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Pre-College Initiatives in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Tohru Kitamura; Masashi Tani; Kazuya Takemata; Masakatsu Matsuishi

-on exercises, and cooperative learning. The Plan-Do-Check-ActCycle, which is widely used in industries for quality control activities,7 is composed of four stages(Plan, Do, Check, and Act) and carried out in the cycle as illustrated in Figure 3. Walter Shewhartoriginally developed the concept of the Plan-Do-Check-Act Cycle during the 1930’s. It was taken upand promoted very effectively from the 1950’s on by W. Edwards Deming and is consequentlyknown as “the Deming Wheel”.The pre-college engineering education can be summarized in terms of the Plan-Do-Check-Act Cycleas follows:(1) Individual activity on the first day: (a) Plan: Students obtained necessary Do information, e.g. types of bridge structure

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Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

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2003 Annual Conference

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William Maxwell; James Johnson

Page 8.903.1in the engineering technology arena and case studies would be the choice for “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineer Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”the teaching method. This paper will explain one technique which Nashville State TechnicalCommunity College believes will satisfy the need for an orientation class suitable for severalengineering technology degree fields.HistoryNashville State Technical Community College began life as the Nashville State Technical Institutein the late 1960’s. The degree fields were dictated by the local area needs at that time andincluded several engineering technology fields of study. The

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Kenneth Reid

let you know that the engineering demonstration that Holly attended yesterday made a big impression on her. She was so excited about what she learned that she called me at work as soon as she got home. She had thought that engineering was a “boring” career choice, but now she is all set to go to Purdue (at least this week). Hopefully this will translate to her math and science classes”S Shepherd’s Community Center - 7/18/02 88 students, 10 adults Page 8.952.5 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering

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Advancing Thermal Science Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Michael Furey; Eugene Brown

biomedicalengineering in graduate school chose the human body as a complex thermodynamic system. Andmany showed a genuine concern for global warming and attempts to alleviate the problem throughenergy conservation approaches and increases in efficiency. The students who chose the essay,roughly 60% of the Fall 2002 class, seemed excited by making connections between the courseand the “real world.” One student—in the top of the class with a test average in the mid-90’s—chose an essay topic because he was interested in doing it, realizing that it would have noeffect on his grade.Other observations, including comments on the essays, were included in an e-mail message sent to

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International Engineering Education II

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2003 Annual Conference

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Chow Michael; Barry Farbrother

PARALLELING THE WORKPLACE ON THE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS: THE EiR PROGRAM AT OHIO NORTHERN UNIVERSITY Barry Farbrother1, Michael Chow 2Abstract  The Engineer-in-Residence (EiR) program is a collaborative initiative between the T.J. Smull College ofEngineering at Ohio Northern University (ONU), and Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC (MAP). The program provides anoffice within the college of engineering from which a practicing professional – the Engineer-in-Residence – operates. TheEngineer-in-Residence is an employee of MAP, not ONU. The EiR office space i s leased under an annual contract, whichincludes the provision of some support services. The facility is a scaled-down

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

R Wane Schneiter

process of carrying this task out isitself an act of engineering." They conclude with the bold statement that "rather than simply themanner in which engineering design is communicated, writing is the medium through whichquality engineering design becomes possible."An example illustrates the intimate connection between writing and engineering: Engineers are writing a report for presentation to a client. They are writing about what their firm learned about environmental contamination from the client 's manufacturing operations. In writing the report, the engineers may never visit the client's facility. Instead, they work from a file of company documents. The source for knowledge about the facility is not from personal observations

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lynn Wang; Paul Klenk; Gary Ybarra

., Ybarra, G.A., Chancey, V.C. and Merdes, C.L. “Multimedia Teaching Modules in theEngineering K-PH.D. Program at Duke University.” Proceedings. Frontiers in Education Conference. 2001.2 deGrazia, J.L., Sullivan, J.F., Carlson, L.E. and Carlson, D.W. “Engineering in the K-12 Classroom: A Partnership that Works.” Proceedings. Frontiers in Education Conference. 2000.3 Villa, E.Q., Rios, L.D., Stafford, S. and Gandara, G. “K-16 Partnerships: Casting a Broad Net for filling the Critical Gaps in Engineering.” Proceedings. Frontiers in Education Conference. 2001.4 Kimmel, H. and Cano, R. “K-12 and Beyond: The Extended Engineering Pipeline.” Proceedings. Frontiers in Education Conference. 2001.5 Secola, P.M., Smiley, B.A

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New Trends in ECE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Peter Idowu

