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Teresa Larkin-Hein; Dan Budny

embedding a learning style approach within a variety of teaching strategies 4 – 13.Still others have looked at applications of psychological (personality) types within these as wellas other educational domains 14 – 18. In this paper, the research base on learning styles andpsychological types will be outlined.Additional emphasis will be placed on the critical role that these approaches can play in terms ofScience, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology (SMET) education. Specific examples ofteaching and learning strategies that utilize these approaches and that have been designed for usein the science and engineering classroom will be shared. Central to each strategy is the fact thatwhen students’ individual style and/or type preferences are

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improvedtechniques to teach challenging subjects in Civil Engineering such as fluidmechanics.Because the solution of many problems in fluid mechanics and hydraulicsrequires repetitive calculations, using programmed procedures can saveconsiderable time and tedious effort. There are various programming proceduresavailable, which make use of advanced technology: 1) programmable scientificcalculators and equation solvers, 2) spreadsheets, 3) mathematics software, 4)applications software, and 5) programming languages [1]. While each proceduremay provide certain advantages in varying circumstances, it appears that themathematics software offers the most useful applications for solving engineeringproblems in general, as well as for fluid flow problems in

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Barbara Olds

Session 2261 Reflection as an Assessment Measure Barbara M. Olds Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO 80401I. IntroductionAs I teach and advise engineering students, I am constantly amazed at their motivation, theircapacity for hard work, their intelligence. But I am also often amazed at their lack of self-awareness, at their “can’t see the forest for the trees” approach to getting through each hour, eachday, each semester, a college education. They refer, often jokingly, to “getting out,” instead ofgraduating, and they

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. Thus endedthe sixth day.On the seventh day Professor rested from teaching and wrote a paper to tell others how he haschanged the way he shares the beauty of dynamics, and more importantly, how students arelearning dynamics better.II. The PaperOne of the advantages of teaching at a school like Rose-Hulman, where the primary focus isundergraduate engineering education, is that I have the time to try new things in the classroom.The purpose of this paper is share with new professors, or even older professors at researchschools who may not have the time to experiment with pedagogical techniques, what I havelearned over my years teaching at Rose-Hulman. I will focus this paper on getting studentsengaged in a course, the use of technology in the

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applications quicklyand easily. It reinforces the belt design principals and analytical techniques used in sizing a beltdrive system. The program can also be used in an industrial environment where machinedesigners are sizing belt drive systems.Bibliography1. Dayco, “Dayco Engineering Guide for Synchronous Belt Drives”, Dayco, Dayton, 19822. R. Mott, “Machine Elements in Mechanical Design”, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 19993. Gates, “PowerGrip HTD Systems for Industrial Drives”, Gates, Denver, 19894. Martin, “Sprocket and Gear”, Martin, Arlington, 1992Edward M. VavrekEdward M. Vavrek is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at Purdue University NorthCentral. He has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue, a Masters degree in

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, Exar, Sunnyvale, Calif.2. Fahlsing, Theodore E. 1999. Introducing Applications Design into a First Year Electronics Devices Course. American Society for Engineering EducationTHEODORE FAHLSINGTheodore E. Fahlsing is an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology at Purdue University, WestLafayette, Indiana. He received a B.S.I.Ed. from Purdue University in 1971 and an M.S.I.Ed. from SouthernIllinois University at Carbondale in 1978. His interest is in analog electronic devices, instructional methods,curriculum development, student outreach and alumni activities. He is a member of ASEE and IEEE. Page 5.459.6

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inventories to measure these effects arethe Lancaster Approaches to Studying Questionnaire, LASQ, and the CoursePerceptions questionnaire, CPQ. Data from the short version of thesequestionnaires were analyzed for a group of students concurrently registered intwo programs. Students were registered in a cross-section of disciplines inhumanities, social science, science and engineering where the method ofinstruction was primarily the conventional lecture. Those same students wereconcurrently registered in the “Theme School” program, an interdisciplinaryprogram of 33 credits where the method of instruction was small group, self-directed problem-based learning. These sophomore students who selected theTheme School program scored high on the LASQ on both

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Hugh Jack

Session 0458 High Tech Presentations The Easy Way by Hugh Jack Padnos School of Engineering Grand Valley State University1. Abstract:This session will present successful methods of utilizing high tech systems to make presentationsin the classroom as well as at conferences with emphasis on the procedures and pitfalls involved.Activities covered will include internet, CDROM, video streaming and multimedia presentations.2. OverviewThis is not a formal paper, but instead a set of notes that will support materials discussed in

