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Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rachel Shinn

impractical – 28 x 10 x 7 = 1,960 datapoints. A computerized system would make this scheme reasonable to implement.On the positive side, the data gives an average estimate of the team’s perception of eachindividual performance. This can be communicated back to individuals so that they can see whatareas they need to improve.The number of categories was reduced in later evaluations and the categories modified. This hasyet to be assessed. Also, a system of a finite number of bonus point s has been implemented, butthe results of this have not yet been assessed. This system, used in addition to the categoryevaluations, has each team member distribute a fixed number of points amongst the team membersso that if each team member is contributing equally, this

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Research

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2002 Annual Conference

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Richard Felder; David Ollis

. Most new Ph.D.’s who join faculties have only beenprepared to work on a research problem someone else has defined. They are expected to figureout for themselves how to plan a course, teach it effectively, assess the learning of their students,define their own research problems, identify and approach potential funding sources, form aresearch team of graduate students and possibly faculty collaborators, write successful proposals,carry out the research, disseminate the results, balance the competing time demands imposed byteaching, research, and service, and integrate themselves into their campus culture. Page 7.668.1 Proceedings of the

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Curriculum Development in BIO Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

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Zdzislaw Pawlowski; Krzysztof Zaremba; Roman Morawski

TECHNICAL ELECTIVE COURSES 10 DIPLOMA 18 Page 7.1224.5 S 96 48 48 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationThe list of courses, presented in Table 2, comprises required and free elective courses. Thecourses should be taken in sequences that are proposed for students in the

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nashwan Younis

facultymust apply the results to the educational objectives as well as the outcomes of the programs. Thedesign content in the curriculum is not an isolated issue from other attributes. It is recommendedto analyze the overall effectiveness of the program in regard to preparing the graduates for aprofessional career in general. This is should be done in conjunction with assessing a desiredattribute. The result from our alumni is shown in Fig. 5. 50 % Numb er o f Res pon s es 40 30 20

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Design, Assessment, and Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

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William Dempster

opportunity for the student to investigatethe integration of mathematics and engineering science in an open-ended design problem.Unfortunately this often ends in failure with either minimal analysis being carried out or themajority of the time being devoted to technical analysis as an end in itself instead of being atool within the design process.A review of the literature and engineering curricula from many other universities indicatedlittle attention has been given to these issues. This is surprising since, a requirement forteaching engineering analysis in a design context had been ident ified by the ASEE in the1950’s, (Nicolai, 1998) but rarely implemented in any formal way. However, Tavakoli andMariappan, (Tavakoli and Mariappan, 2000

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Duarte; Brian Butz

as assignments.When the student feels that s/he knows the solution, s/he emails it back to the supervisor. Thesupervisor acknowledges that the assignment solution is either correct or offers additional help tosolve the assignment. A description of the IMITS learning mechanism has been givenpreviously14 and will not be repeated here.Project StatusThree of the six modules, DC Analysis, AC Analysis and Transient Analysis have beencompleted. Consequently, the intelligent tutoring system is able to assist students in their firsttwo courses in circuit theory. The assignment is the basis of learning within the IMITS softwarepackage. The assignments have to be done in a linear fashion—one assignment completed ormastered before the next assignment

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Instrumentation Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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David Loker

1 1 1 0 pushbutton * is pushbutton 0 is pushbutton # is depressed depressed depressed Table 1. Keypad Truth TableAs the truth table indicates, all three DAQ input terminals (M,H, and E) will be read as all logic 1'swhen all logic 1's are written to the four DAQ output terminals (A,B,F and G), regardless of thestate of any one of the pushbuttons. When a logic 0 is written to any one of the output terminals,then terminals M,H, and E will be read as all logic 1's unless a pushbutton is depressed. In order todetermine which pushbutton is depressed, it is necessary to read all three input terminals (M,H, andE

