. J., “The Harvard Assessment Seminars: First Report, 1990,” Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, 1990.4. Light, R. J., “The Harvard Assessment Seminars: Second Report, 1992,” Cambridge, MA: Harvard

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1996 Annual Conference

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CPT Thomas G. Hood; Colonel Kip P. Nygren

Session 2302CAPTAIN THOMAS HOOD is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil & Mechanical Engineering atWest Point. Tom graduated from West Point in 1986. He earned a Master of Science Degree in AerospaceEngineering from Renesslaer Polytechnic Institute prior to his assigned at West Point. Page 1.54.5 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

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1996 Annual Conference

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Major Robert R. Schulz; Colonel Kip P. Nygren

Department of Mathematical Sciences in the future.COLONEL KIP P. NYGREN is a Professor and Head of the Department of Civil and MechanicalEngineering at the United States Military Academy. Kip graduated from the United States Military Academyin 1969. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from GeorgiaInstitute of Technology.MAJOR ROBERT R. SCHULZ is an instructor in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at theUnited States Military Academy. Robert graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1983. Heholds Engineer and Master of Science Degrees in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from StanfordUniversity

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1996 Annual Conference

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Barbara Blake Bath

Bachelors and Masters in Mathematics from the University of Kansas in 1959 and 1961 and her PhD in Mathematics Education from American University in 1984. Her special interest is mathematics for the underrepresented. Page 1.93.4~. ..- - {hgi~ 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings @lTy’;

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Youlu Zheng; Xiaoan Hou

Mandelkern, `GUIs: The Next Generation', Communication of the ACM, 36, (4) 37-39 (1993)2. Douglas A. Young, The X Window System Programming and Applications with Xt, 2d ed.; Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1994, pp. 1-50.3. Donald L. McMinds, Mastering OSF/Motif Widget, 2d ed.; New York:, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1993, pp. 1-20.4. Joel Snyder, ‘SNMP revealed’, MacWorld, 28, (8), 182-186 (1994)5. James R. Davin, The SNMP Development Kit Release Notes, Laboratory of Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, January 1994. (this reference is available in postscript file format from the ftp site: allspice.lcs.mit.edu)About the Authors:XIAOAN HOU is an programmer/analyst from Science Application International

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul D. Johnson

working on more complex projects which integrateand expand the skills which they have learned. The more advanced features of the microcontroller andperipheral devices which can be interfaced to the microcontroller are mastered through the medium of theseprojects. Page 1.10.1 1996 ASEE Annual Conference ProceedingsProject Approach Design projects are employed to introduce the student to a wide variety of skills involved in hardwareand software design. The following design requirements are integrated into the various projects: • Design specifications and requirements analysis

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1996 Annual Conference

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Patrick Kangas

Reclamation facility is a regional treatment plant operated by the county utilities department that treats wastewater from more than 2000 homes. Our work at Mayo has resulted in one masters thesis21 and another will be completed in 1996. This facility is especially important because it is a commercially viable example of an ecological engineering design. Finally, the living machine in Frederick, Maryland22 is an example of John Todd’s approach to wastewater treatment23’24. This is a unique approach that utilizes a high diversity of biological species and technical processes in the treatment design. The educational usage level of each system described above is proportional to the system’s distance from the University of Maryland