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Kathi Cahill; Joe C. Guarino

Department at Boise State University.KATHI CAHILL, M.S., Ms. Cahill received her Masters degree from the Instructional and Performance Technologyin 1996. She is the project director for Design Based Engineering Education in the Mechanical EngineeringDepartment at Boise State University. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The authors express gratitude to the following co-requesters and participants in the DBEE project: • Don Blackketter, Ph.D., P.E., University of Idaho • Don Elger, Ph.D., P.E., University of Idaho • John Benion, Ph.D., P.E., Idaho State University • Wes Smedley, Ph.D., P.E., Idaho State University • Rudy Eggert, Ph.D., P.E., Boise State University

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John P. Leschke; Susan Carlson-Skalak

technologylife cycle model using Graedel and Allenby’s Design for Environment text [4]. First, we discussthe impact of the industrial revolution on the earth’s environment in the R&D module. Weintroduce for both products and processes, the concepts of material flow; the master equationdescribing the impact on the environment in terms of industrial and economic activity andpopulation; and life cycle. We discuss these topics in relation to the technology S-curve and thepressure on companies to improve their environmental performance. Then, students are asked toconsider how a corporation can use R&D to position itself for improved environmentalperformance through the development of new “cleaner” technologies. By design, we leverage theeffort

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Yvan Champoux

courses taught during the same semester. This is considered as a“just in time approach”. The objective is to maximize the integration of mathematics and com-puter science knowledge since the students can sense that these topics are relevant and useful.In the new curriculum, computer science, mathematics and experimentation are considered asthree equivalent tools that the student must learn to use and master. After World War II, thedevelopment of experimentation skills has been considerably neglected in favor of a more theo-retical background. This was one of the reasons why the best engineers became the best analysts,but not the best designers. In the new program, the experimentation is rehabilitated and isconsidered as a practical tool that can

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Ali Behagi

of many local, state,and federal agencies are nearby, as are various museums, archives, and the state library.3.0 The Electrical Engineering Programs The Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) program at Penn State Harrisburg startedin 1967 and produced its first graduates in June 1969. Since then over 2000 students havegraduated with the BS degree in EET. Penn State Harrisburg also offers a Master of Engineeringin Electrical Engineering with about 40 part time students. A new BS degree in ElectricalEngineering is planned to start in 1998. Page 2.148.2 24.0 Course Material The

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programs for engineering programs,particularly masters degree programs, has been around for many years. Most of theprograms, until recently have used live or taped video presentations with occasional audioquestions and answers. Currently, new distance education programs using the Internet arebecoming available. The development of these programs can be very time consuming andcostly. Unless there is a large, continuous demand for these distance courses it is difficultto justify the development cost. Another concern that always arises when consideringdistance education is the relationship of the distance course to an on campus course.Maintaining the same quality of instruction for the distance courses compared to campuscourses can be difficult in

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James L. Neujahr; Herbert Seignoret; Gary Benenson; Ed Goldman

-oriented technology education class, whichwould combine design and fabrication of projects with teaching methods, and includeexperiences with shop tools and safety practices. At City College, this course will be developedby a team including college faculty and master technology teachers from the New York Citypublic schools, under support of the NYCETP. Under this plan, it will be relatively easy for an engineering graduate to obtaincertification in Technology Education, but many will also desire certificates in Math or Science.Approved programs currently exist at MIT and RPI which allow engineering graduates tobecome certified in these fields, with a minimum of additional coursework. In states which haveno certification in Technology, or

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Charles N. Eastlake; Alfred L. Stanley

. Page 2.182.5This first student-designed part to be made was a wing (photo 5). It does not appear to be Photo 5 Foam wing modelall that visually exciting, but the ability to cut a fairly precise airfoil shape semi-automatically is actually a major step forward in bringing the design projects closer topractical reality. This was followed closely by a nearly complete aircraft (photo 6) Photo 6 Foam airplane modelproduced by one of the design teams in the same class. It is apparent that mastering thelofting of a smooth fuselage shape is not a simple task which is immediately apparent toneophyte users. It is also significant that there is no canopy on the aircraft. This is due toone of

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test equipment N Hands on learning N Hands on learningMajor benefits N Controlled & scheduled N Can be when and where N Get through complex material convenient for student N Instructors to help overcome road- N Connection to real-world blocks N Makes independent learner N Complex, difficult labs with N Easy to understand, but hard toBest application special equipment or safety master projects problems N Labs that allow