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Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Rosanne Simeone; Dan Pearce; P. Paxton Marshall

this environment is maximizing“perceived sales value” relative to “production cost”, and in thi s case thecustomer’s perception is limited to a walk through. Only after the first energy billsarrive does this perception shift. By then the manufacturer has been paid.(Commercial real estate is dominated by lease -holders where customers aremore cognizant of operating costs. New commercial construction strikes abalance between amortized purchase and energy costs.) Only during periods of Page 7.1102.2high and/or rapidly increasing energy costs does the pursuit of energy efficiencybecome a dominant factor in the engineering efforts applied to houses ascomplete

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Morel; Jerry Schumacher; Ed Mattison

., Krikke, J., Dieter, S., and Sandro, S. “Using Handheld Computers in the Classroom: Laboratoriesand Collaboration on Handheld Machines” SIGCSE 2001, 2, 1, 2001, p. 169 – 173.3. Gardner, J., Morrison, H., Jarman, R., Reilly, C., and McNally, H. “Learning with Portable Computers.”Computers and Education, 22, 1/2, 1994, p. 161-171. Page 7.1256.6 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education

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Techniques for Improving Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

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Cindy Finelli; Trevor Harding

Session 2230 Suggestions for Establishing Centers for Engineering Education Trevor S. Harding and Cynthia J. Finelli Kettering UniversityIntroductionAt the 2001 ASEE Annual Conference, a group of individuals gathered for a session entitled “ARoundtable Discussion of Best Practices for Developing Centers for Engineering Education,Teaching, and Learning”. The event was part of the Breakfast of Champions session, regularlysponsored by the Educational Research Methods division of ASEE. Eleven people directlyinvolved in existing centers for engineering education were invited to

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New Trends in ECE Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammad Alim

institution, established in 1890’s to serve theneeds of the minority population of the State of Alabama. During the 1970’s, the Universityentered into a lawsuit to acquire the necessary funds to carry out its land-grant mission. In1995, the court order authorized the University to establish two new engineering programs,one in Electrical Engineering and another in Mechanical Engineering. The Electrical andMechanical programs became a part of a larger legal desegregation law suit resolution in thecivil case CV 83-M-1676. This situation brought to AAMU both challenge and uniqueopportunity to develop VLSI and Microelectronics option in the Department of ElectricalEngineering.The Electrical Engineering program offers BS degree. In addition to the general

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Issues in Computer Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Naiqian Zhang; Masaaki Mizuno; Gurdip Singh; Amy Gross; Mitchell Neilsen; Donald Lenhert

Session 1320 A Case Study of Interdisciplinary Teaching at Kansas State University M. Mizuno1, D. Lenhert2, M. Neilsen1, G. Singh1, N. Zhang3, and A. Gross4 1 Department of Computing and Information Sciences, Kansas State University (KSU) { masaaki, neilsen, singh}@cis.ksu.edu* 2 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, KSU, lenhert@ksu.edu* 3 Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, KSU, zhangn@ksu.edu* 4 The IDEA Center, 211 S. Seth Child Road, Manhattan, Kansas

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ET Student Design Teams

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2002 Annual Conference

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Terrence Kelly; Aaron Cowin

Advanced Materials: A Team-Orientated Inquiry Based Approach. Journal of Engineering Education, vol.90, no.4, October 2001, pp. 637-6405. McKeage, K., Skinner, D., Seymour, R.,M., Donahue, D., W., and T., Christianson. Implementing an Interdisciplinary Marketing/Engineering Course Project: Project Format, Preliminary Evaluation, and Critical Factor Review. Journal of Marketing Education, vol. 21, no.3, December 1999, pp217-232.6. Nowaczyk, Ronald H. Perceptions of Engineers Regarding Successful Engineering Team Design, NASA/CR- 1998-206917, ICASE Report No. 98-9, February 19987. URL: http;//www.sae.org/students/aero2002.pdf8. Alden, S.,D., Laxton, R., Patzer, G., L., and L., Howard. Establishing Cross-disciplinary Marketing Education

