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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Kaye, Baltimore City Community College; Yun Liu, Baltimore City Community College

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NSF Grantees

AC 2011-281: DEVELOPING A ROBOTICS TECHNOLOGY CURRICU-LUM AT AN URBAN COMMUNITY COLLEGEMichael Kaye, Baltimore City Community College Michael Kaye is an Associate Professor of Mathematics and Engineering at Baltimore City Community College. He also serves as Co-Coordinator of the Engineering Transfer Program and is a Co-Principle Investigator on the Robotics Technology Curriculum grant.Yun Liu, Baltimore City Community College Yun Liu is currently an Associate Professor in Mathematics and Engineering at Baltimore City Com- munity College (BCCC). He holds a Doctor of Engineering degree from Morgan State University and two Master Degrees in Engineering and Computer Science from Morgan State University and University

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Factors Affecting Student Performance

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Muhammad Zafrul Hasan, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2011-1218: DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING DIGITAL SYSTEMSTESTING COURSE FOR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY CURRICU-LUMMuhammad Zafrul Hasan, Texas A&M University Muhammad Zafrul Hasan received the B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. He received the Master of Electronic Engineering from Eind- hoven University of Technology (The Netherlands) under a Philips postgraduate scholarship program. He subsequently held several faculty positions in an engineering college and in a university in Malaysia. He obtained the Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology. He was awarded the NJIT Hashimoto Fellowship in the academic year 2005-06. He

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Stimulating Broader Industrial Participation in Undergraduate Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jana Fattic, Western Kentucky University; Andrew N.S. Ernest, Western Kentucky University; Joseph L. Gutenson, Western Kentucky University, Center for Water Resource Studies

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College Industry Partnerships

Masters of Business Administration and GIS certificate program this summer. He is additionally a member of the Kentucky Academy of Science. Page 22.485.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Development of an Advanced Technological Education Center for Water TreatmentIntroductionIt is often quite difficult for industrialized societies to recall the importance of a clean supply ofwater. However, its impact is unquestionable. In a study conducted by Esrey et al. (1991)1,improvements in local water qualities via sanitation systems reduced such dreaded

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1999 Annual Conference

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Phillip J. Cornwell; Jerry M. Fine

some problems. For example, problem number 19 was mosteasily solved using rotation axis, a topic that was not covered in ES204. The difference is moredramatic when looking at the three workout problems. These problems were designed to belonger, more difficult and required multiple steps and concepts. The students in the newcurriculum did significantly better than those taking the traditional dynamics course. From thisassessment it is clear that the new curriculum does not hurt the students and in fact it appears tohelp them in mastering the mechanics material.For this assessment, the majority of students in the SEC were majors in electrical engineeringand computer engineering and the students in the traditional dynamics course were

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1999 Annual Conference

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Tom Ward; Elizabeth Alford

Institutional Services for the College of Engineering at the University of SouthCarolina where he manages undergraduate recruitment, retention and assessment. He received his B.S. from theUniversity of Oregon in 1981 and a Master of Public Administration from the University of South Carolina in 1987.He has been an instructor for the USC’s Freshmen Year Experience Program for the past 12 years. He has taughtspecial sections designed for engineering freshmen and was a team instructor for pilot courses taught for highschool seniors. Page 4.328.6

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Robert M. Ybarra

4-Way Valve Reservoir Recirculating PumpFigure 4. Schematic of batch uptake apparatusFixed Bed Adsorber. Figure 7 shows a schematic of the fixed bed adsorber experiment. We haveconfigured the adsorbers such that one can be running while the another is regenerating. Thisexperiment is interfaced to a personal computer (P2-200 MHz) that controls a Keithley Series 500Data Acquisition System. The data acquisition system has four modules: AMM1A Master AnalogModule (8 channel, 12-bit A/D, 0-10 V input); AIM7 Thermocouple Input Module (16 channels ofthermocouple input); AOM3 Current Loop

