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B.S. Sridhara

for failing the braking test in Indianapolis was that we could not test the car thoroughlybefore the qualifier.In the spring of 1998, we decided to compete in Sunrayce 99 and submitted our proposal inJanuary of 1998. In this proposal,1 the author discussed different aspects of the project includingDesign and Engineering (driver safety, design and analysis, and material selection) in accordancewith Sunrayce 99 regulations.2 Topics such as Organization and Project Planning, Curriculum Page 5.141.2Integration, Fund Raising and Team Support, Vehicle Testing and Driver Training, and Logisticswere also discussed. In February, the Sunrayce

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William Shepherd; Brian Manhire; Darwin Liang

funding and yet expect personal service to students similar to that in decades gone by; • in general wish their own experience of higher education in the pre- and post-Robbins elite period to be replicated in the mass era of the 1990s.A prime example for such ambivalence is highlighted in the recent changes to the routes to reg-istration of Chartered and Incorporated Engineers, which is the equivalent of professional engi-neers and assistant engineers. This will be discussed in greater detail in a later section.IV. Current Enrolments in U.K. Engineering Courses 4,5Figure 1 shows all the recognised Universities, University Colleges and Higher Education Col-leges in the United Kingdom, with data base last modified as of

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Robin S. Adams; Cynthia Atman

example,an initial understanding of the problem is not static, but rather reflects the currentunderstanding at that point in time. As a designer searches for and clarifies information aboutthe problem, the designer gains insight that informs the previous conception of the problem.This new understanding may help in the generation or refinement of possible solutions.Therefore, our research was guided by two goals: 1) to develop a model for operationalizingiterative behaviors based on what we know about transition behaviors, and 2) to utilize thismodel to analyze how iterative behaviors may contribute to performance.III. Operationalizing IterationIn an earlier paper we described a model for operationalizing iterative behaviors in cognitiveterms11

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Don L. Dekker

have to learnmore about creativity on their own. As I think more about this, faculty should try to “sell” moreof our courses to our students. For example, whether or not a student likes or dislikes“Thermodynamics” probably has something to do with the professor. The impetus for expanding the course from two credits to four, was Edward deBono’sbook, Serious Creativity.[1] This book has many techniques to use for improving creativity andeveryone can try these techniques. In 1995, another new creativity book, Jump Start Your Brain [2] by Doug Hall, appeared.This book also has a lot of “Brain Programs” to help improve creativity and, in addition, it is alot more fun to read. Of course, FUN is a good way to get students interested

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Sheldon M. Jeter; Jeffrey A. Donnell

students prepare extended abstracts and short narrative reports, which build onthe itemized report format while providing more analysis and discussion. In our capstoneexperimental course, the students are asked to write reports that provide the detailed analysis anddiscussion expected in a longer narrative report. This booklet length report typically includes aproblem statement, a fully researched background section, and a lengthy discussion of methods. The general outline of any report in our hierarchy of reports is organized around the set ofsection headings shown in Table 1 with associated suggestive prompt questions. Table 1. Typical Section Headings and Associated Prompt Questions Section

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Douglas G. Schmucker

truss structure and loading. D. Evaluate the adequacy of the truss structure given its member strengths. Suggest ways in which to correct any deficiencies or to otherwise improve the structure.Notice that these examples cover a spectrum of relatively simple to complex tasks. Thefollowing (hierarchical) taxonomy, known as Bloom’s Taxonmoy5, is a helpful way in which tounderstand and think about various levels and complexity of learning objectives. Thetaxonomy begins at a simple foundational level and proceeds to a "highest" and most complexsixth level. 1. Knowledge. Consists of recollection of facts, basic definitions, lists of information, or methodology or procedures. (Objective A.) 2. Comprehension. Consists of restating

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Enno Koehn

excellent learning experiences6.IV. Class EvaluationIn order to evaluate the “Temporary Facilities and Hazardous Waste Design” course, evaluationforms were distributed to students enrolled in the class. The students were requested to evaluatethe instructor in the course in addition to the various student teacher presentations. The resultsare illustrated in Table 1. As shown, the student presentations were rated less effective (3.1 –3.7) than those of the faculty member teaching the class (3.9 – 4.0). This is to be expected sincefaculty members generally have considerable more teaching experience. The largest differencein scores was in the “presents concepts in an understandable way” category; 3.1, students versus3.9, faculty. “Makes attending class

