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Leslie Dorworth; Barbara Mania-Farnell; Susan Scachitti

Session 1392 The TEAMS Leadership Institute: Encouraging Women to Take the Road Less Traveled Susan Scachitti, Barbara Mania-Farnell, Leslie Dorworth Purdue University CalumetAbstractThe TEAMS Leadership Institute is a program at Purdue University Calumet (PUC) that wasdesigned to promote women into leadership roles in fields that are generally known to have anunderrepresented female population. The mission of the institute is to aid current and futureleaders in the fields of Technology, Engineering, Architecture/Construction, Mathematics andSciences in

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engineering programs in the country are re-examining the design content in theircurriculum. Engineering curricula is being modified to incorporate vertical integration of designthrough large projects between the first year and the last year of their programs. By interactingwith industry, the product design students become familiar with the steps in creative productdesign starting from the concepts to production and marketing. New approaches are provided toenable students to learn how to work smarter. In view of the recent development in leanmanufacturing and information technology, emphasis on value stream mapping and its influenceon product development is important. A good product design course should familiarize theproduct designers and students

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Hugh Blanton; Mark Rajai

; Page 6.347.3Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education”personal locator and Wander Guard. However, they are either too bulky or they use too muchbandwidth to be contained in a practically sized unit. Some like Kid security uses same 49MHZfrequency as Guardian 2000. The research shows that 49MHZ is the best and least expensivefrequency to use. However, the problem with 49MHZ frequency is that it is a low and commonfrequency used by many electronic devices and they will interfere with signal from transmitter tothe receiver and cause false alarms particularly in indoor places such as department stores andmalls. Others use higher frequency which require FAA licenses or RFM technology whichrequire hardware wiring

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. Thereference signal is then processed with an adaptive digital filter to produce a signal that is 180°out-of-phase with engine noise. This signal drives a loud speaker to generate anti-noise. Anerror microphone located at the outlet of the exhaust system measures residue engine noise. Thiserror microphone signal is used to automatically adjust the digital filter’s coefficients such thatthe residue noise is minimized [3][4]. The most common form of adaptive algorithm used inANC is the least mean squares (LMS) algorithm developed by Widrow [5].While the concept of ANC has long been established, the technological means for implementingANC has only recently become available. With the advent of high speed digital signalprocessors (DSPs) and modern signal

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Elliot Douglas, University of Florida

standardintroductory materials curriculum (diffusion, strengthening mechanisms, eutectic phasediagrams, etc.). Rather, its goal is to teach engineering applications of fundamental chemistryconcepts. This course consists of four basic units: atomic, molecular and supermolecularstructures; synthesis and processing; stability of materials; and biological materials. Each ofthese units consists of topics designed to show how fundamental concepts in chemistry can beapplied to engineering problems. For example, liquid crystal display technology is used to teachthe concept of molecular shape. The course also contains a laboratory section. This paper willdescribe the detailed contents of the course and its relation to the engineering curriculum.1. IntroductionThere is

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campus climates should be eliminated. Such improvements willbenefit all faculty members, female and male. Our universities have made too great aninvestment to allow the current trend in retention to continue. The losses in self-esteemand careers potential are too great to be ignored.Bibliography1. Meinholdt, C. and Murray, S., “Why Aren’t There More Women Engineers?” Journal of Women andMinorities in Science and Engineering, Vol. 5 No. 3, October 1999, pp. 239-263.2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "A Study on the Status of Women Faculty in Science at MIT",1999.3. University of Missouri-Rolla, "1999-2000 Fact Book" http://www.umr.edu/~chanc/instres/99-00Factbook/4. Rose, S., "Critical Career Development Program for Women Faculty", January

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Robert Y. Ofoli; Mackenzie Davis; Craig W, Somerton

Session 2655 A Teaching Certificate Program at Michigan State University Craig W. Somerton, Mackenzie Davis, Robert Y. Ofoli College of Engineering, Michigan State UniversityIntroductionA college teaching certificate program has been established in the College of Engineering atMichigan State University. Students participating in the program must complete two courses.The first course deals with the theory and practice of teaching engineering. In a once-a-week,two-hour meeting, students are introduced to both the pedagogy of teaching engineering, as wellas the practical aspects. In each two-hour

