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

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to use MDS asan assessment tool in their courses. Thus the MDS method may evolve into a kind ofclassroom assessment technique [6], a way of quickly gathering information aboutstudent progress which then can be used as a feedback mechanism to alter instruction andimprove student understanding. We plan to use the MDS tool in future offerings of thedesign course to monitor the impact of the course changes mentioned above on studentunderstanding of chemical engineering design strategies and techniques.References1. Wankat, P.C., “An Analysis of Articles in the Journal of Engineering Education,” Journal ofEngineering Education, vol. 88, 1999, pp. 37-42.2. Bransford, J.D., A.L. Brown, and R.R. Cocking, How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience

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noneof the students could do independently. They also provide emotional support for studentsand increase the time on task of extroverts. In addition, groups reduce the number ofpeople that need help since the entire group can be helped simultaneously. A verymodest grade (say 5% of the total course grade) based on attendance and effort duringrecitation ensures that the students who most need to come will attend. With a little effort and planning, homework will engage the students in solvingproblems, which helps them learn the material. Thus, homework complements lecturesand tests ensuring that the course satisfies learning principles.Bibliography1. Eble, K. E., The Craft of Teaching, 2nd Ed., San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1988, p. 141.2

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meeting its intended goals, and that cadets wereexpanding their definitions of professional responsibility from punitive issues (safety/theft) toinclude civic duties. In write-in blocks, students reported “being useful”, “being independent”,and “being responsible”, in marked similarity with findings by Catalano, although severalmembers in the senior capstone class suggested too much time was spent covering projectmanagement skills which reduced the time available for “doing the project”, and some feltgrading criteria were unclear. We intend to emphasize in future classes the need for projectmanagers to delegate design tasks immediately after they become apparent, without waiting forenough information to fully plan all project aspects

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Richard Gilbert; Mark Maughmer; Bonnie Osif; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College; Renata Engel, Pennsylvania State University

interview with the CEO of the booster rocket manufacturer, Physics Todayarticle that summarizes the investigating committee’s findings, and videotape (or transcript) of thefamed whistle blower, Roger Boisjoly, lecture to MIT students. Specific questions should beprovided with the readings in the event that a student needs to dig for additional information.Identify the particular learning objective and develop a plan for drawing out of the studentsobservations that will meet that objective.During class: Begin with discussing the position and perspective from the different sources andwhat motivated the creation of each document. Guide the discussion to hit the key points you feelare important. Summarize with a list the points either as a wrap up or

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effort would have to be submitted; the most likely scenario is a continuation ofthe undergraduate EXCEL student/faculty partnership. A significant benefit of thisprogram enhancement is that the student has more knowledge and research experiencenow than at any other prior time thus potentially enabling the student and faculty mentorto accomplish a great deal. In addition, depending on the student’s planned course of Page 6.1036.7graduate study, the student may be able to get a head start on the graduate research effort. Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2001

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andare available for a small processing fee (see Availability below).As the work progressed, more detailed and useful evaluation instruments were progressivelydeveloped. Appendix A shows, for example, a student evaluation form for the AC Insights Plusmodule. Similar forms were developed for the other modules, for assessing both student andinstructor use. Comments obtained through these forms and through other feedback werecontinually used during the ongoing development/improvement process of module development.Current plans call for developing similar modules in related areas, including energy conversion,conservation, and efficiency. The experience gained through conducting this project over a three-year period has been rewarding and, hopefully

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Carlos Sun; Frances Johnson; David Hutto; Kathryn Hollar; Eric Constans; Jennifer Kadlowec; Beena Sukumaran; Anthony Marchese; Paris von Lockette; Kevin Dahm; Douglas Cleary

investor. Clearly, there was much work to be done with only 8 weeks remaining inthe semester. To perform the required tasks, each of the three companies was divided into the 7following product development teams: • Marketing/Web • Economic Feasibility • Environmental and Legal Issues • Computer Aided Design • Structural Analysis • Prototype Fabrication • Prototype TestingEach product development team consisted of 4 to 8 students. The students were able to select theteam that was most consistent with their background and/or interests. The results of several ofthe product development teams are described briefly in the following sections.Marketing/WebThe marketing teams developed a comprehensive marketing plan to

