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2002 Annual Conference

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Scott Miers; Carl Anderson; Paula Zenner

groups. The individual Gantt chart, created by the person(s) working on a jobassignment, organizes the details of their specific task with a description of the semester goals. Allthree levels of Gantt charts are continuously reviewed and coordinated by the team leader, groupleaders and faculty advisor. Page 7.342.3 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Education”Business operations are a significant part of the student effort in an Enterprise with budgetsbetween $25,000 to $80,000 per year. Business

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Web Based Laboratories and Classes

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Kamal Bichara; Raj Chowdhury

the “virtual experts” via a variety of asynchronous and synchronous delivery modes (i.e.:web based, web enhanced, I-Linc and V-Tel). This has ensured the students, regardless of theirlocation, to pursue the MT degree and even complete the course requirements via the DL mode.The DL access and the innovative approach have assisted the non traditional students tocomplete their graduate degree and continue their careers in the wired 21 st. century.Delivery of actual laboratory hands-on experience in an asynchronous web environmentThe fast evolution of the Internet and the World Wide Web in the late 1990's resulted inincreased interest in the use of the Internet asynchronous methods for delivery of both credit andnon-credit courses. Success was

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Sunanda Mitra

parallel at Texas Tech and The University of Missouri at Rolla. As part of thecurriculum development, courses were taught in adaptive optimization for signal processing, optimizationin information theory and coding, adaptive pattern recognition, neural network s and adaptive critics, andmathematical methods and algorithms for signal processing. Thirty-five graduate students and twelveundergraduate students were significantly involved in both the research and educational activitiesassociated with the program. Research activities were wide-ranging, and included optimized design oflossless and lossy compression for medical images, adaptive pattern recognition, segmentation, adaptivecritic designs, Q-learning, optimized blind source separation, fuzzy

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Innovations in Teaching Mechanics

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Helen Kuznetsov

2 and 3) while the answers to the Page 7.1115.2questions are of cause depend on the numerical data for the truss parameters. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering Education Th Free Body Diagram (FBD in Figure 2) appears on the screen after student 's choice of members to be cut and the truss portion to be considered. After

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Monica Mallini

Boolean algebra, logic gates, binary arithmetic Digital logic 9 Review and Exam 10 Combinational logic, digital circuits, adders 4-bit binary adder 11 Comparators, decoders 7-segment decoder 12 Multiplexers, sequential logic S-R latch 13 Latches, flip-flops, sequential logic applications Gray code counter 14 Review and Exam 15 Review and Final Exam Page 7.137.3 Table 1. – Semester Schedule for Electrical Engineering 2300.results—calculated, measured, and simulated—should be

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Parviz Daneshgari

Page 7.802.4enablers. Our sample company had to make all theseinfrastructure changes to enable rapid productdevelopment. 4REFERENCES1. Managing New Product & Process Development, Clark & Wheelwright, Free Press 1993.2. The Chase, Daneshgari, Black Forest Press 1998.3. The New Economics, Deming, MIT 1993CONTACTDr. Parviz (Perry) DaneshgariMCA12765 S. Saginaw St, Ste 401Grand Blanc, MI 48439Ph: (810) 953-5500 / Cel: (810) 287-1975Motor Consultants of America (MCA), Inc. was foundedin 1990 by Dr. Parviz (Perry) Daneshgari to assistcompanies with the identification and reduction ofinternal waste and inefficiencies. MCA’s focus has

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Rebecca Willits

research on topics covered in the textbook for Biotransport Journal Research Topic(s) American Journal of Physiology fluid transport in lens epithelium 4. model for glomerular filtration 5. erythrocyte aggregation 6. Chemical & Engineering News drug delivery 7. Annals of Biomedical microvascular blood flow 8. Engineering modeling body dehydration 9. Fahraeus Effect 10. Biological & Pharmaceutical topical drug delivery – pharmacokinetic model 11. Bulletin Biotechnology Progress naphthalene toxicity

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Lisa Anneberg; Ece Yaprak

different trafficconditions and topologies. Some of these packages (such as MIL 3's IT Decision Guru) letstudents tailor a simulation to reflect a real network by profiling the exact behavior of anapplication by capturing packet traces, adding background traffic levels and then investigating“what-if” scenarios. However, we wanted to use additional laboratory materials that enable our studentsto capture packets off the “live” network and analyze them. Since these kinds of equipmentare very expensive, we have started experimenting with free network analyzer programs thatwe can currently download from the Internet instead of buying the actual hardware/software.These freeware networking programs have different purposes and capabilities. For

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Practice/Industry Partnership

