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Colin S. Howat

Table 1 Principal Objectives of Chemical Engineering Design1. Students must experience the creation process of design and be able to apply it to synthesize and evaluate solutions to significant integrated problems.2. Students must recognize the need for, select values for and evaluate the impact of the specifications inherent in a process subject to process and project constraints.3. Students must develop the confidence to begin the creation of a solution to a problem even though the solution path is unknown and to use the discoveries along the path to continue the development.4. Students must be able to develop solutions without extensive computational support.5. Students must develop the confidence to work with the

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Fiona S. Crofton; Cynthia A. Mitchell

reflection-in-action, the practitioner’sstance is particularly poignant. Schon argues that the practitioner’s values and views are, andshould be recognised as, necessary and unavoidable part of the solution-generating process.Of most interest to our argument in this paper is Schon’s [3] description of the culture of thereflective practicum: the environment in which skills and culture are transferred from practitionerto student: A reflective practicum must establish its own traditions, not only those associated with project types, formats, media, tools, and materials but also those embodying expectation for the interactions of coach and student. Its traditions must include its characteristic language, its repertoire of

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Krzysztof Malinowski; Jerzy Woznicki; Andrzej Krasniewski

institutions which make the state support for public universities dependent on the number of students rather than on the actual costs of running the programs of study (as before);• unattractive career prospects for university employees: academic staff, especially talented young people, are attracted by significantly higher salaries offered by private or even state- owned industrial or business enterprises;• bad shape of most Polish industrial companies resulting in a diminishing number of research and development projects supported by industry and little demand for staff training programs offered by the universities, but also affecting decisions of candidates to university studies.More information on changes in engineering

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C. Faye; N.W. Scott; B.J. Stone

C ING EDUoperating costs. Start-up costs are incurred only once over the systems but is usually regarded as a hidden cost as academiclife of the project while operating costs are continuously tutors are not officially paid for this work. However, costs areincurred over the life of the project. The list of opportunity incurred because the time spent with the students representscosts identified are described below. time that might have been spent completing chargeable work3.1 Start-up costs

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Frank Wicks

combination desiccant and evaporative system shown in Figure 16 that a prior student had designed and built at a senior project (Reference 1). Page 3.185.5 Figure 16 Combination Desiccant/Evaporative AirFigure 14 Heat Recovery from Desuperheating Freon Conditioner 6 Analysis of this system requires measurement of

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Kassim M. Tarhini; Gerald R. Frederick; Benjamin Koo

addition to touring these locations, supplemental written details should beprovided. For example, the student union may not only provide different varieties of food servicesand recreational areas, but may also provide offices for student affairs, multi-cultural studentdevelopment, career services and the International Student Association (ISA). The ISA is composedof many organizations, each representing one nationality. The student union provides a sample ofuniversity community life, offers the total development of students through a diversity of experiencesoutside of the classroom and promotes multi-cultural awareness through special programs,workshops, exhibits and research projects. It will purvey opportunities for the international studentsto

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Alfred E. McKenney; James A. Jacobs

materialseducators an easy manner to use any of the 213 experiments. Additionally, they could customizedthe experiments to meet their students needs. After several years of further research onmethodology and efforts to secure funding, we finally were able to put together a project thatused several sources of funds, much volunteer help and resources, and a publisher who wouldmass produce and package CD-ROMs from the master and distribute them.The structure of the CD-ROM allows materials educators to manipulate individual papers in a Page 3.80.2 2variety of ways for both hard copy or digital outputs. They can

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Robin Carr; Andrew Gregorowicz; Adam O'Donnell; Robert Quinn

future) hands-on real laboratory experiment. Interested readers Page 3.258.6may wish to also look at the remote labs developed by Jim Henry for a systems course. 4, 5Acknowledgments - This project of the Gateway Engineering Education Coalition (NSF AwardEEC-9109794 and EEC-9727413), is supported by the Engineering Education and CentersDivision of the National Science Foundation.Many thanks go to our student assistants without who this work would not have been possible -Andrew Gregorowicz, Adam O'Donnell, Hala Jacob, Adam Miezianko and Edward Payne.Thanks to Dr. Steve Dubin (Drexel Biomed) and to Dr. Edward Gerber (Drexel ECE) for manyuseful tips