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striking. EC2000 challenges engineering educators to make H/SS a relevant partof the mission of the engineering program rather than simply requiring students to pass classes.EC 2000 offers much greater latitude for experimentation for H/SS but removes the guarantee ofa modest slice (a half year) of the four-year curriculum.Experimentation with H/SS programming should—as EC2000 intends—encourage greaterdiversity for curricular planning and for demonstrating learning outcomes. Hopefully, some Page 6.892.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright

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1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 CSUN GPAV. Conclusions and Plan of ActionIn summary, we have presented the results of a study involving 229 engineering students atCalifornia State University, Northridge. In this study, we have attempted to correlate a numberof factors with the final course grade in our foundations class, Electrical EngineeringFundamentals. The results of the study show that student performance in this course iscorrelated with their performance in pre-requisite mathematics and physics courses. It alsoshows that the departmental assessment quizzes are effective tools for predicting studentperformance.In this study, we found that the performance in

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Richard Alexander; Jay Porter; James Ochoa; Rainer Fink

, asindicated in the proposal.In an attempt to enhance interaction with Texas A&M, a further plan was initiated in the Springof 1999 to have Dr. Jay Porter join Dr. Fink at Texas Instruments in the Summer of 1999. Thegoal of the new interaction was to utilize Dr. Porter’s expertise in LabView to develop a low costversion of the curriculum being presented at A&M with the Teradyne A567. This curriculumcould then be distributed to additional schools. Dr. Porter’s interaction over the summer led toanother proposal to fund the development of the low cost curriculum as well as fund research inthe area of virtual instrumentation. Curriculum development has been under way since Fall 1999and is currently being implemented at Prairie View A&M

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English and Coordinator of Technical Communication at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana. In 1996, she developed the campus-wide Program inTechnical Communication, which currently serves all engineering students in a variety of technical and non-technicalcourses. She is also the co-chair, with Dr. Gloria M. Rogers, of the Commission on the Assessment of StudentOutcomes (CASO), the committee responsible for the development of an institute-wide assessment plan. CASO hascreated the RosE-Portfolio, an electronic portfolio system used to document student learning outcomes (currentlymarketed by ICTT, Inc., as the e-portfolio). Her publications include articles on writing assessment, electronicportfolios, and developing

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developedfor the classes and laboratory. The contract between the Malaysian Government and MUCIArequired the production of a report each semester by the consultant, which would be published inthe US and shelved in a Malaysian library.1,2,3 The objective of this program was to bringprimarily American faculty to teach students who had previously received bachelor degrees. Thelecturers and instructors were expected to arrive with class notes used at American institutionsand to continue their work as experts in their fields. The students lived at the campus residencyand were expected to develop a complete set of notes from each course. After programcompletion, the students were relocated to rural areas where new universities were planned. New

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the author of the Discovery Projects andassessment plan for the course described in this paper. Nick won WPI’s Two Towers Award for the outstandingmember of the junior class, is a member of numerous honor societies, and has served as president of his fraternity. “Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 6.956.8 Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education”

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Katherine Carels; James Howard; Charles Bersbach; Debra Larson

is the best way to learn. It was a tough experience, but an excellent way to relate the written material to real world situations. On paper, management tools and techniques seem simple to understand and use, but it takes practice to really understand all the little nuances of those techniques. They aren’t nearly as simple as they seem on paper.viii”On the other hand, this type of environment – learning while doing – in front of a crowd ofpossibly less than forgiving students who are dependent upon you to “do it right”, can be riskyand even threatening. As much as by happenstance as by thoughtful planning, the followingstrategies were employed to minimize these fears and to build a positive experience: • The EGR 386

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Richard Gilbert; Andrew Hoff, University of South Florida; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

