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Albert L. McHenry; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

members who aspire to facultypositions at universities who have research as a primary mission element. It is the requirementof a doctoral degree as the entry-level credential for the ET professorate. This concern pervadesmany professional discussions of faculty status both formal and informal. It has led toTAC/ABET guidelines on the subject in an effort to provide a community-wide solution to theperceived problem. Yet these concerns remain. The purpose of this paper is to provide contextand quantifiable evidence from Carnegie Research 1 universities that defines the scope of theconditions that give rise to a major component the ET faculty concerns. The informationgenerated, explains variations in patterns of institutional hiring, tenure criteria

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Christopher Ibeh

instructor’s ability to market theimportance of the topics.*******************************TABLE II**************************************Thermoplastic Resins – ETECH 387 Dr. C. Ibeh*******************Fall Semester, 1996; Date: 9/25/96*****************************************************Topics For Term Paper**********************************1) Innovations in Casting of Transparent Thermoplastics2) Experimental Determination of Molecular Weight by Viscosity Methods3) Cost-effective Recycling of Plastic Materials4) Compatibility of Thermoplastics in Blends5) Conductive Plastics6) Plastics in Fuel Cell Applications7) Plastics in medical Applications8) Biodegradable Plastics9) Thermoplastics in Composite10

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L. Davis Clements; John S. Cundiff; Dennis Schulte; George Meyer

introduction toGibbs energy will be followed by elementary application problems in plant and mammalianbiosystems.Introduction There has been both past and recent interest in presenting thermodynamics with a morecosmological view emphasizing nature, biology, and the environment 1, 2, 3. These are by far vastworks, which require a lot of student preparation. This paper describes an effort to develop a newintroductory thermodynamics course specifically for the engineering disciplines, which deal withliving systems. These disciplines include Biological Systems Engineering (BSE), segments of theCivil Engineering (CE), and Chemical Engineering (ChE). These are disciplines that focus onbiological issues, specifically the treatment and/or utilization

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James Stice

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Gordon Silverman

Page 4.553.2degrees in computer and information sciences in 1994 as compared to the projected need ofsome 350,000 over the next decade – a projected shortfall of some 100,000 graduates.Computer technology, at the forefront of public awareness, further increases demand forCompE. Recent educational trends show an increase in interest in this discipline. As noted in theSeptember 1997 issue of ASEE Prism, while overall declining enrollment figures in engineeringsuggest stagnation in engineering programs for most disciplines, only “Electrical and Computer”engineering enrollment for first-year, full-time, undergraduate students, shows an increase of7.7% from fall 1995 to fall 1996 figures.National trends4, as noted in Tables 1 and 2 indicate that

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Susan Randolph

via a real lifescenario in an effort to increase student interest and involvement1. Throughindustry partnerships, faculty internships, and site visits to area businesses,TEFATE participants were able to document contemporary, real-worldtelecommunications/engineering issues that were resolved by real-worldengineering technicians2.Initially we were introduced to case study models used in senior-level businesscourses, law and education; we realized early in the discovery process that ourneeds did not mirror those of existing programs using case studies as a teachingtool 1. We would have to create our own niche in case study development—andthat is what we did. We began researching and writing our first case studiessomewhat blindly, but the

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Mohammed A. Hasan; Christopher R. Carroll

expansion is minimal. Two 6850 UART chips implement thetwo additional serial ports. Their transmit and receive clock inputs are driven by theoutput of Timer 1 from the TMS320C31. The LCD display is a single module complete initself. The EPROM interfaces directly with signals coming from the DSK. Only a singledecoder chip is required to provide chip select signals to the UARTs and the LCD display.An additional block of address is decoded by this chip for hardware expansion that mightbe used in student pro jects. The addition of level-shifting hardware to interface withRS-232 signals completes the hardware of the lab systems.Lab SoftwareSoftware supplied with the DSK runs on PC platforms only. To use the DSK boards withthe unix system in the

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William C. Conrad; Richard E. Pfile

the z-transform is determined three ways: (1)by long division, (2) using partial fraction expansion and table lookup, and (3) by Page 4.554.2applying an impulse to the z-transform’s difference equation. Matlab simulationsare used to examine the frequency and impulse responses of z-transforms. A plotof a Matlab simulation of a system with a complex pole and zero is shown infigure 1. Code to implement a FIR filter on the 56002 processor is also presented. Figure 1. Matlab frequency responseIIR filters are also designed using the Impulse Invariant Method and the bilinearz-transform method (BZT).Students calculate DFT coefficients and an overview

