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W. Brian Hyslop; Susan L. Burkett; Susan Vrbsky; Laura Ruhala; Richard Ruhala; John Lusth

State University in the Department of Mathematics & ComputerScience. He received his B.S. in Chemistry from Michigan Technological University, M.S. in Computer Sciencefrom Duke University, and PhD in Computer Science from the University of Alabama. Before obtaining his PhD,he was a research scientist at Southwest Research Institute and Becton Dickinson Research Center for 10 years.LAURA A. RUHALALaura (Wilson) Ruhala is a doctoral candidate at The Pennsylvania State University. She is planning to completeher Ph.D. in Engineering Science and Mechanics this year. She received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering fromGMI Engineering & Management Institute. Before pursuing graduate school, she was an engineer at GeneralMotors for 3

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the work place. The full questionnaire is included as the appendix of this paper. The Civil Engineering Technology program at GSU has graduated over 200 students sinceits start in 1975. From 1976 to 1996, the scope of this project, 21 women graduated. Most ofthese women were the only female in their CET classes. Over the past five years there havetypically been 18-22 graduates with usually no more than two women in any one class. Womenare still rare in CET at GSU. Until just recently these women took jobs in areas or offices that hadfew if any females in technical positions and almost all of the women had men for their immediatesupervisor. Several of the earlier women graduates have progressed to project director positionswhere they

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John R. Wagner; David Finley

the examination. Page 4.190.1INTRODUCTION:Program Assessment has been increasingly important for obtainingaccreditation. Both the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools(NCA) and the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)have identified a need for assessment in the educational process and havemandated the use of multiple measures of program performance.A pictorial diagram showing how student-related information is fed back to thefaculty in Tri-State University’s (TSU) chemical engineering program is shownbelow in Figure 1. As can be seen by this figure, both internal and externalentities attempt to measure the students

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Valerie L. Young

Engineering in the United States," 2nd ed., Engineering Accreditation Commission, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, INC., Baltimore, MD, January 1998, http://www.abet.org/EAC/eac2000.html.5. R.M. Felder and R.W. Rousseau, Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes, 2nd edition, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1986.VALERIE YOUNGValerie Young is in her third year as an assistant professor of chemical engineering at Ohio University. Shereceived her B.S. in chemical engineering from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and her Ph.D. inchemical engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia. Prior to herfaculty appointment, Valerie spent four years as a

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Teri J. Murphy; Russell Goodman; Michael Hofer; Jonathon White; Elena Black; Bradford Kline

Session 2265 Using Mathematica with Multivariable Calculus Teri J. Murphy, Jonathan J. White Department of Mathematics, University of Oklahoma Bradford J. Kline Department of Mathematical Sciences, United States Air Force Academy Elena Black, Russell Goodman, and Michael Hofer Department of Mathematics, University of OklahomaAbstractThe Department of Mathematics at the University of Oklahoma (OU) is developing technology-based materials for its engineering calculus sequence, both to enhance

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Prawat Nagvajara

electrical andcomputer engineering curriculum due to the demands in current technology. To that end,challenging hands-on design projects, which now accompany the courses, prove very effectiveteaching tools. Applications of digital systems in areas such as signal processing,telecommunications and high-performance computers represent plausible design problems,however, the control problems in which physical systems interact with digital systems toaccomplish certain tasks, offer in our opinion more exciting hands-on design projects than otherapplications. With emphasis on digital design, students can produce a viable solution to simplecontrol problems with minimal knowledge in control theory by using their intuition.To reduce the overhead in

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William B. Hudson; Donald M. Gruenbacher

implementedto meet the changing needs of society and still others are of the opinion that classes need tofocus on teaching the process of learning as much as the material to meet the ever expandingknowledge base. Regardless of the motivation many engineering courses are being "reworked"to utilize the ever increasing technologies brought about by the computer revolution. Thispaper presents the observations of two instructors that have implemented some of the newinstructional tools and techniques in an introductory computer engineering course ofapproximately 100 students. No claim is made that this paper is a how to guide, rather, thispaper is a collection of observations and concerns expressed by instructors and studentsassociated with this course. The

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. Utility research and development departments are chargedwith improving existing processes and developing new technologies and potentialefficiency improvements. This requires engineers who have a knowledge of electric utilityrelated issues. Accordingly, the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation has funded energy related studentresearch at Union College for several years. The combined objective is expanding thetechnical knowledge base and introducing engineering students to energy conversion andconservation related fundamentals and practices. The authors are engineering professorswho serve as Principal Investigators for the research and mentors for the students