Page 8.961.6Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &Exposition Copyright @ 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationthey are undesirable or incompatible with the missions and objectives of the institution orprogram.References 1 Karady, G.G.; Heydt, G.T., Michel, M.; Crossley, P.; Rudnick, H.; Iwamoto, S., “Review of electric power engineering education worldwide,” Proc. 1999 IEEE Power Engineering Society Summer Meeting, v2, p906 – 915. 2 Bohmann, L.J.; Mork, B.A., Schulz, N.N.; Wiitanen, D.O., “The development of a new core electrical engineering course in energy processing systems: a work in progress,” Proc. 28th Annual Frontiers in Education

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Web-Based Laboratories and Classes

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Gehringer

that’s possible. That' s what I recommend to those who are considering using our WebCT system.”5. A Representative Sample?The data reported above was derived from a self-selected sample of instructors (primarily Page 8.1309.4members of a handful of listservs). Relatively few of the ≈ 3500 members of these listservsProceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition 4Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Educationresponded to the survey. One might therefore question whether the responses were typical of theexperiences of faculty across the

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2003 Annual Conference

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Joanne Hood; Elizabeth Bahe; Fonda Swimmer; Ingrid St. Omer

advisor. Thus,only anecdotal information was available since no formal mechanism existed to collect this data.In order to obtain data on why students leave the College, we undertook two initiatives. Studentswere contacted via e-mail to ask if they would provide the reason(s) why they left the majors.Additional information came from focus groups conducted with current students during the Fall2001 semester. The participating students were very candid and specific, providing informationon why they have persisted, as well as the reasons why other students they know have left theCollege. The students also offered suggestions on administrative and academic issues that mayincrease retention rates. As a result of the student input, the College has

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Engineering / Education Collaborations

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2003 Annual Conference

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Steve Shooter; Micheal Hanyak; Matt Higgins; Marie Wagner; Ed Mastascusa; Dan Hyde; Brian Hoyt; Bill Snyder; Michael Prince

.AcknowledgementsWe wish to acknowlege the National Science Foundation for funding Project Catalyst(NSF 9972758). We also thank Bucknell University which provided both financial andmoral support for this project.REFERENCES[1] Woods, D. R. “Three Trends in Teaching and Learning.” Chemical Engineering Education, Vol. 32, No. 4, 1998, pp. 296-301.[2] Bloom, Benjamin S. (ed.), Taxonomy of Educational Objectives. Handbook I: Cognitive Domain, David McKay Co., 1956.[3] Felder, R. M., G. N. Felder, and E. J. Dietz, “A Longitudinal Study of Engineering Student Performance and Retention. V.Comparisons with Traditionally-taught Students”, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 87, No. 4, 1998, pp. 469-480.[4] Hanyak, M. E., et al., "Combining Faculty Teamwork, Applied

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Neal Armstrong, University of Texas at Austin; Sherry Woods, University of Texas at Austin; Kathy Schmidt, The University of Texas at Austin

-based or learner-focusedpedagogical strategies as well as continuous improvement processes were emphasized repeatedlyduring the orientation.Faculty Innovation Center: Since the 1980’s, the College has provided an instructionalmaterials support service. This service, originally called the Instructional Media Lab (IML), wasprimarily used to assist faculty in the development of mediated instructional resources; however,the College wanted to expand this support and include pedagogical assistance. In the fall of 2000with a grant from Hewlett-Packard, the College transformed the IML into the Faculty InnovationCenter (FIC). The FIC supports instructional innovation by providing media and instructionaldevelopment services to engineering faculty. (See

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Multimedia Arena

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Crown

and could beeasily modified to teach other design tools and any topic appropriate to the world environment. Aweb site is available to facilitate the use and development of virtual worlds in education and toenhance the design process.ReferencesBransford, J.D., Brown, A.L. & Cocking, R.R. (Eds.). How People Learn: Brain, mind,experience, and school. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.http://www.nap.edu/html/howpeople1/ (1999).Crown, S. (2001). "Improving Visualization Skills of Engineering Graphics Students UsingSimple JavaScript Web Based Games." Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 90, no. 3, 347-355.Crown, S. (1999). "Web-Based Learning: Enhancing the Teaching of Engineering Graphics"Interactive Multimedia Electronic Journal of

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Innovations in the Aerospace Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Shannon Twigg; Eric Johnson

