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Patricia B Spencer; Kathryn Hollar

Session 3230 1 + 1 = 3: Unanticipated Benefits of an Integrated Teacher Development Curriculum at Cornell Kathryn Hollar, Patricia B. Spencer Cornell UniversityAbstractOne of the strategic goals of the Office of Instructional & Research Support in the College ofEngineering at Cornell University is to enhance the undergraduate experience throughexcellence in peer instruction. Through curriculum integration and expansion of existingteacher development programs, we have been able to construct a student community whereteaching is discussed and valued. Since our

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Angie Hill Price

Session 1648 Recommendations for Establishing Small Scale K, 1 Outreach Angie Hill Price Texas A&M UniversityAbstractThe need for general K-12 outreach has been the focus of many organizations on a broad scaleapproach. While that is certainly admirable and desirable, it is possible to initiate programs on avery small scale. Outreach is a viable plank in the platform for tenure as a service component.New and established faculty would profit from the opportunity to hone and refine teaching skillsand submit their own

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Albert Lozano-Nieto

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. The students would then beable to use, and improve, the skills in classes throughout their academic program.1. Stenger, J. & Goode, J. Improving World Wide Web and Library Research. Proceedings - Frontiers in EducationConference. v 1, 1998, p 80-83. IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, USA. Page 5.101.42. Leckie, G. & Fullerton, A. Information Literacy in Science and Engineering Undergraduate Education: FacultyAttitudes and Pedagogical Practices. College & Research Libraries, January 1999, 9-29.3. Downs, R. & Friedman, E. Digital Library Support of Scholarly Research, Information Processing &Management, 35 (1999) 281-291.4

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current division and understandwhat is happening in the circuit (with respect to current, voltage, and power)Parts Needed: 1 1KΩ resistor 1 2KΩ resistor 2 5.1 KΩ resistors 1 10KΩ resistor 2 18KΩ resistors ? other resistors from your tool box as needed for design 2 10MΩ resistors 1 9 volt battery Digital Multimeter (DMM)Part I: Voltage DividersYou will be building several voltage dividers in this lab. Please record all of your results in the tables provided. Page 5.401.3Observe the circuit below. The L

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arecompleted during non-class time.As Table 1 shows, the weekly schedule lists both the topics covered in the lecture and theassociated laboratory lessons. Students normally complete the laboratory lessons after thecorresponding chapters have been discussed in class. The advantage of this approach is thatstudents are at this point able to go through the lessons without major difficulties. It is estimatedthat an average of two hours is required to complete each lesson and its corresponding quiz. Thefollowing is an overview of the weekly schedule.The first two weeks of the course explain the roles and responsibilities of technicians,technologists, and engineers and introduce basic process principles. Students, for example, learnhow temperature and

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be utilized in the EET curriculum.A sample semester course schedule is listed in Table 1. Throughout the semester, the studentsare required to complete a variety of assignments which will prepare them for their academiccareers as an electrical engineering student. For example, students are placed on teams of fiveearly in the semester and then required to complete several group projects. During the lastoffering of UC101, the students were divided into teams and each team constructed a smallremotely controlled robot from provided materials and instructions. The teams competed withtheir robots in a miniature soccer tournament. The teams were then charged with building a toy.The only restriction on the toy was that a mousetrap spring or the

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Robert P. Hesketh; Stephanie Farrell

plot of the release profileof drug from their lozenge is created. Finally they determine the parameter necessary to apply amodel to their system, and they compare their experimental release profile to that described bythe model.IntroductionRowan University is pioneering a progressive and innovative Engineering program that usesinnovative methods of teaching and learning to prepare students better for a rapidly changing andhighly competitive marketplace, as recommended by ASEE[1]. Key features of the programinclude: (i) multidisciplinary education through collaborative laboratory and course work; (ii) Page 5.405.1teamwork as the necessary