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Enno Koehn

students were requested to evaluatethe instructor in the course in addition to the various student teacher presentations. The resultsare illustrated in Table 1. As shown, the student presentations were rated less effective (3.1 –3.7) than those of the faculty member teaching the class (3.9 – 4.0). This is to be expected sincefaculty members generally have considerable more teaching experience. The largest differencein scores was in the “presents concepts in an understandable way” category; 3.1, students versus3.9, faculty. “Makes attending class worthwhile” posted the second greatest difference; 3.4,students versus 4.0, faculty. Nevertheless, it should be mentioned that, overall, the studentratings were above average with an effectiveness score

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Terrence P. O'Connor

conductors relative to air so thatthey can be thought of as two sides of a capacitor charged to approximately260kV4. This creates a downward electric field of 100 to 300 Volts per meter inregions where there is no storm activity. This results in a discharge (leakagecurrent) of the ionosphere/surface capacitor in fair weather of approximately 1kAmps on average between the entire earth’s surface and the ionosphere5. Threemechanisms are known which charge this capacitor: 1. Charge going to theionosphere from the tops of thunderstorms (by far the most important) 2. Solarwind interacting with the earth’s magnetic field and 3. Atmospheric tides in thethermosphere (a region of the atmosphere just above the ionosphere). The exactmechanism of cloud

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Ron Baddock; Catherine S. Bolek; Kenny Fotouhi; Ali Eydgahi

, Proceedings of ASEE Conference, Charlotte, NC, 1999.3. Froyd, J.E., Building Effective Industrial Relationships: The Foundation Coalition Experience, Purdue University, 1995.4. Liaw, B., The ECSEL’s Integrated Approach to Industry-Academe Relations, Purdue University, 1995.5. Semas, J.H., University-Industry Research Partnerships: A Balanced Look at the Ethical Issues, High Technology Careers Magazine, 1999.6. Cho, M.K., University-Industry Research Must Get Scrutiny, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Section Opinion, Page B4, August 1, 1997. Page 5.12.4ALI EYDGAHIDr. Eydgahi is an Associate Professor of electrical

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Monique Osborn; Dilip Nag

. This collaborative initiative wasvoluntarily undertaken by these educators to maximise their teaching effectiveness in order tominimise first year undergraduate transitional issues. Therefore, this paper seeks to promotethe strengths of this alternative approach to professional development in relation to theimplementation of a common first year civil engineering subject ENG1201.2.The short comings of linear professional development.As the need to address the effectiveness of learning and teaching has become a nationalconcern, The Monash Learning and Teaching Operational Plan [1] has been created toredirect academic staff to personally assess their current teaching practices in conjunctionwith the professional development short courses

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Michael T. Hertz; Luna P. Magpilli; Michael E. Gorman

Patricia Werhane, one of the key faculty in the option, moral imagination involvesrecognizing the role, scheme or mental model that one is adopting, disengaging from it and evaluatingalternative perspectives and courses of action (Werhane, 1999).1 The work in this paper was supported by the Social Dimensions of Engineering, Science and Technologyprogram of the National Science Foundation (SBR-9618851) and also by summer research grants from the Page 5.150.1Colgate Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia and graduate fellowship funding from theSchool of Engineering & Applied Science at the University of Virginia.Monsanto

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Traxon Rachell; Kaori Sakaguchi-Hall; Chris Swan

provides knowledge and skills for them to grow as intellectually curiousand critically involved members of society, with a lifelong commitment to learning."To orient the students to the concept of service learning, the following model, shown in Figure 1,was introduced to the students and reinforced throughout the semester. Since the majority ofTufts students come from non-urban areas, a physical tour was given to point out pertinentaspects of the community in which the students would be working. The students are encouraged Page 5.151.2to process these aspects as they look for and formulate hard and soft constraints that will governtheir site

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Ronald H. Rockland

student version of Matlab, which is version5.3. This student version of Matlab has the same functionality as the standard version.The first topic that was discussed in the course was complex numbers. Many topics in thiscourse require the students to have a complete understanding of complex numbers. Thisunderstanding includes conversion of polar to rectangular forms, rectangular to polar forms, andadding, multiplying and dividing complex numbers. Figure 1 shows a Mathcad worksheet thatwas provided to the students by the author, to help practice some of their skills in complexnumber. Fig. 2 shows a related Matlab command window. A 5 5j B 2 3j C 6 j D 2 5j A = 0.517 1.207i D B. C = 3.793 1.483i D A C. D = 9.462