” 1 KiPitch s + Longitudinal + + Stick KPitchStick KpPitch Aircraft (-1 to 1

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Engineering Technology Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mukasa Ssemakula

ofthe classroom, and the various pieces of equipment available in the classroom and their effectiveuse. Our particular classroom incorporates multiple cameras in the originating room and theremote site(s), computers, and a VCR; all integrated to work as a single system under theinstructor’s control. The workshop offered hands-on training in operating all components of thesystem, and important guidelines for preparing instructional materials for delivery using thesystem. The workshop proved to be very helpful. It was particularly eye-opening to realize thatthe experience of a student taking a televised distance class needs to be deliberately designed to

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Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

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2003 Annual Conference

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Ann Anderson; Ronald Bucinell

discussed.Union College’s Approach to Engineering MechanicsThe Union College curriculum reform of the mid 1990’s was fueled by a generous grant from theGE Foundation and the energy of the sitting Dean of Engineering at the time, Dr. RichardKenyon (now retired). This effort allowed the faculty to step back and rethink the objectives ofengineering education and how it was delivered. Part of this effort was to take a close look at theentire sequence of engineering mechanics courses that are offered to engineering students. Thesituation at Union College is somewhat unique because of the size of the program. Union pridesitself in small classes. The total student body is approximately 2000 students of which onlyabout 350 are engineering students. The

Conference Session

Tenure and Promotion Tricks of the Trade

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jerry Samples

Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationAs a new faculty member, either recently graduated or entering academia from industry, it isimportant to recognize what is expected of you early in the quest for tenure. Unfortunately, thepreparation of most faculty does not include a course on tenure implications, nor does it includeextensive guidance about teaching and publishing. Teaching may have been emphasized duringgraduate study or it may have been totally neglected. Perhaps the best preparation for publishingcomes in the form of writing a thesis or dissertation and having it published in various venues. AsAaron S. Carton, Professor of Linguistics at the State University of New York at Stony Brookrelates: “My warrant to teach has

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Forsberg

laboratory.In conclusion, it is believed that use of the demonstration unit in lecture classes significantlyenhances the educational experience of the students and improves the students’ comprehensionof the lecture material.CHARLES H. FORSBERGCharles H. Forsberg is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Hofstra University, where he teaches courses in thethermal/fluids area. He received a B. S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (nowPolytechnic University), and an M. S. in Mechanical Engineering and Ph. D. from Columbia University. He is aLicensed Professional Engineer in New York State.“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2003, American

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Mentoring, Outreach, & Intro BME Courses

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2003 Annual Conference

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E. Duco Jansen; Sean P. Brophy; Stacy Klein; Patrick Norris; Ming Wang, Vanderbilt University

University of Michigan, an MS inComputer Science from DePaul University and PhD in Education and Human Development from VanderbiltUniversity. Dr. Brophy works with the Learning Technology Center at Vanderbilt to apply current theories ofLearning Science to improve instruction at various educational levels. He currently is an Assistant ResearchProfessor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt. His current research interests relate to usingsimulations and models to facilitate students understanding of difficult concepts within engineering as part of theVaNTH Engineering Research Center (ERC).STACY S. KLEINStacy S. Klein received her B.S.E. degree in Biomedical and Electrical Engineering from Duke University, an MS inBiomedical

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Internet Programming and Applications

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2003 Annual Conference

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Thomas Miller; Steve Walsh; Leigh Haefner; Hollylynne Stohl

when the tip is on or near the surface of the notepad. A microswitch in the pen tipactivates when the tip touches the paper. This combination of sensors allows pen strokes to berecorded, as well as movement of the pen near the paper, but not touching.What is actually recorded when a user writes on the notepad of the CrossPad2 are pen strokesand time stamps. This information is sufficient to allow the reconstruction of a drawing on acomputer screen in “real time,” (i.e., the strokes constituting the drawing appear on the screenwith the same timing as when they were actually drawn on the paper). Miller (first author)wanted to synchronize CrossPad2’s data capture with a voice recording on an attached PC tocreate a voice-annotated drawing that

Conference Session

The Use of Technology in Teaching Math

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Carlos Morales

subspace. It is tempting to think that because we have three colors that we can generate all colors in R3, but this is not necessarily the truth. Linearly dependent To solve this problem we place the vectors into the columns of our matrix. We then reduce the matrix. Any leading 1’s in our columns correspond to the original vectors. In this case we have ones in columns 1 and 2. Thus the vectors <10,25,35> and <50,21,16> form a basis for our subspace. All

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Computer Assisted Data Acquisition

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2003 Annual Conference

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Yi-Wei Huang; Nikos Kiritsis; David Ayrapetyan