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2002 Annual Conference

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Enno Koehn

assistance with the productionactivities involved with the preparation of this paper.Bibliography1. “Engineering Ethics Summary.” (1992). Texethics. Murdough Center for Engineering Professionalism. TexasTech University, Lubbock, Texas, 3(1).2. Ethics and Professionalism, Workshop Contents. (1992). Presented at the Ethics Workshop hosted by theMurdough Center for Engineering Professionalism, Austin, Texas, June 11-13, 1992.3. Herkert, J.R. and Viscomi, B.V. (1960). “A Course in Engineering Professionalism and Ethics.” Proc.,Education and Continuing Development for the Civil Engineer: Setting the Agenda for the 90’s and Beyond, ASCE,975-981.4. Kile, D.A. (1992). “What Is All This Fuss About Business Ethics.” Textron Corporation, P.O. Box 482

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New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

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Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito

. The teachers are equally satisfied with the program because it has been a big challengeto accomplish the goal of turning the students in autonomous engineers with research s kills andentrepreneurial mind.Such kind of education prepares the students for the effective professional practice in a moresolid way, coherent with the complex demand of present world. Page 7.79.4 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliography1. Lusiada, F: “Centro de Estudos Superiores da Fundação

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Tools of Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

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Dave Cress

first two exams for study.For the first step of the exercise, students need to correct the mistakes on their exam. I allowthem to use any resources to find an acceptable answer, including discussions of the problem withother students and asking me for advice. If the problem is not reworked correctly, no credit isallowed as the follow-up steps are likely to be invalid.The second part of the exercise challenges student performance; finding what “caused” themistake(s). Students need to recall and reflect on their own thinking during the exam. They alsoneed to think about their study habits and learning styles. There is a tendency for all of us to avoidthinking about our failures. We can help students to be more comfortable about reflecting on

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Combining Research and Teaching

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Bruce Berdanier

sources,background loads (BL) for baseline loads occurring in the watershed, and margin of safety(MOS) is explained for the students to use in their analysis of the watershed. A history of theTMDL program’s evolution since the inception of the CWA along with the current legislativedevelopments and EPA guidance of record is presented to the students. The seven component ofthe TMDL program3 are also presented to the students as an “outline” for organizing their plan ofstudy.The lecture series also reviews the fundamental analytical concepts for modeling dissolvedoxygen in a stream that were developed earlier in the 1900’s by Streeter and Phelps. 4 Theexpanded and updated formulation of these ideas are the foundation of the complex waterquality

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ET Web Based Laboratories

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Richard Cliver

traveled to the campus for their full day sessions and alleviated the frustrations they had with earlier experiments performed at home.Background: Distance Learning instruction in engineering education dates back to the late 1960’s when Universities began offering graduate courses through this medium. 1 Distance Learning offered an easy and affordable way to instruct small classes, the maturity of the Graduate student enabled them to overcome the technical difficulties. 2 Distance Learning in undergraduate education is a relativity new development. Rochester Institute of Technology has been participating in distance learning teaching since 1989. RIT has used different formats in their distance-learning classes, which include flexible format

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New Programs and Textbooks in BME

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2002 Annual Conference

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Richard Jendrucko; Jack Wasserman

Session 1609 Overcoming Impediments to the Development of Undergraduate and Graduate BME Programs at the University of Tennessee Richard J. Jendrucko, Jack F. Wasserman University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleThe University of Tennessee, Knoxville had offered undergraduate and graduate optionprograms in biomedical engineering in an Engineering Science (ES) Department since the early1970's. Based on growing student interest and changing priorities in the College of Engineering,the undergraduate ES degree program was dropped and in fall 2000 a new undergraduate BMEdegree program

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Massood Atashbar

process.Bibliography1 D. Sathianathan, S. Sheppard, R. Jenison, N. Bilgutay, J. Demel, P. Gavankar, J. Lockedge, R. Mutherasan, H. Phillips, C. Poli and J. Richardson, “ Freshman Design Projects: lessons learned in engineering coalition” in Proceedings of the 28th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference, Vol. 3, (Tempe, AZ), P. 1121, Nov. 4-7 1998.2 D.A. Miller, M.Z. Atashbar, F. Severance, and R. Tanner “Walking before running: filling the freshman engineering gap by building mobile Stiquito robots” National Science Foundation, Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement Program. Grant number NSF DUE 0088158.3 J.M. Conrad and J. Mills “ Stiquito for Beginners” Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Computer Society Press, 1999.4 G. B. Parker, D. W

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Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jihad Albayyari; Bob Lahidji