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, practice,analyze, simulate and design.1. IntroductionAmong tools and approaches used in undergraduate engineering education are a) paper/pencilexercises b) computational engines (e.g., mathematical tables, abacus, nomograms, slide rules,calculators, programmable computers), c) simulations, and d) laboratories. Traditionally,paper/pencil (a) and laboratories (d) carry the banner, Fig. 1-a. Contemporary approachesincorporate computational engines (b) and simulators (c) within the environment, Fig. 1-b1, 2. Paper/ Lab Pencil Paper

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Sean Walsh; Ismail I. Orabi

Data Acquisition Systems into Undergraduate Instrumentation Laboratories, 1992 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Toledo, Ohio, 1992Biographical InformationSEAN WALSH, is currently pursuing a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at the University ofNew Haven, and has received a B.S. in Biology from Bucknell University. At the University ofConnecticut Health Center in Farmington, he investigated potassium currents in and around eyelenses, and performed tissue cultures to study cataract formation.ISMAIL I. ORABI, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at University of New Haven. Hereceived his Ph.D. from Clarkson University, and his MS degree from the State University ofNew York and B.S. from Cairo Institute of Technology, all in Mechanical

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).” Page 5.196.1The goals set forth for the academy may sound daunting. However, if these goals can be met,not only will the profession benefit but also the academic experience for the architecture studentwill improve. Students of architecture have always raised concerns of "how do the pieces fittogether?” Students in Architectural Engineering Technology programs rarely have theeducational opportunity to see a studio project through each of these phases. The goal of DesignHabitat is to help students see the "whole picture" and thereby improve their ability to learn.Affordable Housing in the United StatesThe United States has struggled with issues of housing for all its citizens for many years. In theNortheast we are reminded of these struggles

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control of the amplitude, phase, frequency and offset in a wavetable based functiongenerator.One other benefit is the experience the students gain in working with circuitry, timing andprogramming issues associated with interfacing a host processor to a DSP processor.Bibliography1. Analog Devices, ADSP-2100 Family EZ Tools Manual. 1994.2. Alkin, O., Digital Signal Processing – A Laboratory Approach Using PCDSP. Prentice-Hall, 1994.3. Vaidyanathan, P.P.,. Multirate Systems and Filter Banks. Prentice-Hall, 157-158 (1993)ANTHONY J. A. OXTOBYTony Oxtoby is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology at Purdue University in WestLafayette, Indiana and was educated in England at the University of Hull and the University of Manchester

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Robert Schottler; Kamal B. Rojiani

Session 1315 Java Applets for Structural Analysis Kamal B. Rojiani and Robert Schottler Charles E. Via Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VirginiaAbstractA series of Web-based instructional units for the first undergraduate course in structuralengineering are developed. The instructional units are centered on computer programs written inthe object-oriented Java programming language. Each instructional unit consists of a series ofHTML documents containing Java applets. The HTML pages have a standard format and containthe

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Rahul Bargava; Michael Rosenblatt; Howard M. Choset; Amy Graveline

first time in the fall of 1999, and Michael was the teaching assistant for the course. He is veryinterested in new technologies for toys and learning and will be spending his second summer working in this Page 5.203.11field with the Epistemology and Learning Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MediaLaboratory.Howie ChosetHowie is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics at Carnegie Mellon Universitywhere he conducts research in motion planning and design of serpentine mechanisms, coverage path planningfor de-mining and painting, mobile robot sensor based exploration of unknown spaces

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Qunying Gao; Robert W. Nowlin; Rajeswari Sundararajan

Session 3648 BUILDING INTERACTIVE TUTORIALS USING VISUAL BASIC Robert W. Nowlin, Qunying Gao, and Raji Sundararajan Department of Electronics & Computer Engineering Technology Arizona State University East - Mesa, AZ – 85212 raji@asu.eduAbstractIn this computer information age, computers in education play a major role in effective learning.This paper presents the development and the aspects of a graphical, user interactive, Visual Basictutorial, to learn VHDL via computers.VHDL, a hardware description language for Very High Speed Integrated Circuits (VHSIC

