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William E. Cole

operating data very well. Additionally, these models cannot account for the individualnuances of operating equipment and are not able to accommodate changes as the equipment ages.Consequently realistic models cannot be created from first principles within the scope of a onesemester project.An alternative technique to model complex processes is to utilize neural networks. Neuralnetwork modeling contrasts with conventional computer modeling in that a detailedunderstanding of the process is not required. The neural network uses operating data to createthe model. Neural networks have been used to model complex processes such as distillationcolumns,1 nuclear reactors,2 and automotive fuel injection.3 Additionally, realistic models can becreated within

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Barry J. Farbrother

faculty who had to be convinced thatsuch a dramatic upheaval in the departments modus operandi was necessary. Therealization that "change IS the status quo" coincided with the appointment of a newdepartment head who pro-posed a "clean sheet of paper" approach following hisappointment and which was enthusiastically accepted. The unanimous approval of thefaculty is absolutely essential if the task is to be completed in a reasonable time frame andif all faculty members are to maintain their sanity!! We will not consider the task fullycompleted until the first cohort of students graduate in May 1998.Phase 1 of the curriculum restructuring process started in the early 1990's with adepartmental discussion which culminated on December 17, 1993 with the

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J. M. Mendel; H. H. Kuehl

EE students, and are discussed in Sec. II. B.The ring surrounding the central area of the diagram is divided into four sectors which arelabeled with the four topical areas into which modern electrical engineering can be divided: (1)Communication, Control, and Signal Processing, (2) Computer Engineering, (3)Electromagnetics and Energy Conversion, and (4) Electronic Devices and Circuits. Under eachof the four topical areas are listed two “entry-level courses,” which are prerequisites to most ofthat area’s more advanced courses. Students are required to take all of the entry-level courses inthree of the four areas. The topical areas together with their entry-level courses are discussed inSec. II. C.The more advanced courses are listed in the

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David E. Clough

within our Engineering Center andto adjacent buildings on the Boulder Campus of the University of Colorado. The apparatus iscontrolled by computer using the National Instruments’ LabVIEW software running on anotebook PC. The interface is via the printer port of the PC, thus avoiding specialized interfacecards internal to the computer; consequently, different computers can be used conveniently.The structure of the fluid-flow module is simple: it is a single water circulation loop with flowdriven by a small centrifugal pump. Circulation rate is manipulated via an electronic controlvalve and measured with an electronic turbine meter. Water flows into the top of a 1-meter-highacrylic standpipe and exits the standpipe through a 9-meter-long helical

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M. N. Borges; F. H. Vasconcelos; M. Lewis

approach from knowledge-based, focused on the content and teacher-centered to competence-based, focused on learningoutcomes and student-centered. This change can be expressed in the diagram of figure 1. Product Learning Outcomes Teacher Student Objectives Process Page 2.306.3 Figure 1 - Change in the Pedagogical

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Joan A. Burtner

Table 1 includes a list of the projects we used in the Spring of 1992. By this time, theauthor was an instructor in the course. Therefore, this table includes the author’s personal ratingand comments about each project. PROJECT DESCRIPTION RATING COMMENTS Auxiliary view training aid Good We still use it in our graphics course Drawing room equipment organizer Good We still use these organizers, more expensive due to the quantity of wood required, mature students chosen for this project Multiple can crusher

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O. G. Petersen; Steven Barnicki; Cynthia Barnicki

. Faculty members who are renewed will receive employmentcontracts in April. Those faculty members who are not renewed may appeal the decision.Departmental Peer Review Committee (DPRC) The DPRC committee consists of all faculty members with professorial rank. Followinga period of time for review by DPRC of all appropriate material, the DPRC Chairperson conductsa secret ballot pertaining to each faculty member being reviewed. The ballot calls for asatisfactory, unsatisfactory, or unsure indication on each of the following evaluation items: 1. Effective Classroom Instruction as measured by peer perception of the range of knowledge involved in subjects taught, student evaluation of the faculty member’s teaching