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Victoria Aladejana; Gregory Payne; Gbekeloluwa Oguntimein

increasingly complextechnical society. Continued specialization is needed to provide the basic foundations of new andemerging technologies. It is therefore, important to modify curricula continuously to incorporatemore applied, product-oriented programs while maintaining the concepts of basic science,mathematics and engineering sciences. It is also important to periodically refocus the researchparadigm. Today, that means a shift towards the nation’s domestic welfare needs as well asglobal economic competitiveness. The engineering research programs at MSU have a discipline-based focus in various sub-specialties in civil, electrical and industrial engineering. However,increasing attention is being paid to cross-discipline studies. Specifically, we are

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Mileta Tomovic; William Szaroletta; Bruce Harding

the 21st century. Page 6.1098.12 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliography:Craig, Engineering and Technical Drawing Using IronCAD, 1/2001Author I. (1996), MagmaSoft™ Tutorial. Magma Foundry Technologies, Inc. Arlington Heights, Illinois.Author I. (1999), IronCAD™ Tutorial. Alventive, Coto de Caza, California.BRUCE A HARDINGHarding is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology and an ASEE Fellow. He teachesmanufacturing design and specifications related courses emphasizing manufacturability

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Teresa Larkin-Hein

in physics, some critical questions are raised. (1) What factors serve tomotivate students to participate in on-line discussions outside of class? (2) Can studentmotivation and performance be linked to students’ individual learning styles? (3) Can studentparticipation in on-line discussions be linked to enhanced understanding? To address thesequestions, formal learning style assessment data along with results from a survey conducted in anintroductory course for non-majors during the 2000 academic year will be shared.I. IntroductionA growing number of technology-based educational tools currently exist within the domains ofscience, mathematics, engineering, and technology (SMET) education. In addition, the use ofeducational technologies is

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Les Kinsler; David Delker

Session 1347 Moving the C Language Course into the Real World David Delker, Les Kinsler Engineering Technology Department, Kansas State University – SalinaAbstractThe Kansas State University-Salina Engineering Technology Department offers a Cprogramming course for non-Computer Science Technology majors. The course is designed toteach the C language syntax, structured programming design and implementation, and to link thelanguage to applications within the students’ areas of specialization. In the Fall 2000 semester, alocal manufacturer requested help in upgrading an existing

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Raul Ordonez; Hong Zhang; Ravi Ramachandran; Stephanie Farrell

method of teaching Control Systems from amultidisciplinary point of view. The Electrical, Mechanical and Chemical Engineering programsare joining together to achieve this. Although Control is an interdisciplinary technology, there hashistorically been a tendency for the different engineering departments to teach the subject fromtheir very own somewhat narrow perspective without any semblance of collaboration. Thisproject attempts to address the demand of industry for acquiring control engineers with a broadset of skills and a comprehension of the diverse practical applications of Control [1]. This projectis in accordance with the multidisciplinary aim of our new programs and strives to meet therequirements of industry in hiring control engineers

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Anna Shiver; Elaine M. Cooney

Session 2526 Remote Control of a Robot Using LabVIEW and the World Wide Web Elaine Cooney, Anna Shiver Electrical Engineering Technology, Indiana University Purdue University IndianapolisIntroductionThis paper describes a prototype system to control a robot via the World Wide Web. The user isable to move the robot and view the results through a video camera. National Instruments’LabVIEW software is used to program the system.There are two major goals of this project. The first is to replace DOS based robot controllerswith modern

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Jay Porter; James Ochoa; Rainer Fink

Engineering Educationdemands, the tenure-track faculty member also has personal commitments. In particular, newfaculty with families must find creative solutions to balance work with the needs of the family.This paper presents different perspectives on balancing work and family life from three tenure-track faculty members within Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution Department atTexas A&M University. While the personal circumstances for each faculty member are unique,they all share the common goal of placing first priority on family life.II. Faculty PerspectivesFaculty #1 - The first faculty member is 36 years old and graduated with a Ph.D. in 1993. Afterworking as a post-doctoral student for three years, he joined a smaller