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Mireya Fernández; Albert Lozano-Nieto; Ferran Silva

consideration to increase the student’s interest and to facilitate the learning process. Someof the issues explored in this paper include: How to incorporate non-traditional support materialsuch as catalogs and data-sheets into the classrooms, the integration of several experiments intomini-projects, the integration of measurement science into the lab work, and to stress theimportance of not only designing and building a circuit that works according to thespecifications, but also the need for the student to sell his or her product to a potential customer,in this case the instructor. All these issues will be examined at the light of the experiences atboth institutions.INTRODUCTION: THE GOAL OF LABORATORY EXPERIEMENTSLaboratory experiences are a key

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Swami Karunamoorthy; K. Ravindra

the ASME for student design contest has been included as integralpart of this course. The principles of design for manufacturability (DFM), simplicity, costoptimization, and teamwork are emphasized. In the junior year, design has been well integrated in Mechanics of Solids, Kinematics,Applied Thermodynamics, and Machine Design courses. Material selection and Measurementtechniques for testing are introduced to add strength to the component of education in design.Similar to Statics, the courses on Mechanics of Solids and Applied Thermodynamics includeopen ended problems. In the Mechanics of Solids Laboratory course, an emphasis is given tointroduce the various aspects of Probability and Statistics. In Kinematics, a design project hasbeen

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Peter Idowu

, current, power, speed, and torqueas the energy conversion devices are subjected to loading or other test conditions. Data islater correlated, processed, and plotted on graph paper to determine parameters of interest.This approach to problem-solving and power engineering laboratory experience has been inplace for decades and certainly has proven very useful. However, advances in digitalcomputer technology have engendered a new generation of hardware and software conceptsthat enable routine and mundane tasks such as "meter-reading" and data logging to beautomated, processed and presented in useful and desired formats. This frees the student tofocus on intellectual aspects of the project. Furthermore, it ensures a significantly higherdegree of

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Albert Lozano-Nieto

in an approved health care facilitybefore graduation. This paper analyzes how the students perceive the need to be involved in theinternship, including its effect on their professional development as well as on their ability toperform the tasks associated with their responsibilities. The students were asked to describe andsummarize their experiences in the workplace in a daily log, to write a formal report describingin detail a project that they undertook and provide a comprehensive description of theirexperience. The effect of working in a Clinical Engineering department before graduationstrongly increased the students’ confidence in their strengths and made them aware of thoseitems that required further attention and development. A very

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Dominique McMillan

-plus students. The School isorganized into four departments: Civil Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering,Mechanical Engineering, and Technology. The School's three engineering programs receive thehighest award granted by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).Taught by an excellent faculty of 50 full-time members, several of whom have achievedinternational reputations through their widely-adopted textbooks, Cal State L.A. engineering majorspursue a curriculum that strikes a balance between theoretical programs and practical, technology-oriented programs.In recent years, the School has demonstrated its commitment to excellence through its highlysuccessful Solar Eagle projects. Designed and fabricated by

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Yacob Astatke

of the bulletin board, students expect to get answers to theirquestions within 24 hours. This gives the students the confidence that they can get helpfrom anywhere at any time. Students’ interactions with the teacher outside of theclassroom are not anymore limited to the office hours only.WebCT also facilitates and promotes teamwork. The students can use the chat room andthe bulletin board to exchange information on their projects. They also post meeting datesand times for study sessions so that other students can participate. Note that all of thesethings can be done without WebCT. However, the use of the online bulletin board makesit very easy for the students to post and access information from anywhere at anytime. Itprovides the

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Joan A. Burtner; Laura Moody

Continue documentation procedures Analyze assessment/feedback forms Analyze quizzes and exams to determine problem areas Incorporate additional collaborative learning exercises Develop funding for potential projects such as peer assisted learning groupsPhase III Continue assessment procedures Continue documentation procedures Disseminate results (successes and failures) to colleagues Page 3.609.2 Develop and implement experimental designs to test efficacy of new methods Work with others who want to use additional active learning techniques in their classes Conduct workshopsPROGRESS IN PHASE IThe decision to design the course

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Richard D'Amato

for siltysand, Freeze and Cherry, 1979), w has been given as 10 meters and H is 316.2 feet – 315.0 feet = Page 3.26.31.2 feet (0.37 meters). Therefore, Q for these five flow tubes is calculated to be 3.1 x 10-5 m3/s or0.11 m3/hr. What remains is to normalize this value. Since each tube is seen from Figure 3 to beapproximately five meters wide, the flow through a unit width would be calculated as .11 m3/hr /(5 tubes x 5 meters) = 4.4 x 10-3 m3/hr (per meter of section perpendicular to flow).VI. POSSIBLE EXTENSIONS This lab exercise has great potential for lead in and follow-up projects or labs. Severalsuggestions follow: C

