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Internet Programming and Applications

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Conference Session

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

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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

Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in Manufacturing Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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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

Conference Session

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

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hosni Abu-Mulaweh

that the local industryis interested in include: completely new design to perform specific task(s), modify or improveexisting design, and solving problems in some industrial operations. On the other hand,ASHRAE funds capstone senior design projects that involve an ASHRAE-related topic. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 8.1154.1 Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationII. The Need for the Outside SupportThe cost of constructing a prototype of finished design is usually high. This is especially truewhen the design

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Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jackie Sullivan; Daniel Knight

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education3. Knight, D. W., Sullivan, J. F., Poole, S. J., and Carlson, L. E. “Skills Assessment in Hands-On Learning and Implications for Gender Differences in Engineering Education, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada 2002, Session 2430.4. Macoby, E. E., and Jacklin, C. N. The Psychology of Sex Differences, Stanford, CA, Stanford University Press, 1974.5. Benbow, C., and Stanley, J. S. “Sex Differences in Mathematical Ability: Fact or Artifact?” Science, vol.222, 1983, pp. 1262-1264.6. Margolis, J. and Fisher, A. Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing

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Industrial Collaborations

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2003 Annual Conference

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James H. Lorenz; Ahad Nasab

Session 3248 Merits of Faculty Internship in Industry – A Valuable Experience Ahad S. Nasab and James H. Lorenz Middle Tennessee State UniversityAbstractOne of the more effective ways for the engineering technology programs to keep faculty abreastof the new developments in their respective fields is to instill a faculty internship program.Studies have shown that faculty industrial placement is a component of life-long learning thathelps to maintain and expand technological skills1. The internship program at Middle TennesseeState University (MTSU), fully supported by the industrial

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Benjamin Flores; Rosa Gomez-Martinez; Joseph Ramos; Lourdes Sanchez-Contreras

aware that by helping and serving others theystrengthen the learning community of which they are a part.AcknowledgementThis work was funded by the National Science Foundation’s Model Institutions forExcellence Program under cooperative agreement No. EEC-9550502.References[1] R. Cortez, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Yearly, (2003, March, 12). Fact BookPages, personal communication.[2]. L. Floyd, E. Ruiz, S. W. Stafford, and C. Romero, “Academic Center for Engineers and Scientists:Student Center for the 21 st Century,” ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section 2000 Annual Conference, LasCruces, NM, Spring 2000.[3]. S. W. Stafford and C. Romero, “Student Management Teams-Leaders in Training,” InternationalMaterials Research Congress, Symposium

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Retention of Minority Students

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Denise Driscoll ; Klod Kokini; Linda Katehi; Jeff Wright; Carolyn Percifield

; Boice (Eds.), SanFrancisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers.2 Johnsrud, L. K. (1993). Women and minority faculty experiences: Defining and responding to diverse realities.In Building a Diverse Faculty, Gainen & Boice (Eds.), San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers.3 Garcia, M., Hudgins, C. A., McTighe Musil, C., Nettles, M. T., Sedlacek, W. E., & Smith, D. G. (2001).Assessing Campus Diversity Initiatives: A Guide for Campus Practitioners.4 Breckler, S. J. (1984). Empirical validation of affect, behavior, and cognition as distinct components of attitude.Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 47, 1191-1205.5 Feldman, R. S. (2001). Social Psychology, 3 rd Edition. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc

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Related Engineering Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Bowman

/rankings/brief/engineering/nophd/enns06_brief.php[2] J. M. Henderson, et.al., “Building the Confidence in Women Engineering Students with a New Course toIncrease Understanding of Physical Devices”, Journal of Engineering Education, October, 1994, pp. 1-6.[3] R. Felder, et. al., “A Longitudinal Study of Engineering Student Performance and Retention. III. GenderDifferences in Performance and Attitudes”, Journal of Engineering Education, April 1995, pp. 151-163.[4] H. C. Patangia, “A Novel Course To Provide Electrical Engineering Experience ToFreshmen Students,” Proc. of 2002 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition[5] S. Reyer, G. Wrate, J. Wheeldon, and O. Petersen, “Freshman Electrical Engineering Course AddressingRetention and Career Choice,” Proc