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Brian S Macherone; Jagdish T. Gajjar; Cherrice Traver

required engineering course that was designed during a major curriculum reform effort atUnion College.Union College is a private, undergraduate liberal arts and engineering college withapproximately 2000 students. The engineering division offers programs in electrical, mechanical,civil and computer systems engineering as well as computer science. In 1995, the college wasawarded a grant to revise the engineering curriculum. The freshman year was redesigned toinclude three 10-week trimester courses, illustrated in Table 1, that were common for allengineering and computer science students 5. This course sequence included the equivalent ofone course in computer programming, and two courses in basic engineering science and design

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Ken Vickers; Greg Salamo

technology areas, along with the proper role of academe, government, andindustry in that educational process, is being examined in widely divergent industrial segments.Academic areas such as manufacturing engineering, aerospace engineering, and electricalengineering have all reported results from such studies [1-5]. These reports reveal several broadthemes of educational need developing across these industrial segments: a) Integrating technical and non-technical broad knowledge areas. b) Integrating multidisciplinary technical skills into a comprehensive knowledge base. c) Integrating global perspectives into local decision making. d) Integrating soft skill set development with traditional technical education.It is our

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Robert J. Voigt

increased emphasis in the 21stCentury.” The response is summarized in the Table 1 below. Topic area Percent Responding Computer Technology 56% Communications Technology 39% Information Technology 31% Advanced Propulsion & Alternate Energy 13% Computer Networking 13% Space Technology and Engineering 11% Computer Literacy with Applications 11% Electronic Technology 10% C4I

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sections, with an instructor from each of the fourengineering departments, and includes instructor rotations, so that students are exposed to designactivities in each of the four disciplines offered at the university. A unique feature of the courseis its development by a team of faculty members.1. IntroductionThis curriculum development initiative is part of a broader effort to make mechatronics a majortheme throughout the electrical and mechanical engineering programs at the University ofDetroit Mercy (UDM). Mechatronics is concerned with the integration of mechanical,electronic, and control systems. Because of the university’s location in an urban manufacturingcenter that requires engineers conversant in both mechanical and electrical design, it

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Robert E. Spall; Christine E. Hailey

junior-level fluid mechanics course.Concepts of mesh design on solution accuracy and the influence of solver parameters such asrelaxation are introduced using an in-house CFD code written primarily for undergraduatestudents. Three goals are met through the junior-level experience: 1) to improve the studentsunderstanding of basic fluid mechanics, 2) to motivate students to take a CFD elective course intheir senior year, and 3) to provide a basic exposure for students who use CFD tools during theirsummer internship programs. In the senior year, students are exposed to commercial solvers andthe use of CFD as a design tool in elective courses such as heating, ventilation and airconditioning. Senior-level students can also take an elective course in

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Naseem Ishaq; Salahuddin Qazi

reach to anestimated $14 billion by the end of year 2002. Much of this growth is driven by the use ofdigital signal processors (DSPs) in modems for cellular telephony and data communications overthe public switched telephone network. Its use is increasing as the demand for internet access hasexploded due to its applications in business, work and entertainment. As standards and protocolsin these applications continue to change and new features are continually added with higher datarates, the use of programmable DSPs ensures the equipment is upgraded simply by loading newsoftware.1 Manufacturers of programmable DSP chips are employing new architectures to

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Terry L. Ballinger; Craig W. Somerton

Page 5.103.1final assembly plant in Lansing was used as part of the manufacturing unit. With the requiredtravel time, this tour used all two hours of class time. It was decided that two class periodsshould be devoted to the manufacturing topic. The first of these class periods would follow thestandard format (lecture, project, wrap-up) and the second class period would be the tour of theGeneral Motors plant. This paper continues with a detailed description of each unit thatincludes a summary of the lecture, description of the hands-on project, the homeworkassignment, and lessons learned.II. Description of UnitsUnit 1 - Introduction to Mechanical EngineeringLecture Summary: This unit had one of the longer lectures (about 45 minutes) as students

