Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Samples

the attitudethat teaching is really their primary job. They need to know that good teaching requirespreparation, an organized presentation of the material, honoring of office hours, and respect forthe student body. Faculty can be visited in class, can be sent to courses where teaching isemphasized and can be mentored by local master teachers. Teaching can be evaluated againstthe peer group with clearly delineated standards of excellence, or at least satisfactoryperformance. Good teaching is essential at every university, and even those focusing onresearch, will not tolerate bad teachers. So, it is easy to resolve the teaching portion of the fourhurdles: bad teachers should go, good ones should stay. Service is similar in that it is easy to

Conference Session

Improving Statics Instruction

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jon-Michael Hardin

. While hands-on demonstrations or exercises mayaid in student understanding of the physical nature of forces, for example, the linkbetween that understanding and the formulation and solution of an engineering problemcan remain tenuous, at best. By using the definitions of Statics ‘skills’ and ‘concepts’given above, the content-based Into, Through, and Beyond instruction method mayprovide students, as it has in its linguistic usage, the motivation to learn and retain boththe ‘skills’ and the ‘concepts’ required to comprehend and master Statics.Statics Lesson-Planning Example Using Into, Through and BeyondIn addition to its clear distinction between ‘skills’ and ‘concept content’, the Into,Through, and Beyond method makes use of a ‘scaffolded

Conference Session

Advancing Manufacturing Through Outreach

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John King; Dae-Wook Kim; Tom Stoebe

interests include manufacturing processes,composite materials, and mechanical behavior of engineered materials.JOHN KINGMr. John King is a Ph.D candidate in Education at the University of Washington. Heteaches curriculum and instruction in the Master in Teaching Program at SeattleUniversity and serves as a curriculum consultant to the Puget Sound Consortium forManufacturing Excellence.THOMAS STOEBEDr. Tom Stoebe is Professor Emeritus of Materials Science and Engineering at theUniversity of Washington. He serves at PI for the Puget Sound Consortium forManufacturing Excellence and for the National Resource Center for MaterialsTechnology. He is active in research in the area of radiation detection and opticalmaterials

Conference Session

Engineers & Mathematicians Communicating

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Cahill; Joshua Peschel

learning modules to beintegrated into a course that is already established. The material does not warrant more than afew weeks of academic focus and should not be viewed as a replacement for classical methods;rather it should be treated as a supplement to the current curriculum. In other words, the learnerswill not become complete experts in the area of wavelets through this process alone. A morethorough treatment of wavelet theory and methods would be correctly found within a formalmathematics course. Mastering the concepts within this instructional framework, however,would likely prepare learners for a more rigorous course on the subject.Pedagogical Concept Outline Before the details of the core domains are presented, it is first necessary to

Conference Session

BME Technical Modules and Laboratories

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Waugaman; Brian Self

Academy CO, 3 January 2004.2. Dean of Faculty Educational Outcomes, United States Air Force Academy CO.Biographical InformationBrian P. Self, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor at the U.S. Air Force Academy, He received hisPhD in Bioengineering from the University of Utah and his masters degree in EngineeringMechanics from Virginia Tech. His research interests include sports biomechanics, pilot spatialdisorientation, and engineering pedagogy. Brian.Self@usafa.af.milWilliam A. Waugaman, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Hereceived his PhD in EE from the University of Colorado, Bo ulder in 1999. His research interestsinclude biomedical engineering, transcutaneous electrical stimulation modeling, andneuromuscular

Conference Session

TC2K Assessment: How to Really Do It

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ted M. Stilgenbauer; Thomas Nicholas; Anthony Brizendine

assumptions for truss analysis 4) Perform check of static determinacy and stability for a truss 5) Recognize zero force members in an ideal truss 6) Perform method of joints for truss analysis 7) Perform method of sections for truss analysisBy providing skill sets, students may readily understand what areas require attention if the MCOis not mastered on the first trial of the quiz. Due to the fact that each MCO quiz could be takentwice (with different problems), the student could focus on their weak areas and have success thesecond time they took the quiz. The students were afforded three chances to prove mastery ofsubject for any given MCO, two in the form of quizzes and once on either the mid-term exam orthe final