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Michael Swedish

. IntroductionThe purpose of this paper is two-fold:- To illustrate the incorporation of the capstone design experience into the development oflaboratory equipment.- To describe the capabilities and operation of the psychrometric test chamber.II. Engineering Design and the Energy Laboratory at the Milwaukee School of EngineeringThe Energy Laboratory at MSOE serves undergraduate students in the Mechanical Engineering,Mechanical Engineering Technology, and Architectural Engineering programs. The Lab is acollaborative arrangement between MSOE and Johnson Controls, Inc., which operates a largeHVAC system for training purposes.The philosophy behind the continuing development of the Energy Lab is to allow theundergraduate students themselves to design and

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John Hoover; Arnold F. Johnson

students differently" because of his DREAMSexperiences. Specifically, he increasingly came to see students in terms of their potential, ratherthan as a sum only of their disabilities. Each student can learn and grow, given that science,mathematics, and technology teachers approach them as individuals with specific learning needs tobe discovered. Putting it in terms of science and technology, each interaction between aninstructor and a student is an experiment in learning. This engineer will bring that emerging viewto teaching his college students. The same faculty member also believed that it is beneficial forscience, mathematics, and technology college instructors to experience instruction at theelementary, middle-school, and secondary

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Sue Schroeder; Patrick Daniel; Carole E. Goodson; Susan Miertschin

processes,tutoring, and attention to problems associated with mathematics anxiety. Specifically, thisapproach was developed for a unit on solutions of systems of linear equations. Page 4.254.1The SettingThe existing course, TMTH 1335, Basic Technical Mathematics, is offered at the University ofHouston, a large urban university that enrolls more than 30,000 students. The studentscompleting the course have majors in diverse fields including Electrical Power Technology,Computer Engineering Technology, Manufacturing Systems Technology, ConstructionManagement, Industrial Supervision, Computer Information Systems, Industrial Distribution,and Human

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Michael A. Hawkins; Susan M. Lord

Session 3264 Design of an Undergraduate Atomic Force Microscopy Laboratory for a Materials Science Lecture Course Michael A. Hawkins and Susan M. Lord University of San DiegoAbstractThe availability of relatively low cost, robust, and easy to use atomic force microscopes (AFMs)makes it possible to introduce undergraduates to this exciting materials characterizationtechnique. The University of San Diego’s (USD) Engineering Department includes anintroductory junior-level Materials Science course required for all engineering majors. In aneffort to provide students

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, implementation, and systemtroubleshooting skills are in high demand by manufacturers using the PLC technology and bysystems houses doing turn-key system development. Recognizing the need for graduates withPLC experience, two- and four-year engineering technology programs across the United Stateshave added PLC courses and laboratories.The issues associated with the development of a PLC course and laboratory include: absence ofa standard for PLC languages, dearth of vendor-specific instructional materials, cost of thestudent laboratory stations, breadth of the applications, and magnitude of the learning Page 4.599.1

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Emin Yilmaz

requiredthem to use their mathematics, machine design, computer programming, engineering analysis andreasoning, and dynamics knowledge.This paper conveys our experiences with the project, shares my experiences in how to guidestudents towards a common goal in a systems design course and how to lead them to finish theproject on time.II. IntroductionStudents in Mechanical Engineering Technology program at the University of Maryland EasternShore are required to take a senior level "ETME 475 - Mechanical Systems Design" course duringtheir last semester. This course is 3 credit hours. Two hours are used for lecture and two hours areused for laboratory. Depending on who is taking the course and the type of projects planned, either

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James Corbeil; Dale A. Wilson

TechnologicalUniversity. He received his B.S. (1974), M.S. (1975) and Ph.D. (1978) from the University ofMissouri-Columbia. Prior to joining Tennessee Technological University he spent 6 years inMechanics of Materials and Structures at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Group. He is a member ofASEE, ASME, ASTM, ASM International and Sigma Xi. He teaches Machine Design, PhysicalMetallurgy, and Mechanical Behavior of Materials and does research in related areas.JAMES CORBEILJames Corbeil is a candidate for a Doctoral Degree in Engineering at Tennessee TechnologicalUniversity. He received his B.S. (1996), M.S. (1998) from Tennessee Technological University.He is a member of Pi Tau Sigma. Currently, he is involved in studying the dynamics of designteam interactions

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Monson H. Hayes; Lonnie D. Harvel