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] J. M. Henry and J. R. Cunnigham, "Chemical and Environmental Systems Laboratory", NSF Award #9951024, 1996. http://nsf.gov/cgi-bib/showaward?award=9951024[8] J. E. Salah and P. Pratap, "Strengthening Undergraduate Education through Research in Radio Astronomy", NSF Award #9952246, 1999. http://nsf.gov/cgi-bib/showaward?award=9952246[9] W. C. Messner and D. Tilbury, "Web-Assisted Experimentation: Enhancing Controls Education", NSF Award #9752392, 1999. http://nsf.gov/cgi-bib/showaward?award=9752392[10] G. Frederick, Sang-Shiun Chan, and L. Liles, "Web-based Laboratory Experiments for Manufacturing Engineering and Technology Programs", NSF Award #9950469, 1999. http

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Session 3148 Teaching and Curriculum Development of Electronic Classes in Malaysia Roman Stemprok University of North Texas, Department of Engineering Technology Denton, TexasAbstractElectronics classes with comprehensive laboratory training components were developed at thenewly established University at Batu Pahat in Malaysia. The students had previously earnedtheir bachelor’s degrees and were pursuing teaching positions at new institutions being built inMalaysia’s rural areas. The curriculum development included process/computer control and realtime

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cast prototype is poured. Students learn how to manipulate designparameters, evaluate “what if” scenarios in the design and relate cost to design.Introduction:In recent years the engineering design process has changed as the tools and methods forthe engineer continue to improve. The traditional design process is linear in that onephase is often dependent upon the completion of the previous step. Today the designprocess is concurrent with iterations continuing to occur much later in the design cyclethan was possible with the traditional design process.The integration of rapid prototyping technology into the Engineering Design Graphics(EDG) curriculum is expensive and beyond the resources of this two-year collegeengineering program. The college

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Phillip J. Cornwell; Charles Farrar

Session 3268 The Los Alamos National Laboratory Dynamics Summer School – A Mechanics Motivator Phillip J. Cornwell, Charles R. Farrar Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology/Los Alamos National LaboratoryAbstractA unique summer educational program focusing on engineering dynamics has been developedand implemented at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The purpose of this summer school is toexpose a select group of students to the broad field of engineering dynamics with the hopes thatthey will be motivated to pursue this area of research in their graduate studies. The summerschool activities

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Engineering Programs"; "Engineering Criteria 2000: Program Self-Study Instructions, 1998-99 EC2000 Visits (Engineering Accreditation Commission of The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology); "Engineering Criteria 2000: Manual of Evaluation Process, 1998-99 Visits" (Engineering Accreditation Commission of The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology)3. URL: http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/abet/departments/ce/ce-criterion-2/ce-peo-2.html Page 6.400.84. "Engineering Criteria 2000: Program Self-Study Instructions, 1998-99 EC2000 Visits," p. 4. Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

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Robert King; Joan Gosink

focuses on “energy, minerals,and materials science and engineering and associated engineering and science fields.” Thesequence of multidisciplinary laboratory courses described herein lies within the engineeringfocus and is taught within the Engineering Division.The Engineering Division is the largest program at CSM with approximately 850 undergraduatemajors and 70 graduate students. This population represents a shift from the CSM’s historicalearth science and engineering focus. The CSM undergraduate program has been continuouslyaccredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. (ABET) sinceprogram inception in 1983 as a non-traditional, interdisciplinary, Bachelor of Science Degree inEngineering with specialties in civil

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Karen Horton

Session 3248 Teaching Industrial Applications of Vibration Measurement and Analysis Techniques Karen J. Horton, P.E. University of MaineAbstractA new junior level technical elective titled Industrial Vibrations has been developed forMechanical Engineering Technology students at the University of Maine. The course addressesthe needs of local industries such as paper production and shipbuilding, but the concepts areapplicable to a wide range of industries. Course prerequisites include calculus, but notdifferential equations, and

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Subhash Sarin; Louis Guido; James Heflin; Robert Hendricks

engineering and the sciences, that may becompleted as part of the curriculum in each participating department. We have developed anintroductory microchip fabrication laboratory in which students process 4-inch wafers to createworking nMOSFETs and other devices. It is anticipated that this course will be required of allstudents in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering,and Physics, and has only freshman chemistry as its prerequisite. Interested students who thenselect the microelectronics option then take a sequence of core courses in solid state physics andsemiconductor processing technologies, and select electives from a menu including range ofelectronics materials processing courses, semiconductor devices

