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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Samuel Craig; Maurice Aburdene

instructor(s) should complete the same survey form, indicating his/her opinion of the extent to which each course outcome has been achieved by the students, and enter the data in Column Q. If different sections of the same course were taught concurrently by two or more faculty, either their individual responses to the survey form could be averaged and transferred to the spreadsheet, or each instructor’s class could be assessed separately. Page 10.100.8 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for

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Systems Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Widmann

strength of the preference is given in the scoring of the questionnaire.Each of the four categories measure strengths of two opposite preferences: 1) Source of personal energy/focus of attention: Those individuals who have apreference for gaining energy through interactions with others are considered to have aExtrovert (E) preference while those who relate best to their inner self and gain energyfrom being along with their thoughts indicate a preference for Introvert (I). 2) How information is gathered: Those individuals who like to gather facts andpay particular attention to details indicate a preference for Sensing (S) while those whohave a preference for speculation, imagination or would rather “see the big picture

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TC2K Assessment: How to Really Do It

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2005 Annual Conference

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Lennard Lema; Zbigniew Prusak; Peter Baumann

representative data, processinginformation and drawing conclusions. Development of Teaching Goals Inventory (TGI)described by Angelo and Cross 3 is very good, although a tedious approach, in laying out themap of ‘where we are’ versus ‘what needs to be done’. Thoroughly developed TGI helpsestablish commonalities between programs and specialties. Detailed TGI was developed for the Page 10.735.2 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationManufacturing ET program at CCSU in the late 1990’s and was evaluated by

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Accreditation

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2005 Annual Conference

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Kenneth Brannan; Kevin Bower

. Page 10.724.115. Davis, W.J., Bower, K.C., and Mays, T.W (2005). “Implementation of a Course Assessment Process for Continuous Improvement and Outcomes Assessment.” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Southeastern Section Conference, Chattanooga, TN, April 4-6.6. ABET, ABET 2004-2005 Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Baltimore, MD.7. Dods, R. F. (1997). An Action Research Study of the Effectiveness of Problem-Based Learning in Promoting the Acquisition and Retention of Knowledge. Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 20(4), 423 - 437.8. Johnstone, K. M., & Biggs, S. F. (1998). Problem-Based Learning: Introduction

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Graduate Aerospace Systems Engineering Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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Brij Agrawal

constellation. The reflector and thephased array structures are designed for high stiffness and low thermal distortion and lowthermal gradient. The two-axis solar array drive is used to keep the solar array normal to thesun’s rays. Lithium Ion batteries are used for power storage. S-band is used for TT&C, V-bandfor X-link antennas and Ku-band D-link. Because of large X-link and D-link data, large on-board processing capacity is required. The feed array temperature gradient has to be kept in avery narrow range because of dimensional stability requirements. Table 6 gives the spacecraftmass budget. The estimated mass is based on the selection and use of actual equipment masses.The technology drivers for the spacecraft are payload, structures, and on

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Sally Blake; Eric MacDonald; Scott Starks

, 2001.4. National Science Foundation, Science and Engineering Indicators. National Science Board. Arlington, VA, 1998.5. Starks, S, S. Blake and M. Tshoshanov, “Using Rockets to Stimulate Interest in Science and Mathematics,” Proceedings of IEEE Aerospace Conference, CD-ROM, Big Sky, MT, Feb. 2003.6. NASA, Mission Mathematics: Linking Aerospace and the NCTM Standards, Washington, DC, 2002.7. Twiggs, B., Getting Started with Space Craft Hardware, Colorado Space Grant Consortium Workshop CD- Page 10.1137.12 ROM, Boulder, CO, 2002.8. Blake, S and M. Tshohanov, Final Report, Texas PreFreshman Engineering Program, August

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Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mysore Narayanan

