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Suzanna Rose; Mariesa Crow; Susan Murray

of this project. The University of Missouri-Rolla is a small, Midwestern university with a strongemphasis in engineering. Nearly 85 percent of the student body majors in engineering ora closely related field. The enrollment of the school is approximately 5,000 students withover 75 percent male. The average ACT score for entering freshmen is very high atnearly 28. As of 1999, the university had a total of 299 tenured and tenure-track facultymembers with 26 (8.7 %) female (3). Rolla is a small rural community in centralMissouri, one hundred miles from St. Louis. Local employment opportunities outside ofthe university for professionals are limited.Statistics Concerning Female Faculty at UMR An analysis was performed of the

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Patrick Kalgren; Aldo W. Morales

class.• Network trafficA very large part of the development of HDTV as a form of communications that could beprovided, in high quality, by all aspects of the television broadcast medium was the developmentof a standard that would pack a large amount of digital signal into a relatively small bandwidth.The second project in our network labs will introduce the students to network traffic monitoringand analysis• Digital imagingStarting from the origination of a picture we will introduce the principles of file size and the needfor image compression. Working with raw still images, we compare full resolution, 24 bit colorimages with lower resolution, and lower bit rate color map to illustrate size and quality differences. This sets up a good

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John Chen; Mike Ellis

have the skills needed to undertake the development of such projects, or even toborrow and revise them for their own use.The Southeastern University and College Coalition for Engineering Education (SUCCEED), anNSF-sponsored engineering education coalition composed of the engineering colleges of eightsoutheastern universities, is committed to a comprehensive revitalization of undergraduateengineering education for the 21st Century. The eight institutions comprising SUCCEED are:Clemson University, Florida A&M/Florida State University (FAMU/FSU), Georgia Institute ofTechnology (Ga Tech), North Carolina A&T State University (NCA&T), North Carolina StateUniversity (NCSU), University of Florida, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

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Walter J. Gomes III; Rulph Chassaing

documentation materials are available from TI3-10 atwww.ti.com.ImplementationThis project was tested on the following platforms: the fixed-point C6211-based DSK, the floating-point C6701-based evaluation module (EVM), the fixed-point C6201-based EVM, and the C31-based DSK. The C6xxx are all members of the C6x family of VLIW-based processors. The C31 isa member of the C3x family of floating-point processors based on the Harvard architecture.The fixed-point C6211-based DSK9 is TI’s lowest cost development system based on the C6xprocessor. The DSK board includes TI’s 16-bit AD535 data converter, which contains an A/D anda D/A. The AD535 on board the DSK has a sampling rate of 8 kHz.The C6701 is a floating-point processor. Operating at a clock rate of 150

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Oguz A. Soysal

Three view drawings of a machine part 4 Basic principles of water pumps Dimensioning 5 Midterm Exam 1 Team work: brain storming on the design project 6 Principles of energy conversion, power Data analysis using MS Excel generation 7 Electric power generation using solar cells Team work: Preparing presentation slides using MS Power Point 8 Preliminary design presentation Team work: Revision of the design 9 Development teams and product Team work: Drawings of prototype parts development

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Hamid Y. Eydgahi; Saeid Y. Eidgahy

undergraduate degree in Mech. Eng. and an MBA, and is currently working on his Ph.D. He held a number of engineering and project management positions for more than ten years, before joining education. SAEID Y. EDIGAHY is the Dean and a Professor of Engineering Technologies, Applied and Computer Sciences at Jefferson Community College in Steubenville, Ohio. An experienced educator at both 2 and 4- year levels, he has written and presented on numerous distance education and engineering education issues. He is professionally affiliated with ASEE, ASTD, AECT, NAIT, Chair Academy, League for Innovation, and the National Alliance for Business

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Bogdan M. Wilamowski; Aleksander Malinowski

feedback to students is very important in the process oflearning. This is usually achieved by returning graded homework and projects. However, in caseof assigning many various types of work, which contribute with different weights to the finalgrade, it is difficult to keep the student informed about his or her current standing. While keepingtrack of grades is usually easy to perform using a simple spreadsheet, the process of informingstudents requires more effort and time. Therefore, the need for a database that would be easy touse by both an instructor and students was determined.There are many database systems available. Each university registrar’s office has one. However,these systems are not available for everyday use. For security reasons

