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David G. Meyer

the course material? Couldthey be completed in a reasonable amount of time?)9. Exams (e.g.: Did they reflect your knowledge of the course material? Could they becompleted in the allotted time? Were they designed so you could display what you knew?)10. Quizzes (e.g.: Did they help you learn the course material? Did they help prepare youfor the exams? Could they be completed in the allotted time?)11. Projects (e.g.: Did they help reinforce your overall understanding of the coursematerial and help tie things together? Could they be completed in the allotted time?)12. Lab Experiments (e.g.: Were they well coordinated with the lecture material? Didthey help you learn the course material? Could they be completed in the allotted time?)13. Overall

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Lucian P. Fabiano

technical performance requirements is now coupled with achieving requirements for project management, concurrent engineering, interdisciplinary problem solving, and teamwork. In effect, engineers and technologists assume two project development roles; project designer and project manager. As project designers they are responsible for completing assigned design tasks. As project managers they are responsible for defining a comprehensive and integrated plan which reflects overall development requirements and is aimed at achieving overall project success. The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) Engineering Technology (ET) department has

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Kathryn A. Neeley

designed objects, while the second visit focuseson the ways design decisions reflect the designer and the culture from which the artifact originated. Interactivityis a crucial feature of the tours, which stress inquisitive looking and dealing with the material reality of theartifact. The people who conduct visitors through the museum are called “docents,” from the Latin docere “toteach,” because their job is not to interpret the work for visitors, but rather to teach them how to constructmeaning from observations of the work. This approach emphasizes inquiry through visual examination. In addition to being exposed through readings, lectures, and discussions to the ideas outlined above, thestudents are given a specific assignment associated

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1996 Annual Conference

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Osama Ettouney; Don L. Byrkett

wheel, but have been modified to reflect our stated objectives and the ability to perform the activity in a lab environment. The CIMS lab (see Figure 1) is organized into four centers that support the five business functions described above (please see below). In the CIMS lab, the computers are linked through an Ethernet local-area network that is interfaced with the SAS main server. The four-centers are: Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) Center; Flexible-Manufacturing System (FMS) Center; Computer-Aided Experimentation (CAX) Center; and Computer-Aided Material Testing (CAMT) Center. Figure 1. The Layout of the CIMS Lab at Miami University The lab and the integrative design project

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Thomas E. Russell; David R. Loker

introduced to AMmodulator circuits, AM transmitters, superheterodyne receivers, AM demodulator circuits, and single-sideband systems. The third major topic involves FM, where students are introduced to FM transmission,phase-locked loops, FM receivers, and FM stereo. Students are also introduced to transmission lines whichincludes topics such as transmission 1 ine equivalent circuits, incident and reflected waves, and impedancematching. Lastly, students are introduced to antennas which includes topics such as the Hertz antenna andthe Marconi antenna. Most of these topics are covered in communication system textbooks available forelectrical engineering technology studentsl. In addition to the above mentioned topics discussed in lecture

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Donald N. Merino; D. W. Merino

accuracy of the cost estimates increase with increasing engineering effort, the cost to changethe design also increases exponentially. A number of companies have studied the cost to fix or correct defectsor error at various stages of development. An IBM study indicated that the cost of fixing an error was $1 inR&D, $4 in manufacturing and $80 in the field. An AT&T executive stated that for switching technology theratios were 1 - 100-1000. Both of these examples reflect the fact that making changes during the early designphase is a lot less expensive than in manufacturing or in the field. (Figure 2) + cost of Changes Ideal Time

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P.E., Dr. M. David Burghardt

applied to coursecontent areas, including examinations, as well as to design projects, the area where it has been applied inHofstra’s Introduction to Engineering course. Portfolios are a usefbl element in authentic assessment and a design report can be created that is aportfolio. Ideally, portfolios should encourage students to reflect on their work and consider ways to improvetheir periiormance. Importantly, students should know how the portfolios are going to be evaluated. Page 1.185.3 $iii&’ } 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘.,pl~~c

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Larry C. Burton; Jeffrey G. Soper; Jack V. Matson

endowment by William and Wyllis Leonhard to catalyze changes in the engineeringcurriculum that reflect the educational needs of students who will practice engineering in the twenty-firstcentury. The Advisory Board is composed of twenty distinguished Penn State engineering alumni.The Advisory Board, in conjunction with College of Engineering faculty and administrators, developed theconcept of a “World Class Engineer” who has, in addition to solid grounding in technical and scientificprinciples, the following attributes: ● International outlook ● Highly ethical orientation ● Innovative leadership skills ● Business savvy