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Thomas R Phillips

laboratory or practical work is located and to what extent that work is reflected inthe nominal course credit. There are general formulations for credit in Canada and Mexico, butdifferences can be found in the policies of individual institutions.Canadian programs seem to be conservative in giving credit. For example: 1) A course descriptionfor ‘Dynamics of Mechanical Systems’ indicates three credits, but the course actually consists of fourhours lecture and one hour of lab. 2) A standard course in Electromagnetic Fields shows three Page 2.308.3credits for three hours lecture and one hour lab per week. The same course at another school is

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Dr. Mihir K. Das

program within theframework of MESA Summer Camp for underrepresented minority students planned for theSummer 1994. Page 2.33.1 PROJECT DESCRIPTIONProject Goals and Objectives:Twenty senior high school students with very high academic potential were targeted for theFDSC to impress upon them the importance of applied sciences, mathematics and engineering.The overall goals and objectives of the FDSC were as follows: 1) Increase students’ understanding of mathematics and science concepts, and how they are used in real-life engineering. 2) Emphasizing to students aware that

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Karen Frair; Karan L. Watson

Engineering students and faculty take Several FC faculty have volunteered time and design activities to the 5th and 6th materials grade campuses at local schools TAMU Tours of campus and laboratory One FC faculty arranged with MEP and WEP activities for local community the tours and raised funds for the buses. centers serving 2nd through 4th graders. ASU Collaboration with girl scouts to WISE offer 1 week camps for 1&2, 3&4, and 5&6 graders.Middle School TAMU SWE one week residential camp FC

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George H. Sehi

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Mark J. Sebern

schools that, although faculty sometimes had to struggle to switch to anobject-oriented paradigm, students who started out with objects had little difficulty with theconcepts. For this reason, we chose a variation of the “objects early” approach, and adopted atextbook that embodied this philosophy3. Since we felt that the Standard Template Library (STL)4is a critical part of the evolving ANSI/ISO C++ standard, we incorporated additional material onsimple uses of STL containers and iterators. For the same reason, we decided to stress a stringclass library and to de-emphasize character arrays (C-style strings), especially in the first course(CS-182).The result of this planning was the set of course topics shown in Table 1. We were

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P.E., Dr. Henry L. Welch

student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute I hadalways considered the possibility of teaching a course in that area. In the 1991 technology issueof IEEE Spectrum I noted that fuzzy logic was mentioned in almost all the technology areaspresented [1]. I made a proposal to my department chair to develop a senior technical elective infuzzy logic which was accepted. I rapidly realized that I was facing two major obstacles. 1)Could students in a mathematical theory limited electrical engineering curriculum be able tograsp the fundamentals of fuzzy sets and still leave time for some practical uses. And 2) couldsufficient breadth of material be presented so that the students would not be too specialized atsuch an early stage of their careers.In the

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Doris Yacoub; Robert Pfeffer; Rajesh N. Dave; Jonathan Luke; Ian S. Fischer; Anthony D. Rosato

. Theexperimental and simulation facility which is being developed will be used mainly for the thirdcourse, “Experiments and Simulations in Particle Technology” which is intended for upper-levelundergraduates and first-year graduate students, but will also become an integral part of othercurriculum activities. This paper describes the equipment and the experiments that are beingdeveloped for this purpose, and will also describe the faculty and student experiences with a trialcourse (Experiments in Particle Technology) that is offered during Fall 1996 semester by the firstauthor.1. IntroductionParticle technology is concerned with the characterization, production, modification, flow,handling and utilization of granular solids or powders, both dry and in

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Andrzej J. Gapinski

is a digital multimeter equipped with bi-directional serial interface (modified RS-232standard). Baud rate: 1200 BPS, parity bit: none, data bit: 7 bits ASCII, stop bit: 2 bits.Data frame consists of 14 bytes in length.Two modes of communication allow transmission and/or receiving of data from a hostcomputer. The software supplied with this device enables the user to set the desired modeof operation and basic parameters for data acquisition. Figures 1 and 2 show the actualscreens. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦MICRONTA MANUAL RANGE BAR GRAPH DMM RS-232C¦ ¦---------------------------------------------------------------------------------¦ ¦ Function ; AC VOLTAGE