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Timothy A. Paull; J. Michael Jacob; Robert J. Herrick

method of randomization was to develop several versions of a multiple-choicequestion and have Test Pilot pick only a few of the questions every time homeworkwas requested. Figure 3 shows an example of the Test Pilot question design screen.Figure 3. Test Pilot Question Design Screen.The practice sets were setup to allow the students unlimited access. This means thestudents could work the problems until they felt they had mastered them. Then they couldgo on to the recorded set. As stated earlier, the recorded set of homework questions hadthe same problems as the practice page. However, the students could only submit their Page 4.102.5answers to the

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R. Andrew Schaffer

intention to leave of American managers in Japan.International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 14: 485-506 (1990).6. Black, S. J. Serving two masters: Managing the dual allegiance of expatriate employees. Sloan ManagementReview, 61-71 (1992).7. Brislin, R. W. Orientation programs for cross-cultural preparation. In A. J., Marsella, G. Tharp, and T. J.Ciborowski (Eds.), Perspectives on Cross-Cultural Psychology. Orlando, FL: Academic Press, 287-304 (1979).8. Cheng, J. L. C., & Schaffer, R. A. Global managerial effectiveness: A strategic context and task-contingency Page 4.530.7perspective. International Management Division

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1999 Annual Conference

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Alice Y. Scales; Aaron C. Clark

Mathematics, Science andTechnology Education at North Carolina State University. She also serves as the Coordinator of Graphic Communica-tions. Having previously taught Science and Industrial Arts in public schools, she has been teaching at NCSU foreleven years. She received a B.S. in Science Education in 1969 and a Master of Education in Industrial Arts Educationin 1983. She hopes to complete a Doctorate of Education in Occupational Education at NCSU by the Fall of 1999. Herresearch emphasis has been on teaching technical graphics. Page 4.1.9

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Francisco Ruiz; Michael E. Gorman; Phil Weilerstein

“models”.When viewing engineering as an art, however, a different paradigm of engineeringeducation emerges. Instead of “assembling” new engineers in a production line, whereproductivity (maximum knowledge in a minimum amount of time and effort) is the goal,new engineers can rather be “grown” in an organic way. This growth process becomespart of the individual and leads to a long term flexibility and resilience.Art instructors recognize the need to practice the techniques taught in the courses at thesame time as they are being learned. Art students take studio courses from the verybeginning of their programs. In these courses, the students work on assignments underthe watchful eye of the instructor. A master-apprentice relationship is established

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1999 Annual Conference

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Adrian Ng; Kurt C. Gramoll

, 14th Edition, 1998Adrian M. NgAdrian M. Ng is currently a Masters student at the University of Oklahoma. He received his B.S. inMechanical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma and proceeded on with his graduate-leveleducation. In addition to being a graduate research assistant focusing on Multimedia and ContentDevelopment, he is also the Project Manager for the FIE Online Review Project at the University ofOklahoma. He is currently a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and theAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).Kurt GramollKurt Gramoll is the Hughes Centennial Professor of Engineering and Director of the Engineering MediaLab at the University of Oklahoma. He has developed and published CDs

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1999 Annual Conference

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Amir Salehpour; Vijay Subramanian

items that interested me in the discussions were how they went aboutdiscussing and sorting out the issues related to the starting of a new masters program in one ofthe departments; and criteria for Faculty Achievement Awards. This college level committee actsas the link between departmental committees and the university level committees.One of the issues that was discussed in both the departmental and the college level facultymeetings was the selection of a new Dean for the college. The college was looking for a newDean the same quarter I was working with Amir Salehpour. There were four candidates whowere short-listed for interview. This gave me a chance to experience the whole selection process,right from vita evaluation to final interview

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1999 Annual Conference

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Mary K. Handley

Session 3148 Portfolio assessment as a measure of student and program success Mary K. Handley James Madison UniversityAbstractEngineering technology students are good at making things work. They are curious about themechanical world, and tend to have a very practical viewpoint. It is sometimes difficult toencourage them to master theory. They often don’t like to write. In a survey of learning stylesconducted on 41 students in an introductory chemistry class at the Kansas State University -College of Technology and Aviation, 37 had a