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Nabil Kartam

has included asenior-level capstone design course in its curriculum structure. While the inclusion of thissingle course is an essential ingredient of a program which trains competent design-orientedengineers, it nonetheless falls short of achieving this goal due to a variety of factors.Studies have shown that engineering design is a crucial concept in the total educational andlearning experience [1], and its success depends on the implementation of a program whichintegrates a number of desirable educational approaches. These approaches include, but arenot limited to: creative thinking, active learning, increased awareness and participation,integrated research, teamwork, decision making, communicating, managing conflicts andinteracting with

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Barry Jackson

Session 1526 Total Studio: Collaborative Design for Engineering and Architecture Barry Jackson New Jersey Institute of TechnologyAbstractThis paper describes an interdisciplinary design studio that utilizes concepts and methodologiesintended to create a comprehensive approach to the organization of building design through themerger of several techniques. These techniques include 1) collaborative learning and design, 2)interdisciplinary team teaching, and 3) hypertext courseware and learning modules utilizingmulti-tasking workstations. The

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Shih-Ming Lee; Sergio Martinez; Anabel D. Ramos; Martha A. Centeno

. Implementation indicates that the model requires significantcommitment to quality on the part of the faculty. Topical Module Evaluations force professors toplan ahead all material related to a class topic; thus, modularizing handouts and providing asense of clear direction for the student.1. IntroductionHigher education at large is facing the big challenge of improving teaching and learningefficiency with less and less resources. In response, institutions have embarked in a variety ofquality improvement efforts. Most efforts have concentrated on effecting curricular changes andon improving teaching and learning as separate processes.There is hesitation from the academic community towards using quality concepts to improvehigher education performance

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Trevor Harding

Developmental Perspective on the TA Role," Preparing the Professoriate of Tomorrow to Teach, Nyquist et al., eds., Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., Dubuque, Iowa, 1991, 296-312.9. Cross, K.P., "On College Teaching," J. of Engineering Education, 82, (1), 1993, 9-14.10. Williams, L.S., "The Effects of a Comprehensive Teaching Assistant Training Program on Teaching Anxiety and Effectiveness," Research in Higher Education, 32, (5), 1991, 585-598.11. Travers, P.D., "Better Training for Teaching Assistants," College Teaching, 37, (4), 1989, 147-149.12. Weimer, M., Svinicki, M.D. and Bauer, G., "Designing Programs to Prepare TAs to Teach," Teaching Assistant Training in the 1990s, Nyquist et al., eds., Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1989

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Gary B. Randolph; Ron Goodnight; Thomas Zickel

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Sohail Anwar; Shamsa S. Anwar

Page 4.560.2The service area of the Organization includes the counties of Allegheny, Westmoreland,Washington, Greene, Fayette, Armstrong, Indiana, Cambria, Somerset, Clarion, Jefferson, Elk,Mckean, Cameron, Clearfield, Blair, Bedford, Center, Huntingdon, and Fulton. More than2,000 IBEW members are served in these counties by the Organization.Functions of the OrganizationThe Organization performs the following functions:1. To carry out the development and administration of apprenticeship and journeyman training programs in electrical trades.2. To provide continuing education and training opportunities for the IBEW members in its 20- county service area by forming partnerships with local educational organizations to deliver short-term

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Ingrid H. Soudek

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Warenna Millon; Eric Sheppard

engineering degree, and the Session 2570sophomore MRR is the percentage of sophomores who persist on to an engineering degree.Table 1 is a ranked listing of freshman MRRs.Table 1 NACME Ranking of Engineering Freshman Minority Retention Rates (MRR) 1. Bridgeport Eng. Inst. 85.7% 2. George Washington University 78.4 3. Northwestern University 75.7 4. Tulane University 74.4 5. Johns Hopkins 72.4 6. Florida Inst. Of Tech. 72.0 7. Miami-Florida 71.8 8. Princeton University 71.4 9. U. California-Berkeley 69.9 10. Marquette University 66.7 36