1844, (3 credit hours); and Vacuum Technology Laboratory, ETI 1844L, (1 credit hour). Vacuum training systems for this hands-on laboratory experience were obtained with matching funds from the State of Florida.In addition to curriculum development, the grant supports the development of a workable plan toshare both the curriculum materials and the laboratory equipment. At the time of this paper, thefirst of the shared equipment has been ordered and the inter-institutional sharing agreement isbeing reviewed. This aspect of the grant will be discussed in the presentation.Another aspect of the curriculum development aspect of the grant is the intermingling A.S. andA.A. courses and the articulation of the A.S. programs to the

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Darrell Gibson; Patricia Brackin

poorcommunication. Some of the written comments indicated that the clients felt that the students didnot understand the problem properly or that some student groups did not discuss alternatives withthe company. In one case a group pursued a solution that was impossible because of constraintsthat the students did not define properly. Page 6.970.5 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education It is planned to further improve communications with each company by requiring each team to submit an interim report to

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Roger Smith; Holly Bentley; William G. Fahrenholtz

difficult skills to master in these classes involve the visualization of the response ofcomplex systems to changes in temperature and composition.At the University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR), students have developed a series of computer-basedtutorial modules that cover topics from the undergraduate course in phase equilibria. Studentsdesigned the modules to help future classes understand difficult concepts. Each student selecteda subject, outlined the approach, prepared a detailed plan, and then constructed the presentation.Students were also required to present their modules to the class. Individual modules cover one,narrow topic that is important when studying one, two, or three component phase diagrams.Topics range from the use of the lever rule to

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experiences from CSSUmay provide some ideas regarding possible ways to better respond to industry needs:• Serving both traditional and non-traditional students• Offering non-credit and for-credit certification programs• Application oriented programs• Co-op programs for students• Industrial Advisory Boards• Transfer program (pathway) from community colleges (2+2 education)• Continuous quality improvement- accreditation based on program assessment plan• Demand driven educational offersII.1. Non-traditional students (School of Technology at CCSU)CCSU and the School of Technology serve both traditional and non-traditional students. I willuse examples from the School of Technology, because that is what I know best. Examples existfrom other

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presentations to give comments on the variousproposed designs. The author plans to pursue this with the local ASHRAE chapter.“Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Copyright2001, American Society for Engineering Education” Page 6.1092.6VIII. ConclusionThe course has been very successful. It has been well-received by students, who see it as avaluable practical complement to the many theoretical courses in the curriculum. Severalgraduates believe that the course, due to its practical aspects and considerable use of computersoftware, has played a significant role in their obtaining

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Geoff Swan; S P Maj; D Veal

further work is planned for the future.Cross-subject cooperation between staff concerned with physics and computing scienceteaching has enabled use of equipment and ideas to span both subjects allowing for thedevelopment of a workshop that would have not been possible with the equipment normallyused on the NIM unit. The cost of the material used was minimal. Even the reels of UTPcabling could be reused as it was not cut into pieces only the ends were used to attach toconnection blocks and terminal posts.Bibliography1. Barnett III, B. L. An Ethernet Performance Simulator for Undergraduate Networking, ACM SIGCSEBulletin, 25 pp 145-150, 1993.2. Engel, B & Maj, S. P. Towards Quality of Service on the Internet - an educational case study,, 3rd

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beginning of the semester. This calendar reminded the students about all the important dates and course events for the entire semester (project due dates, exam dates, lab schedule, etc.). Placing this information on the course WebCT site helped the students to be better prepared for the course events and to plan ahead.(f) Student Grades – The course management capability of WebCT enabled the instructor to report the lab project grades back to the students in a quick, convenient, and confidential form during the fall semester of 2000. This feature also allowed the students to be able to Page 6.1096.6 Proceedings of the 2001 American

