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Megan Rothney; Robert Roselli

the first question, students made statistically significant gains on allthe questions. Though we have no way to directly measure the gains that can be attributed theremediation as opposed to the tutorial these results validate the effort that was put intodeveloping these materials for out of class use.(This work was supported primarily by the Engineering Research Centers Program of theNational Science Foundation under Award Number EEC9876363).Bibliography1. Howard LP. Courseware and Packaging Environment (CAPE). http://www.isis.vanderbilt.edu/projects/VaNTH/index.htm2. Bransford, J. D., Brown, A. L., & Cocking, R. R. (Eds). (1999). How People Learn: Brain, mind, experience

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Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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Kelly Adams; J. Filatovs; B. Kailasshankar; Devdas Pai

importance of the diverse materials.Commercial designs can be done with the same user interface but by attaching it to a commercialstandard database such as the MIL-Handbook. Given the conflicting demands of time and practicality, the availability of a materials andprocess database and selection tool will greatly facilitate the student’s ability to implementclassroom fundamentals in a meaningful way in their class design projects as they prepare totransition their skills and knowledge but limited experience into the workforce. The softwareenables students to explore a far broader spectrum of materials and processes than physicallypossible to even enumerate in class. The challenge, of course, lies in highlighting to the studentsthe care that

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Laboratory Developments and Innovations

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Rocio Alba-Flores; Fernando Rios-Gutierrez

students tohave access to databases; simple CAD tools, spreadsheet use and image capture display.Also, students are able to generate or acquire data files during lab or lecture, return to adesktop environment, and continue to work. Software demonstrations and interactiveexercises could be downloaded and run in the lab and then carried home for futurereference. As they progress, students will be able to write software on their desktops thatcan be downloaded and run from the handheld. Infrared file transfer from one device toanother can be very useful for students in team projects and between faculty and students. The wireless environment made possible with this device provides efficient andaccurate interaction with course material and data free

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Teaching Design

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Kristin Wood; Daniel Jensen; Alan Dutson; Matthew Green

new materials such as hands-on activities, interactive multimedia, andgroup learning. This balance with concrete experience is especially needed in “building-block”courses that create the foundation for advanced design courses. If we expect students to performwell with open-ended, project-centered problems, we need to provide a pedagogical basis acrossthe entire undergraduate curriculum. This paper presents such a basis for one importantengineering core topic: mechanics of materials. Active learning concepts applied in mechanicsof materials courses are discussed, including specific examples of hands-on, multimedia, andgroup design exercises.1. IntroductionOne of the needed reformations in engineering education involves a change in

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Mariano Savelski; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater; Kevin Dahm

8procedure as an Engineering Clinic project. The total cost of the setup was under $500. In theexperiment, all reagents except the acid are mixed with a Lightnin’ mixer in a 2 L baffled vessel.The acid is then added slowly with a syringe pump, and the rate of addition is one of theparameters that can be studied for its effect on reaction selectivity. The full procedure has been 9described previously. Page 8.970.4 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering EducationGuichardon and Falk characterize the system by

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Don Merrill; Nick Safai

official records, Salt Lake Community College.Professor Nick M. Safai is the Coordinator of Engineering Science Department at SLCC . Hereceived his PhD in Engineering from Princeton University in 1977, and Masters of Science inAerospace and Mechanical Engineering in 1974, MSE in Civil Engineering in 1975, and MSEin Petroleum Reservoir Engineering in 1975 all from Princeton University. He holds a B.S. inEngineering from Michigan State in 1972. Prior to joining the academics , Dr. Safai worked inindustry, where he served as director of the Reservoir Engineering Division at Chevron OilCompany in California. He has taught both at the graduate and undergraduate levels inengineering science. He has performed research projects for the Department of

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Saeid Y. Eidgahy

critical in engineeringeducation is the ability to communicate effectively with people who have preparationsother than engineering. In other words, in order for a new innovative technical project tobe funded, a marketing manager or someone with an accounting or managementbackground must be convinced of its benefits. An engineer must be able to constantlycommunicate in verbal and written forms with non-engineers. This will facilitate thegathering, integrating and conveying of information in many formats.Engineers often work as part of a team composed of many members with variedbackgrounds. As a result, developing skills in managing other people and accomplishingrequired tasks is a universal requirement for any engineer. This may involve planning

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Asad Yousuf

. • Create virtual instruments using LabVIEW • Use data acquisition systems to measure physical quantities. • Gain good understanding of General Purpose Interface Bus (GPIB) communication devices and drivers.The following topics are covered during the semester: 1. Introduction to LabVIEW 2. LabVIEW programming 3. Building an application 4. Instrument drivers 5. Writing a DAQ program 6. Process control application 7. Physical applicationThe following are the laboratory projects that students perform during the semester: 1. Creating a virtual instrument (VI) and sub VI. 2. Use While, For Loops, and a waveform chart for acquiring data in real time. 3. Create a VI that takes a number representing degree Celsius and