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hong Zhang

Exhibition, Charlotte, North Carolina, Session 2225, June 20 – 23,1999. 4. H. Zhang and J. P. “Ostrowski, Visual Servoing with Dynamics: Control of an Unmanned Blimp”,Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 1999, pp618-623, May, 1999 5. E. Paulos and J. Canny, “Designing Personal Tele-embodiment”, Proceedings of IEEE InternationalConference on Robotics and Automation 1998, May, 1998 6. A. Elfes, S. S. Bueno, M. Bergerman and J. G. Ramos, “A Semi-Autonomous Robotic Airship forEnvironmental Monitoring Mission”, Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics andAutomation 1998, pp3449-3455, May, 1998

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Mentoring Graduate Students for Success

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2002 Annual Conference

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Patricia LaCourse; Barrett Rock

, vol. 15, no. 1, 1985, pp. 43-47.8. Kramberg-Walker, C., "The Need to Provide Writing Support for Academic Engineers," IEEE Transactions onProfessional Communication, vol. 36, no. 3, 1993, pp. 130-136.9. Hill, S. T., 2001. "Science and Engineering Doctorate Awards: 2000, NSF 02-305" National Science Foundation,Division of Science Resources Statistics, Table 4. Accessed on: January 30, 2002. Available athttp://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/nsf02305/start.htm10. Desruisseaux, P., "Foreign Students Continue to Flock to the U.S. Annual report finds that economic turmoil inAsia did not lead to a decrease in enrollments," The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 10, 1999, p. A57.11. Allison, D., Cooley, L., Lewkowicz, J., & Nunan, D., "Dissertation

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Promoting ET with K-12 Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cottrell

Session 3447 Using Computer Aided Design to Teach Engineering to Both College and High School Students: Bridging the Age Gap with Technology David S. Cottrell Pennsylvania State University at HarrisburgI. IntroductionThis paper describes the use of a computer-aided design (CAD) software packageoriginally developed as a vehicle for outreach to high school students but proven equallyviable for teaching technology to college students. This application research reports theresults of a program that concurrently enlisted science and math students at a secondaryschool in central Pennsylvania as

Conference Session

Achieving Diversity in the CE Faculty

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2002 Annual Conference

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Norma Mattei

experience. As the results of the survey show,mentoring is one mechanism that can be used to retain women and minority engineering faculty.BACKGROUNDMore Jobs than Engineers to Fill ThemAccording to the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, civil engineers held about 195,000 jobs in theU.S. in 1998. Employment of civil engineers is expected to increase faster that average whencompared to all occupations through 2008. Between 1998 and 2008, the Bureau predicts thatthere will be approximately 78,000 openings for civil engineers, with over half (41,000) being newpositions (AAES,2000). Most other engineering disciplines also expect higher that averagegrowth in the coming years. Looking at other high-growth engineering disciplines, there areapproximately

Conference Session

What's in Store for the ChE Curriculum?

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2002 Annual Conference

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Helen Hollein; Nada Assaf-Anid

include bacterial fermentation, yeast production, mass transferin bioreactors, continuous in-line cell disruption, semicontinuous centrifugation, ultrafiltration,microfiltration, and ion exchange chromatography. Kinetics of Batch Fermentation, based on anexperiment developed at NJIT byHanesian and Perna 14, is run withE. coli (a nonpathogenic strain)as well as S. cerevisiae (Baker’syeast) and includes HPLC (highperformance liquidchromatography) analysis of thefermentation broth for substrateand product concentrations.Students are shown taking a cellsample in Figure 1 and analyzingthe broth in Figure 2. Anotherexperiment, Oxygen Transfer inBioreactors, utilizes Baker’syeast in the exponential growthphase to generate dynamic datafor

Conference Session

Manufacturing Processes and Systems

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2002 Annual Conference

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Sybillyn Jennings; Sunderesh Heragu; Robert Graves; Charles Malmborg