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Jerry W. Samples

with people. Figure 1 is an attempt to show Thermodynamics to a linear thinker. It is ordered andlinear as we presented the course, but for that person, it was the key to understanding that thesubject was not that complex, and that there was a reason we covered all that “stuff”. Theoriginal was written quickly and was less neat: in fact, it was also less linear. A friend who usesthis method in programming tells his students to be messy: neatness means it was done after-the-fact, as this was. Equilibrium (Quasi)?? Processes, States Properties (u,h,s,p,T,v,Cp,Cv) Ideal gases variable specific heat constant

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William H. Hubbard; Robert D. Murphy

saying that “one picture is worth athousand words”. But even with words pictures and diagrams, other subjects require animation,video and sound to clearly use all the senses to obtain the format best suited for the student andsubject. These additional tools are used to the degree needed for each sub-topic. FormatThe book format utilized in Multimedia Electronics2 and Multimedia Circuits3 electronic booksuse the standard chapter format illustrated in Figure 1. Page 2.313.1 BookSubdivisions below each chapter are

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Mohammad M. Asoodeh; Carl W. Steidley

into the schoolenvironment more effectively so that future engineering and science students can acquire interestand skills necessary for their future academic and professional pursuits. Studies have pointed outthe inadequacy of typical methods utilized in delivering instruction related to science andtechnology. The use of hands-on practices has been shown to be an effective tool in deliveringinstructional materials. These types of activities can aid the students in remembering verbalinformation and concrete concepts.[1]We have acquired a mobile mini-CIM cell to be used in our outreach efforts. The portability ofthis cell allows us to pack up, transport to sites for our “show”, in much the same way that thecircuses of yesteryear, moved their

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Mogens Henriksen

that program criteria will be limited in scope todiscipline-specific curricular requirements and hence relatively brief.Each institution is responsible for meeting the eight criteria outlined in C2000. Institutions arealso responsible for documenting that they satisfy each criterion. It is expected that the self-studydocuments will evolve from their present form to support this requirement. The followinghighlights the eight criteria [2].(1) Students: The institution must monitor the quality and performance of students and graduatesto demonstrate that it is successful in meeting its objectives.(2) Program Educational Objectives: The institution must have published objectives for eachprogram. These objectives must be consistent with the mission

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1997 Annual Conference

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Wade C. Driscoll

traditional case study in which problem parameters vary from one student toanother. This ameliorates the problem of inappropriate student interactions, since each studentworks on a different problem. This advantage accrues at the cost of an additional burden on theinstructor who evaluates the students’ work. This paper reports on research that was performed toinvestigate the feasibility of having the microcomputer - the platform used to deliver the case studyto students - also serve to generate base-line solutions to the multitude of problems that result.1. IntroductionThis paper is organized as follows. The next section relates the student outcomes attendingtraditional case studies to those specified in Engineering Criteria 2000. Section 3 provides

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William Peterson

Muskegon Regional Center moved into the Higher EducationCenter at Muskegon Community College upon completion of construction.Initial study indicated that an engineering program in Muskegon was viable. Development of aproposal to establish an engineering program was initiated. Early on it was decided that alocation-specific engineering program would be needed for Muskegon and that it could betailored to local needs. Western established two basic requirements that had to be accomplishedby any off-campus engineering program: (1) that curriculum be accreditable by EAC/ABET (inkeeping with College of Engineering and Applied Science policy) and (2) that the off-campusprogram be self supporting (in keeping with Western policy). To ensure meeting local

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Naseem Ishaq; Salahuddin Qazi

used to compress video at a ratio ranging from 20:1 to 200:1, depending onthe quality needed. [1]In the case of networking, the data rate for compressed full-motion video presentation is not theissue but it lies in the name of data being transferred. In LAN networking the data is sent inpackets and bandwidth is shared assuming that data is time dependent. When network is busycarrying packets from one station, no other device can transmit as it occupies the entiretransmission channel. Video, audio, and interleaved video/audio used in multimedia applicationson the other hand requires simultaneous nonstop transfers. If the bandwidth of the LAN isnarrow, the quality of video frames will be affected by the loss of video frames and audio filesize

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Matthew R. James; Mario G. Beruvides

to provide engineering management educators some insights toour profession that may not be fully known.BackgroundThe issue of instruction is of critical importance to educators [1], [4]. Instruction is intertwinedwith the subject matter being delivered and learned. Thus, a theory of teaching is content based.Much has been written on teaching and the improvement of teaching (see [3], [5], [7], and [9] tomention a few). Specifically, in engineering management education, which has been growingover the last number of years [6], the issues of instruction are being investigated, questioned, anddebated [2], [8], [10]. This is not unusual, it is the nature of pedagogical evolution in most any