Page 7.236.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationFour-year Engineering Technology programs started in the early 1960's becauseengineering programs were becoming too theoretical. Today, According to ASEE,nationwide there are about 34 colleges and universities which offer ABET accreditedManufacturing Engineering Technology programs1 (ASEE, 2002). A baccalaureate inengineering technology prepares individuals to become engineering technologists. TheEngineering Technology Council has defined engineering technology as a: Profession in which knowledge of the applied

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Assessment & Quality Assurance in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

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John Anderson; Jean-Lou Chameau; Dick K.P. Yue

least two of the European partner schools arechanging to a department – dean – provost reporting arrangement), the absence of astrong dean’s position presents a different landscape for introducing educational reformin engineering. There are some other interesting findings. Most of the 10 partner schools notedmore interdisciplinary research and education now than in the past. Distance education, atopic of current discussion at most schools, is generally absent from the successfulpractices list; only Georgia Tech has distance education as one of the three practices.POTENTIAL FUTURE USE OF THE NETWORK The first question to be addressed is what is the impact of the study on theeducational practices of the partner schools? The answer(s

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Michael Brachtl; Sub Ramakrishnan; Mohammad Dadfar

," (First Edition), Wiley & Sons, 2000.2. Silberschatz, A., Galvin, P., and Gagne, G., "Operating System Concepts," (Sixth Edition), Wiley & Sons, 2002.3. Stallings, W., "Operating Systems," (Third Edition), Prentice-Hall, 1998.4. Tanenbaum, A. S., "Modern Operating Systems," (Second Edition), Prentice-Hall, 2001. Page 7.25.5 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationMOHAMMAD B. DADFARMohammad B. Dadfar is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department at

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Engrng Edu;An International Perspective

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2002 Annual Conference

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Hamid Eydgahi

/pubs.cfm 4 Lau, R. S. M. (1996). Strategic Flexibility: A New Reality for World-Class Manufacturing. SAM Advanced Management Journal. Spring 1996, pp. 11-15. 5 Facts in Brief: Most American Believe International Education and Issues Are Important U.S. Concern. American Council on Education, Higher Education and National Affairs. http://www.acenet.edu/hena/facts_in_brief/2001/04_02_00_fib.cfm 6 Landis, R. B. (1995). Studying Engineering: A Road Map to a Rewarding Career. Burbank, CA: Discovery Press. 7 Report Shows Record Increase In Enrollment of International Students. American Council on Education, Higher Education and National Affairs. http

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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Swaminathan Balachandran

has improved, but it does not have the flexibility andfeatures available in a spreadsheet. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The information about Blackboard Release 5.5 is derived from the online InstructorManual available at the Blackboard website for the courses taught by the author. REFERENCES1. Instructor Manual, Level One, Release 5.5, Blackboard Inc., 2001.http://www.blackboard.com2. Instructor Manual, Levels Two and Three, Release 5.5, Blackboard Inc., 2001.http://www.blackboard.com BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF AUTHOR Dr. S. Balachandran is a Prof. of Ind. Eng., UW-Platteville. He serves as consultant andhis areas of interest are ergonomics

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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Swaminathan Balachandran

derived from the online help guides available at thePrometheus website for the course. The details about the master of engineering program at UW –Platteville are those at the website for the Distance Education Center. REFERENCES1. Master of Engineering Program, UW – Platteville,http://www.uwplatt.edu/~disted/engineering.htm.2. Faculty Quick Start Guide 2001 – 2002 Blackboard Inc.,http://products.blackboard.com/gs/training/docs/prometheus/faculty_quick_start_5-0.pdf BIOGRAPHICAL DATA OF AUTHOR Dr. S. Balachandran is a Prof. of Ind. Eng., UW-Platteville. He serves as consultant andhis areas of interest are ergonomics, continuous process and quality improvement

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2002 Annual Conference

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Narayanan Komerath

s filled with lunar regolith.The containers would be filled with regolith and launched by an electromagnetic accelerator. Thepower to drive the accelerator would come from solar-electric plants distributed around the lunarequator – each such plant would use a field of solar cells built into the lunar surface in situ usinga set of robotic rovers16 which focus sunlight to melt the surface, and add some pure substancesto create the cells and other circuits .In the SBE concept, the massive construction project required to build the radiation shield, isitself used to give a start to several other enterprises – 1. A solar-electric power plant system, with sites located around the lunar equator. 2. A metal extraction and metal-working plant

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MINDing Our Business

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2002 Annual Conference

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Denise Hayman

andgraduation while non-minorities loose 1217. When looking at the research in regards topredicting which institutions did the best job, it was noted that for both minority and non-minority engineering schools, selectivity was the most important predicator of degree attainment.Additionally, the more expensive institutions with higher selectivity had the higher graduationrates for all students18. These graduation rates have remained unchanged since the 1980’s. Based on the information here one would think that engineering schools would havesome idea as to why their numbers continue to decline. But this does not seem to be the case. Page 7.4.5