Session 2002 Innovative Educational Tool for Learning Materials Handling Principles, Concepts, Equipment and Analytical Models Sunderesh S. Heragu, Robert J. Graves, Charles J. Malmborg, Sybillyn Jennings Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute/Russell Sage CollegeAbstractMaterials handling is a vital function in a manufacturing or distribution system. Efficient handling ofmaterial allows such systems to operate at high levels of productivity. US companies invest over $60billion annually in materials handling technology. It is therefore extremely

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nebojsa Jaksic

-Efficacy: The Exercise of Control, Freeman, New York, NY, 1997.[6] Ponton, M. K., Edmister, J. H., Ukeiley, L. S., and Seiner, J. M., “Understanding the Role of Self-Efficacy in Engineering Education,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 90, No. 2, pp. 247 – 251, April 2001.[7] Brown, B. L., Self-Efficacy Beliefs and Career Development, The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouse on Adult Career and Vocational Education Digest No. 205, Columbus, OH, 1999. http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed429187.html[8] Caine, R. N., and Caine, G., “Understanding a Brain-Based Approach to Learning and Teaching, ”Educational Leadership 48, No. 2, pp. 66-70, October 1990.[9] Swainston, F., A Systems Approach to

Conference Session

Assessment and Its Implications in IE

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2002 Annual Conference

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Amy Zeng; Arthur Gerstenfeld; Sharon Johnson

identify, formulate, and solve industrial engineeringproblems’, into our linear programming course. While all senior projects involve theidentification and solution of IE problems, the formulation step is not always a formal model. Inthis case, we mapped only an objective related to modeling into the course.Stage 2: Data CollectionAfter we completed the mapping, the second stage was to begin collection of “portfolio”assignments. Given the outcome(s) assigned to a course, the faculty member teaching the courseselected an assignment that could be used to demonstrate proficiency in the outcome. Theseassignments are typically course projects, not developed specifically for the portfolio but ratherto meet course objectives. The assignments are graded

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Joel Jackson; Ashraf Saad; Thomas Barnwell; Monson Hayes

publishing Internet-based courses,and we have outlined some of the things that we believe will be necessary and important for aneffective learning environment for the student.Bibliography1. A. Saad, "Interdepartmental Collaboration on Web-based Education at the College of Applied Science, the Universityof Cincinnati", 1999 Syllabus Conference, Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA, July 25-29,1999 - poster session.2. M. Martinez, "Designing Learning Objects to Mass Customize and Personalize Learning." In Wiley, D. (ed.),Instructional Use of Learning Objects. Association for Educational Communications & Technology, November,2000.3. G. McCalla, J. Vassileva, J. Greer, and S. Bull, "Active Learner Modeling", Fifth International Conference

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Lee; Rafic Bachnak

® CompilerThe MathWorks uses the phrase “MATLAB Compiler,” with a capital letter C, to referto the product that translates M-files to C or C++ source code [1]. The word "compiler"with a lowercase c is used to refer to the C or C++ compiler. The MATLAB ® Compilerversion 2.1 may be used to take M-files as input and produce the following outputs: Csource code for building MEX-files, C or C++ source code for combining with othermodules to form stand-alone applications, C code S-functions for use with Simulink ®, orcode for C shared libraries and C++ static libraries. The four main reasons to compileM-files are: (1) To speed up the execution of programs, (2) To create stand-aloneapplications, (3) To create C shared libraries or C++ static libraries, and (4

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Assessment & Quality Assurance in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

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Swami Karunamoorthy

, 1993.5. Karunamoorthy S., “Problem Workshop – A Viable Concept for Design Integration”, ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 1994.6. Shaeiwitz J.A., "Classroom Assessment", Journal of Engineering Education, April 1998.7. Karunamoorthy S. and Olliges R.H., “Web Technology in Engineering Education – How and Why”, ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 2000. Page 7.1029.5 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationBiographical InformationDr. Swami Karunamoorthy is the Associate Dean for Engineering at Parks

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Professionally Oriented Graduate Program