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Jerry W. Samples; Robert Martinazzi

receiving at the university. Page 2.413.2The fourth seminar series of topics focuses on the educational assistance available to thestudents. Seminars are held on the Learning Resource Center, Owen Library resources, Internetand Career Services. Special emphasis is placed on the wealth of resources available over theInternet and the need for the students to become “master web crawlers”. Library personnel offerextensive seminars on the Internet to include development of a www home page for the students.Students are acquainted with the elaborate e-mail system at the University and how it functionsas the primary vehicle for communicating with faculty

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Gwan-Ywan Lai; Laura L. Sullivan; Winston F. Erevelles

Information Dr. Laura L. Sullivan is an Associate Professor of Manufacturing Systems Engineering at GMI Engineering& Management Institute. Her teaching and research interests are in the areas of Engineering Materials and PolymerProcessing, and Polymer Properties. After she completed her undergraduate degree in Pre Medical Engineering atArizona State University, she spent one year as an orthopedic bioengineer at The Methodist Hospital/Baylor Collegeof Medicine. Her Masters and Doctoral degrees are from the University of Texas at Arlington, where she specializedin engineering thermoplastics and composites testing and characterization. Dr. Winston Erevelles is an Associate Professor of Manufacturing Systems Engineering at

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Kevin S. LeBlanc; Bruce E. Segee

Master of Science Degree in Computer Engineering at theUniversity of Maine. Page 2.232.5

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advanced conversation courses taught on a small group, i.e, four to sixstudents, basis. In addition to competency in their language of choice, students also develop thestudy skills and thought processes which will enable them to quickly master other languages as-needed by their career progressions.Additional course requirements assist students to develop an in-depth knowledge andappreciation of foreign culture and society. These include prescribed courses in internationalpolitics and history. They also include a coherent sequence of three student-selected upper levelcourses in art, economics, foreign language and literature, government and law or history related

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Gregory M. Dick

toelectronic mail, and on-line forms that direct real-time queries to databases. How much effort isinvolved in authoring a Web-ready document?In the not too distant past, a web spinner was required to understand the principles of a markuplanguage and master their specific implementation in HTML. This involved the generation ofrelatively complex HTML "code" which might resemble: Courses I Teach I teach a number of courses within the Electrical Engineering Technology Program. Click below to learn more: Digital Signal Processing (EET 1176) Page 2.418.3 Problem Solving in "C" Digital Systems (EET 1161) Authoring documents in

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Sandra L. Doty; Dr. Kathryn A. Svinarich; Cynthia Finelli

. Moreover, since it has only been overthe past five years that research was not discouraged, there are limited facilities available,minimal grant-monies, few established research groups, and minimal student assistants. There isa small masters program at GMI, but the students are typically completing this degree part-timeand graduate assistantships are rare. Undergraduate participation is compromised since studentsonly spend twelve consecutive weeks on campus. The heavy teaching loads, limited money,facilities, guidance and the lack of student assistants make it difficult to fulfill researchexpectations. In contrast, Oakland University is a typical mid-sized, public, research-oriented universitywhich is located 50 miles from GMI. Teaching

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Shelly D. Burnside; Oliver K. Tse; Laura L. Beecroft; Jeffrey A. Smith; Eric D. Rodeghiero; Emmanuel P. Giannelis

. Page 2.285.22. The Cornell University Men’s Ice Hockey Team (NCAA Division I) is most popular sports team at Cornell University during each winter.3. Cornell University Materials Science and Engineering research technician Glenn Swan, who designs and builds his own competition bicycles, has won a championship at the World Masters Games.4. Dr. Laura L. Beecroft (Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, August 1996) won two gold medals in rowing at the Empire State Games.We also feature on the Materials by Design web site undergraduate students, including 1997Rhodes Scholar Jessika Trancik, who are actively involved with research being carried out in ourdepartment. By doing so, we show

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Ed Gohmann

Jersey Prentice Hall 5th ed. 1996 2. Jacobs, J. and Kilduff, T. Engineering Materials Technology Upper Saddle River, New Jersey Prentice Hall 3rd ed. 1997BIOGRAPHYEd Gohmann is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at PurdueUniversity Programs at New Albany, Indiana. He is self taught in Engineering Materials and hasbeen teaching Introductory Materials I for 19 years. He has a Master of Engineering inMechanical Engineering and a Bachelors in Aeronautical Engineering. Page 2.286.6