Session 2532 Distance Learning Into the 21st Century Monson H. Hayes and Lonnie Harvel School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332AbstractThe Georgia Institute of Technology is in a unique position of having a campus locatedacross the Atlantic in the heart of the Lorraine region of France. Offering masters degreeprograms in electrical and mechanical engineering, Georgia Tech Lorraine (GTL) mustdeliver more courses than can be staffed by resident faculty. Consequently, GTL mustoffer courses by

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Martin Bowe; Daniel Jensen

Session 1625Hands-on Experiences to Enhance Learning of Design: Effectiveness in a Redesign Context When Correlated with MBTI and VARK Types Dr. Daniel Jensen, Capt. Martin Bowe Dept. of Engineering Mechanics, United States Air Force Academy1. ABSTRACTBased on data from a previous study, we have made significant changes to oursophomore Introduction to Design course at the United States Air Force Academy. Thetwo most important changes have been the division of the course into separate redesignand original design components and the incorporation of extensive hands-on content intothe course. The first half of the semester is spent

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William Cavey; Kenny Fotouhi; Ali Eydgahi

Session 1620 DESIGN OF A PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER TRAINER Mohammad Fotouhi, Ali Eydgahi, William Cavey Electrical Engineering Technology/Engineering and Aviation Sciences University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, MD 21853AbstractThis paper presents the design of a flexible teaching trainer that has incorporated the Allen Bradleycommercial SLC-503 programmable logic controller (PLC) into its system. The system consists ofmany modules including a digital input/output module, an analog voltage/current input module, andan analog to digital

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structure has been proposed by several references over the last decade [1-2]. Types of motor drives worthy of addressing in undergraduate curricula are discussed [3].Recently, LabView has been utilized in developing some animation for an EE course [4].Multimedia projects funded by the NSF and the Department of Education suggest thatvisualization, animation and interactive simulation effectively help learners understand abstractconcepts. However, there have been no major instances of a multimedia approach to EET electricmachine courses except those that utilized NIDAQ tools, Authorware/Flash and Pspice as part ofthe NSF-Greenfield Coalition (NSF-GC) CBI development [5-7] for manufacturing curriculum.Due to current structure and old technology, it is

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Z. Chambers; M. B. Taylor; J. Iannelli; A. J. Baker

://www.debian.orgExample Distance Education Websites1. Finite Elements for the Engineering Sciences http://cfdlab.engr.utk.edu/551w2. Tennessee Governor’s School for Manufacturing http://www.engr.utk.edu/~gschool3. Theoretical Aerodynamics http://cfdlab.engr.utk.edu/AE422wZ. CHAMBERSZachariah Chambers is a Ph.D. student in the Engineering Science CFD curriculum. He holds B.S. and M.Sc.degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana. He has beenactively involved with Internet based distance education at UTK and is exclusively responsible for the videocontent and HTML evolution of the above distance education websites.M.B. TAYLORMike

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Laura A. Miller; Keith A. Miller; David J. Beebe

Session 2532 Introduction to the Guided Distance Learning Model Laura A. Miller, Keith A. Miller, David J. Beebe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering / Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering / Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology / The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign / ABRIS Ltd.AbstractThe Guided Distance Learning Model presents a distance education course in a style resemblingthat of a traditional teacher-student discourse. Interaction between students and the instructor isfacilitated through

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(MicroSimCorporation, Irvine, California, U.S.A.) and Electronics WorkBench version 5.0 (InteractiveImage Technologies, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) by asking a number of second and fourth yearelectrical engineering students to utilize both products in their routine course work.2. Methods2.1. The studentsTwenty nine second-year students taking the introductory electronics course ENEL 343 (ElectricCircuits II) and 34 fourth-year students taking the advanced course ENEL 569 (Electronics forInstrumentation) volunteered to participate in this study. Both courses are part of the regularundergraduate curriculum of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at theUniversity of Calgary [10].2.2. Qualitative comparisonThe two versions of PSPICE and

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). Engineers earn MS degrees from their home PCs. Engineering Times, 20(10), 6.2. Petre, M., Carswell, L., Price, B., and Thomas, P. (1998). Innovations in large-scale supported distanceteaching: Transformation for the internet, not just translation. Journal of Engineering Education, 87(4), p. 423.3. Office of Training Technology. (1997, 23 January). Course management systems. [Online]. U. S. Navy.Available: http://www.ott.navy.mil/1_1/cmsystem.htm [1998, Dec. 11].4. NetForum. (1996). Welcome to the home of NetForum. [Online]. Board of Regents of the University ofWisconsin System. Available: http://www.medsch.wisc.edu/netforum/ [1998, Dec. 14].5. RealNetworks. (1998). Real: Home of streaming media. [Online]. Available: http://www.real.com [1998,Dec

