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Gregory Kremer; Bhavin Mehta

preferences and actions based on data continuously collected from the website. The site attempts to change in real time to better suit the user. So far, this capability is found mostly in business sites with the goal of increasing sales Figure 1: Categories of interactivityThe difference between active learning and passive learning ultimately depends on theresponsiveness of the learning environment. The different categories shown in Figure 1represent vastly different levels of interactivity, and there is significant debate over whether ornot these levels of interactivity create a truly active learning environment. For example, in thecommon interactive exercise model a student selects a value

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Muniram Budhu

laboratory experience and allow students the opportunity to explore? One wayis to use modern communication technologies. Communication technologies have advanced to astage where we can now significantly improve the transmission and retention of information. Suchtechnologies include multimedia, chat room, web pages, email, conferencing and listservers. Thereis now a growing trend of using these newer technologies in the delivery of local and distanceeducation. One of the shortcomings of distance learning for courses with laboratory components isthe integration of “realistic or hands-on” laboratory exercises with text-based and graphics materials.Attempts (1-7) have been made to create virtual laboratories. These attempts vary in the degree

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Georg Mauer

must execute each step on their own. By structuringthe solution path and rewarding the student (in most cases) with the comparatively rapid andsuccessful completion of an assignment, the software gradually develops the ability to approach andsolve problems systematically. Page 6.170.3 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 1 Problem Statement and Mathematical Solution of Kinematics Problem. The Mathcad Solve block finds horizontal distance traveled and travel time. Student Entries: Data and Parameters in

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Kevin Davis; Frank Severance; Damon Miller

function as characterized in Figure 1, where f (net ) = net where nnet = ∑ wi xi . x1 w1 x2 w2 net o + f(net) xn wn Figure 1. Weighted Dendritic Summing Network and Neuronal ProcessorHere xi are the inputs while wi are the synaptic weights. These weights are the adjustableparameters of the neuron. The sum of all of the xiwi (“net”) represents the neuron activationpotential. The neuron provides an output o via the activation function f(net). Note that theability of a neuron to perform multiplication and addition, as required by the

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Robert Freeman; Stephen Crown

serves as a benchmark for self-assessment in the Reflect Backstep.Challenge 1: The first challenge is a lower difficulty level problem dealing with the topic. Thestudent is provided with information needed to understand the challenge. The steps shown belowrepresent the remainder of the cycle, which prepares the students to complete the challenge. a. Generate ideas: Students are asked to generate a list of issues and answers that they think are relevant to the challenge; to share ideas with fellow students; and to appreciate which ideas are “new” and to revise their list. b. Multiple perspectives: The student is asked to elicit ideas and approaches concerning this challenge from “experts”. Describing who came up

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Arnoldo Muyshondt; Ing-Chang Jong

to any information and mate-rial for a given course or for tutoring, which an instructor provides at a web site. In particular, theWWW can be used to great advantage in teaching high enrollment courses as well as distanceeducation. Increasing efforts to create web-based educational material on the WWW clearly point 1-7to the trend of using web publication as an alternative mode in modern education.This paper is an extension of a recent contribution by the authors. It presents a basic yet versatilesoftware that uses Practical Extraction and Report Language (PERL) and Common Gateway In- 8-9terface (CGI) scripting to manipulate data files

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Steven de Haas; S.K. Ramesh; Preetham Kumar; Michael Fujita; Elizabeth Raley; Andrew Lindsay

engineering approach to a particular problem would be different than otherapproaches. It is helpful to get this in the context of all the different fields of engineering. Insome ways this is a very ambitious task as the field of engineering rests on some pretty healthyscience and math background, and for more breadth even more background is needed.Prof. Steven de Haas has developed the ENGR 1 course that he teaches over a number of yearslooking for key things in the experiments chosen. The key is to find simple experiments that canbe almost completely understood by all students. Each experiment needs to be self-contained, notbuilding on more than one previous experiment. The experiments need to cover the broad basicsof the major fields of engineering