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2002 Annual Conference

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John Wheatland

accounted for a smaller percentage of the pipeline at each point. 11 7 W. G. Spady, "Dropouts From Higher Education: An Interdisciplinary Review and Synthesis," Interchange 1(1970): 64-85. 8 Vincent T. Tinto, "Dropout from Higher Education: A Theoretical Synthesis of Recent Research," Review ofEducational Research 45, no. 1 (1975): 84-137. 9 John P. Bean and Barbara S. Metzner, “A Conceptual Model of Nontraditional Undergraduate StudentAttrition,” Review of Educational Research 55, no. 4 (Winter 1985): 485-540. 10 Ernest T. Pascarella and Patrick T. Terenzini, "Interaction Effects in Spady's and Tinto's Conceptual Modelsof College Dropout," Sociology of Education 52, no. 4 (1979

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Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

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James Globig

“Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education” h. Financial and other benefit s of the completed product i. Product pricing ii. Product / production forecast over multiple years iii. Calculation of the net present value, payback or other financial metrics. 4. Project Selection and Approval – Typically, the completed project plan, utilizing all the available information and resulting in a “best estimate”, is presented to the management team (along with others) for their approval and subsequent budget and official resource

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Teaching Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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Chris Randell; Marty Bowe; John Feland; Daniel Jensen

prevalent as well. At the U. S. Air Force Academywe have been using RP to enhance our design curriculum for the last three years. In thispaper we give a brief overview of RP technology, and discuss how we use both classical(non-rapid) and rapid prototyping in our design classes. Assessment results from bothfaculty and students are presented which provide insight into the role of RP inundergraduate education. This assessment shows that students have an initial reluctanceto using the RP technology. However, after they have used RP, they report that theprocess is surprisingly easy. In addition, they report that prototyping significantlyenhances their design and more importantly, enhances their learning of the design toolsand methodologies taught

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Trends in Engineering Economy Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Gunter Sharp; Jack Lohmann

means of educationaldelivery.Bibliography1. Benjamin, N.N., A. Johnson, M. Zidon, D. Moen, and D.K. Ludlow, “The Development of an Undergraduate Distance Learning Degree for Industry – A University/Industry Collaboration,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 87, no. 3, (July 1998), pp. 277-282.2. Shute, N., “Open University,” PRISM, vol. 11, no. 3, (November 2001), pp. 18-25.3. Boulet, M-M., and S. Boudreault, “Using Technology to Deliver Distance Education in Computer Science,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 87, no. 4, (October 1998), pp. 433-436.4. Gramoll, K., “An Internet Portal for Statics and Dynamics Engineering Courses,” ,” (Web) Proceedings of the 2001 International Conference on Engineering

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Innovative Laboratory Instruction

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2002 Annual Conference

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Steven Hietpas

Page 7.169.3 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering EducationWhile many manufacturers provide motor parameters, it is important for students to perform teststo determine their accuracy. A ½ hp motor from Dynetic Systems Incorporated (MS3130-04/T-21/S) was tested in lab using the Magtrol DSP6001 (6000) Magtrol Controller and HD-715-6NHysteresis Brake (motor load) system. Students performed the appropriate tests and using aspreadsheet routine computed for La, Ra and kT. Comparing their results to parameters providedby the manufacturer, they soon discovered that while Ra and kT were relatively close

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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John Klegka; Robert Rabb

Session 2793 An Effective Engineer Design and Teambuilding Experience for Non-Engineers Robert J. Rabb, John S. Klegka United States Military AcademyAbstractPart of the balanced core curriculum of the United States Military Academy (USMA) requiresengineering education for all graduates to promote their ability to be creative problem solvers.This core curriculum provides a fundamental understanding of physical systems for allgraduates. Although all graduates receive a B.S. degree in various disciplines, many will majorin a non-engineering area

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Masaaki Mizuno

Session 1520 An Invariant Pattern-based Approach to Develop Concurrent Programs M. Mizuno 1, G. Singh 1, M.L. Neilsen 1, D.H. Lenhert 2, N. Zhang 3, and A.B. Gross4 1 Department of Computing and Information Sciences, Kansas State University (KSU) {masaaki,singh,neilsen}@cis.ksu.edu * 2 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, KSU, lenhert@ksu.edu * 3 Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, KSU, zhangn@ksu.edu * 4 The IDEA Center, 211 S. Seth Child Road, Manhattan, Kansas, agross@ksu.edu* Abstract In recent years, the