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2002 Annual Conference

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Ronald Bennett

as enhancements to the current system, rather than “change”, can help. (Lever)A trait of leadership maturity, and a goal of lifelong learning, is for each student to become a“conscious competent”. Understanding what motivates others, and being able to craft proposalsin terms that accomplish this, is to become a conscious competent. A s kill that is required to dothis effectively is to become an active listener.The signals are all around us; we just have to be “tuned” to receiving them. Effective listeningsaves time and money, and people who listen well make fewer mistakes, create fewerinterpersonal misunderstandings and are more likely to make positive first impressions (Joyner).Establishing successful two-way communication is done

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Maxwell; Michael Parten

Humidity sensor ResultsGraph 8: Hydrogen Humidity Graph 9: De-ionized Water ConductivityAlthough there are several factors that may account for the behavior of the cells, the increase inconductivity of the water indicated in the graphs is a possible problem and prevented furthertesting of the system until the water could be replaced.V. ConclusionThe Texas Tech fuel cell powered SUV has been designed and built and is currently under goingdebug and test. The LabVIEW monitoring and control system has proven to be a versatile andpowerful hardware and software combination for this complex project.VI. AcknowledgementThe U. S. Department of Energy, General Motors, Honeywell and Quantum have providedinvaluable experience for the

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sylvia Alexander

Session Number: 2002-1829 Integrating Entrepreneurship in Informatics Education S Alexander & H G McAllister, University of Ulster, N. IrelandAbstractThe University of Ulster places a strong emphasis on vocational education and work-based learning. Furthermore, the Faculty of Informatics has recognised achievementsin technology transfer and industrial collaboration. This paper outlines how theindustrial partnerships forged and experiences gained through these ventures have beenutilised in the design, delivery and assessment of an undergraduate module inentrepreneurship. Different models for

Conference Session

Teaching Materials Sci&Eng to Non-Majors

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Caroline Baillie; Adam Mannis

learning practices, to provide astarting point for them to go on to develop their own teaching practice.A key component of the Centre is the development of a clear and considered strategyfor dissemination and transfer to institutions, so that all Materials faculty nationallyare able to identify appropriate practice for themselves and improve their practice.The UK Centre for Materials Education therefore aims for national solutions focusedon collaboration and community, rather than competition and fragmentation.REFERENCES1 Teaching Quality Enhancement Fund, Paper 99/48 , Higher Education Funding Council for England(see web page at http://www.hefce.ac.uk), Bristol, 1999.2 Dewulf, S., and Baillie, C., CASE: Creativity in Art, Science and Engineering

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Capstone Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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John Paul Giolma; Kevin Nickels

Environmental Engineering Capstone Design Course. In Proceedings – ASEE Annual Conference 2001.7. D. Gerbus, E. Odom, and S. Beyerlein. Applying Theory of Constraints to Solicit Feedback and Structure Improvements to a Capstone Design Experience. In Proceedings – ASEE Annual Conference 2001.8. A. Dutson, R. Todd, S. Magleby, and C. Sorensen. A review of literature on teaching engineering design through project-oriented capstone course. Journal of Engineering Education, v 81, n 1, 1997, pp. 17-28.J. PAUL GIOLMADr. Giolma is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Science at Trinity University and a registeredProfessional Engineer in the State of Texas. Dr. Giolma has been a member of ASEE since 1981 and is a member ofIEEE

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Teaching Ceramic, Polymer, and Electric Materials

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Brow; Carol Click

applications include dinnerware, electrical insulators, anddecorative objects such as vases. Porcelains are distinguished from other clay-based traditionalceramics by their high mechanical strength, high electrical resistivity, low porosity, andtranslucency. At UMR, students learn about the science of traditional ceramics from asophomore lecture class, Ceramics in the Modern World, in addition to the laboratory class.Table 3. Components and typical composition of a triaxial porcelain. Component Amount (wt. %) Types Mineral Composition(s) Clay 50% Ball Clay Al2O3•2SiO2•2H2O (all types) China Clay Feldspar 25