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Mohammad Haque

Session 2793 Web-based Visualization Techniques for Structural Design Education Mohammed E. Haque, Ph.D., P.E. Texas A&M UniversityAbstractWith the advances in information technology over the last decade, the traditional teaching formatof having an individual lecture to an audience has been supplemented, and in some cases,replaced by the rapid development and implementation of new distance learning methods. Astechnology rapidly changes, the importance of educating and training diverse populations ofcivil/construction engineering/science students becomes more critical

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Rick Duley; A Boyanich; S P Maj

knowledge simply by abstracting away the detail. AtEdith Cowan University (ECU), a new (1998) syllabus does just that.2. A New Computer Technology Modelling AbstractionThe ACM/IEEE Computing Curriculum 1991 defines international benchmark standards incomputer architecture education as a pre-requisite chain of seven units. However, computerdesign and manufacture has changed rapidly in the last decade. Assembly Level Manufacturing,Application Specific Integrated Circuits and Surface Mounted Technology have all led to anever-decreasing unit price and a resultant low cost PC with a standard architecture and modular Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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(traditionalengineering learning) to more of a hands on approach5, 6, 7 , using technology as a supplemental Page 6.376.1instruction tool8, and catering delivery mechanisms for instruction around the individual Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationstudent9. Additionally, it is emphasized that when possible to make courses cross-disciplinary6.This type of approach lends itself well to integration of a variety of classes taken by students.Programmatically speaking there is a lack of “tradition” in teaching

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6.127.8program, to add a voice only version.Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &Exposition Copyright 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationTable 3: Midterm distance education questionnaire MET CS 231 K1 Summer 2000Number of students responding: 9Number of students in the class: 16 Frequency of responsesI.Technology 1 2 3 4 5 AVERAGE1. I found the video quality poor 1 3 5 superior 3.332. I found the voice quality poor 1 3 5 superior 3.443. I recommend the technology poor 1 4 4 superior

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Steven McDermott; Michael Sterner; Kenneth Whelan; John Schmalzel; Jennifer Kay; Jason Wollenberg; Glenn Arr; Christopher Foster; Linda Head

) consists of three-week longlaboratory-based modules in each of our four disciplines. We are committed to includingsignificant content in these modules as well as demonstrating to the students the extent to whichall engineering disciplines overlap. The multidisciplinary aspects of our program are crucial tothe type of education that we provide and are one of the reasons that we maintain a commoncurriculum for all of our students during their first year. At the end of their first year we hope tohave given them not only a sound background in the fundamentals of mathematics and science,but also a solid appreciation of the skills that are required for engineering practice.One of the most fundamenta skills required in today’s high-technology workplace

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Session number 1608 Are We Doing What We Claim?: A Portfolio Approach to Program Performance Assessment Ron Pigott, Bill Karr Texas Tech University The accreditation self-study looms on the horizon, and your department needs to providesupporting evidence that it is achieving its goals. A large part of the effort required toaccomplish this task is to show that the department is properly assessing its performance relatedto the objectives generated by the department goals. The Engineering Technology Departmentof the College of Engineering

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Tomoki Abe; Richard Thurlkill; Krishna Kurpad; Jay Porter; Anthony Vaughan; Joseph Morgan

. This information will be added to the world-wide data base of pKa’s collected and will contribute to our understanding of how pKa’s areaffected by their local environment and will contribute to the development of new drugs and/ordrug delivery systems. To increase data collection efficiency, the Health Science Centerapproached the Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering Technology Programs aboutautomating the titration system. The Protein Titration Control and Monitoring system wasassigned as the course project in an undergraduate data acquisition and process control class thatis taught at the junior-level. The students were required to work in four to five-person teams todevelop a complete system-level design, implement the design in

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assessment development and process wouldnot have been possible without the dedication of the members of the Mechanical EngineeringCurriculum Committee.Bibliography1. Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs: Effective for Evaluation During the 2000−2001 AccreditationCycle, Engineering Accreditation Commission, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Baltimore,MD (1999).FRANCINE BATTAGLIAFrancine Battaglia is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State University. She is currentlyactive in teaching and research, serves as faculty advisor for the student section of ASME, and is a member ofMECC. She received a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University. Prior to joiningIowa State in 1999