., & O'Brien, M. J. (1994, June). The building blocks of the learningorganization. Training, 31 (6), 41-49. Page 10.231.10“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &Exposition © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Berk, Ronald A. (2002) Humor as an Instructional Defibrillator; Evidence-BasedTechniques in Teaching and Assessment. Herndon, Virginia : Stylus PublishingBlack, L. J. (2000). Fear and desire in course and student portfolios. Journal onExcellence in College Teaching, 11 (1), 43-55.Bloom, Benjamin S. (Ed.) (1956). Taxonomy of educational objectives : Theclassification of

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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R. L. Kolar; K. M. Dresback; E. M. Tromble

, Division of Undergraduate Education, Arlington, VA, DUE Staff Report NLF940621, 1994.8. Fink, L. D., Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., San Francisco, 2003. Proceedings of the 2005 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 109. Galvin, M., “Communication Skills Become Ace in the Hole,” NSPE Engineering Times, pp. 1,10, Feb. 1996.10. Hauser, D. L, E. S. Halsey, J. M. Weinfield, and J. C. Fox, “What Works and What Doesn’t in Undergraduate Teaching,” ASEE Prism, pp. 21-24, Nov. 199511. Heinz, H. John

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K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Rorrer; Richard Sanders; Daniel Knight

of bachelor’sdegrees has decreased from approximately 35% in the late 1960’s to approximately 31% since1990 [3]. It is our contention that in order to attract more students into these fields of study,there are a few fundamental precepts. First, the students that are already committed to thesefields need not be the focus of new recruitment efforts. They will enter these fields without anadditional sales pitch or incentive. Second, other students that do not currently possess aninterest in the technical fields can be interested in these areas [4]. Third, there are a significantnumber of students with the ability to succeed in college who are not performing well in highschool and are not being served by existing pre-collegiate programs. It is

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Service Learning Projects

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2005 Annual Conference

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William Moeller; Margaret Pinnell; Bernard Amadei; Jay Shah; R. Scott Summers; Angela Bielefeldt; Robyn Sandekian

, Training, EducationIn general, EWB-USA is dedicated tohelping disadvantaged communities University Un ive r s it y Ch a p t e r s Engineers Withoutimprove their quality of life through Engineering Borders – USAimplementation of environmentally and Programs (Projects, Internships, P a r tn e r sh ip EWB model)economically sustainable engineering (Education, R&D) E WBprojects

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Design Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shyi-Jeng Tsai; Pei-Fen Chang; Jiunn-Chi Wu

of the “conceptual model”10 ofvarious mechanisms is much more important than the ability for kinematic analysis ofmechanism. If a designer has formed a “conceptual model” of a device, s/he can mentallysimulate its operation while looking at its sketch or picture10. For example, considering thedifferent configurations of the both four-bar linkages (crank-rockers) illustrated in Fig. 3, youcan distinguish between the rotation directions of the both output links c, because you havealready a “conceptual model” in mind. This “conceptual model” is critical for designer to searchand to select suitable mechanism in her/his task. We expand the concept of “conceptual model”here to improve the competence acquisition of understanding motion of

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Innovative Teaching Techniques

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jill Lane; Sarah Rzasa; Richard Behr; Christine Masters

Publications.7 Mehta, S. and S. Danielson (2002). Math-Statics Baseline (MSB) Test: Phase I, 2002 Annual Conference Proceedings, American Society for Engineering Education, June 16-19, Montreal, Canada.8 Steif, P. (2004). Initial Data from a Statics Concept Inventory, 2004 Annual Conference Proceedings, American Society for Engineering Education, June 20-23, Salt Lake City, Utah.9 Perseus SurveySolutions XP-User Guide (2001). Braintree, MA: Perseus Development Corporation.10 Wise, J., Lee, S., & Rzasa, S. E. (In press). Learning by doing: Four years of online assessment in engineering education research. In Williams, D. (Ed.) Online Assessment, Measurement and Evaluation: Emerging Practices