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Naseem Ishaq; Salahuddin Qazi

education at a community college. The department of electricalengineering technology is a part of the School of Information Systems and EngineeringTechnology and offers Bachelor s degree programs in electrical engineering technology,computer engineering technology, and photonics. A Master of Science in Advanced Technologyis jointly offered by the departments of electrical, mechanical and industrial engineeringtechnologies.The SUNY Institute s electrical engineering technology curriculum includes theoretical issues,but our objective is to teach students to use current, state of the art equipment and emergingtechnologies to solve practical design and application problems. State of the art equipment andlaboratories are critical for the electrical

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Nancy L. Denton

on load-carrying capability. The necessary inclusion of material effects fordetermination of internal loads differs significantly from their previous mechanics coursework,so many students struggle with this initial encounter with interdependent variables. In order toaid the student as s/he strives to master this new idea, the typical elementary mechanics or Page 2.336.1 Rigid end supportsFigure 1: Statically indeterminate bar subjected to axial loadingstrength of materials textbook author includes detailed directions on how to solve problemswhich correspond to this model, and may include numerous examples

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Gerard N. Foster

and reverberation of sound. The workpresented in this paper forms a good foundation for such applications in DSP. Additionally, Ican foresee becoming involve in digital interfaces such as MIDI. The field for the application ofsound and music is, of course, wide open. And the work described in this paper is but anintroduction and an invitation to employ the fascinating phenomena of sound.Bibliography1. Benade, A. H. (1990). Fundamentals of Musical Acoustics (2nd rev. ed.). New York: Dover.2. Eargle, J. M. (1990). Music, Sound and Technology. New York: VanNostrand Reinhold.3. Everest, F. A. (1994). The Master Handbook of Acoustics (3rd ed.). NewYork: McGraw-Hill.4. Fletcher, N. H. & Rossing, T. D. (1991). The Physics of Musical

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Joe King

networking. He received both his Bachelor of Science and Master of Sciencedegrees from the University of California at Davis. Since joining the UOP faculty in 1983, Professor King has spent Page 3.628.6yearlong sabbaticals teaching in Zimbabwe, Singapore, and Finland. 6

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James L. Greer; James P. Solti; James M., Jr. Greer

three types of learning situations, yet currently it is theleast used.” [2]There are many reasons why EM200 is ideal for cooperative learning:1. We’ve mastered the material and can concentrated on improving our teaching skills.2. The course is such that implementing cooperative exercise should not introduce time constraints.3. Students are already arranged in groups.4. EM200 is a contract graded course.5. The main focus of EM200 is to build problem solving (critical thinking) skills and to promote life-longlearning. Evidence indicates that this is best achieved through cooperative learning.I have a large number of text and work books on cooperative learning. The library also has many referenceson the subject. This is what our CEE department is

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Kay C Dee

below.Bibliography1. Adviser, Teacher, Role Model, Friend: on being a mentor to students in science and engineering, (NationalAcademy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine), National Academy Press, 1997.2. P. C. Wankat and F. S. Oreovicz, Teaching Engineering, McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York, NY, 1993.3. W. J. McKeachie, Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research, and Theory for College and University Teachers, D.C.Heath and Company, Lexington, MA, 1994.4. J. Lowman, Mastering the Techniques of Teaching, Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, CA, 1985.KAY C DEEKay C Dee is an Assistant Professor and the Director of the Cell and Tissue Engineering Laboratory in theDepartment of Biomedical Engineering at Tulane University. She has served as

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Peter J. Shull; Joseph C. Hartman; Jerome P. Lavelle; Robert Martinazzi

engineering management division of ASEE. His publications have appeared in The Engineering Economist, Journalof Engineering Valuation and Cost Analysis, Journal for Education in Business, International Journal of IndustrialEngineering, Industrial Management and Production and Inventory Management Journal.PETER J. SHULL is an assistant professor of engineering at Penn State University, Altoona. Peter received hisundergraduate degree from Bucknell University in Mechanical Engineering. His Masters and Ph.D. degrees are fromThe Johns Hopkins University department of Materials Science and Engineering. Peter’s primary research area is sensordevelopment for quality control and nondestructive evaluation. Prior to his current academic career, Peter was

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S. A. Chickamenahalli; M. Bolepalli; Chih-Ping Yeh; Venkateswaran Nallaperumal