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Russell J. Deaton; Michael J. Bartz

approval of the departmental honors committee.Honors in electrical engineering requires 15 hours of upper division honors courses, of which 12 hoursmust be upper division electrical engineering courses and must include Honors Research Studies (ELEC4998) and Honors Thesis (ELEC 4999). The Honors credits substitute for 15 of the 52 required upperdivision technical hours in our curriculum. Those students who complete the program and the regularB.S.E.E. requirements will be recognized at the commencement ceremony by having their degree conferred“With Honors in Electrical Engineering.” Moreover, the student’s diploma and record at The Universityof Memphis will reflect this accomplishment. The requirements are enumerated below: 1. Required Courses: 6

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Mohamed I. Dessouky; Murali Krishnamurthi

quadrants as shown in Figure 1 with the ends of the quadrants as concrete experience (feeling) versus abstract conceptualization (thinking), and reflective observation (watching) versus active experimentation (doing). Kolb identified four distinct learning styles that fall in those four quadrants as: divergers (Type 1 learners); assimilators (Type 2 learners); converges (Type 3 learners); and accommodators (Type 4 learners) [7]. Studies by Claxton and Ralston [4] have shown that 10% of undergraduate students are Type 1 learners, 40’% are Type 2 learners, 30’%0 are Type 3 learners, and 20% are Type 4 learners. Concrete Similar to

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1996 Annual Conference

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Pamela A. Hayward

to effectively present their visual aids. The courseprofessor had provided the workshop team with many ineffective transparencies from past presentations.Students were asked to explain why each visual aid was unsuitable as it was shown. Suggestions toimprove the imperfect aids were also generated by the students. After discussing visual aids, the instructor discussed effective presentation organization. Onceagain, a semester’s worth of material was condensed to its most essential elements in the accompanyinghandout. Finally, the workshop concluded with two self-reflective handouts for the students. They wereprovided with a self-critique checklist to use as they were practicing. They were also asked to fill out apersonal goals

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1996 Annual Conference

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William Peterson

(currently [4] and previously [1]). The instructors bring in material from outsidethese texts to add the additional depth needed by engineering students in certain areas. Both texts, butespecially the current text, reflect the current emphasis in production management placed on quality. As thetext is used, it becomes clear that the application of TQM (Total Quality Management) QFD (Quality FunctionDeployment), and ISO 9000 (to name just a few of the current overlaying production managementphilosophies) are customer driven. Since marketing is the normal function for developing customerinformation, it seems only natural to expect industrial engineering and engineering management students to beexposed to marketing concepts - especially the basics of

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1996 Annual Conference

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Fahmida R. Masoom; Abulkhair M. Masoom; Mir Atiqullah

difference in attitude ofengineering faculty from different degree granting programs. A survey of undergraduate engineering programsaround the country is being conducted in order to understand current practices and reflection of future trends.The paper presents the methodology of survey, the profile of the respondents, faculty involvement, andfactors influencing their choices of language.Introduction Computer experience is a vital element of today’s engineering education. Engineering programsthroughout the country are trying to keep pace with and stay on top of the constantly changing, upgradingand vastly improving market of computers and software. An important step in implementing, evaluating, orrevising any computer ‘training’ in an

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W. Ernst Eder

themselves have all the requiredknowledge for any product, they must obtain advice from others and have consultations with specialists, both ofwhom are regarded as team members. Engineering mostly involves team work. Nevertheless, the responsibilityto supply the manufacturing and implementation instructions for the most suitable product or process rests withthe engineering designers. Engineering design solutions to problems (reflecting needs) can be characterized in several differentways, e.g. according to complexity of the solution proposals, difficulty of designing, technical sophistication, Page 1.406.1novelty, addressed

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Robert O. Harger

synonymous. The conceptual level of a study is raised significantly when unedifying 2calculation is relegated to the software. The Mathcad programming language has evolved to the point that it ispossible to write an interactive book directly in that language for an introduction to digital signal processing. The use of computers in engineering practice is pervasive and it desirable to reflect this in engineeringeducation4j576. I have been using the interactive book in a computer classroom, a natural evolution of the .traditional classroom The combination of interactive book and computer classroom allows flexibleexperimentation with degrees of