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Chiu Choi

)a = x1_e x2_e x1_e -1.732 1 x2_e -1 0b = u1 y1 x1_e 0 1.732 x2_e 1 1c = x1_e x2_e y1_e 1 0 x1_e 1 0 x2_e 0 1d = u1 y1 y1_e 0 0 x1_e 0 0 x2_e 0 0I/O groups: Group name I/O Channel(s) KnownInput I 1 Measurement I 2 OutputEstimate O 1 StateEstimate O 2,3Continuous-time model.L = 1.7321

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Trends in Construction Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Goedert; E. Terence Foster

updated by subsequent communications with programadministrators.3. U. S. Bureau of Economic Analysis web site, www.bea.gov, accessed January 3, 2005, Table 1.1.10.Percentage of U.S. GDP Fixed Investments.4. NCEES web site, www.ncees.org, accessed since June 23, 2003.5. EAC-ABET, 2004-05 Accreditation Policy and Procedure Manual, available at www.ncees.org. Page 10.347.46. EAC-ABET, 2005-06 Accreditation Policy and Procedure Manual, available at www.ncees.org. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering

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Undergraduate Retention Activities

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Evans; Francis Broadway; Sandra Spickard Prettyman; Helen Qammar

format to meet project goals and allow each level of student theopportunity to learn something they perceive as valuable. For example, the fall 2002 projectasked each team to design a process capable of producing 200 MM lbs/year of methylmethacrylate (MMA) by retrofitting an existing plant or using new MMA process technology.The deliverables from the project were a review of the patent literature, an estimate of thecredit(s) to be used in the economic analysis, a market forecast for MMA demand, an assessmentof the process safety, health, and environmental implications of the new technology, and a reporton the potential public relations and financial impact of the ‘green’ nature of the proposedtechnology. This problem involved extensive

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research and Assessment II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Glen Livesay; Kay C Dee

correlations over longer test-retest intervals, although ideally, a set of test-retest (and retest and retest) correlations over arange of intervals for the same population would be collected. This, however, is difficult to do inpractice; we’ve tried it for intervals up to 16 months, but the loss of participants at any time pointdoes compromise the overall sample size. The active-reflective domain in the present work,however, demonstrated a correlation that was lower than found for much longer test-retestintervals [2, 7], although this correlation was still statistically significant. Again, this may be dueto differences in the population tested. Interval V-V A-R S-I S-G n= Significant? Correlation

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IE Enrollment/Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Freeman

EducationReferences 1. Bartholdi, J. (2001) “Bucket Brigades”, “What are Bucket Brigades?”, and Simulated Bucket Brigade Instructions and Materials at http://www.isye.gatech.edu/~jjb/bucket- brigades.html 2. Felder, R. M, & Brent, R. (1996). Navigating the Bumpy Road to Student-Centered Instruction. College Teaching, 44(2),43-47. 3. Felder, R. M, & Brent, R. (2001). National Effective Teaching Institute. Teaching Workshop Materials. 4. Hillier, F. S. and Lieberman, G. J. (1995). Introduction to Operations Research, 6th Edition, McGraw-Hill, Inc. 5. Johnson, D. W., Johnson, R. T., & Smith, K. A. (1998). Active Learning: Cooperation in the college classroom, 2nd edition, Interaction Book Co. 6

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Increasing Enrollment in IE/IET Programs Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Freeman

EducationReferences 1. Bartholdi, J. (2001) “Bucket Brigades”, “What are Bucket Brigades?”, and Simulated Bucket Brigade Instructions and Materials at http://www.isye.gatech.edu/~jjb/bucket- brigades.html 2. Felder, R. M, & Brent, R. (1996). Navigating the Bumpy Road to Student-Centered Instruction. College Teaching, 44(2),43-47. 3. Felder, R. M, & Brent, R. (2001). National Effective Teaching Institute. Teaching Workshop Materials. 4. Hillier, F. S. and Lieberman, G. J. (1995). Introduction to Operations Research, 6th Edition, McGraw-Hill, Inc. 5. Johnson, D. W., Johnson, R. T., & Smith, K. A. (1998). Active Learning: Cooperation in the college classroom, 2nd edition, Interaction Book Co. 6