ASEE North Central Conference Proceedings, April 2-4, 19988. IEEE Spectrum Special Issue – ‘Engineering the EV future’, November, 19989. IEEE ‘Workshop on Power Electronics in Transportation’, Oct 22-23, 1998. Dearborn, MISHAMALA CHICKAMENAHALLIS. Chickamenahalli is an Assistant Professor in the college of Engineering at Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.Dr. Chickamenahalli is PI of an NSF-sponsored Greenfield coalition project in electric machines. She received abachelor and master of electrical engineering degrees from, India, in 1983 and 1986. Dr. Chickamenahalli obtained aPh.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Kentucky in May 1995. She worked in industry for four years.MADHAVI BOLLEPALLIMadhavi Bollepalli is a recent MS

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Thomas Zickel; Russell A. Aubrey

that can take a number of years to develop. Mastering thisskill is critical for Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) graduates entering the modernworkplace. A prime objective of educators is to develop tools and techniques that cansignificantly shorten this time frame for students with limited electronic experience.This paper describes instructional tools and techniques developed for use in teaching thetroubleshooting course (EET 276) at Purdue University Statewide Technology (PST) sites.Methodology for the Discrete Amplifier BoardTroubleshooting is typically considered to be an integral part of all EET courses. At PurdueUniversity, EET 276 reinforces the electrical and electronic concepts presented in the first threesemesters in EET by

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Gerald J. Thuesen; William G. Sullivan

transferred to I.E. ( a program started at Penn State in1908) and graduated with an I.E. degree in 1911 (He was the world’s first to receive an I.E.designated degree).1924At Oklahoma A&M College in Stillwater, Oklahoma an I.E. degree was approved within theIndustrial Arts Education Program.1925While working for General Electric in Ft. Wayne, Indiana accepted a job as Assistant Professorof Industrial Engineering for $2,400 per year.1926Graduated Earl Kightlinger with B.S. in Industrial Engineering. First such degree conferred by adepartment of Industrial Engineering west of the Mississippi River.1927Received a Professional Degree in M.E. from Iowa State College for work completed over thesummer.1930Granted a Masters of Science degree in M.E. from

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Omar Barkat

laTechnology Houari Boumediene,” (USTHB), and the most prestigious engineering school is the“Ecole National Polytechnique d’Alger,” (ENPA). They are both located on the coast of Algiers.There are only about 3 miles between the two institutions. Both institutions offer Engineering,Master and Doctoral degrees.The engineering curriculum is common to all schools offering the degree in a said major. Theyall are five-year programs. During the first two years engineering students take the same courseswhether they are majoring in chemical, mechanical, electrical, civil, petroleum, or industrialengineering. This program is known as “Tronc Commun,” (TC). The second part is a three yearcurriculum and directly related to the field of specialty. The engineering

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Sean J. Cannon; John H. Grubbs

knowledge’ in environmental security. Inpursuing their studies in an interdisciplinary program, they will learn more of the ‘art andscience’ of working with members of other academic, military, and politicalcommunities. As concepts become more complex, cadets will be able to rely on theirprevious coursework and their developing desire for further study in order to master, atthe undergraduate level, the basic framework allowing them, in an environmentallysensitive Army, to: “. . .anticipate and respond effectively to the uncertainties of a changing technological, social, political, and economic world.” n General Education Goal

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Sue Schroeder; Patrick Daniel; Carole E. Goodson; Susan Miertschin

traditional approach does have strengths. Strengthsinclude the following. • Students are familiar and comfortable with a traditional lecture approach; many believe that if they do not hear a lecture, they cannot come to understand the material. • Instructors also are familiar and comfortable with a traditional lecture approach. • All necessary course content can be covered (which does not necessarily infer that students understand or master all of the content). • In course sections with small enrollment, there are opportunities to gauge student responses and provide alternate explanations when apparent misunderstandings occur. These alternate explanations are delivered to the

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Paul Seaburg; Patricia S. Brown

Master of Engineering from The University ofHouston. Both degrees are in Civil Engineering.PAUL A. SEABURG, Ph.D., P.E.Dr. Seaburg is the Associate Dean of the College of Engineering and Technology, University of Nebraska at Omaha.He served as the Department Head of Architectural Engineering at Penn State University for 11 years. One of hiscurrent projects is creating a new Architectural Engineering program at the Omaha Campus. Paul has a strongbackground in academics and research, working in both the educational and private sectors. He holds five U.S.patents on construction products and systems. He has served on the ASCE Structural Standards Executive Committeeand the ASCE Structures Division Executive Committee. He is a past chair of the