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Matthew Ohland; Richard Layton

outcomes assessment, evaluation techniques thatare largely new in engineering academe are coming into use. One such technique is the peerevaluation instrument. Recent papers by Brown,1 Kaufman et al.,2 and Layton and Ohland3 havedescribed peer evaluation instruments and their use in measuring students’ ability to function inteams. It is important in this context to assess the reliability of peer evaluation instruments.In a mechanical engineering design course at North Carolina A&T State University, students Page 5.152.1were assigned to groups for the purpose of completing term projects in design. The project teamsconsisted of junior-level

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Nancy A. Shields; Joseph M. Pietroburgo

pre-engineering requirements. The following graphs show some basic characteristics of the Joint Program students, andhow they have changed from 1992 to 1998. The first graph shows that the students have beengetting younger. The mean age in the fall of 1992 was a little over 39, and it the fall of 1998 itwas slightly over 33. This change is probably due to the fact that younger pre-engineeringstudents are now entering the upper level program.Figure 1. Mean age of Joint Program students. # # "( "' "&

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Carlos Monsanto; Elaine M. Cooney

comfortable with the software? 1. One lab period; 2. Two weeks;Orcad, capabilities for schematic capture, 3. Eight weeks; 4. the entire semestersimulation, and PCB layout must be Rate the difficulty of use for analog circuits 2.2 2.6purchased separately, but are all available Easy 1 2 3 4 5 Difficultin a demonstration version. This demo Rate the difficulty of use for digital circuits 1.9 2.7version offers an extensive parts list and Easy 1 2 3 4 5 Difficultother capabilities, but is only good for 30 How successful were you at starting the 1.6

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Charles T. Jahren

student groups will execute a mock contract.Task Twelve – Documentation Review. Students will submit their construction processdesign, cost estimate, subcontractor selection and bid to their instructor for review andgrading. The assignments will be graded according to the rubric in Table 1.V. Experience with mock bid lettingsIowa State University has conducted three mock bid lettings. The first was in March1998, the second was in October 1998 and the third was in October 1999. This sectionbriefly describes each experience.A. March 1998The first mock bid letting had 15 student participants that worked in three groups of fourpeople and one group of three people. The students were recruited from sophomore,junior and senior classes. The seniors

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Robert H. Mayer

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essential to the success of manufacturing engineering technology inindustry.Engineering Technology ProgramsFour-year Engineering Technology programs started in the early 1960's because engineeringprograms were becoming too theoretical. A baccalaureate in engineering technology preparesindividuals to become engineering technologists. The Engineering Technology Council has Page 5.155.1defined engineering technology as a: 1 Profession in which knowledge of the applied mathematical and natural sciences gained by higher education, experience, and

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S P Maj; D Veal

results to students, lecturersand potential employers; can be conducted as part of a standard workshop with no disruptionto normal student activity and provides an assurance of a minimum level of acceptable skill.This paper presents the details of designing, implementing and evaluating competency basedevaluation within computer and network technology courses, furthermore the authors makerecommendations for the introduction of this type of evaluation to be an essential part of allundergraduate curriculum.1. IntroductionWithin Western Australia an exploratory market audit was conducted of a wide range ofindustrial and commercial companies. This was complemented by a further detailed analysisof the IT department of a statewide rail company. From

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Charlesworth R. Martin; Alex O. Kalu

isused to describe the proposed assessment model. An algorithm (Figure 1.) for modelimplementation is also shown. Finally, a block diagram (Figure 2.) depicting the closed looprelationship between the assessment process and instructional process is presented.II. Goals and ObjectivesPursuant to the mission of the College of Sciences and Technology, which is derived from themission of Savannah State University, the educational goals of the college are: • to produce graduates who can successfully complete graduate studies in the Sciences, Engineering Technology, and other closely related fields. • to produce graduates that are capable of competing in the work place among peers. • to inculcate in its graduates the

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S P Maj; D Veal

-servernetwork connected to the Internet, a wide range of PCs and associated equipment.Workshops include the installation and testing of: master-slave Hard disc, CD-ROM, DigitalVideo Disc (DVD), flat bed scanner, PC video camera, Infra-red communications link, ZipDisc etc. Other workshop exercises include establishing and testing a video conferencecommunications link via a local area network. With nearly over two hundred students everysemester the logistics associated with supporting this type of laboratory are non-trivial. Issuesinclude: initial equipment cost, student safety, damage to equipment and technical support,This paper presents details of how this new curriculum was designed and implemented at aminimum cost.1. IntroductionReports such as the