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reducingcheating were emphasized.IV. Conclusions and Future ResearchCheating is a problem common to almost all classes on nearly every campus across thiscountry, and the problem is particularly serious among engineering students. But dealingwith academic dishonesty is not a trivial matter. A successful approach likely includesinstitutional policies; open communication between students, administrators and faculty;and specific pedagogical approaches to reducing both student opportunities and pressuresto cheat. This paper has outlined several potential methods that faculty can use withintheir own classes that may reduce the temptation to cheat for students.In future research the author plans to expand the survey to look at academic dishonestyamong

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Mileta Tomovic; William Szaroletta; Bruce Harding

™ allowsstudents to learn about a wide variety of fastener types and quickly insert a selectedfastener into an assembly, where fits and clearances can be checked. In the figure, athread length problem is clearly highlighted through the rapid visualization capabilities ofIronCAD™. Page 6.1098.8 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering EducationFigure 7: Rendered assembly using IronCAD™ highlights thread length problemFuture plans include utilizing IronCAD™ and DesignSTAR™ as vehicles to supplementhomework problems and laboratory

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different chapters). Overall, the incorporation of critical journal reviews and peer reviews ofstudent papers, seem to have been very effective in improving the critical thought andcommunication skills of the students. I believe that similar assignments can be incorporated into any lecture course. The peerreview process can also be used even if you have individual writing assignments. In that case, thestudents would only receive one review, but they would still benefit from both the review of theirwriting and the development that comes through evaluating someone else's writing. I am veryhappy with both assignments and plan to continue to incorporate them into my courses.References1) Grimm, N., “Improving Students’ Responses to Their Peers

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based learningsystem available to all educators, without requiring that they have computer expertise.Bibliography1. Bonwell C. C. and J.A. Eison, Active Learning: Creating Excitement in the Classroom. Washington, DC: George Washington University, 1991.2. Brooks, J. G., and M.G. Brooks, The case for constructivist classrooms, Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1993.3. Johnson, L.A., and D.C. Montgomery, Operations Research in Production Planning, Scheduling, and Inventory Control, John Wiley and Sons, 1974.LOUIS J. PLEBANILouis J. Plebani is an Associate Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering at LehighUniversity. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering at Lehigh, after

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year. Thetypical sequence of events in the courses follows.Fall Semester* Faculty members submit brief descriptions of potential project topics, which they offer to advise.* Students individually select and rank the projects that they prefer to pursue.* The course coordinator forms teams balancing students’ interests and project topics.* A student team works with the course coordinator and project advisor (often in a client role) todefine and layout a yearlong plan for completion.* The team conducts appropriate research into subjects needed to formulate their design.* Student team members conduct required engineering analyses and preliminary tests informulating their design.* The student team produces a complete "paper" design that meets the

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better in mechanics, even though the students in the control group hadtaken a specialized course on mechanics of materials and the experimental group had not takensuch a course. However, it should be mentioned that more testing and data collection is Page 6.691.6necessary to obtain a more conclusive result.“Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition CopyrightO 2001, American Society of Engineering Education”Future evaluationTo reiterate, more testing and evaluation is necessary and is on-going. It is planned thatsampling will typically be done at the beginning, middle, and end of

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University. He hasbeen teaching there since 1996 in the areas of manufacturing and controls. His research areas include programmablelogic controllers, process planning, robotics and rapids prototyping. He previously taught at Ryerson Polytechnic uni-versity for 3 years. He holds a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering, and Masters and Doctorate in Mechanical Engi-neering from the University of Western Ontario. Page 6.693.8 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2001, American Society for Engineering Education

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tanksfor several periods. Requiring that the tanks remain sealed for progressively increasing periodsrequires the students to examine the microcosm’s response to the perturbation, identify theproblems and their respective source(s), and redesign the system. This iterative failure andredesign cycle results in stronger designs and increases the student’s confidence in their designabilities.IntroductionThis project was planned as an integrative experience for seniors in biological engineering. Theproject supports the following programmatic objectives (EAC, 2000): • Applies a knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering • Requires students to design, conduct, and analyze experiments, and • Requires students to design