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Glenn Wrate

systems sequence. This course focuses on theelectrical design of a large commercial building or industrial complex. The students choosebetween a 20-story building and a four building campus. As with the EE-353, the project is doneby a team of two students and presented to the rest of the class at the end of the term. Page 6.365.4Proceedings of The 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition© 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationThese last two courses, EE-353 and EE-355, can be taken for credit by EE and EET students,provided they have taken courses that cover the prerequisite material. Since they

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Ahmed Elsawy; Ismail Fidan

Tennessee Technological University. Before assuming the current position, Dr. ElSawywas a professor and Graduate Program Coordinator, Department of Industrial Technology, University ofNorthern Iowa for seven years. From 1987 to 1992, Dr. ElSawy was a Professor and Director of theManufacturing Engineering Program at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota. Before that, Dr. ElSawywas a project manager in the Center for Manufacturing Productivity and Technology Transfer and theMaterials Engineering Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy New York. Dr. ElSawy holdsa Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Cairo University, Egypt. He is a member of ASEE, AWS, andASM. His research interests are in the areas of the Mechanical Design, Materials

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James Fuller

? 2. Technology Resources: Do we have the appropriate hardware, software and training to effectively use the technology? How do our systems compare with those used by K-12 students? 3. Project Structure: Can we update curriculum to take full advantages of new learning opportunities or is the change so dramatic we need to start from scratch? Can we develop dialogue with K-12 educators to better coordinate those aspects of their curriculum with the needs and requirements of higher education? 4. Curriculum Linking: The curriculum must become more seamlessly linked throughout the education process in order to take full advantage of the potential of technology. How can this be done

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Tushar Ghosh; Sudarshan Loyalka; Mark Prelas; Dabir Viswanath

quality by adsorption and absorption processes, particleproduction/synthesis, and development of chemical and biological sensors.MARK A. PRELASMark A. Prelas is a H. O. Croft Professor of Nuclear Engineering Program at University of Missouri-Columbia, He was a Foster Fellow at the US State Department from 1999-2000. Dr. Prelas’ researchinterests are in the areas of wide band-gap materials, plasmas, direct energy conversion, energystorage, plasma engineering and nanophase materials. Dr. Prelas has directed two NATOAdvanced Research Workshops in the Former Soviet Union including the first such meeting in theFormer Soviet Union (in the areas of wide band-gap electronic materials 1994 and diamond basedcomposite materials 1996), served as a project

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Steve Schreiner; John Burns

engineering concepts. An equal partnership was formed between K-12and college educators so that a true synergy occurred. This partnership allowed for a dynamicenvironment where educational modules being presented could be tailored to specific pre-collegeclassroom environments.VI. AcknowledgementsThe authors wish to thank the following people whose contributions were important to thesuccess of this project: Dr. Ronald Musiak, Dr. Gail Fletcher, Dr. Karoush Rahnamai, Dr. AbdulKamal, Ms. Marilyn Sullivan, and Mr. Michael Tedesco of Western New England College; Mr.Richard Joseph, Ms. Cele Daigneau, and Ms. Rene O. Jury of Agawam Public Schools; and Mr.George Gorton, Mr. David A. Hebert, and Mr. Owen F. Kelly of Shriners Hospital for Children,Springfield

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Andrew Rose

/PowerEngineering/trad.htm; 2000 Advanced School in Power Engineering, Information under Power Engineering.4. Bedont, James, W. personal communication, January 8, 2001.5. URL: http://www.gaiconsultants.com/proj.htm; Information under Projects, Geotechnical & Structural Engineering.6. GAI Consultants, Inc. Transmission Line Design and Construction, Volume 1, Course Notes, August 21 – September 1, 2000.7. URL: http://www.ku.ac.th/aboutku/english/information/kuinfo.html; Information under About Kasetsart University.ANDREW T. ROSEAndrew T. Rose is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering Technology at the University of Pittsburgh atJohnstown (UPJ) in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Before joining the faculty at UPJ, he was a Staff Engineer with

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Tom Noack; Rose Marra; Johnissia Stevenson; Harry Tyrer; Eric Epperson; Jose Castro

low bandwidth. We support Kuzma’s argument that technology should not be viewed as an end initself but is used as a means toward reaching active learning education goals. Acomparative study of the exam scores of the traditionally taught students and the Webbased students will benefit in the evaluation process. Since this project began many new tools have been developed to handle more ofthe backend networking concerns. It is advised to anyone who takes on Web-basedteaching to start small and be certain that the goals are presented clearly in an effort tohelp students understand what is expected. Highlight and date changes in an effort tokeep students informed of current events and changes, and prevent Web pages