, CO. Page 8.77.9[5] Kelly Graham S., 2002, “Fundamentals of Mechanical Vibrations”, McGraw Hill Inc., New York. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education[6] Reinkensmeyer David J., “MAE 106 Mechanical Systems Laboratory”, University of California at Irvine.[7] Rao Singiresu S., 1995, “Mechanical Vibrations”, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company Inc., New York. 9. BiographiesNIKOS KIRITSIS is an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering at

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Outreach and Freshman Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Brader; Jed Lyons

Session 2566 GK-12 Enhances Teaching Skills of Engineering Graduate Students Jed S. Lyons, John S. Brader and Christine Ebert University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29208 lyons@sc.eduAbstractThe National Science Foundation’s Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12)program at the University of South Carolina provides fellowships for graduate students inengineering to serve as content resources in K-12 public schools. During its first year, the USCGK-12 program improved the teaching and

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Electrical ET Labs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Banzhaf

. Page 8.437.6 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education time/div = 200 µs FFT sample rate = 1.00 MSa/s Span = 500 kHz Center = 250 kHz Figure 9 Sinusoidal Voltage in Time Domain and Frequency DomainIn the display below, the time per

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Industrial Sponsored Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Hatfield

for the next project, which involves a boat or amphibious vehicle that can navigate around apond, make measurements at various depths, and retrieve a sample from the bottom.References: 1. Hatfield, J., Collier, K., Howell, S., Larson, D., and G. Thomas, (1995), “Corporate Structure in the Classroom, A Model for Teaching Engineering Design,” 1995 Frontiers in Education Conference Proceedings, November 1-4, 1995, Atlanta, GA. 2. Hartman, D. and D. Larson, (2000), “Design4Practice,” Invited Paper, Proceedings, The 28 th Annual Israel Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Vegev Beer-Sheva, Israel, June 14-15, pp. 419-423. 3. Larson, D., Tester, J., Wecker, S., and E

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Outreach: Future Women in Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert M. McAllister; Matthew Sanders

Session 1692 Twenty First Century Women Prefer Summer Science Kamp Matthew S. Sanders and Robert M. McAllister Kettering University Flint, MI 48504AbstractAlthough culture of science has contributed to the lack of women in engineering, the culturaldiversity of our society offers an opportunity to seek future engineers in groups other than thetraditional "white male" engineer. Women receive the majority of all bachelor's degrees, howeverfewer than 20% of those degrees are in engineering. This discrepancy increases at the graduatelevel. Furthermore, 63

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Theresa Jones

class.Bibliography1. Addington, J. S., & Johnson, R. A. (1999). Incorporating the design and use of surveys with otherengineering assessment methods under Criteria 2000 guidelines. Paper presented at The Proceedings of “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Page 8.1005.5 Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”the 1999 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, June 20-23,Session 1332.2. Anaya, G. (1999). College impact on student learning: Comparing the use of self-reported gains,standardized test scores, and college grades

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Innovations in Nuclear Infrastructure & Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Loveland; Wade Richards; Sue Clark; Steven Reese; Stephen Binney; Kathryn Higley; John Bennion; Edward Morse; James Elliston

dedicated toward revitalization ofinactive irradiation facilities. This will allow the OSTR to expand without interfering with alreadywell-utilized facilities.The OSTR is a General Atomics TRIGA® Mark II pool-type research reactor. It is licensed bythe U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to operate at a maximum steady state power of 1.1MW and can also be pulsed up to a peak power of approximately 2500 MW over 8 ms. TheOSTR has a number of irradiation facilities providing a wide range of neutron flux levels andqualities which are sufficient to meet the needs of most researchers. However, in recent years thefour available beam ports have been underutilized. To correct this, investments in beam portfacility improvements are a high priority for reactor

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Contemporary Issues in Manufacturing Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William White; Marie Lee; Diane Schuch Miller

Session 1363 The Development of Manufacturing Case Studies William L. White, Diane M. Schuch-Miller, Marie D. Lee Lawrence Technological University/Wayne State University/Wayne State University In manufacturing engineering education, there is a need for problem-solving projects that reflect realissues to supplement or replace drill and practice problems. Authentic activities offer an opportunity to apply newknowledge and skills to manufacturing engineering problems, test theorie s, and draw conclusions in a safeenvironment with the help of their peers and mentors. Case studies add relevance and

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Women in Engineering: New Research

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Gralinski; Janis Terpenny

understanding of material properties, • improve the basic knowledge of materials processes (casting, molding etc.), and Page 8.798.2 • improvement on the usage of technical vocabulary. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationThe teacher in this case was trained as an Industrial Arts teacher in the early 1970’s and earned asecond certification in general science in the mid 1990’s. He has taught a range of courses inthat time but of late has concentrated on Communications Technology (formerly