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1999 Annual Conference

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James Kang; HonShing Wu; Shy-Shenq P. Liou; Peter Leung; Hans Soelaeman

concepts are emphasized:• Digital sampling theory: Students need to know the impact of using different sampling frequencies on the captured experimental data. They also have to develop a sense of guessing on what to anticipate in the laboratory before they adjust various knobs of the oscilloscope.• Post-processing of the captured experimental data: Students need to know how to capture experimental data and save it on floppy disks for future analysis. Once they master this skill, they can perform many advanced data analyses such as Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) of periodical waveform. The project setup for the basic training is shown in Figure 1. A HP function generator isused to generate a square wave signal of

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Ann D. Christy; Marybeth Lima

, finalsolutions may not be achieved in one academic term. We suggest that instructors set rigorousbut reasonable goals for students in this regard. While this approach once again departs fromtraditional “canned” problem-solving exercises, the students have a much better sense ofengineering practice, and can still master all objectives required for a “canned” exercise. Page 4.107.5 C. Instructor workload. These design projects take more work than traditional teaching andlearning approaches, but the increased student motivation and learning more than offsets theextra time input. Suggestions in this regard involve making contact with potential clients

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1999 Annual Conference

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Walter J., III Gomes; Cameron Wright; Michael Morrow; Thad Welch

,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, vol. 1, pp. 20–30, April 1993.[3] Jacquot, R. G., Hamann, J. C., Pierre, J. W., and Kubichek, R. F., “Teaching Digital Filter Design Using Symbolic and Numeric Features of MATLAB,” ASEE Computers in Education Journal, vol. VII, no. 1, pp. 8–11, January-March 1997.[4] Porat, B., A Course in Digital Signal Processing, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1997.[5] Ingle, V. K., and Proakis, J. G., Digital Signal Processing Using MATLAB V.4, PWS Publishing, 1997.[6] Mitra, S. K., Digital Signal Processing: A Computer-Based Approach, McGraw-Hill, 1998.[7] Ambardar, A., and Borghesani, C., Mastering DSP Concepts Using MATLAB, Prentice-Hall

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Johm W. Duggan; Francis J. Hopcroft

. Table 1 Design Criteria Treated Wastewater Oil and Grease content of less than 5 mg/L and contain less than 0.01% total dissolved solids Sediment Phase Less than 50% oil and grease and less than 30% water by mass Processing Rate At least 2.5 gallons per hour Table 2 System Components - 5 gallon bucket - Tygon® tubing - Master-flex® variable speed

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1999 Annual Conference

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

State University, Detroit, MI. Dr. Chickamenahalli is PI of an NSF-sponsored Greenfield coalition project in electric machines. She received a Page 4.118.5bachelor 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 graduate of Wayne State University in electrical engineering. Madhavi worked onthe project:‘Development of CBI courseware for Electric Machines’, as a graduate research assistant under theguidance of

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1999 Annual Conference

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Teri J. Murphy; Russell Goodman; Michael Hofer; Jonathon White; Elena Black; Bradford Kline

teaching the course; • links to web resources related to Mathematica.Having the in-class animations and slides available on the web allows students to access thedocuments for review of the presentation and to print the graphics (in color!) to complete theirnotes. Some instructors also use the web to house problem sets, solution keys, and otherresources for students. Page 4.581.7Further Discussion and Future DirectionsOur intention is to provide materials that facilitate the teaching and learning of visualizationskills. The manual currently includes sample practice exams, problem set items, and sets ofoverhead transparency masters for selected

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Raji Sundarajaran; Christina Sisterna; Charles A. Lipari; Robert W. Nowlin