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Thomas S. Kuhaneck; Frank Noonan

3000 different learning institutions. Much of the work increating the new course will be the customization activity of completing the case studies.For students, successful completion of this continuing education course would involvepassing self-administered tests which Blackboard accommodates and satisfactorilycompleting a course project which would be based on applying the coursetools/methodology to one of the problem types in Figure 1 for the student’s particularMSO.Bibliography1. Aquino, Nicholas R., “Managing change”, Business and Economic Review, Oct-Dec 1994.2. Bazerman, M., Judgement in Managerial Decision Making (4th ed.), Wiley, 1998.3. Beer, Michael, Nohria, N. “Cracking the code of change”, Harvard Business Review, Boston, May

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Ifte Choudhury

. Choudhury has extensiveexperience as a consulting architect working on projects funded by the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, andsome other Multilateral Development Banks. His areas of emphasis include housing, alternative technology, issuesrelated to international construction, and construction education. He teaches Environmental Control Systems at anundergraduate level and International Construction at a graduate level. Page 6.407.6Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education

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John Williams

paramount importance to beginningstudents. This paper will briefly review the reasons for change and explain the methods used.Preliminary results will be evaluated through student comments and the author’s observations.Changes include a more structured approach and included the adoption of the textbook StudyingEngineering1. The remaining sections cover engineering tools such as CAD and computerprogramming. These sections were also modified to reinforce the aspect of student development.Primary changes include the addition of projects throughout the whole freshman year as well asthe required participation in a campus wide competition.MethodsThe faculty met to discuss and plan a new first section of the Introduction to Engineeringsequence. Specific

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William Berg; Morris Boughton

. Figure 4The idea is to remove the solderless breadboard in the mini-lab and replace it with a sub-systemmodule that is much easier, and much less time consuming, for the student (and instructor) towork with. Note that the circuit area in this printed circuit board (pcb) mock-up could have been50% larger and still have fit the area provided by the mini-lab.In our final design, each module will be packaged on a larger pcb measuring approximately6.5”X5.5”. Each pcb will have three layer construction (two circuit sides plus ground plane), andwill be silk screened to identify individual circuits, test points, and solderless componentconnections.Other modules planned for development during the next two year project period are listed below.Each module

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Ronald Rockland

for pacemakers, a pictorial discussion onindications, and detailed information on the different types of pacemakers. By clicking on thevarious links, the instructor was able to quickly offer the students an in-depth understanding ofpacemakers. Students were required to review the material at home, and write a brief paper on apacemaker related topic. Another website that students used for this assignment was part of aschool project at North Carolina State University, and had concise background information onpacing and defibrillation. This site is located athttp://www.bae.ncsu.edu/bae/courses/bae465/1995_projects/scho/index.htmlStudent AssessmentStudent’s were very enthusiastic about these websites, and wrote in evaluations that thesewebsites

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Joshua Talbert; Richard Wilk; Frank Wicks

descending hills. While the benefits are relatively easy to explain qualitatively, the quantification of the benefits of a such a hybridsystem, relative to a conventional or downsized gasoline engine, if it does exist is much harder to quantify. Any engineer should be skeptical of the claimed benefits until understood and demonstrated. Students should betaught the importance of critical thinking coupled with analysis. Accordingly, as a student summer project theauthors have tried to critically evaluate the claimed benefits of a hybrid vehicle, along with identifying andevaluating potentially simpler techniques for regenerative braking and for providing extra power for otherconditions. Since the analysis of any potential benefits of a hybrid

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Robert P. Hesketh; Stephanie Farrell

absorbancemeasurement. They perform a material balance to determine the fraction of drug released andperform an experimental parameter evaluation. Using a spreadsheet they perform calculationsnecessary to determine the release profile, and they generate plots of the experimental releaseprofile and that described by the model. Finally they test the validity of their model for thelimiting cases of initial and long times.References1 Engineering Education for a Changing World, Joint project report by the Engineering Deans Council and Corporate Roundtable of the American Society for Engineering Education, Washington, DC, 1994.2 Rowan School of Engineering – A Blueprint for Progress, Rowan College, 1995.3 Fraser, D.M., “Introducing Students to

