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1999 Annual Conference

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Barry Jackson

those who are more aloof and directive intheir approach. The experience of the last two semesters suggests that teaching small groups ofstudents detailed methods of access to the computer systems diffuse information among thestudents more rapidly than imparting the information to the whole class in a formal setting. Thestudents learn more quickly in informal settings in which they are able to communicate directlywith their peers. Research by Roberts et al also suggest that of the critical variables for produc-tive learning, “the most important is the faculty’s pedagogical style in their direct teaching andthe student interest in the subject. The faculty must be sensitive to both the need to empowerstudents exploration by providing them with the

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1999 Annual Conference

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Robert P. Hesketh; Stephanie Farrell; C. Stewart Slater

of Tulsa. Robert’s research is in the chemistry of gaseous pollutant formation anddestruction related to combustion processes. Nitrogen compounds are of particular environmental concern becausethey are the principal source of NOX in exhaust gases from many combustion devices. This research is focused onfirst deriving reaction pathways for combustion of nitrogen contained in fuel and second to use these pathways toreduce NOX production. Robert employs cooperative learning techniques in his classes. His teaching experienceranges from graduate level courses to 9th grade students in an Engineering Summer Camp funded by the NSF.Robert’s dedication to teaching has been rewarded by receiving several educational awards including the 1999 RayW

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1999 Annual Conference

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Gary Grossman; Steve Wells; Michihiro Nishi

be looking for college graduates, including engineers, with some sort ofinternational exposure. Hence, many universities and colleges have developed and aredeveloping methods to expose their students to international culture, business and engineeringpractices. Traditional methods involve exchanges of students and/or faculty between a U. S.institution and a foreign one. Types of exchange include: the exchange of graduate orundergraduate students with another institution for part of their education; the exchange ofgraduate students for research efforts; and, the exchange of faculty for purposes of research orteaching. Other methods involve the teaching of globalized culture, business and engineeringcourses at the U. S. institutions, and

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John T. Welch; John Durkin; James E. Grover; Douglas Smith

computer architecture, optimal routing in circuit-switchednetworks, and noncomputational processor architectures. He is a Member of IEEE, ACM, Tau Beta Pi, Kappa MuEpsilon, and Eta Kappa Nu. Prior to his Ph.D. program, Dr. Smith worked in high performance computer design atGoodyear Aerospace, where he received the NASA Group Achievement Award for the Development of theMassively Parallel Processor (MPP). He was awarded the CESDIS Cray Research Computational Space SciencesFellowship in ‘91, and the NASA Graduate Student Research Program Fellowship from ‘92-’95. He received hisBSEE from The University of New Mexico in 1980, his MSEE from the University of Akron in 1990, and hisPh.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Carnegie Mellon

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1999 Annual Conference

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Michael A. Kriss

Graduate School of Imaging Science andTechnology (http://www.eng.chiba-u.ac.jp/joho.htm). Japanese universities, individualprofessors hire younger faculty members to form a distinctive research effort in severalimportant areas. Thus, there is no formal “center” but rather a group of three or four talentedfaculty members and a continuum of graduate and undergraduate students who work on a widerange of electronic imaging problems. While Dr. Miyake’s laboratory will support one or twovisiting professors (normally from out side of Japan) there are no formal postdoctoral positions.The funding for the research comes mostly from the school and the Ministry of Education.While there are strong ties to industry, there is little financial support for the

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1999 Annual Conference

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Milin Shah; Guoqing Tang; Bala Ram

addition, many mathematics faculty also lack knowledge of the applications of theintroductory mathematics materials they teach. Many textbooks still do not provide agood source of up-to-date applications of the concepts that are covered. In addition, manymathematicians have had little exposure in their education to such application fields suchas engineering and other sciences and thus have little knowledge to offer students in theseareas.In an attempt to alleviate this problem, a collaborative effort among the mathematics,electrical engineering, industrial engineering, and mechanical engineering departments atNorth Carolina A&T State University entitled, “Enhance mathematics courses throughengineering applications,” is currently being