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Jr., Fred O. Simons; Aaron L. Robinson

technologicaladvances. It is even more difficult for new aspiring analysts to enter the DSP field and try to keep upwith evolving technologies. Thus, the authors present reviews and performance comparisons of thenewest multiprocessor VLSI DSPuP with the intention of providing concise focused analyses that mayhelp established or aspiring DSP analysts evaluate the applicability of new DSP technology to theirspecific applications. The Analog Devices SHARCTM and the Texas Instruments TMS320C80 families ofDSPuPs will be emphasized with some reference to other processors offered where appropriate.1. IntroductionThe combination of continually advancing DSPuP hardware and constantly evolving DSP algorithmdevelopment have formed the basis for an exponential growth in

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1997 Annual Conference

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James Lombardi; O. G. Petersen

alliance was that they believed such alliances were too timeconsuming.Study recommendations are: (1) universities should strive to meet industry’s needs instead ofattempting to promote their own expertise; (2) Southeast Wisconsin universities should improvetheir technical relevance and credibility so that more high tech companies become interested intheir offerings; and (3) increase the awareness to all sizes of high tech companies regardingavailable government R&D funding sources in order for government funds to effectively serve asa catalyst.The subjects of the study were 57 top executives and 31 managers and engineers from SoutheastWisconsin high tech companies with more than two employees. Standard IndustrialClassification codes used by

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Roger A. Messenger

ofhomework problems which followed the course progression and which challenged the students tomeet the learning goals of the course. The first set of problems focused on those properties of sunlight which were consideredto be of greatest relevance in the understanding of PV system performance. A particularlyinteresting problem is to use the Planck blackbody radiation formula to determine the solarconstant (1367 W/m2). The formula is sufficiently nasty to justify numerical integration over allwavelengths and sufficiently subtle to challenge the student to realize that zero to infinity reallymeans a range of a few micrometers. It also presents a nice analog to the electric field problemassociated with a spherical charge and its 1/R2 dependence

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Stephanie L. Blaisdell; Mary Anderson-Rowland

Sociological Research.14.Lopez, F. & Lent, R.W. (1992). Sources of mathematics self-efficacy in high school students. Career Development Quarterly, 41, 3-12.15.Betz, N.E. & Hackett, G. (1983). The relationship of mathematics self-efficacy expectations to the selection of science-based college majors. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 23, 329-345.16.Lent, R.W., Brown, S.D. & Larkin, K.C. (1986). Self-efficacy in the prediction of academic performance and perceived career options. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 33(3), 265-269.17. Ware, N.C., Steckler, N.A. & Leserman, J. (1985). Undergraduate women: Who chooses a science major? Journal of Higher Education, 56(1), 73-84.18. Greenfield, L.B., Holloway, E.L. &

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Tracy S. Tillman

employees (or students in this case) are rated on theirperformance by fellow team members (fellow students) in the following key areas: 1. Team leadership. 2. Team participation. 3. Problem identification and solving. 4. Initiative. 5. Meets planned tasks and objectives. 6. Quality of work. 7. Willingness to help others. 8. Adaptability to change. 9. Promptness. 10. Communication and interpersonal skills.When employees (students) learn that they will be evaluated, as well as evaluate their peers, onthese behavioral characteristics, they learn to perform better as team members working in aconcurrent engineering or lean/agile manufacturing environment

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Thomas R Phillips

have the added challenge of joint proposalsthat require close cooperation during their preparation.EC/USA program funding was limited to academic/training institutions. Each consortium had tohave a lead institution and two other partners, both in Europe and the U.S. At least two partners ineach group had to be academic or training institutions; the third and additional partners could beindustries, governmental and non-governmental agencies, businesses, research institutes, etc. Alldisciplines were eligible. The lead European partner was expected to have previous experience in anEC education and training program (ERASMUS, COMETT, PETRA, FORCE, etc).Let us begin by looking at the FIPSE review criteria:Significance:1) To what extent does the

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1997 Annual Conference

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Jerry A. Caskey