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Duane L. Abata

, Project Management: A Critical Area of Study for Engineering and Engineering Technology Students, proceedings, Annual conference and Exposition, American Society for Engineering Education, 1998. Page 5.343.6DUANE ABATADuane L. Abata is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics at Michigan TechnologicalUniversity. He is also the Director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Advanced Propulsion which is a graduate andundergraduate center focused on engine research and curriculum development. Dr. Abata served in administration forseveral years before returning to the department to initiate ICAP. Dr. Abata is a

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W. Bradford Cross; Susan M. Morgan; Mark P Rossow

CE 399 Cooperative Education CE 493 Engineering DesignTable 4. Examples of course materials chosen to represent student performance. Outcome Portfolio Target Course Example Material Communication CE 380 Intro. to Environmental • Personal P2 project report Engineering and Science CE 493 Engineering Design • Course memos • Final report • Videotape of final presentation Professional CE 380 Intro. to Environmental • Student attendance at activities

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Mike L. Rioux; Bruce Segee

ofproducts. (a) (b) Figure 4: Sample Database Entries.OutcomeThe physical product of the Intelligent Production Cost Allocation System is a databasecontaining a wealth of information. This database, similar to the example shown inFigure 4b, associates every tool used in production with an operator, a station, and aspecific product. Using this database, queries can be run to enumerate the precise toolingcost for each product. With this information, a company can realize the true profit eachproduct brings forth. It is also possible, given the company’s projected production plan,to keep only the tools necessary for upcoming production runs in

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Anthony J.A. Oxtoby; Adam G. Sanderson

implement the data transfer and handshaking has been developed and is now Page 5.393.1included in selected laboratory exercises. This way one can extend the interfacing options in the course, take advantage of a wider range of I/O devices such as push buttons, LCD displays, multi- channel ADCs etc. and provide a direct link to earlier micro-processor courses. Student projects can also take advantage of this technique.II. Microprocessor Hardware The DSP course uses the ADSP-2181 based EZ-Kit Lite, an inexpensive yet versatile development system from Analog Devices. Incorporated onto the EZ_KIT Lite is a 16-bit fixed point, 30ns ADSP-2181 processor

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W. Ernst Eder

for successful designing.They also think that merely taking part in some sort of design exercise or competition willdeliver a sufficient range of object and design process knowledge to enable students toeffectively design an engineering system (a product and/or its usage process) in their futureoccupations. Teaching and learning to design is much more complex.An old Chinese piece of wisdom credited to Confucius says: Tell me and I will forget Show me and I will remember Involve me and I will understand Take one step back and I will act.In the usual interpretation, the first two of this set of items are used to decry lectures anddemonstrations, and to advocate only project-based learning. The last of these items is

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Robert Sumrall; Nuggenhalli S Nandagopal; Gilbert J. Groendyke

over thirty(30) years experience in the piping design field including extensive experience in the development andimplementation of design practices and procedures using CADD systems. He has served as the lead pipingdesigner in several projects. He is currently the President of SPED. Page 5.69.5

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Ted Eschenbach

, Page 5.70.2this includes exams based on memory vs. using the text and my notes. I also recognize when the Session 3642instructor’s needs are given priority over my and my classmates’ needs, such as when homeworkis neither assigned nor collected. I can tell if a course has been designed so that I can developand demonstrate my understanding.While the student’s focus is on outcomes – developed and demonstrated understanding, thefaculty member’s tool is pedagogy. What will the homework, labs, case studies, exams, quizzes,lectures, team assignments, projects, etc. accomplish – individually and collectively?Is the instructor fair and reasonable? For many engineering

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Bodgan M. Wilamowski; Aleksander Malinowski

User Input: daemon Perl Interpreter Source Code Java VRML Graphical ActiveX Post Processor for Java AppletsFig. 1. Data flow in an Internet Compilers package.These software design problems were considered and solved in the ICP. The user interface isprogrammed in HTML enhanced with JavaScript. The purpose of the project was allowing Page 5.715.2students to get familiar with different compilers and compiler optimization techniques rather thanmake another huge GUI application to wrap

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Madhu Gourineni; Badrul H. Chowdhury