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Assessing Where We Stand

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Pangborn; Renata Engel

Session 3461 An Objectives-Based Approach to Assessment of General Education Lori J. Bechtel, Suzanne Light Cross, Renata S. Engel, Ronald L. Filippelli, Arthur L. Glenn, John T. Harwood, Robert N. Pangborn, and Barbara L. Welshofer Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence, The Pennsylvania State UniversityAbstractThis paper describes the development of an innovative strategy to assess how students andfaculty perceive and accomplish the objectives of general education at Penn State. TheUniversity’s general education curriculum is intended to achieve a number of educational goals,including

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Undergraduate Retention Activities

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Laura Kramer

Explaining Faculty Involvement in Women's Retention Laura Kramer Montclair State University After a period of rapidly increasing female enrollments in engineering (from the mid1970s to the late 1980s), the percentage of undergraduate degrees earned by women climbedvery slowly and has been stuck near twenty percent for more than ten years. Without moredirectly confronting and responding to a relatively unchanged set of cultural and institutionalfactors, gender integration in engineering may have gone about as far as it can. The researchdescribed in this paper helps to fill in the picture of the engineering faculty, whose role(s) androle

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IE Enrollment/Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Erick Jones

“Using Industrial Engineering Tools to Improve Engineering Student Attrition” Erick C. Jones, Satish S. Oswal, Ann Koopman, Brandy Keithley University of Nebraska-LincolnABSTRACT Bright students are leaving Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) programs.In the landmark study, “Talking About Leaving'', Seymour and Hewitt suggest that eachinstitution should examine its own set of factors as to why students leave these programs, andthen take appropriate action. Previous research has identified multiple reasons for the studentretention problem including attitudes toward the engineering field, student’s self-confidencelevels, quality of instructor interactions, and robustness of

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Education I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Wang

, Mind, Experience, and School, Committee on Developments in the Science of Learning, National Research Council, National Academic Press. 9) Bronet, F. and Schumacher, J. (1999) Design in Movement: The prospects of interdisciplinary design. Journal of Architectural Education, 53(2), pp. 97-109.10) Castellano, M., Stringfield, S. and Stone, J. R., III. Career and Technical Education Reforms and Comprehensive School Reforms in High Schools and Community Colleges: Their Impact on Educational Outcomes for At-risk Youth. St. Paul: National Research Center for Career and Technical Education, University of Minnesota, 2001. http://nccte.org/publications/index.asp11) Chodikoff, I. (2004) Viewpoint. Canadian Architect

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Computing Tools for Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Dudeck

& Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”(2). In terms of the decomposed real matrices (C and D) for Z-1 and (kr and ki ) for k,equation (2) becomes: v = (C kr – D ki) + i (D kr + C ki ) (8) The example shown here was for a set of four complex equations which yields a 4x4complex matrix. It should be noted that the spreadsheet is laid out for a set of eightcomplex equations, or an 8x8 complex matrix. When fewer equations are needed, theunused equations should be set up so the remaining unknown variables are defined aszero. This is accomplished by setting 1’s along main diagonal of both the A and Bmatrices, and zeros off

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Changhong Lin; Ahmed Abdalla; Wayne Wolf

g cl ayi in s st g g pl en pl tin cl os St Sample Events FIGURE 2. Measurements of system power consumption.References1 Wayne Wolf, Computers as Components: Principles of Embedded System Design, MorganKaufman, 2000.2 Ahmed Amine Jerraya and Wayne Wolf, eds., Multiprocessor Systems-on-Chips, MorganKaufman, 2004.3 Douglas Boling, Programming Microsoft Windows CE .NET, third edition, Microsoft Press,2003

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Assessment Issues in 1st-Yr Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Heidi Diefes-Dux; P.K. Imbrie; Tamara Moore