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Chris Cox; R. Bruce Robinson

solving problems and designingsolutions. Understandably, they generally want to work on real design problems in their degreeprograms. Based on student feedback, engineering students respond more positively to coursesthat involve real systems and problems, and consequently, probably learn better. Usingrealistic case studies is a logical response to these learning issues. In fact, most MBA programsrecognize the value of case studies and use them extensively.Our case study design also helps our Civil Engineering degree program meet several ABET2000 goals and criteria. This design project case study helps us achieve these ABET 2000outcomes: 1) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering 2) an ability to design a

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W. Thomas Calder; Gerald W. Jakubowski

; Professional Component; Faculty;Facilities; Institutional Support and Financial Resources; and Program Criteria. The secondand third criteria, Program Educational Objectives and Program Outcomes and Assessment, inessence, require each program to: 1) establish educational objectives consistent with theinstitutions overall mission and the needs of its constituencies; 2) implement a curriculum andprocesses that demonstrate that these educational objectives and their associated programoutcomes are being measured and achieved; and 3) initiate a system of ongoing evaluation thatapplies the results to continuous program improvement. These requirements are central to thereform of engineering education today. The processes necessary for their implementation

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Richard L. Coren; C. John Carpenter

curricular pressure. Surprisingly, a modern response issupplied by James Clerk Maxwell, some of whose original concepts were neglected by thosewho interpreted his work. Not only is this reconsidered analysis pedagogically simpler andmore germane to todays usage but it responds to theoretical problems where canonical analysisis weak.A brief discussion is given of this material, which relegates what are now known as the"Maxwell equations" to a secondary role, as it is now being presented in a junior level electricalengineering course.IntroductionThe engineering electromagnetics (EM) course is under attack because:1 - students find it to be one of the most difficult courses they take. This has been exacerbatedrecently by the changing nature and

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Ron Goodnight; Thomas Zickel; Dennis O. Owen

Session 1649 UNDERSTANDING ANDRAGOGY: HOW ADULTS LEARN Ron Goodnight, Dennis Owen, Tom Zickel Purdue UniversityAbstractThe typical students at the Purdue University – Anderson site would be classified as ‘non-traditional’ as evidenced by their average age of thirty-one and almost ninety-five percent areemployed. These students are ‘adult learners’ and, as such, they have special needs which mustbe met to maximize learning. In the United States, Malcolm Knowles introduced the andragogymethod, “the art and science of helping adults learn,”1 having the primary premise that virtuallyall

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Tze-Leong Yew; Kian-Huat Tan; Kurt C. Gramoll

in developing VRML models onthe web1. VRML developers have published their field of work ranging from virtualplaces, artificial intelligence, chemistry, engineering and many more. VRML models areemerging as fast as homepages appeared a few years ago. The purpose of this paper is toexplain the potential use of VRML models for engineering education. This paper is goingto introduce visualization of manufacturing processes, an area of engineering educationwhich VRML can be used to supplement conventional teaching methods.1. Internet and Computing PowerIt is important to understand what Internet is due to the great impact Internet has onengineering education. The Internet is an international network of computers connectingtogether universities

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Gearold R. Johnson; Dueb M. Lakhder

to seek and encourage theparticipation and/or comments of engineering educators. Before we discuss in detail theinitiatives, we strongly believe it will be essential to provide a brief background aboutUNESCO for those who may be in need of this information or who simply want to know moreabout the organization.UNESCOThe United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 1 wasfounded on 11 November 1946 on the premise that "since wars begin in the minds of men, it isin the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed." UNESCO’s constitutionwas signed in London on 16 November 1946 by 37 countries. The mission of the organizationas defined in Article 1 of the conditions, is to "contribute to peace and

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Robert E. Bruninga; Dave D. Myre

short design projects in support of the spacecraft design course. The course isorganized such that each spacecraft subsystem has its own lab module that consists of thefollowing: (1) pre-laboratory preparation and exercises, (2) practical “hands-on” laboratories and(3) continued demonstration of concepts via the electronic classroom.II. Practical LaboratoriesThe practical laboratories were developed and conducted in the fall of 1997 and 1998. There arethree primary areas explored in the laboratories: (1) Communications, (2) Electronic PowerSystems and (3) Thermal Control. Emphasis is placed on communications systems, as this is oneof the Navy’s primary space mission areas. The other laboratories discussed are the spacecraftelectronic power