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Jr., Eugene Niemi

first two semesters ofstudy.Curriculum concentrations Currently, seven concentrations have been planned for theprogram. These are (1) Integrated Coastal Management, (2) Ocean and Human Health, (3)Living Marine Resources Science and Management, (4) Marine Biogeochemical Cycles andEnvironmental Change, (5) Analysis and Modeling of Marine and Atmospheric Systems,(6) Coastal Systems Science, and (7) Marine Observation Technologies. Areas (5) and (7) willinclude more of the traditional ocean engineering courses, and will be supported by the Lowellcampus. A detailed description of topics covered in each of these areas can be found in Ref. 1. Page

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Per Reinhall; Michael Jenkins; Joyce Cooper; Angela Linse; Eric Stuve

exchange membrane fuel cells running on hydrogen and air, along withtheir applications. Currently, the project involves about 20 chemical and mechanical engineeringstudents. Work is divided into three main areas of fuel cells: development, applications, andmanufacturing. Fuel cell development involves fabrication and characterization of individual fuelcells and assembling these together into stacks of up to 40 individual cells. The applicationsgroup develops design specifications for the intended applications, which include a 1/3 scalelocomotive, modified SAE car, and portable devices such as radios and laptop computers. Themanufacturing group investigates cost saving means for producing fuel cell components,especially the membrane electrode

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Robert Weis

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Subhash Sarin; Louis Guido; James Heflin; Robert Hendricks

transfer credit for a similar courseoffered by the VCCS for qualified students from the community colleges who wish to continuetheir education at the university level.This course has been submitted to the University Governance system for formal approval. It willbe taught as University Honors 3004 to 11 of our top science and engineering students duringthe Spring 2001 semester.ECE 2224 (MSE 2224): Introduction to Semiconductor Processing Laboratory (1 hour)In this laboratory course, a 4-inch silicon wafer is processed using oxidation, dopant diffusion,photolithography, chemical etching, and physical vapor deposition to create simple operatingsemiconductor devices such as resistors, capacitors, PN junction diodes, and transistors. Thedevices are

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Jian-ren Li; Ahmad Zagari

-based computer system in a stepwise manner. In thefollowing, we follow the construction sequence performed by the students.III. CONSTRUCTION OF THE 8085A-BASED COMPUTER SYSTEMA. Construction of the Power Distribution SystemStudent built the 8085A-based computer system on a pre-designed circuit board. The first step is toimplement the power distribution system on to the circuit board. This was done by soldering thenecessary capacitors and a voltage regulator on to the circuit board. Figure 1 is a simplifiedschematic of the computer system’s power distribution system. Unregulated DC voltage in therange of 12-13V is brought in through connector S3 to the power ON-OFF switch SW16. SwitchSW16 applies this voltage to filter capacitors C3and C14 and

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Thomas Kerlin; Belle Upadhyaya

cyber-linked student project is an academicexperiment to determine the feasibility of joint Internet-based work in maintenance andreliability engineering by students separated by great distances and coming from diversecultural and academic environments.1. IntroductionA cooperative learning experience between The University of Tennessee and twointernational universities is being developed as part of an NSF-CRCD course entitledIntroduction to Maintenance Engineering. The course is designed for seniors and first-year graduate students in engineering. The objective of the course is to present thefundamentals of maintenance and reliability engineering. Students learn the principles ofvarious maintenance technologies as they are practiced by U.S

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Kevin Taylor; Emilia Mironovova

other disciplines. Asecondary advantage is that the students gain international experience while avoiding the travelexpense.IntroductionIt is paramount for today’s student’s success in the global marketplace that they have someinternational experience. Unfortunately, most students lack the financial means to have such anexperience outside the classroom. Jones and Oberst describe activities to internationalizecurricula in their keynote paper at the 3rd UCIEE Annual Conference on Engineering Education.They state that they “see too little movement toward better preparing college graduates for theinternational challenge.”1 They highlight some successful programs for study abroad, findingthe programs “quite expensive, again limiting the number of