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

analysis, design, and investigation of building, bridges and tunnel structural projects of various city and stategovernments and private sectors. Dr. Haque is a registered Professional Engineer in the states of New York (1990),Pennsylvania (1991) and Michigan (1998), and members of ASCE, ACI and technical committee members of ACICommittees 342 Evaluation of Concrete Bridges and Bridge Elements and 345 Concrete Bridge Construction, Page 5.414.9Maintenance and Repair. Dr. Haque received a BSCE in 1982 from Bangladesh University of Engineering andTechnology, a MSCE in 1986 and Ph.D. in Civil/Structural Engineering in 1995 from New

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Prawit Potsawatsuk; Mohammed Enamul Haque; Amarneethi Vamadevan

simplified 3D analysis of solar rhythms’,Elsevier, Automation in Construction 8(1998) 181-194.6. Miller, G., ‘Visual Mechanics – Beams & Stress States’, University of Washington, PWS Publishing, 1998.MOHAMMED E. HAQUEMohammed E. Haque is an Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Advisor of the Department of ConstructionEngineering and Management at Western Michigan University. He has over fifteen years of professional experiencein analysis, design, and investigation of building, bridges and tunnel structural projects of various city and stategovernments and private sectors. Dr. Haque is a registered Professional Engineer in the states of New York (1990),Pennsylvania (1991) and Michigan (1998), and members of ASCE, ACI and technical committee

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Mark W. Fitch; Joel G. Burken; Craig D. Adams

Page 5.451.3 3assessment of the students’ knowledge over the entire class material. This was viewed as anessential aspect to ensure that the academic standards of the UMR degree programs are beingmet. The CE/EnvE 400 Special Problem class is difficult to complete in one semester, especiallygiven the time requirements put on the officers. Generally the officers and supervising facultymember identify a research area in the fall semester, begin the background work, and thencomplete the project during the spring semester. To accomplish this the instructor must issue anincomplete after the completion of the first semester. This incomplete is then changed to arepresentative grade during the spring

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Michael B. Spektor; Malcolm Grothe; Walter Buchanan

Session 1347 Outreach Degree Completion Program Michael B. Spektor, Malcolm Grothe, Walter W. Buchanan Oregon Institute of Technology/The Boeing Company/Northeastern UniversityI. IntroductionIn our previous paper entitled “Delivering a Manufacturing Engineering Technology Program toBoeing Company”, in June of 1999, we reported about the mutual educational project betweenOIT and Boeing.1 In this paper we address the Initial Plan, Memorandum of Understanding,First Academic Quarter, Lessons Learned, and our Future Plan. All of the recommendationsfrom the earlier paper have been achieved during this academic year

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Warren R Hill

, periodic/consequential reviews, triggered/consequential reviews, formative departmentalreviews and formative individual reviews. Let s briefly examine each of these.Annual reviews are typically summative in nature and are done, as the name implies, on an annualbasis. They are often done for the purposes of determining any pay raises for the coming year. Page 5.495.2Because they occur so frequently relative to the length of time required to fully evaluate facultydevelopment projects, they are of questionable value for any kind of formative evaluation. Inaddition, the evidence elements needed for a thorough evaluation are usually missing and as

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Sally J. Steadman; Bruce R. Dewey; David Whitman

engineering were given theopportunity to participate in a pilot project adopted from the community building model. Thismodel advocates clustering students, i.e. enrolling groups of students in common sections, so thestudents have the same homework, exams, and course preparation. Students in common sectionscan conveniently share information, and thus benefit through collaborative learning.Since all new engineering students at UW are required to take Introduction to EngineeringComputing, this course was chosen as the basis for clustered scheduling of Power Groupstudents. Membership in the Power Groups is further restricted to students enrolled in Calculus Ior higher, which is approximately 100 students. The Computing course is offered in 10 sectionsto

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Pedro E. Arce

(see Arce, 1994; a&b) is an instructional methodologywhere the students (and not the professor) are at the center of the learning process.Thus, the learning of the material is driven by the students and the role of theprofessor has been moved to that of a “team coach”. The approach integratesclassroom work, quizzes, homework assignments, exams, group projects, and thepreparation of class folders to stimulate and promote the strong involvement ofthe student in the process of building blocks of knowledge. This is achieved in avery active and constructive-progressive fashion. As a result, the students in thistype of environment enhance the development of their individual confidence,individual judgment, and creativity.Within the colloquial

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Mary Schlembach

information resources continues to grow,Grainger staff have developed a ‘Help Getting Started’ module, the first page of which is shownin Figure 3, to assist users in identifying the most appropriate resources to meet their informationneeds.III. Database structures and retrieval featuresWithin the Web-based local databases, we have employed a common database structure and dataelement format. These conventions have been applied, as much as possible, across all of the localresources. This standard database structure includes a set of common table and field (column)tags and rules for the format of the associated data contained in the fields. Both the planning andthe implementation are crucial to the success of any database project.11We have assigned 20