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Jeffery M. Saul; Rhett J. Allain; Duane L. Deardorff; David S. Abbott; Robert J. Beichner

interactions between students and with the instructors.Videotapes of each class are recorded for further analysis. Interviews with individualsand focus groups have been conducted throughout the project. These are providing greatinsight into how this type of learning environment is affecting students. We arecontinuing our attitude surveys, additional standardized testing, and comparisons to ourDepartment’s traditional classes.II. Project ObjectivesSome of what we hope to accomplish is listed below, along with our progress:1. Design new modes of instruction for large enrollment sectionsThis objective concerns classroom management more than teaching materials. We aretrying to develop techniques that will permit use of research-based pedagogies in

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Hans H. Kuehl

thehomework was increased markedly. Especially liked by students was the capability to submithomework solutions at any hour of the day or night via the Internet, to get immediate feedbackregarding the correctness of their answers, and to be able to submit a revised answer if theprevious answer was incorrectIn the development of the homework assignments, we have structured the more involvedMallard problems to contain a series of steps requiring intermediate answers. This allows thestudent to more easily pinpoint where the error lies if the final solution is incorrect.This paper describes our experiences in this initial endeavor, and focuses primarily on:1. The advantages of using Mallard in teaching an introductory circuits course.2. The response of

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Majid Salim; John E Wagner; David R Finley

promote anappreciation of diversity in a class comprised of primarily eighteen year old, rural Midwesternstudents.The present course outline found in Table 1 begins with an introduction to the course and ChE.It quickly shifts to the development of computer skills and calculation of statistics. Students arethen introduced, via lecture and plant tours, to chemical process equipment and the engineeringdesign process.Table 1. Introduction to Chemical Engineering Course Outline Week Notes/Homework Topic 1 Why TSU? memo Introduction & ChE as a Profession 2 MSWord & email File Management & MSWord

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Wade Kenny; Kevin Myers; Heather Cornell

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Tim O'Neill; Gregory M. Maxwell

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Thomas Stanford; R.J. Bennett; R. Jacoby; M.I. Mendelson; D.A. Keating

Session 3255 Issues in Reshaping Innovative Professionally Oriented Graduate Education to Meet the Needs of Engineering Leaders in Industry in the 21st Century D. A. Keating1 T. G. Stanford1 R. J. Bennett2 R. Jacoby3 M. I. Mendelson4 University of South Carolina,1 University of St. Thomas,2 Cooper Union,3 Loyola Marymount University,4 1. Introduction and Context1.1 Framing the IssuesAs we enter the 21st century, the further education of the nation’s graduate engineers in industry

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Yoganand Gandlur; Selvan Duraimurugar; Mohammed Enamul Haque; Amarneethi Vamadevan

individual model is described in the followingsections. Figure 1 shows the first screen of the proposed design studio. Figure 1. First Screen of the Design Studio1. Tutor ModelThe tutor model adopted differs from most other attempts of teaching reinforced concrete design.With expert teaching experience indicate6, at a gross level, students can be partitioned in to twogroups.Group 1: Students who learned basic mechanics before and have forgotten some of theprocedural skills. Page 5.414.3Group 2: Students who have never successfully learned the material before.Although this is an over-generalization, as students will retain fragments

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Robert Schottler; Kamal B. Rojiani

Truss Determinacy applet allows students to experiment with the statical classification oftrusses. The applet displays a series of trusses and for each truss students are asked to input thenumber of members, number of joints, number of unknowns and decide whether the truss isunstable, determinate, or indeterminate. The applet computes the degree of indeterminacy andchecks the answers provided by students. Students then have the opportunity to correct theiranswers or view the correct answers. The truss examples are stored as a series of image files sothe applet can be customized by simply changing these files. Figure 1 shows the Trussdeterminacy applet. Figure 1: Truss Determinacy AppletThe Frame Determinacy Applet