. degrees also inElectrical Engineering from Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA in 1983 and 1987 respectively. Heis currently an Associate Professor in the Electrical & Computer Engineering department of theUniversity of Missouri–Rolla. From 1987 to 1998 he was with the University of Wyoming’sElectrical Engineering department where he attained the rank of Professor. He has served as thePrincipal Investigator in several engineering education-related projects sponsored by the USNational Science Foundation.MADHU GOURINENIMadhu Gourineni obtained his B.S degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering fromOsmania Univeristy, Hyderabad, India in 1998. As soon as he completed his undergraduatedegree, he joined the University of Missouri-Rolla’s Master

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Vijay Arora; Lorenzo Faraone

technology) that answers the question “How?”. Even if we have know-how, we still have to face the societal concerns when many other factors and questions come intoplay before undertaking a new project: whether, what, why, when, whom, where, and how much.If technopreneurship becomes all technique and technology, it will make us more materialisticignoring that we are human beings. If there is very little understanding of the higher humanpurposes that the technology is striving to serve, we will become victims of our own creation. Inthe spirit of providing service to the community, we must decide what is to be done to developnew products and services, cut costs, increase productivity, turn waste into environment-friendlyproducts or assure its safe

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Dick Bickerstaff; Hamid Y. Eydgahi; Robert Speckert

Lima TechnicalCollege (Ohio). He holds an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology, an MBA, and Ph.D. inOperations and Information Management. He held a number of engineering and project management positions formore than ten years before joining education. Dr. Eydgahi’s previous accomplishments have included such areas asprofessional development and educational technologies in instruction.ROBERT SPECKERTMr. Speckert is the Chair and Professor of Engineering Technology at Miami University (Ohio). He holds an MBAfrom University of Cincinnati and a BS in Applied Science from Miami University – Oxford. He is a CertifiedManufacturing Engineers and has presented at such national conferences as the League for Innovation in

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Barbara L. Christe; Elaine M. Cooney

mother of two grade school agechildren should negotiate so hard and long for a part time position. She tried to explain thatschool brought the complications of homework, field trips, having friends over to play and workon group projects, music lessons, sports, etc. Parents are the only ones willing to spend the hoursfrom 3:00 to 9:00pm every day as driver and chaperone. Many times every child will have to bea different place - necessitating both parents pitching in and there still not be a way to get it alldone. Since most universities do not treat part-time faculty as permanent employees, let alonesupport advancing part-time faculty in rank or tenure, asking for a part time position for womenfaculty is the same as resigning. Women faculty must

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Elizabeth Parry; Laura Bottomley

classes eachweek, one geared to students from preschool through second grade; the other for children ingrades three to five. Each class followed the same basic formula: an introduction using booksand pictures, several hands-on activities, a craft project, and a snack. The snack was tied to theclass theme and preparing it was an activity unto itself. The first summer, we filled our classes tothe capacity we had set merely by word of mouth and passing flyers to about 30 parents weknew.When the school year began, we had requests from the parents of our students to offer afterschool science lessons. So, we developed a series of hour-long science explorations, and offeredour services to parents for “science birthday parties.” In this case, we charge

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Edward Fisher; Anton Pintar; Kirk Schulz

Committee as itsassigned experiment. Among other duties, the Safety Committee conducts safety audits of the Page 6.260.4 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Educationunit operations laboratory using a Safety Inspection Checklist (SIC) and conducts the SafetyMeeting for that cycle. The Safety Meeting serves as the oral presentation for the SafetyCommittee. The Safety Committee also carries out an assigned safety project and reports on it atthe Safety Meeting.GradingThe group receives a grade for each

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Narayanan Komerath

movies and picnics, which delayed the weeding-out of Page 3.187.1those who would not survive the “real” courses. A few years ago the course was re-worked and 1taught by several senior faculty, using different approaches. In 1996-‘97, the course was movedinto the Freshman 3rd quarter to strengthen the motivation of the new recruits. This course had toappeal to people who had little background in calculus or mechanics. Options included ideassuch as hands-on projects, lab demonstrations, multimedia, invited speakers, industry tours, andan approach which had been laughed off in the past: teach Aircraft

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Paul J. Eagle; Jonathan M. Weaver; Roger W. Pryor; Mukasa Ssemakula

platform. Althoughinitially developed for a specific cohort of working students (and consequentlycontextualized to their work setting), the philosophy employed is easily adaptable forstudents in other settings. The power of the computer and use of multimedia makes thisan engaging learning experience for the students.Acknowledgment: This work was funded by the National Science Foundation through a subcontract under theGreenfield Coalition, cooperative agreement number EEC-9221542. We would also like to acknowledgeour graduate student, Ricardo Suarez, who has done the Authorware programming for the project Page 3.209.7described