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Abi Aghayere

ispositive. Among these were also some very bright students who felt they did not need themodules to do well in the course.In summary, the student responses to the two questions point to the effectiveness of the ongoingassessment technique adopted in this study combined with the detailed and high level ofspecificity of the intended learning outcomes. The ongoing assessment technique forces thestudents, even those who had mastered the material in class, to reflect on what they have learnedand impresses on them the realization that the instructor is really interested in their learning andis available to help them achieve success in the course.ConclusionThe author has presented a case for the use of ongoing course-level assessment of intendedlearning

Conference Session

Computer & Web-Based Instruction

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Brianno Coller

courses as illistrated to the right, fora total of 15 credit hours. The first is a standardintroduction to programming course offered by the MEE 381Computer Science Department that all engineering MEE 484students must take. Beyond that is a series ofmechanical engineering courses, each of which takeson a self-contained portion of the video MEE 481/482game/simulation master project.3.1 CSCI 240. Introduction to Computer Programming in C++ (4 credits)As just stated, this is the standard introductory computer programming course that allengineering students are required to take. Although the title lists C++ as theprogramming

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Teerasak Asvahem; Campana Claudio; Devdas Shetty

Manufacturing Engineering and Associate Dean of the College ofEngineering, University of Hartford, Connecticut. He also serves as the Director of the Engineering ApplicationsCenter, which is an affiliate structure with the regional industries. Prof. Shetty has published widely and has booksin the area of Mechatronics Systems Design and Product Design. His areas of expertise are Mechatronics,Manufacturing and Product Design.CLAUDIO CAMPANAClaudio Campana is currently working as a Research Engineer at the Engineering Application Center of theUniversity of Hartford. He received his Bachelors degree from Boston University and Masters from University ofHartford in Mechanical Engineering. His areas of expertise are CAD/CAM and Mechatronics.TEERASAK

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Andy Blauch; Hugh Jack

homepage, http://claymore.engineer.gvsu.edu/~jackh/eod/egr345.html[3] Axiom board site, http://www.axman.com[4] Blauch, A., Sterian, A., A Modified GCC Compiler for the 68HC11, http://claymore.engineer.gvsu.edu/~jackh/eod/courses/egr345/media/gcc-68hc11-installer.exe[5] Scilab, www.scilab.org[6] Linde, E., Dolan, D., Batchelder, M., “Mechatronics for Multidisciplinary Teaming”, ASEE Annual Meeting,Nashville, TN, 2003.[7] Mauer, G., “An Interactive Visual Environment for Scientific Problem Solving”, ASEE Annual Meeting, Nash-ville, TN, 2003.AuthorsHUGH JACK earned his bachelors degree in electrical engineering, and masters and Ph.D. degrees in mechanicalengineering at the University of Western Ontario. He is currently an associate professor at

Conference Session

Graduate Education in ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Venkitaswamy Raju

technology schoolsin creating master’s level education in engineering technology. This was followed by PurdueUniversity, University of Houston, Rochester Institute of Technology, Southern Polytechnic andState University and others. Today, there are dozens of masters level programs in engineeringtechnology in the country, graduating nearly 500 students annually. In addition, the need formaster’s level education for the graduates of engineering technology programs have created aunique partnership between engineering and engineering technology schools, leading to jointdegree programs in engineering. For instance, the Engineering Management program at OldDominion, the Manufacturing Systems Engineering program at Penn State Erie and theComputer

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Joyce

1793 Two Experiments to Teach Modulus of Elasticity and Modulus of Rigidity Peter J. Joyce, Assistant Professor Mechanical Engineering, U.S. Naval Academy Annapolis, MarylandAbstractThe relationship between loads and deformation in a structure is a difficult concept mechanicsstudents often must master with little prior exposure to materials science concepts such asHooke’s law for elastic modulus. Two hands on experiments have been designed to helpdemonstrate for mechanics students in an introductory strength of materials course the concept ofstructural stiffness and to

Conference Session

Technology-Based Entrepreneurship Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Clifton Kussmaul