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Kay Wilding; Claudia Grossman; Stephen Hundley; Patricia Fox

abroad program still remains a minority. Forinstance, less than 1 % of American undergraduates study overseas, many of them majoring inhumanities and social sciences. Since English is the self-declared ’global language’ which rulesnot only the Internet but also the corporate world and popular culture, graduates and youngprofessionals in business, engineering, technology or science do not see the need for Page 6.177.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationinternational experience or foreign

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William de Kryger

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Sutharin Pathomvanich; Fazil Najafi

university curriculum arequite common but they are comparatively rare in the field of engineering, especially for graduatelevel students [1]. Once a student has enrolled in an engineering program, it is difficult to get anopportunity to study abroad. Many foreign universities do not offer study abroad programs inEngineering curriculum. For those who want to study abroad must get approval by professors. Itis often based on the self-initiative of a student. Therefore, universities need to become moreactive in promoting overseas study. In order to encourage students to study abroad, universitiesneed to incorporate the study abroad program as an option in their catalog. Study abroad is nolonger a luxury item in the college program because it has become

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M. Chaudhry; Jr., Bonifacio Doma; Edwin Obra; Consuelo Flora; Adrienne Cooper; Joseph R.V. Flora

)-Mapúa partnership was established with the goal ofimproving engineering education and research at Mapúa. The partnership initially concentratedon environmental engineering, which is a field that is in its infancy in institutions of higherlearning in the Philippines. The near-term objectives of the partnership are (1) to enhance thecapability of Mapúa to provide environmental engineering education and (2) to initiatesustainable development and pollution prevention research and collaboration between Mapúa,USC, industry, government, and/or non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The partnershipbegan in October 1999 with the official signing of a Memorandum of Agreement between USCand Mapúa.The initial activities were designed to be undertaken in

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Linda Fontenot-Simmons; Chu-Chen (C.C.) Chen

Linkage funds. The remainder of this paper will address issues that impactgreatly to our project from 10/30/98 to 3/31/00.CULTURAL EXPERIENCEEngineering faculty and students experience cross cultural practice, education, andresearch opportunities that challenge our minds and are otherwise out of reach throughthe US/Egypt collaborative efforts.Culture is a major emphasis throughout the country now, usually in the sense of culturaldiversity. Diversity denotes a way of thinking, and a world view that not only toleratesbut values differences. It was important for the purpose of the US/Egypt collaborativeeffort to understand that attitudes toward culture 1) are learned and can develop towardmaturity, and 2) are multiple, not singular, in their

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Jack Jennings; Vincent Wilczynski

Faculty H.S. Students (from across the U.S.) Figure 1: Team OrganizationEmbedded in the process of designing the communications platform and procedures fordistributed design and decision making, all members of the team were immersed in learningabout a new medium that will become an increasingly important component of their professionallives.Learning CommunityThree distinct learning communities participated in this project: the high school students fromacross the U.S., the Academy Cadets, and “external agents” who have joined the project. Thefinal composition of CGA Team USA was 47 members from 9 locations across the

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Don Horton; Chad Kidder; Mark Yeary; Rainer Fink

means tomonitor traffic trends and load. Our BDI elegantly offers this network monitoring functionalitythough the convenience of the Internet.I. IntroductionBluetooth is a wireless communication standard/system operating in the 2.45 GHz ISM band with79 frequency channels. Bluetooth uses low-power and low-cost units employing frequencyhopping to make the system more robust. Devices exist in a dynamic master-slave relationship.There is only one master in every piconet (a piconet is a Bluetooth network). Upon entry to apiconet, the slave adjusts its clock to sync with the master’s and the master then determines thehopping sequence. These units can have a nominal 10 meter range or an extended 100 meter rangewhen amplified.Figure 1 provides an