Conference Session

Internet Programming and Applications

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Crahen; Bina Ramamurthy

/j2ee/, November 2002.[4.] Java Remote Method Invocation (Java RMI): Distributed Computing for Java, White paper,http://java.sun.com/marketing/collateral/javarmi.html[5.] Microsoft’s .NET: Microsoft XML Web Services Platform,http://www.microsoft.com/net/defined/default.asp.[6.] S. Mullendar. Distributed Systems. Addison Wesley Publishing Co., 1993.[7.] Object Management Group, The Common Object Request Broker:Architecture and Specification, 2.5ed., Sept. 2001. [8.] B. Ramamurthy, and P. Ventura. A Practical Approach to Introducing Design Patterns in CS1 andCS2'', submitted to 8th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education(ITiCSE2003), Macedonia, Greece, June 30 - July 2, 2003.[9.] Reading list for Stanford

Conference Session

Assessment of Graphics Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheryl Sorby

Page 8.738.5 Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationwe are still achieving an improvement in visualization skills and understanding of graphics princi-ples that are comparable to those we reached during our quarter classes.AcknowledgementThe author would like to gratefully acknowledge the National Science Foundation for their sup-port of this work through grant No. EEC-9872533.Bibliography1. CEEB Special Aptitude Test in Spatial Relations, developed by the College Entrance Examination Board, USA, 1939.2. S. A. Sorby, and R. A. Gorska, “The Effect of Various Courses and Teaching Methods on the Improvement of Spatial Ability,” Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on

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Advancing Thermal Science Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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B.K. Hodge

(CHP-B) is an important twenty-first centuryemphasis area for the U. S. Department of Energy (USDOE). By coupling local electricitygeneration (gas turbines, fuel cells, internal combustion engines,…) with thermally-activatedbuilding systems (absorption chillers, desiccant dehumidifiers, heat recovery steamgenerators,…) system thermal efficiencies in excess of 80 percent are possible. The high thermalefficiencies of CHP-B systems contrast with the near-30 percent thermal efficiencies of stand-alone, simple-cycle, fossil-fuel power plants. The USDOE perspective on CHP-B is available onthe web site (1) www.chpb.net. The USDOE is interested in CHP-B because the wide-spreadadoption and use of CHP systems would markedly reduce fossil fuel

Conference Session

What's New in Industrial Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Max Schwesig

., Eschenbaecher, J. (2002) Bridges – Deliverable D11. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationDiverging E-Business trends in Europe and the USAThe identification of diverging trends is again a very difficult task. Nevertheless some lessonslearned out of the analysis conducted so far can be highlighted. • Customers want anywhere/anytime service via multiple channels - web, call center, agent, etc. The US started already in the beginning of the 1990’s with call centers and electronic supported telephone systems. This has been adopted in the last 5-6 years in Europe. Meanwhile the high

Conference Session

The Biology Interface

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Raj Mutharasan

solving,and most importantly reduction in the number of modules.Course Content - 2001-03During the late 90’s, we saw the emergence of DNA microarrays as a discovery and molecularanalytical tool for obtaining temporal gene expression profiles. This technology, central in bothresearch and product development, was included as a topic within the course. Additionally,student feedback suggested increasing the biological content of the course. Hence, the geneticengineering section was expanded to 50% of the course, and a problem set that enabledapplication of concept was developed. Since manufacture and drug delivery were consideredimportant areas that lie interface of biology and engineering, they were streamlined and re-oriented toward course goals

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The Climate for Women In Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Natela Ostrovskaya; Jan Rinehart; Susan Metz

). Engineeringand Technology Degrees: Washington, DC Annual Series. 1990-2001.3 Ibid.4 Sandler,Bernice,R. (1993). Mentoring: Myths and Realities, Dangers and Responsibilities. A Hand Up: Page 8.847.9Mentoring Women in Science. Washington, DC: The Association for Women in Science.Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education5 Dresselhaus, Mildred S., Judy Franz, Bunny C. Clark (1995). Improving the Climate for Women in PhysicsDepartments. (College Park, MD: The American Physical Society and the American

Conference Session

Ethical & Industrial Issues in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jendrucko; Anthony English; Monica Schmidt

dogs with flexibility problems in their stifle (knee) joint(s) on their hind leg(s). The surgeon is providing similar re- sources for this design project. Students worked with a veterinary physical thera- pist and were assigned a specific canine for the project. They were loaned a video on canine biomechanics and