(IPD). Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. Nashville, TN, 2003. 25. Patterson, J. ISO 9000: Worldwide Quality Standard. Menlo Park: Crisp Publications, 1995. 26. Paulk, M., B. Curtis, M. Chrissis, C. Weber. Capability maturity model, version 1.1. IEEE Software 10(4):18-27, 1993. 27. Silbiger, S. The Ten-Day MBA: A Step-by-step Guide to Mastering the Skills Taught in America’s Top Business Schools. Quill, 1999. 28. Simons, M. Internationally agile. InformIT March 15, 2002. http://www.informit.com. 29. Weigers, K. Peer Reviews in Software: A Practical Guide. Addison-Wesley, 2001. 30. Wellington, C. Facilitating student control of group activities

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ralph Rogers; Phil Lunsford; Paul Kauffmann

understanding of marshalling of the resources needed to accomplish a specific goal. Mostimportant, the engineers ECU seeks to produce also receive the basis and values to be life-longlearners, able to adapt and master changing technologies, methodologies, and organizationalstructures. By producing graduates with these competencies, the ECU program hopes to lead inproviding professionals with the engineering skills sets necessary to address the dynamic, global,evolving, competitive challenges characteristic of the economies and societies of the emergingtwenty first century and confront the economic development challenges of eastern NorthCarolina.The underlying curriculum philosophy of ECU’s BSE rests on a design-oriented, project-basedinterdisciplinary

Conference Session

Innovations in Systems Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Terry Dwan; Robert DeMoyer; Carl Wick; George Piper

Systems Engineering major has a long history of very successful ABETvisits. We are currently in our fourth year of a six year ABET approval. The changes inthe ABET review have our department working hard on the assessment issues which willbe raised during our next inspection in two years. The midshipmen are attracted to a program with lots of diversity and choices inthe courses selected. We are also blessed with many fine instructors who are naturalmagnets for these motivated students. Many of our majors are selected for graduateschool at some of the finest institutions in the country. The masters level programs towhich they are selected points to the major's diversity- nuclear engineering, electricalengineering, mechanical engineering, the

Conference Session

Teamwork and Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sharon Sauer; Pedro Arce

not want or arenot suited to play. For example, the position of keeper is the one that requires a particular type ofpersonality and a very unique training with respect to the others functional roles. Thus, someplayers are much more suited to this role than others. Once a higher level of mastering has beenreached, the player enjoys being an expert in a particular position. When the professional level isnow considered, soccer knowledgeable people would not think for a minute to ask superstar MiaHam or Brazilian legend Pele to play the goalkeeper position since they are, as is well-known,magnificent strikers and goal scorers! Conversely, nobody that knows soccer would ask BriannaScurry or Russian legend Yacin to play on the field since they are

Conference Session

Virtual Instrumentation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Narciso Macia

. Clair David W. (1993). Controller Tuning And Control Loop Performance.(page A-3) Straight-Line Control Co., Inc.[4] Bateson R.N. (1993). Introduction To Control System Technology. (Page 131)New York:MacmillanBibliographyJAMES D. WAGONERJames D. Wagoner attended Arizona State University and received a Bachelors of Science Degree in ElectronicTechnology in 1980. Before returning to graduate school at Arizona State University East to receive his Masters ofScience in Technology degree, he worked at Motorola SPS for 26 years.NARCISO F. MACIANarciso F. Macia is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electronics and Computer EngineeringTechnology, at Arizona State University East. Dr. Macia received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical

Conference Session

Promoting ET thru K-12 Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Erekson

for those preparing to teach engineering at the high school level isthe opportunity to take the two semester engineering design capstone course. This two coursesequence is required for all mechanical engineering, industrial design, and manufacturingengineering technology students. In the capstone design course, interdisciplinary teams ofstudents, under the direction of a capstone coach, conduct an actual engineering design projectfor a partner company.Graduate Program: The School of Technology offers the master of science degree with anemphasis in technology education. The MS degree requires 30 hours with 6 hours required forthesis research.Utah State University, Logan, UtahCollege: College of EngineeringDepartments: Biological and Irrigation

Conference Session

Collaborative Programs and Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nancy Levenburg; Paul Lane; John Farris