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Raj Desai; Eugenio Lord

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Shahriar Emami; Fazil Najafi

scenarios the Internetload is often times highly loaded. Internet Protocol (IP) in its original form cannotguarantee a certain level of delay and loss. Consequently, Internet (in it original form) isnot well suited for e-learning. However, the popularity and growth of Internet over thelast decade has made it a very attractive media for multi media communications. Inresponse to the need, new protocols have emerged recently by entities such as IETF(Internet Traffic Task Force) to address the real-time traffic delivery.1.0 IntroductionMany different approaches to distance learning have been proposed and practiced overthe past few decades with varying levels of success [1]-[2]. E-learning is one of the mostrecent approaches to distance learning where

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Frederick Reardon

, the course syllabus, with the goals and objectives, gradinginformation, and a course plan, as shown in Figure 1. Students are encouraged to use e-mailbetween class meetings for any questions or comments they may have. As the course progresses,various notes to supplement the text are added (Figure 2). These notes include diagrams, chartsand text prepared by this professor (Figure 3), as well as links to other sites.These notes are designed so that they can be projected onto a screen in the classroom and can bedownloaded by the students at home. The projected images have been found to be effective inholding the students’ attention. At any time during the course, it is easy to refer to the courseobjectives, course plan, and any notes previously

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Qiuli Sun; Kurt Gramoll

concern will become less of a problem. New Internettechnologies such as IP version 6 are being developed to provide multicasting and quality ofservice [1]. Not only Internet technologies are improving, but also processor speed is continuingto increase. It is reported that maximum processor speed will be approximately 12GHz by 2005if Moore’s law holds for three more 18-month cycles [2]. Since many technical problems withthe existing Internet and computer will vanish, a large number of new applications will beneeded to efficiently utilize this available bandwidth and computing power. One such applicationis real-time concurrent design and analysis over the Internet for engineering education. Thisparallels the need in industry to conduct real-time

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Xueshu Song; Philip Pilcher; Charles Billman; Radha Balamuralikrishna

behighly beneficial in attracting talented students to explore the field of aviation science andtechnology.IntroductionThe first author has conducted research in virtual reality and developed multi-media productsfor engineering and technology for over fifteen years. Selected examples of previouslydeveloped virtual reality products and their impact in enhancing the learning environmenthave appeared in other publications 1, 2, 3, 4. An overview of related research and thedevelopment of related instructional software may also be accessed over the Internet athttp://www.ceet.niu.edu/faculty/song. The purpose of this paper is to describe the working ofa series of interactive computer-based learning modules for training and continuing educationof

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Mark Rajai; Mel Mendelson

students to real worldproblems and entrepreneurship. This invention has received extensive media coverage since itsdevelopment. Over 30 million people worldwide heard about the project and its abilities throughvarious media channels such as TV, Internet, radio, and newspapers. This paper focuses onmarketing aspect of the product, which includes writing a successful business plan.IntroductionIn the real world, global out-sourcing is causing industrial products to be developed in virtualteams to reduce costs and development times 1. These needs have created the opportunity forthis proposed project. Here product teams must design, manufacture, and market new productswhere the team members are not co-located in the same place at the same time 2. It is

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James Newell; Kathryn Hollar; Mariano Savelski; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater; Kevin Dahm

model,students and faculty from all four engineering departments work side-by-side onlaboratory experiments, real world design projects and research. The solutions of theseproblems require not only proficiency in the technical principles, but, as importantly,require a mastery of written and oral communication skills and the ability to work as partof a multidisciplinary team. Table 1 contains an overview of course content in the 8-semester engineering clinic sequence. As shown in the table, each clinic course has aspecific theme although the underlying concept of engineering design pervadesthroughout.Table 1. Overview of course content in the 8-semester Engineering Clinic sequence.Year Engineering Clinic Theme

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Laurence Logue; Kathleen A. Hall

. It was decided to drop the electivecourse but to add some time to the Strength of Materials course to include FEA topics as anintegral part of the required curriculum.II. Content and Emphasis Page 6.653.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationMany FEA textbooks 1 introduce the topic by analyzing simple systems analytically, developingand solving the resulting systems of equations using traditional methods. Others focus on theunderlying theory and use of a particular computer system 2

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Martin Pike