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Sadikin Djumin; James J. Mager; Jane M. Fraser

Session 3257 The University as Educational Lab Jane M. Fraser, Sadikin Djumin, James J. Mager University of Southern Colorado/Ohio State UniversityAbstractWe report on a project that integrated teaching (supervision of a master’s student), research(extending the work on Markov chain forecasts of student enrollment), and service(improvement of the university’s methods for forecasting enrollment). We giverecommendations on how to generate such projects and how to make such projects work well.1. IntroductionFaculty members have three sets of obligations corresponding to the three areas on which

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Chi-Wook Lee

.,” Proceedings of 1997 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration, ASEE, 1997, pp. 13-15.7. Fairweather, J. and Paulson, K., “Industrial Experience: Its Role in Faculty Commitment to Teaching,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 85, July 1996, pp. 209-215.8. Lee, C.W., Daneshgari, P., and Cox, M.E., “The Role of Engineering Education,” Proceedings of 1995 ASEE Annual Conference, Vol.1, pp. 939-943, Anaheim, CA, 1995.CHI-WOOK LEEChi-Wook Lee is Assistant Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at University of the Pacificwhich he joined in 1998. Prior to 1998, he taught at University of Michigan – Flint. He received his B.E. fromHanyang University in 1981, his M.S. from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1984, and Ph.D

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Gregory P. Starr

engineers about the integration ofmicroprocessors and mechanical devices. This combination of electronics, sensors, andmechanisms has been termed mechatronics 1 ."BackgroundTo integrate microprocessors, software, sensors, and actuators in mechanims I developed asenior-graduate level course o ering in 1980. This course, entitled Microprocessors in MechanicalSystems." The catalog description is ME 470. Microprocessors in Mechanical Systems. Introduction to micro- processor organization, interfacing, machine and assembler-language programming. Several projects involving the use of a microcontroller in various mechanical sys- tems. Prerequisite: senior standing or permission of instructor.The objective of

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John Naber; Jerry Branson; Glenn Edelen; Don Ruoff

to implement a microstrip matching networks using a cellular band powertransistor.I. INTRODUCTIONThe current Printed Circuit Board (PCB) technology routinely prints trace widths of 6 mils asfound in a typical four-layer PCB used in desktop PC motherboard [1]. The equipment toproduce such PCBs in high volumes can cost well into the hundreds of thousands of dollars,which is prohibitive for many universities and potential start-up companies. Even when lessthan state-of-the-art equipment is available, the process itself may limit its usefulness in aclassroom setting as it requires the following steps: 1. Mask generation 2. Resist deposition 3. Resist exposure using

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Robert P. Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

Chemical Engineering Division “Revitalizing Traditional ChE Courses” Session 2313AbstractThis unique catalytic oxidation experiment is used in atraditional chemical reaction engineering course to demonstratethe principles ofi) reaction rate determination,ii) reactor design,iii) heterogeneous catalysis,iv) heat and mass transfer,v) environmental application of reactors,vi) and safety in reactor design. Figure 1: Automotive CatalystsA major advantage of this experiment is that it does not havecostly product and reactant disposal problems. The reactants are propane and air

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Laura J. Genik; Craig W. Somerton

here.Design project 1:Intercooling and Compressor Staging Gas Turbine Power SystemsPrior to the introduction of the mini-project to the class, lectures were given on the analysis ofgas turbine systems. These lectures began with the ideal Brayton cycle and then moved on tothe consideration of regeneration and intercooling with staged compression. Several exampleswere worked in class utilizing a cycle analysis method that was introduced earlier in the coursewhen the Rankine cycle was taught. It was emphasized that although the students would beusing a computer program to perform the calculations for the mini-design project, a thoroughunderstanding of gas turbine system analysis must include an understanding of the calculationprocess that can only be

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Anant Kukreti

themathematical models and how important deviations from these assumptions may be. In order toexpose students to a positive experience in working with physical models of dynamic systems,the following wish list was developed:1. At least some of the experiments should be more than just passive demonstrations, so that the students can be motivated to explore answers to their own questions about the behavior of dynamic systems.2. Sufficient equipment and room need to be available so that multiple groups of students can work simultaneously, keeping the individual group size to a small number. Page 4.570.13. Modern data acquisition