. Page 4.589.10Bibliography1. Synplicity, Synplify Users Manual.2. Xilinx Inc., Foundation Series User Manual.3. Mentor Graphics, Mentor Tools Users Manual.4. Associated Professional Systems, APS-X84 FPGA Test Card Users Guide, 1996.5. Pak K. Chan and Samiha Mourad, Digital Design Using Field Programmable Gate Arrays, Prentice-Hall, 1994.6. Andrew Rushton, VHDL for Logic Synthesis, , McGraw-Hill, 1995.7. Douglas Ott and Thomas Wilderotter, A Designers Guide to VHDL Synthesis, Kluwer, 1994.8. Sanjiv Soman, VHDL Coding and Synthesis – A Lab Manual. Masters Project, Arizona State University, 1997.CHARLES LIPARICharles Lipari received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of S.W. Louisiana in1975 and 1978

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1999 Annual Conference

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Cathryne L. Jordan; Mary Ann McCartney; Mary Anderson-Rowland

Engineering Summer Institute is a vital element supporting theeducational goals needed by our future workforce.References1. Anderson-Rowland, Mary R.; Blaisdell, Stephanie; Fletcher, Shawna; Fussell, Peggy; McCartney, Mary Ann; and Reyes, Maria, “A Model Partnership to Recruit and To Retain Underrepresented Engineering Students,” WEPAN Conference Proceedings, Seattle, Washington, June 14-16, 1998, pp. 241-246.CATHRYNE JORDANCathryne Jordan serves as the Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement Program Coordinator at ArizonaState University (ASU). She attended the University of Washington (UW), where she obtained a BA in SpeechCommunication. Presently, Cathryne is pursuing a Masters degree in Public Affairs at ASU. Prior to

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Maria Amparo Gotes; Barry McNeill; Maria A. Reyes; Mary Anderson-Rowland

a Masters in Geo-environmental Engineering. She spent two years serving as aproject engineer for a private engineering consulting firm. Her current assignment as Program Coordinator for theMEP has given her the opportunity to interact with students and offer assistance from a mentor’s prospective.MARIA AMPARO GOTES is a graduate of the CEAS at ASU, where she obtained a BSE in BiomedicalEngineering and is pursuing an International Business Certificate. As an assistant Program Coordinator for the MEP Page 4.380.7at ASU, she assists in the planning and coordination of events designed to recruit and retain CEAS students as wellas

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David P. Heddle; Robert F. Hodson; David C. Doughty

. Horstmann, Cay S., Core Java, The SunSoft Press A Prentice Hall Title, ISBN 0-13-565755-5, 11-12, 1996.4. Lemay, Laura, Prekins, Charles L., Teach Yourself Java 1.1 in 21 Days, 2nd Edition, Sams.net Publishing,Indianapolis Indiana, 157-182, 1997.5. Web-4M User’s Manual, JDH Technologies, Newport News, Virginia.ROBERT F. HODSONDr. Robert F. Hodson is an Associate Professor at Christopher Newport University (CNU) and Director of ComputerEngineering. He received his Ph.D. in Computer and Information Science from Florida State University in 1989, andhis Masters and B.S.E degrees in Computer Engineering from University of Central Florida and the University ofConnecticut respectively. At CNU, Dr. Hodson has served as vice-chairman of the On-Line

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Robert P. Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

. Page 4.146.7Mixing Experiments “Mixing in the Process Industries” was acombined lecture-demonstration presented by Dr.Arthur Etchells of the DuPont Company at our NSFProcess Workshop. His presentation focused on themany applications that mixing has for multiphaseprocessing. Dr. Etchells included a demonstration inhis seminar which illustrated the minimum speedrequired for particle suspension and a seconddemonstration examining reaction time versus mixingtime. Several key areas of mixing as applied to theproducts manufactured by DuPont were discussed. TheLightnin Lab Master mixer can be obtained forapproximately $1,500. The tank can normally befabricated in-house. This makes a great experiment for a fluid mechanics/transport class