--- K. Banks Electrical D. Jones M. Lundstrom Industrial C. Chandrasekar C. Chandrasekar Materials Science A. King A. King Mechanical S. Wereley S. Wereley Nuclear R. Taleyarkhan T. JevremovicIn addition to students being enrolled in various formats of the first-year seminar course (i.e.,with or without a nano-theme), a portion of them (718) were co-enrolled in another requiredcourse ENGR 106 – Engineering Problem Solving and Computer Tools. This distinction isnoteworthy because all students in ENGR 106 worked on a

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Harder

uniform:q " = h (T i ,x − T m , x )where:Ti , x = temperature via thermocouple locationTm , x = mean temperatureTherefore: q" VIhx = = (Ti , x − Tm , x ) As (Ti , x − Tm, x )The mean air temperature as a function of position x must be determined. For a constant heatflux: dTm q" s P Ph = = (Ts − Tm ) dx m& c p m& c pnote that qconv is independent of x.Integrating of a pipe from x = 0 to x: x x q" ∫in m ∫0 m& c p dx = sP dT q" s PxTm ( x) − Tm (in) = −0 m& c p q"s PxTm ( x) = Tm ,i + m& c pTherefore the mean temperature of the air at each x

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Danielson; Robert Hinks; Mark Henderson; Chen-Yaun Kuo; Chell Roberts; Darryl Morrell; Robert Grondin

of the concentration on the Y axis and all of the attributes onthe X axis. An evaluation of each concentration against each attribute is currently beingperformed. Eventually all of the evaluations values will be multiplied by the attribute weight andsummed to produce a final evaluation value for each concentration. Table 4. Components of the Concentration Decision Matrix Concentrations Attributes Weight Simulation Engineering Market for graduates 0.93 Integrated Product Development Has a passionate faculty champion(s) 0.89 Instrumentation and Measurement Program market niche

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Matthews; Perry Heedley

critical, since these types of issues are not detected by automatedchecks such as DRC and LVS. It’s important to have a complete set of schematics on hand foruse by those reviewing the plot(s), to be sure that they can understand the circuits involved.The Final Design PhaseThe last stage of the IC development process before a circuit block is considered ready to betaped out for fabrication is the final design phase. The purpose of this phase is to incorporate theeffects of the physical layout into the block’s circuit design and address any performance issuesfound. The goals of the final design phase are to complete the circuit design and layout andensure that the final design including layout parasitics meets all specifications. Note that

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Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Chris Smaill, University of Auckland

computer engineering curriculum at University of California- Davis. IEEE Transactions on Education, 1994. 37(2): p. 136-146.12. Gibbs, G. and T. Habeshaw, Learning to teach. Powerful ideas in teaching and learning. 1996, Oxford: Oxford Centre for Staff Development.13. Hartley, J. and I.K. Davies, Note-taking: a critical review. Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1978. 15: p. 207-224.14. Gibbs, G., S. Habeshaw, and T. Habeshaw, 53 interesting things to do in your lectures. 1988, Bristol: Technical and educational services.15. Ruhl, K., C. Hughes, and P. Schloss, Using the pause procedure to enhance lecture recall. Teacher Education and Special Education, 1987. 10: p. 14-18.16. Hativa, N

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Capstone/Design Projects: Electr-Mech ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael E. Hay; Recayi Pecen

CO2 for every gallon of fuel consumed. • To showcase solar-electric technology in a novel manner. • Development of a method of recreational transportation that is pollution-free to the streams and lakes that is applicable to our state, country and world. • To do all of this without taking the fun out of it all.Because the details of the problem faced by each team differed, the methods pursued woulddiffer each year. The first year team was primarily concerned with making an entry. Subsequentteams built upon the knowledge, experience and challenges encountered by the previous team(s).The project’s main sponsor is Iowa Energy Center (IEC), a non-profit state organization whichinvests its resources to