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Charles Roth

", URL: http://www.dla.utexas.edu/depts/anthro/courses/98fall/SP301/SP_syl.htm.CHARLES H. ROTHCharles H. Roth is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and has been on the University of Texas atAustin faculty since 1961. He received his BSEE from the University of Minnesota, his MSEE and EE degreesfrom the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and his PhDEE from Stanford University. His teaching andresearch interests include computer-aided design of digital systems and microcomputer-based systems. He is authorof Fundamentals of Logic Design (1975, 1979, 1985, and 1991), Digital Systems Design Using VHDL (1998), andtwo other textbooks. roth@ece.utexas.edu

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J. W. Pierre; Robert F. Kubichek; Jerry Hamann

Session 1320 Enhancing the Comprehension of Signal Processing Principles using Audio Exercises with MATLAB* J.W. Pierre, R.F. Kubichek, and J.C. Hamann Department of Electrical Engineering University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 82071, USAAbstractCourses in digital signal processing (DSP) and linear systems are frequently viewed by studentsas abstract and impractical due to heavy emphasis on mathematical models. Unlike morephysical topics such as electronics and

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positive.Bibliography1. Hatton, D.M., Wanka, P.C., LeBold, W.K., “The Effect of an Orientation Course on the Attitudes of Freshmen Engineering Students”, Journal of Engineering Education, v.87 (1), January 1998, p. 23.2. Richards, L.G., and Carlson-Skalak, S., “Faculty Reactions to Teaching Engineering Design to First Year Students”, Journal of Engineering Education, v.86 (3), July 1997, p 233.3. Carlson, B., Schoch, P., Kalsher, M., Racicot, B., “A Motivational First-year Electronics Lab”, Journal of Engineering Education, v.86 (4), January 1998.4. Peterson, G.D., “Engineering Criteria 2000: A Bold New Change Agent”, ASEE Prism, v.7 (1), September 1997, p 31.5. Krupczak, J., “Demystifying Technology”, ASEE

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David Phillips; C. Richard Helps

Session 3547 Teaching Embedded Systems Using Multiple Microcontrollers C. Richard G. Helps, David P. Phillips Electronics Engineering Technology, Brigham Young UniversityAbstractEmbedded control systems and in particular microcontrollers are used in virtually everyelectronic system. It is essential that EET students be conversant with this technology. Studentsneed to have a clear understanding of the diversity of embedded systems. They also need to befamiliar with a range of development tools, operating systems and languages.The characteristics of embedded systems add specific challenges to their development

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multimedia A continual challenge in teaching is meeting the students’ academic needs and ensuringthat they are active participants in their own education. Over the past decade several studieshave been made to detect students’ learning styles 1-5. These studies conclude that students bestlearn if they are active participants in their education and are exposed, in varying degrees, toeach discerned learning style. Visualizing the dynamic behavior of physical systems is animportant part of the learning process for engineering students 6. Interactive multimediapresents an opportunity for using advanced technology to improve and enhance a student’slearning environment 7,8 . Students are more attentive to visual lessons, seem to retain more ofwhat

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and Instrument Society of America and Research Foundation of the StateUniversity of New York for equipment funding.The preparation of this paper was supported through the funding support of the State of NewYork/UUP Professional Development and Quality of Working Life Committee.ILYA GRINBERGIlya Grinberg graduated from the Lvov Polytechnic Institute (Lvov, Ukraine) with an MS in EE and earned a Ph.D.degree from the Moscow Institute of Civil Engineering (Moscow, Russia) with a specialization in systemsengineering and design automation. He has 25 years of experience in design and consulting in the field of powerdistribution systems and design automation. Currently he is an assistant professor of Engineering Technology at theState University of

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learned how to spread andstretch our limited financial resources for optimum integration and maximum payoff. We believethat the results of the current Cal Poly project can be transplanted to other undergraduateengineering educational institutions with similar objectives and circumstances.References1. Nahvi, M.J., “DSP Does It”, Paper1526 PS/18, 1998 ASEE Annual Conference, Seattle Washington, June 1998.2. Nahvi, M., “EE 419/459 Lab Manual,” EE Department, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, 1999.3. Nahvi, M., “Transfer of State-of-the-art DSP Technology to Undergraduate Electrical and Computer Engineering Education: Attractions, Promises and Pitfalls,” presented at “Technology 2006: The Seventh National Technology Transfer Conference and