). "Determining Entrepreneurial Potential of Students: Comparative Psychological Characteristics Analysis," Presented at the Academy of Management Meeting, Dallas, 55-56. 2. Lane, P., and Farris, J., “Engaging Entrepreneurs Across the University”, Education that Works: Invention, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship in Action- - NCIIA 8th Annual Meeting, San Jose, March 2004.John Farris is currently an assistant Professor in the Padnos School of Engineering atGrand Valley State University (GVSU). He earned his Bachelors and Masters degrees atLehigh University and his Doctorate at the University of Rhode Island. He has 6 years ofcollege engineering teaching experience as well as 3 years of industrial

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Pete Hanlon; John Hill; Bryan Goda; Lisa Shay

inPreparing Multiple Programs for a Joint ABET Accreditation General Review.” In Proceedings of the 32ndASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, 6-9 Nov 2002, p T2B16-T2B21.6. AuthorsLISA A. SHAY is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. She isa graduate of the United States Military Academy with a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering. She also holds a Master ofScience degree from Cambridge University and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer PolytechnicInstitute.BRYAN S. GODA is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.He holds a B.Sc. in both Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from United States Military Academy, anM.Sc. in

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Watkins

. Baker, A.J., Pionke, C. D., Taylor, M. J., and Luttrell, B., 1996, “FEM Brought to the Academic Engineering Desktop,” Proceedings of the 1996 ASEE Southeastern Section Meeting, Gatlinburg, TN, AprilBiographyGREGORY K. WATKINSGregory Watkins received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina StateUniversity, a Master of Engineering Management from Old Dominion University, and a Ph.D. inMechanical Engineering from UNC Charlotte. He has taught in the Engineering Technologydepartment at UNC Charlotte for the past 1.5 years. He taught in the Engineering TechnologiesDivision at Central Piedmont Community College for 8 years and has 9 years of industrial workexperience

Conference Session

Energy Programs and Software Tools

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fanourios Chalkiadakis

technology.References1. G.T. Heydt & V. Vittal, Feeding Our Profession, IEEE Power & Energy Magazine, 1/2003.2. MATLAB Student Version, Release 11 Manual, The MathWorks Inc., 1999.3. PSCAD/EMTDC User’s Manual, Manitoba HVDC Research Center, Canada, 2001.4. C. Johnson & H. Malki, Control Systems Technology, New Jersey, Prentice Hall, 2002.5. D. Hanselman & B. Littlefield, Mastering MATLAB 6, New Jersey, Prentice Hall, 2001.6. N. Hingorani, L. Gyugyi, Understanding Facts, New Jersey, IEEE Press, 2000.7. C.J. Hatziadoniu & F. Chalkiadakis , "A Power Conditioner for a Grid-connected Photovoltaic Generator Basedon the 3-level Inverter", IEEE Trans. on Energy Conversion, Vol. 14, No 4, December 1999, pp. 1605-1610.8. C.J. Hatziadoniu & F

Conference Session

Innovative & Computer-Assisted Lab Study

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nadezda Berezkina; Ilya Leipunsky; Guido Lopez

ofmaterials and wares”. United States Patent #5,795,712.[3] Hellier, C. 2001. "Handbook of Nondestructive Evaluation". McGraw Hill. New York, NY.[4] Hindhele, U. 1983. "Machine Design Fundamentals, A practical Approach". Regents/Prentice Hall, EnglewoodsCliffs, NJ.[5] Marotta Scientific Control Inc. An Aerospace Company. Corporate Office. Montville, New Jersey 07045-0427.www.marotta.com[6] McCracken, B. 1997. "Fluorescent Penetrant Method (FPM) Master". Pratt & Whitney. U.S.A.[7] Mix, P. 1987. "Introduction to Nondestructive Testing; A training Guide". John Wiley & Sons. New York, NY.[8] Shull, P (Editor). 2002. "Nondestructive Evaluation, Theory, Techniques and Applications". Marcel Dekker, Inc.New York, NY.[9] Standards ASTM . 2003. "E165