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Gary P. Langenfeld; David Wells

capitalize upon this very basic notion. When properly done, formal education provides the fundamental knowledge critical toengineering, in general, and to a specific engineering discipline. Further, the best formalcurricula will assure that foundational skills for continuous investigation and experimentationare mastered. The challenge in formal education is to achieve the objectives of fundamentalscientific knowledge, plus its application in the workplace, plus broad understanding of theselected engineering discipline, plus in-depth mastery of at least one engineering specialty, pluscross-discipline learning and depth in the ‘soft skills’, plus developed capacity for continuinglearning. A formidable task, to be sure, but the task nonetheless. The

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Regina Nelson; Aldo Morales

, 1996.[2] R. Cowart, K. Gregg, Windows NT server 4.0 Administrator’s Bible. IDG books 1996.[3] K. Jamsa, Upgrading your PC, 2nd. Ed. Jamsa Press, 1996.[4] Microsoft Press, Networking Essentials, 1997.[5] M. Minasi, C. Anderson, and E. Creegan, Mastering Windows NT Server 3.51, 2nd ed. SYBEX 1995.[6] S. Schaat, Understanding Local Area Networks, 5th ed. SAMS publishing, 1996.Web Referenceshttp://www.halcyon.com/cerelli/ Windows 95http://www.verinet.com/pc/ Build your own PChttp://pclt.cis.yale.edu/pclt/pchw/platypus.htm Intro to PC Hardwarehttp://members.aol.com/markbeard/build.html Build

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Maria Amparo Gotes; Dr. Barry McNeill; Maria A. Reyes; Mary Anderson-Rowland

a Masters in Geo-environmental Engineering. She spent two years serving as aproject engineer for a private engineering consulting firm. Her current assignment as Program Coordinator for theMEP has given her the opportunity to interact with students and offer assistance from a mentor’s prospective.MARIA AMPARO GOTES is a graduate of the CEAS at ASU, where she obtained a BSE in BiomedicalEngineering and is pursuing an International Business Certificate. As an assistant Program Coordinator for the MEP Page 4.381.7at ASU, she assists in the planning and coordination of events designed to recruit and retain CEAS students as wellas

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Cathryne L. Jordan; Mary Ann McCartney; Mary Anderson-Rowland

Washington (UW), where she obtained a BA in SpeechCommunication. Presently, Cathryne is pursuing a Masters degree in Public Affairs at ASU. Prior to joining ASU,she spent ten years with the UW, the last three as an Admissions Specialist within the Office of Minority AffairsEducational Opportunity Program. Page 4.441.8MARY R. ANDERSON-ROWLANDMary R. Anderson-Rowland is the Associate Dean of Student Affairs and Special Programs in the College ofEngineering and Applied Sciences at Arizona State Unversity. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Iowa.She is the director of a successful Graduate Career Change Program in Industrial

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Evelyn Hanna

Engineering Programs and Advocates Network (1999).EVELYN HANNAEvelyn Hanna is a Counselor at the Office of Special Programs at the School of Engineering at RutgersUniversity. She is currently an undergraduate at Rutgers University working towards a B.A. inMathematics. Upon completion of the bachelors, she will continue onto graduate school at RutgersUniversity working towards a Masters of Education, Mathematics. Career goals will focus on minority andwomen equality in the areas of mathematics, science, and engineering. Page 5.609.10

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Mauricio A. Colombo; Maria R Hernández; Jorge E. Gatica

requiring students to develop their own solvers, whenlearning fundamental engineering principles, is typically an overwhelming and frustrating practice.Indeed, besides a solid understanding of the principles being demonstrated, developing a solverrequires mastering programming and numerical analysis skills. The most common route to overcomethese roadblocks, is to train students to use pre-packaged commercial, instructor-developed solvers,or some combination of both. The shortcoming to this approach is that students use these programsas "black boxes" that implement some "esoteric" algorithm or numerical method. Moreover, the lackof motivation to understand the software, typically results in students losing interest in understandingwhat happens