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. David McDonald, et al., "Improving the Laboratory Experience with Modern Computer-Based Instrumentation," Proceedings of the 1997 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Session 1559.JOHN SPINELLIJohn M. Spinelli is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and ComputerScience at Union College, Schenectady, New York. He teaches in the areas of linear systems, digitalcommunication, and computer networks, and does research on fault-tolerant communication protocols. Hereceived the B.E. degree (summa cum laude) in electrical engineering from The Cooper Union, NewYork, in 1983, and the S.M. and Ph.D. degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1985 and 1989, respectively.KEVIN

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: Does g(t) resemble the impulse response of an RC circuit? What type of filter does g(t) describe, and what is the cutoff frequency?)• What effect does convolution with the echo impulse response d(t) have on the music? Can you relate this effect to the shape of d(t)? What physical mechanism might give rise to an effect like this in a concert hall?4. Spectral analysis with the DFT and FFTThis laboratory provides an introduction to the discrete Fourier transform (DFT) and the fastFourier transform (FFT), which are important tools that facilitated the explosion in digital signalprocessing (DSP) technology during the past 30 years.The following material is distributed to students in a notebook. A file with sound samplesrecorded by the

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-based dynamic simulations being used for pedagogical purposed 1,4,9. But even with these aids,concepts such as eigenvalues, instability, and time constants can seem mysterious to studentsencountering them for the first time. Haptic interfaces, which allow a user to feel a virtualenvironment, are promising tools for helping students obtain an understanding of these physicalphenomena.1.1 The Field of HapticsThe word haptic means relating to or based on the sense of touch. It can refer to a human orrobot’s ability to sense the world via touch, or the display of a virtual environment throughtouch. Words often associated with this concept are haptic display, force feedback, and forcereflection. All of these are technologies that allow computers to

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Sons.DAVID HAWSDavid has received undergraduate degrees in English from the University of California at Berkeley, and in CivilEngineering from the University of Utah. He has completed master’s and doctorate degrees in Civil Engineering atBrigham Young University, and has completed a master’s degree in Instructional and Performance Technology atBoise State University. He is licensed as a Professional Engineer in the states of Idaho, Utah and Mississippi. Hiscurrent “non-engineering” interests are in technical writing and applied ethics. His “engineering” interests are inteaching and structural response to permanent ground failure. He is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering atBoise State University

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the students to use of Mallard in the teaching of electric circuits.3. Our approach in the development of problems with a structure that helps to guide the studentalong the path toward the correct solution.I. IntroductionEE 202 is a basic sophomore linear circuits course at the University of Southern California(USC) with a large enrollment consisting of both electrical and biomedical engineering students,which is well suited for Web-based enhancements and asynchronous learning networksteaching/learning techniques. Because of this, we have developed a new version of this coursethat incorporates an innovative Web-based learning technology that we find strengthens studentinterest in learning the course material. The principal thrust of this

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Kandace K. Martin; Justin Benna; Donald R. Flugrad; Anthony W. Hron; Barbara L. Licklider

the Project have acquired the skills, expertise, Page 5.80.1and desire to apply current knowledge about learning.2III. Incorporating Learning-centeredness into a Distance Education ClassroomA mechanical engineering professor who was assigned a distance education course, had gained knowledge andexpertise in student learning as a participant in one of the Project LEA/RN™ groups. He has incorporated a numberof collaborative activities into classes he meets face-to-face, and is thoroughly convinced that this approach is asignificant improvement over the strict lecture-mode of teaching.During the Spring 1999 term, he taught his

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contributions and major performance objectives. • Provides an assessment method for students to monitor progress. • Provides faculty advisors an assessment and evaluation tool for the project.IX. AcknowledgementsWe would like to thank Dr. Joseph LeBoeuf for his invaluable insights about team dynamics andfor the background information he provided on the Army’s Officer’s Evaluation Report SupportForm.Bibliography1 Engineering Accreditation Commission. Engineering Criteria 2000: Criteria for Accrediting Programs inEngineering in the United States. 2nd ed., Accreditation Board for Engineering ant Technology, Inc. Baltimore MD.January 1998.2 Lewis, P. Aldridge, D., Swamidass, P.M. "Assessing Teaming Skills Acquisition on Undergraduate

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Rudolph Marloth; Rafiqul I. Noorani; Mark A. Hinton