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1996 Annual Conference

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Joe King

educator-reviewers are grouped into panels according to theirexpertise. Therefore, engineers judge proposals for engineering laboratories, chemists judge chemistry-relatedproposals, and so on. The panels assess each of 15 to 20 proposals according to the:• merit of its basic premise. Is the proposed project of high quality? Does it reflect currency in its field? Will it genuinely promote education in that field?• capability of the investigators and the host institution. Do the investigators have the knowledge, time, and will to carry this project through to completion. Does the institution have the required support structure and will its administration adequately support the investigators?• utility of the project to the institution

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Joe King

educator-reviewers are grouped into panels according to theirexpertise. Therefore, engineers judge proposals for engineering laboratories, chemists judge chemistry-relatedproposals, and so on. The panels assess each of 15 to 20 proposals according to the:• merit of its basic premise. Is the proposed project of high quality? Does it reflect currency in its field? Will it genuinely promote education in that field?• capability of the investigators and the host institution. Do the investigators have the knowledge, time, and will to carry this project through to completion. Does the institution have the required support structure and will its administration adequately support the investigators?• utility of the project to the institution

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Robert V. Peltier; Farouk Attia

progress in their careers.Engineering Technology Graduates Must: The following eight suggestions are meant to guide the ET student to develop some understanding ofthe importance of issues of interest to industry beyond merely competencies in applied science. For example;1) Understand quality and it’s impact on the enterprise. Quality is now designed into the product ratherinspected for after manufacturing. Not only does quality reflect on the whole organization but it has also beenshown to ultimately produce the lowest product cost. Also witness the purchasers of goods and services thatnow require an 1S09000 certification to even be on the qualified suppliers list.2) Have excellent verbal and written communication skills. The best academic

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Hussein M. Yaghi

computers were used in the school in teaching computer skills. The questionnaires were completed by the research team through interviewing the concerned individuals in each school. Results and Discussion The collected information includes: computer hardware and peripherals in use, educational software in use, the qualifications of the personnel involved in computer education programs, and how computers are used in the in the schools. c omputer Ha dwa e We found th~t 20~ or 57% of the schools were using computers among the 358 schools of the sample. They were using 3,507 computers with a mean of 17 computers per school. If we reflect that on all schools

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1996 Annual Conference

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Scott A. Stefanov; Pamela J. Neal; George W. P. York; Daniel J. Pack

come in contact with each wall) and certainly less interesting from a design point of view. A systemof IR sensors would provide the robot with wall proximity information without requiring the robot to comein contact with walls.A single infrared sensor subsystem consists of an IR EMITTER Wallemitter, detector and associated amplifiers. A blockdiagram is shown in Fig 6. In the presence of an Amplifier and Current toobstruction, such as a maze wall, some of the emitted Voltageenergy will be reflected off a wall and enter the Converter

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S.v. Babu; S.M. Ross; I.I. Suni; D.H. Rasmussen

display/calculation of the rate of oxidation of silicon to grow a SiO2 film and a diffusion calculation. This is followed by a section that describes the differences between amorphous and crystalline films,containing 3-D representations of different crystal planes and surfaces which are nested inside the text. Usingrealistic molecular dynamic calculations, animations of attachment and reflection of individual atoms from filmsurfaces are shown. These were created using codes developed by one of the PIs and a Windows-based graphicspackage. We are currently exploring different options to make this experience more interactive for the user. These multimedia segments were then stored on the Clarkson university local area network(LAN

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1996 Annual Conference

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John C. Reis

performance was observed when students were told that the test would occur "soon"and when they knew exactly the date of the tests. Further, class attendance was higher for the section havingno advanced warning. Bahrick2, Conway et al.3, and Bahrick and Hall4 reported mixed results connecting course grade andlong-term retention. Conway et al.5 and Bahrick6 reviewed these differences and suggested that coursegrades may not reflect long-term retention because grading methods can reflect different types of learningthrough the course. They reported that performance on course work was more strongly correlated with long-term retention than was final examination scores. It is noted however, that the types of courses evaluated inthose studies typically

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1996 Annual Conference

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Gad Engler

. During the past decade, the total acquisitions budget of Louisiana State University Libraries hasremained essentially fixed. Ever-rising subscription costs have forced repeated rounds of serials reviews andsubsequent cancellations. Faculty have been provided with lists of serials in their area on which they markedtheir selections. Decisions have tended to reflect departmental views of what a good collection should include.As the number of subscriptions dropped, faculty frustration has risen. Unless additional monies are madeavailable, it is clear that the traditional ideal must be replaced with a focus on the actual needs of the user and 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