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James J. Alpigini

three core electives, selected from the both the management and engineering faculties. Next,a student will participate in a “capstone” course that is offered in a seminar format andencapsulates the entire program. Following the completion of the capstone course, a student willeither write a professional paper, or take three additional approved technical electives. Thedegree requirements are summarized in Table 1. Page 5.158.1 Table 1: Master of Science in Information Science Degree Requirements MGMT 501 Behavioral Science in Business Management core courses MSIS 510

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Jerome A. Atkins

studentswere enrolled in an estimated 25,000 courses during the academic year 1994-1995. In 1995, morethat 3,000 students received degrees and nearly 2,000 earned certificates by enrolling in distancelearning courses exclusively.1 Perhaps no technological innovations have had a greater impact oneducation and information technology development than the computer and the World Wide Web.In the last quarter-century, the personal computer has revolutionized the way Americans get theirinformation and communicate with each other. It is no surprise that formal educational enterpriseshave also been computerized to the point where over 10,000 college courses (and some entiredegree programs) are available at a distance--and increasingly on the Web--and

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Paul Kulowitch; Asad Yousuf

determined for eachcoupon at each wavelength. In general, two trends were noticed in these data. First the intensityincreased rapidly at the onset of heat damage and then decreased considerably from this peakupon further thermal degradation. These trends are clearly illustrated in figure 1, which presentsemission spectra (excitation wavelength) of four coupons having different thermal histories.The results reported by Fisher et. al, have demonstrated that laser-induced fluorescence offers agreat promise as a powerful new approach for detecting thermal damage in polymer composites,especially at the onset of the damage. However, their study indicated some uncertainty due tothe inversion in the series of images, which could be avoided by using an

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Raghu Korrapati; Nikunja K. Swain; James A. Anderson

Inc., PSPICE from MicroSim Corporation, LOGICWORKS III from Capilano Computing, C/C++, Visual Basic from Microsoft Corporationetc.) and test equipment. This CBVEL can also be accessed from remote sites using Internet. Page 5.162.1The CBVEL consists of IBM compatible computers with appropriate software and hardware(LabVIEW, HI-Q, Virtual Bench, PXI Systems, DAQ Cards, etc.) from National Instruments(NI), and is connected to School of Engineering Technology and Sciences (SETS) network andexisting equipment 1, 2. Virtual Instrument (VI) modules for different courses and research areasare currently developed. Examples of some of these VIs are

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John W. Pierre; Badrul H. Chowdhury; Jerry Hamann; Raymond Jacquot

Session 2520 Computer Exercises to Incorporate Energy Concepts into the Electrical Engineering Curriculum R. G. Jacquot, J. W. Pierre, and J. C. Hamann/B. H. Chowdhury University of Wyoming/ University of Missouri-RollaAbstractThe authors report on a sponsored project to incorporate power concepts into non-power courses.Reported here are efforts to build computer exercises to accomplish a portion of this task.1. IntroductionIn 1997 the National Science Foundation funded university programs to enhance electric powereducation in the United States in light of a perceived shortage of competent

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Oguz A. Soysal

actual experiments andexchange data in real time. The paper discusses the educational aspects of onlineexperimentation compared to conventional lab activities and virtual labs based on simulations.II. Learning Styles in Engineering and Science EducationEducational theorists classify different styles for perceiving and processing new information onfour quadrants2,3 as shown in Figure 1. The vertical axis represents the perception and thehorizontal axis represents the processing style of different learners. With the inspiration of thepublication by Harb et al.3, the author surveyed learning styles of FSU students at different levelsof engineering and physics majors. The shaded area on Figure 1 illustrates the distribution ofpreferred learning

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Hamid Khan

this modern, new phase of CADD education in thedesign curriculum.Engineers and technologists must learn about how to think in the modern world ofproduct and systems design, facilities layout and planning and manufacturing [1]. Weindeed have made great efforts toward integrating CAD into design and manufacturingcurriculum but we are still limited by what we see as automated 2D drafting. Curriculum Design Using Robust 3D Modeling / Design SoftwareThe vision of CAD’s role in engineering and technology education is:• CAD software is intuitive and user friendly• Needless time and effort must not be expended in wrestling with the software to learn the software.• Both the teachers and students will maximize their time learning to be