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Jeffrey P. Freidberg

power. Mathematical models were also developed showing how toconceptually and sometimes practically move from the micro to macro regimes.Although it was recognized that research on the intermediate mesoscopic scales could be veryinteresting and important for many applications, until recently little effort has been devoted tosuch projects. The reasons are twofold. First, the basic micro and macro phenomena had to bewell enough understood before proceeding to the more complex intermediate scales. Second, thetechnological tools and computing capabilities required for such research were just not available.The situation is now changed. In the engineering sense, both micro and macro phenomenarepresent matured subjects. Furthermore, recent progress

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K. Hing Pang

-forward orfeed-back controllers to determine required refrigerant flow rates and the resulting compressorcapacities. This technique often results in many control loops, each requiring many iterations toconverge. This paper is the result of a senior project (1) undertaken by a chemical engineeringsenior at Cal Poly, Pomona. It describes how HYSYS has been used successfully to design arefrigeration system with 4 compressors, 13 heat exchangers and 4 flash drums without resortingto numerous control and recycle loops. The intent of this paper is not to provide a rigorouscomparison between simulators, but to focus on a special technique used for solving industrialrefrigeration design problems. It is expected that the same technique can be applied to

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Hugh Jack

and examinations after they were written.Figure 4 - A Textbook Problem Solved in Mathcad Page 3.33.6Figure 5 – A Textbook Problem Solved in Working ModelGrading was all done electronically. The basic process involved going to the students Web page(using Netscape) and opening the assignment file. In Working Model or Mathcad I would addcomments to the files and enter grades into a grade spreadsheet, and then put (with ftp) themarked files in private directory for the students to retrieve. The directory for marked work mustbe protected so that only the student and instructor can access the results.Throughout the year, I ran an analysis project for a

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Bob Lahidji

,such as contractual arrangements, the head or chair may not be able to evaluate you officially.You can always ask him/her for an unofficial visit. These types of evaluations help you to assessand improve your teaching. It will project to others that you are conscientious about your job.Student evaluations are also important. In addition to the end of the term evaluation (which isusually mandatory), conduct your own midterm and final evaluations from each class. Theseevaluations can be used to improve your teaching, and the positive feedback can be used todocument your teaching quality. In the area of scholarly activity, seek the advice of a productive senior faculty member.Also share your ideas with your colleagues. Collaborate in some

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Lib Crockett

freshmen relatemore easily to other students. They begin to understand the challenges ahead of them for the firstyear and begin to project to the next. Discussion during this class acts as a wake-up call to many,causing them to reconsider their approach to college as well as their career choice.The final step in our strategy is to help our freshmen develop a career plan that can beimplemented during their college years and that will prepare them to find that first job beforegraduation. This plan incorporates their interests, values, needs, and abilities. And it uses thesecharacteristics to acquire practical work experience and build a network of professional contacts.The initial focus is broad and gradually narrows to more specific areas within an

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Terrence E. Dwan; E. Eugene Mitchell; George E. Piper; Carl E. Wick

environmental engineering course in the Systems EngineeringDepartment at the U.S. Naval Academy has been a complete success as evidence by instructors Page 3.531.4comments and students course critiques. Students have demonstrated a good level of mastery ofthe course material and have received significant design experience. The students enjoyed thehands-on labs, research projects, and giving presentations. Much of the laboratory experiencethey received in this course can be of immediate use for their project in their senior capstonedesign course.7. REFERENCES[1] Turmel, V.J., Jones, K.O., Williams, D., "Comparison of Different Control Methods for

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Zenaida O. Keil

use of the HYSYS@ chemical engineering process software aspart of an engineering laboratory course. The course aimed to introduce students to thedesign function and basic fluid mechanics principles through the development of apreliminary flow sheet for a ketchup manufacturing facility.The Rowan Sophomore Engineering Clinic:The Rowan Sophomore Engineering Clinic is a laboratory, project oriented course. It ismodular in that different faculty present topics in the different engineering disciplines.The course is interdisciplinary and is required for all engineering students. The theme ofthe course is engineering design. The Clinic contains 1 s.h. of engineering content and 2s.h. of written communication. The communication portion of the course