Manual. 1989. Spokane, WA: Gonzaga University.MARK A. HINTONMark Hinton is an undergraduate student at Loyola Marymount University. He has worked atHughes Space and Communications in El Segundo, CA.. He will graduate in May 2000 with aB.S. in Electrical Engineering. After completing this degree, Mark will be a circuit designer atAgilent Technologies. He hopes to eventually earn a Ph.D. in EE and teach and researchelectrical engineering.RUDOLF MARLOTHAs an electrical engineer, Rudolf Marloth worked for many years in the defense industry,primarily at Hughes Aircraft. He recently received an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering fromLMU and is pleased to continue his association with students and faculty by working on projectslike this.RAFIQ I

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at LehighUnviersity. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering at Lehigh, after receiving his M.S. in Operations Research atAmerican University and B.S. in Engineering Physics at Lehigh.JOSEPH C. HARTMAN is an Assistant Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering at LehighUniversity. He received his Ph.D. and M.S. in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and aB.S. in General Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is a member of ASEE, IIE,INFORMS and NSPE. He currently serves as an area editor for The Engineering Economist. Page 5.703.6Figure 1

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-line.ConclusionThe paper shows how to use the new opportunity created by Internet technologies for theefficient and platform independent grade posting system. The system has been tested for morethan two academic years at three universities: University of Wyoming, Bradley University, andCalifornia Polytechnic by several instructors. The response from the students was usuallyenthusiastic, although some students prefer not to receive e-mail with their grades too often. To Page 5.320.5fix this problem, the instructor may move their e-mail address in the database so that it is notrecognized as e-mail.recognized as e-mail.During the first year of its use at Bradley

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Session 2259 Intelligent Production Cost Allocation System Michael L. Rioux, Dr. Bruce E. Segee University of Maine Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Instrumentation Research LaboratoryAbstract In the manufacture of machined products a large quantity of consumable tools areused. When simultaneously manufacturing a broad variety of products having differentspecifications, it is difficult to assign an accurate cost of tool usage to a specific product.What is often done is to assign a dollar value based on averages, however, this

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avariety of mechanisms.Bibliography1. Myska, David H., Machines and Mechanisms: Applied Kinematic Analysis, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ,1999.2. Norton, Robert L., Design of Machinery: An Introduction to the Synthesis and Analysis of Mechanisms andMachines, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 1999.LAURENCE J. LOGUELaurence J. Logue is Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at the Southern Polytechnic State University inGeorgia. Dr. Logue received B.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics from the Rose-HulmanInstitute of Technlolgy in 1959 and 1960 and the Ph. D. in Physics from the University of Florida in 1968. He hasserved two terms as chair of the Manufacturing Division of ASEE

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Bruce Segee; Michael D. Amos

currently an undergraduate student at the University of Maine pursuing a double major inElectrical and Computer Engineering. Mr. Amos received an Associates of Applied Science degree inElectromechanical Technology from Central Maine Technical College in 1991. Following that he worked for 3years at Digital Equipment Corporation as an Electronics Technician.BRUCE SEGEEBruce E. Segee is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maine. Hisresearch interests include Instrumentation, Automation, and Intelligent Systems. He is the Director of theInstrumentation Research Laboratory and a Member of the Intelligent Systems Group at the University of Maine.His work focuses on real-world deployable systems for use in

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graduate work at the University of South Carolina and ClemsonUniversity. Since August 1995, Jim has been working as an assistant professor of engineering and asProgram Coordinator of the B. S. program in Electro-mechanical Engineering Technology at Penn StateAltoona. He is the author of five texts, including the following books published by Prentice Hall: th ndIntroduction to Robotics in CIM Systems 4 ed. and Computer Integrated Manufacturing 2 ed.JAMIE ROWE – Jamie Rowe works for ABB Robotics in the Field Service Unit. When he work on theproject he was a senior student in the BS in Electro-mechanical Engineering Technology program atPenn State Altoona

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Rhett J. Allain; Jeff Saul; Duane L. Deardorff; David S. Abbott; Robert J. Beichner

tests, individual and groupexams, peer evaluation, and focus group interviews. The results show that students are buildinga better understanding of the main physics concepts, are more successful at solving problems,and are generally on-task and communicating well during group activities.I. IntroductionThe ABET 2000 criteria represent a radical departure in evaluating undergraduate educationprograms. Rather than require engineering and technology programs to conform to a set of Page 5.284.1national standards, the ABET 2000 criteria requires these programs to define their own learningobjectives, use these objectives to develop measurable outcomes