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Prawit Potsawatsuk; Mohammed Enamul Haque; Amarneethi Vamadevan

student can click forward and back buttons on the tutor button bar, tofollow a guided tour through the reference pages. Figure 1 shows a sample screen developmentplatform for the guided tutor model. Figure 1. A sample screen development platform for the guided tutor model Page 5.416.3Java Simulation based Lab Test Module:The principal objective of the Java Simulation based Lab Test Module is to provide students withthe opportunity to carry out soil test on-screen using an interactive virtual instrument set-ups, andstep-by-step test procedures. This allows instructors to modify the different test simulation, toreflect their own

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William C. Beston; Sharon B. Fellows; Richard Culver

preferred learning styles, andevaluating their own level of achievement. They have the motivation and discipline to workthrough the difficult stages of learning and can use a variety of resources, as needed, to helpthem master the material. In other words, they are mature learners. Indeed, there is a wealth ofmaterial in the adult education field describing SDL.1 Our special problem is that most studentsentering engineering programs are “traditional students, (approximately 18 years old and a recenthigh school graduate) willingly dependent upon the instructor to take charge of their learning.A Model for SDLGerald Grow2 has presented an useful model for staged self directed learning (SSDL) based onthe Situational Leadership Model of Hersey and

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David F. Ollis

Session 2553 A Lab for All Seasons, A Lab for All Reasons David F. Ollis North Carolina State UniversityIntroductionWith NSF SUCCEED funding, we initiated six years ago a laboratory in which newengineering students would use and take apart familiar consumer electronics and householddevices(1). These future engineers, in teams of two or three, would move through a series ofroles with each device assigned: READ an explanatory chapter to learn history and principles, USE the device to verify functionality and operability, DISSECT and reassemble the device to view

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Paul F. Hadala; Freddy Roberts; David Hall

semester hours. Over the span ofthe 10 week quarter, a 3 semester hour, lecture-based course will meet 30 times at 75 minutes perlecture, and a 1 hour laboratory course will meet approximately 10 times at 180 minutes per lab.ENGR 220 is set up as 2 semester hours of lecture and 1 semester hour of laboratory whichresults in three 110 minute class periods per week. These long class periods are intended to allowfor seamless integration of lecture and lab in an active classroom setting.The in-class active learning exercises can be broken into three distinct categories, as describedbelow.! Groups of two to four students solve problems to reinforce concepts presented earlier in the class period (as opposed to the instructor working out the problem

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Otto Fucik; Michael McKenna; Bogdan M. Wilamowski

bedesigned and implemented using the Foundation Series Software and the XC95108PC84 CPLDfrom Xilinx, Inc. In the later part of the course, students are introduced to VHDL hardwaredescriptive language.I. Introduction The digital course is a required course in all electrical and computer engineering curricula[1][2]. Often this course is also required for the computer science majors. Laboratory is alwaysan essential part of this course [3][4]. The content of this course is constantly being modified.Several years ago the concept of the PLD was introduced [3][5]. HDL is now being introducedinto the digital design courses [6][7]. The digital design course at the university of Wyoming isoffered in the second semester of the sophomore year, for both

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Peter Wild; Brian Surgenor; Aaron Dellah

average for an elective course in Mechanical Engineering at Queen’s (45 versus theaverage of 25). The course and its popularity are not isolated cases, but follow a growing trendtowards including “mechatronics” type courses in traditional Mechanical Engineeringcurriculums 1. However, the availability of resource material specific to “mechatronics” coursesis still, like the courses, in an early stage of development.Although there are widely differing interpretations of the meaning of the word “mechatronics”, acommon feature of courses entitled “Mechatronics” is the use of hardware oriented laboratoriesinvolving apparatus with dedicated microprocessor control. For example, faculty at San JoseState University have been running a “mechatronics

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Stephen C. Crist

Strain Gauges LVDT’s Analog Signal Conditioning Level shifters Difference Amplifiers Bridges Filters A/D and D/A conversion algorithms Computer I/O Ports Software (sense loop & interrupt I/O) TABLE 1 Lecture Topics Page 5.30.3 LAB EXPERIMENT