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John E. Shea

Application Issues Some of the exercises were targeted directly at application issues. Discovery of the issueswas a natural outcome of collecting and analyzing experimental data. SPC is aboutunderstanding the sources of variation in a process. The process of collecting data to generatecontrol limits created the opportunity to ask additional questions. For example, asking why aprocess has so much variation leads directly to exploring the possible causes of the variation.People skills It is extremely important that engineers posses excellent people skills3. Students in the IMEdepartment are introduced to the basic principles of effective teams in a second year course.Team projects are included in most IME courses. In the SPC laboratory, students

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Mahmood Nahvi

examples of exploratory electric circuit computer modules, in which basic elementsof interaction loops are structured for maximum learning effectiveness, are presented.2. IntroductionIn asynchronous learning and web-based environments computer modules play an important rolein helping students to develop concepts, practice, simulate and design. Efficient interaction withthe computer plays a critical role in learning effectiveness. In this paper we discuss a user'sinteraction with the computer in a simulation environment. The conclusions apply to other casessuch as presentations, tutorials, design projects and laboratory supplements.Digital simulators are familiar tools in the undergraduate teaching and learning environments. Inboth inanimate and

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Ingrid H. Soudek

founder and the first Chair of the Division, and hired more faculty from diverse backgroundssuch as Philosophy, English, Engineering and Education, also History. This is faculty groupdesigned courses that focused on technical written and oral communications skills as related tothe intellectual interests inherent in engineering, including an emphasis history and philosophy ofscience and engineering. They also were put in charge of all senior theses, which meant that eachstudent had a technical, as well as a humanities advisor for his independent senior thesis project.(Vaughan, p.3) The tradition of a required senior thesis for each UVa engineering student hascontinued to this day; in fact, in a 1987 Dean’s office survey of the class of 1977, the

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Sima Bagheri; Qun Xiao; Jelena Balorda

thelate Triassic Period. These formations weather rapidly and typically are not exposed in the cityexcept at foundation excavations. The rocks strike northeast-southwest and typically dip about15° northwest. The influence of bedding is manifested by subtle topographic differencesthroughout the city, (i.e., M.L. King Blvd). As Pleistocene glaciers receded from Newark about12-15,000 years ago, they deposited a thin veil of glacial drift over the bedrock(Manspeizer,1980)4. The drainage is generally good, the depth to water table is estimated to be 6-10 feet(Engineering Soil Survey, 1951)5. Figure 1. Portion of the Elizabeth Orthophoto Quadrangle Showing the Study Sites.The objective of the project was twofold: 1) to identify and delineate

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John T. Bell; H. Scott Fogler

-dimensional kinetics overlay is related to the physical equipment through colorcoding and through interconnected tracers that move over the surface and the equipment. Thethird reaction area in Vicher 2 is the multiple steady states room, which illustrates a classiccontrol problem for exothermic reactions occurring in jacketed continuous stirred reactors( CSTRs ). Color coding is also used in this room to indicate temperature changes. All threeVicher 2 areas contain transparent reactors, and two of the three allow students to exploredifferent operating conditions through the use of virtual control panels.SafetyThe first safety related application developed for this project is a hazard and operability analysisof a polyether-polyol pilot plant, as shown

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Tran Thi Hong; Trevor B. Davey; Ngo Dinh Thinh

studies. Page 3.383.1 -2- Courses are offered on a semester basis and graduation requirements includepractical training, as well as a senior design project. Students may attend the programs ona part-time basis while working, and are allowed to change majors with permission of theRector. The twinning program with the University of Tasmania, Australia, is a special,separate program. The semesters are timed to coincide with the academic terms inAustralia and the instruction is in English. Students take their first two years ofinstruction in Vietnam and then transfer to the University of Tasmania for

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Lyn Mowafy

colleges lack faculty for their SMT programs, industry issupplying content experts as adjunct faculty. While knowledgeable of the industry, these expertsoften lack teaching experience. The Teaching Associate offers advice on how to best teach themodule in a college setting from fellow faculty at other colleges. Together the Associate and theAdvisor support faculty performance in the classroom.Evaluation of the MATEC modular curriculum project will be multifaceted. Initially, industrysubject matter experts and experienced faculty will review the module content for completenessand accuracy. Teaching faculty will evaluate the module’s success in the classroom. Finally, acomprehensive usability study will provide the foundation for future developments