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Yue-Chung Wong

developed inthat period were ineffective were analyzed. Finally, the events that led to the development, andthe details of the effective integrated approach were presented.References1. Thomas H. Sloane, "Laboratories for an Undergraduate Course in Power Electronics". IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 38, No. 4, November 1995.2. Simon S. Ang, "A Practice-Oriented Course in Switching Converters". IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 39, No. 1, February 1996.3. David A. Torrey, "A Project-Oriented Power Electronics Laboratory". IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 9, No. 3, May 1994.4. Daniel W. Hart, "Circuit Simulation as an Aid in Teaching the Principles of Power Electronics". IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol

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Rebecca L. Dodge; Andres F. Rodriguez

admissions. One student proclaimed himself a “sciencenerd,” asking that we please keep it a secret! This provided an opportunity for encouragementand validation for his and others’ interest in science and engineering. Other students haveconsistently expressed surprise and interest in “how important science is.” The Science andEngineering undergraduate- and graduate-level UTEP students who have been involved in thePACES outreach program have also benefited from their participation in each of these programs,which has given them the opportunity to teach younger students about their own career choicesand fields of interest, to act as role models, and to serve their community.AcknowledgmentsWe wish to thank NASA for its support of the project through

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Barry M. Lunt; C. Richard Helps

team spokesperson later in the course. Students are thenintroduced to the course via the course syllabus and schedule. To provide a unified focus andtheme for the course, the students are told that they are all employed as professional engineeringtechnologists assigned to complete a design project over the next 15 weeks. They are informedthat most class assignments will revolve around this central theme. The final exercise of the firstday is to introduce the design assignment for the semester. The design assignment presently is aportable device for measuring the height of a tall object (building, tree, etc.) This designincorporates fundamentals of the design process as well as introducing students to concepts ininstrumentation, signal

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Promotion and Tenure

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1998 Annual Conference

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James R. Alexander, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown; Donald D. Harter, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown; Jerry W. Samples, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators (NEE)

to the professor, plans for starting research andpublication of dissertation material or pedagogy, and a timeline for success in coming years.Specifics should include the desired number of research projects, probable grants, consulting thatsupports the discipline and fosters knowledge that is applicable in the classroom, publications,new courses to be developed, and precise event timing. A viable schedule is imperative, or theventure will fail.Finally, there must be a mentor to act as an agent for the new faculty member. If the faultymember is a good teacher and is technically competent, the sink or swim process does not servethe university or the faculty well. The mentor should take every opportunity to encourage, assist,cajole, and provide

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John Stratton

2 62 18 4 2 11 0 Tele. ET 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 Total ET 4 50 17 10 7 9 2 Definitions: Technician: Includes Senior Technician. No Technologist reported. Engineer: Engineer in title, but no manager title. Engr. Mgt.: Manager of engineering, project or design functions. General Mgt.: Other functions related to industrial management. Senior Mgt.: President, Owner, Principal, or other high ranking official. ET Related: Did not contain engineer in title, clearly uses ET education. Other: Does not appear to require ET

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Salvatore A. Marsico

removed prior to fracture, otherwise risk damage to the unit.13 Cheng, F-H., Statics and Strength of Materials, Glencoe, 1985 p25514 As many students Penn State/Wilkes-Barre reside one to two hours from the campus, establishing and maintaininggroup communication is critical for the success of any project. FirstClass Client Communication Software v3.5provided this conferencing capability. The e-mail was carried out in two ways: 1): posting to a group bulletin board contained within the conference, or 2): individual mailing to private accounts.The individuals within the groups were able to monitor receipt of e-mail by using the History function of tracking e-mail provided by the software. This History function

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George H. Staab

. The traditional methods of presenting mechanics to undergraduates ischanging. There are numerous views and opinions as to why the traditional methods mustchange and how they should change. One obvious change is the growing use ofcomputers for in-class demonstrations, supplements to complex numerical computationson homework and projects, and as a supplement to text books. Traditional texts willcontinue to be supplemented with computer software. A fundamental question whichmust be answered is the type of software. Should it be exploration based, directed, or acombination of the two. For undergraduates initially learning the concepts it seem as if acombination of directed and exploration is appropriate. The software described hereinrepresents