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Devenport; Terry Wildman; Glenda Scales

heads an active research in experimental studies of turbulent flows.GLENDA R. SCALES, Associate Dean for Distance Learning and Computing, College of Engineering andState Director for the Commonwealth Graduate Engineering Program. Dr. Scales received her Doctor ofPhilosophy in Curriculum and Instruction, 1995, Virginia Tech; MS in Applied Behavioral Science, 1992,Johns Hopkins University; Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, 1985 Old Dominion University.TERRY M. WILDMAN, Professor of Educational Psychology and Director of the Center for Excellence inUndergraduate Teaching at Virginia Tech. Wildman earned undergraduate and masters degrees in Educationfrom the University of Virginia, and a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Florida State

Conference Session

Course Development and Services

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Mokodean; Xiannong Meng; Maurice Aburdene

interface • Implement reliable transport protocol, e.g. TCP, on top of an un-reliable channel, e.g. UDP • Use simulation to study the behaviors of various protocols • Implement an application protocol such as FTP or HTTP7. Course Objectives, Outcome, and AssessmentsComputer networks is an important course in many of the engineering schools, whether it isoffered in a computer science, electrical engineering, or an information science department.Here we try to summarize stated course objectives and outcomes, and examine the commonassessment tools used in these courses.The stated objectives vary from course to course. Some common elements of course objectivescan be summarized as follows: • Students master the basic concepts of modern

Conference Session

CE Body of Knowledge

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Massie

well-known standard solutions to standard problems. In academic terms, this is typically associated with a graduate having a technology rather than an engineering degree. 4. Advanced: One is now able to solve at least some less conventional problems. It is typically the highest level associated with a Bachelor of Science degree. 5. Superior: Now one can break into new by developing new or improving existing methodologies in one's specialty. It is typically the highest level associated with a Master of Science degree. 6. Mastery: This is the highest attainable level; it that is higher than is attainable via university study alone. One becomes a respected expert in one's field only after some years of

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electromechanical Engineering Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jan Lugowski

working with the actual hydraulic components, such as on the Bosch stands, then sitting in front of the computer and using the software."Laboratory 2: "In retrospect, this lab was not as complex as I initially thought. I do believe I understand what parameters you wanted us to learn including how we derived the answers to the questions in the lab. It still takes me quite some time to interpret some of the Bosch manual instructions. Many times during the lab I wished that there were supplemental documents that could simplify some of the things in the Bosch manual. I’m sure that after this course I will be a master (or at least a step above novice) on the Bosch stand and its equipment. During lab 2, I did notice and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ismail Fidan

Check the feasibility of new design concepts Visualization Function/fit test and verification Conduct market tests/evaluation Promote concurrent product development Make Rapid tooling Make many exact copies simultaneously Use as a master for metal mold conversion Manufacturing producibility and supplier quoting Reverse Engineering using RPThree-dimensional prototypes put students and designers on equal footing in evaluating designs.All the interested parties can see, touch, and handle the design, just as the ultimate customerswill.Most students can’t see the design changes or final designs in product form until tooling isproduced. New concept-stage RP technologies can provide

Conference Session

Practice/Partnership/Program Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rajesh Malani; Enno Koehn

Blackburn, S.H., Reaveley, L.D., et al., (2002). “ABET and Student Steel Bridge Competition.” American Institute of Steel Construction, Inc., One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois. 2 Bordogna, J. (1998). “Tomorrow’s Civil Systems Engineer – The Master Integrator.” Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, ASCE, 124(2), 48-50. 3 Engineering Criteria 2000 (2003). Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), Baltimore, MD, http://www.abet.org. 4 Engineering Education for a Changing World. (1994). American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Washington, D. C. 5 Hampton, D. (2000). “More Education is needed for Civil Engineers

Conference Session

Experience with Experiential Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Adam McGough; Coral Nocton; Ken Patton; Ismail Fidan

the design changes or final designs in product form untiltooling is produced. New concept-stage RP technologies can provide dozens of snapshotviews of the final product at a fraction of the time and cost of RP systems. This letsstudents watch as the product evolves and lets them take more chances and be morecreative as less time, effort, and ego are invested in each model. Table 1: The Advantages of Rapid Prototyping Systems Check the feasibility of new design concepts Visualization Function/fit test and verification Conduct market tests/evaluation Promote concurrent product development Make Rapid tooling Make many exact copies simultaneously Use as a master for metal