Conference Session

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Yichong Zeng; Patrick Kwon; Muhammad Sohail Ahmed; Jenny Wang-Chavez

Coalition. Free access to Greenfield’s courses and resources is extremely beneficial tothose engineering programs that are not equipped with adequate facilities to offer students hands-on experience.For more information about Greenfield Coalition courses, visit the website athttp://www.greenfield-coalition.org.Bibliography 1. Albanese, M., and Mitchell, S. (1993). Problem-Based Learning. Academic Medicine 68, pp.52-81. 2. Bonk, C. J., and Cunningham, D. J. (1998). In Electronic Collaborators: Learner-Centered Technologies for Literacy, Apprenticeship, and Discourse C. J. Bonk, K. S. King, Eds. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, Mahwah, NJ, pp. 25-50. 3. Duffy, T. F. J. and Jonassen, D. H. (1992). Constructivism

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Construction Engineering Advances II

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Zeena Pinto; Richard Burt

depth of surface opening cracks, and to determine theProceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationdynamic modulus of concrete. During 1970’s considerable attention was given to gaining further knowledge in this field.Researchers continued to explore the relationship between compressive strength and pulsevelocity. However, there was no such valid relationship found. Studies showed that type and thequantity of aggregate had major effects on the pulse velocity but not on the combined strength ofconcrete. All the above-mentioned methods formed the basis for new-age tools for nondestructivetesting of concrete. The fields of

Conference Session

Advisory Boards & Program Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sindee Simon; Theodore Wiesner; Lloyd Heinze

Session 3413 Program Improvements Resulting from Completion of One ABET 2000 Assessment Cycle S. L. Simon,1 T. F. Wiesner,1 and L. R. Heinze2 1 Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University 2 Dept. of Petroleum Engineering, Texas Tech UniversityIntroductionWith the advent of ABET 2000, self-assessment of engineering programs has become important.To this end, it is essential to define the assessment methods and metrics against which a programwill be judged. Various assessment tools exist

Conference Session

Experienced-Based Instruction

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Meade

. EBI was placed in eachcourse to support the teaching of important course objectives. Three types of EBI, introductory,content, and summary EBI were described and illustrated. The specific EBI tool for eachoccasion was chosen by considering the readiness of the student to formulate and considersignificant questions regarding the course material. No formal procedure is suggested todetermine choice of the tool but the instructor should consider the type of student questions thathe would like to prompt from the EBI.Bibliography1. Bloom Benjamin S. and David R. Krathwohl. Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: The Classification ofEducational Goals, by a committee of college and university examiners. Handbook I: Cognitive Domain. New York,Longmans

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Schmalzel; Jennifer Kadlowec; Anthony Marchese; Shreekanth Mandayam; Stephanie Farrell

between different 0.5portions of the wave, as well 0as the ratio of amplitudes of 0.00 0.50 1.00 1.50 2.00 2.50different portions of the wave -0.5 Tim e (s)will be made. Students willobserve differences in ECGoutputs with increased or Figure 1. Electrocardiograph. Heart rate can bedecreased signal sampling determined by counting the number of cycles per minute.rates, and differences inresting versus exercise ECGoutput. A typical ECG is shown in Figure 1.Module #6: Work and Power This module provides an introduction to the calculation of work, power, and efficiencythrough measurement of light weightlifting

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Graduate Student Experiences

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Bishop; Gary Lewandowski; Joel Fried; Carla Purdy; Anant Kukreti

is not what they expected 9 and that there is a need for providing more training to engineering graduate students who are assigned teaching duties10. These issues can be effectively addressed in the PFF teaching seminars.• Student diversity. While most undergraduates in engineering programs are domestic students, many Ph.D. students are foreign nationals. For example, in 2000 7.9% of B.S. in Engineering degrees and 49.9% of Ph.D.'s in Engineering were awarded to foreign nationals; in 2001 these percentages were 7.4% and 45% respectively11. Thus in the engineering field it is especially valuable to have a forum for discussing cultural differences and respect for diversity. The quarter-long seminar on Effective Classroom