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Susan B. Millar; Steve Kosciuk; John C. Wright; Debra Penberthy

-prepared for introductory courses in science majors. 3. I am confident that this student’s performance on this oral exam reflects hislher true competence. 4. Taking into account all the criteria formulated in my oral exam preparation exercise, this student demonstrated overall competence. The open-ended question asked the assessor to describe the factors that reflected on the student’soverall competence. The assessors also indicated the order in which students were interviewed. -.Faculty “Summary Questionnaire” After interviewing all of their students, each faculty member completed the Summary Questionnaire,which requested them to rank the students in two ways and asked open-ended questions about

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1996 Annual Conference

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Sandra L. Bishop; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre

responses were immediately excluded fi-om theprocess, where candid and reflective essays usually resulted in initial interviews. During the interviews, we looked forsubstantive students who had examined and understood their experiences on campus, whether positive or negative, andwere able to reflect on them in a positive manner. They could identi~ actions that they should have or did take, thatcould have or did help them in their academic and their personal lives. Second, we looked for students who hadappreciation of differences. These differences could be: academic - recognizing that book smarts aren’t everything,ethnic - obvious but necessary, and individually - some students work well in chaos while others need strictorganization and structure

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1996 Annual Conference

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Luis G. Occeña

integration of the concepts. Even the student reports reflect a greater emphasis onthe integration of the module into the system. A laboratory guide for the students was developed to reflect thenew modular approach.OUTCOME OF THE PROJECT The new modular laboratory is known as the Modular Laboratory for System Integration & Control(MLSIC). It is currently housed in a 12' x 16' foot room, but is scheduled to move to a new room this summer inconjunction with the relocation of the Department of Industrial Engineering to new facilities. The newequipment acquired under this project include:` Data collection probe sets consisting of data acquisition probes such as timers, counters, thermocouples,transducers, tachometers, pressure and logic probes

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1996 Annual Conference

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William W. Predebon; Peck Cho; Diana George; Linda M. Ott; Philip Sweany

discussed include: how to be a successful and happyfaculty member, the Michigan Technological University (MTU) student body, total student development,university learning centers, and preparing for the first day. The orientation is followed by weekly seminarsthroughout the year. The weekly seminars, particularly in the fall, discuss just in time topics such as preparingfor quizzes and exams, dealing with marginal student performance, student evaluations, classroom assessment,grading, active vs. passive learning, reflective teaching, etc. The orientation is directed at new faculty, i.e.,faculty at the university for three years or less. The weekly seminar series includes more experienced teachersas well. The goal is to encourage an exchange of ideas

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1996 Annual Conference

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Lucian P. Fabiano

are then introduced to project management as an approach which uses two key concepts: 1. Single Point of Integrative Responsibility: This concept views the project as having one person (i.e the project manager) who is the single point of responsibility for achieving all of the goals and objectives defined for a project. 2. Integrated Planning and Control: This concept requires that all projects be planned and controlled to reflect the requirements of all functional disciplines associated the project life cycle phases. The above concepts are mutually supportive and lead to several important characteristics of

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1996 Annual Conference

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Merl Baker

; Hammer’s early concepts ofreengineering may better reflect today’s concept of reinvention [5]. Reinvention is unquestionably dramatic and radicaland challenges the fundamental process; it requires a bold and complex restructuring for a solution and/or major processsubstitutions. Most corporations which have embraced the reengineering concept have studied the option of radicalrestructuring as proposed in Hammer’s 1990 title, but most often accept and implement the less-radical modificationsrequiml to achieve significant gradual improvements and substitutions in the macro process [5,10,11]. David A. Garvin, through a roundtable discussion, approached reengineering by leveraging the processes forstrategic advantage [5]. Reengineming

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1996 Annual Conference

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Michael H. Gregg; Dr. Deidre Hirschfeld; Dr. Bevlee Watford

10,000 women will earnengineering degrees this year, whereas over 50,000 men will attain this academic level.2 Despite thefact that women are over 50% of the population of the United States, engineering school enrollmentsdo not reflect this gender dominance, and the engineering profession remains a predominantly whitemale bastion. Gender equity progress has been made in the 100+ years since Kate Gleason entered CornellUniversity, and Elmina Wilson earned her civil engineering degree from Iowa State University.3Societal changes and associated legal and infrastructure changes have opened more and bettertechnical opportunities to women. The percentage of women engineers enrolled as first year studentsdoubled from 9 percent in 1975 to 18 percent