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Student Teams & Active Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

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Ryan Cavanaugh; Matt Ellis; Mark Ardis; Richard Layton

Professor of ComputerScience and Software Engineering at Rose-Hulman. Dr. Ardis has also taught at the University of Illinois, WangInstitute, and Carnegie Mellon University. Prior to joining Rose-Hulman he spent nine years performing researchon software engineering methods at Bell Laboratories. Page 9.246.14 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education

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New Program/Course Success Stories

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Josh Humphries; David Radcliffe

typically involves experimentation, simulation or an industry-based investigation. Itis undertaken individually and is usually worth a quarter of the credit for the year. In addition,senior students typically undertake a team based capstone design project, also worth one quarterof the credit for the year. Unlike their peers in the humanities and the social sciences,engineering students do not normally have a course on “research methods”. Rather, preparationfor undertaking a research thesis is assumed to accumulate from their exposure to researchmethods in laboratory classes (experimental and computer based) throughout their degreeprogram. This can be considered a shortcoming as we become more intentional about developingthe research capabilities of

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Marjan Zadnik

Organisation. He was awarded the Shedden PacificMedal for Excellence for contributions to Chemical Engineering in 1993, The Institution of Engineers AustraliaExcellence Award in 1998 for the design of laboratory facilities at Rockingham and the Centenary Medal forservices to Australian society in 2003. Peter was educated in Melbourne and has degrees from RMIT (BE) andMonash University (PhD). He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia and a Fellow of theInstitution of Chemical Engineers, London.SHELLEY YEODr Shelley Yeo is a Lecturer in Professional Development in the Learning Support Network at Curtin Universityof Technology. She has a background in science education and previously worked in the Division ofEngineering, Science and

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Energy Programs and Software Tools

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2004 Annual Conference

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Ahmed Rubaai

Transformers,” IEEE transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 709-717, May, 1992 3 O. W. Anderson, “Optimized Design of Electric Power Equipment,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol.4, No.1, pp. 11-15, January 1991. 4 W. T. Jewel, “Transformer Design in the Undergraduate Power Engineering Laboratory,” IEEE Transaction on Power Systems, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 499-505, May 1990. 5 Ahmed Rubaai, EECE-318 Energy Conversion-User Manual, Howard University, Washington, DC, 2001 6 Page 9.374.10 D. Macllister

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Caroline Baillie

conducted theinterviews, and as such a mutual understanding of the issues discussed were possible. Thediscussion lasted between 30 – 60 min and questions were posed aiming at exploring theirunderstanding of the interface and current issues and phenomena of relevance to the field. Theinterviews took place in the laboratories of the interviewees or interviewer, or duringinternational conferences, where the two could meet mid-way between labs. They were semi-structured sessions, with probe questions planned, such as ‘What do you understand by the‘interface’ in composite materials?’. If the interviewee responded ‘ its bonding between fibre andmatrix’, then they were further probed with a question, ‘what , for you, is this ‘bonding’? Often asimple

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Education by Design

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2004 Annual Conference

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George Catalano

, David E. and Larson, Debra, “Design4Practice, 2000 ASME Curriculum Innovation Award Honorable Mention, www.asme.or/educate/cia. 3. Todd, Robert H., Sorenson, Carl D., and Magleby, Spencer P., “Designing a Senior Capstone Course to Satisfy Industrial Customers, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 82, 2003, No. 2, pp. 92-100. 4. Clausing, D. P., “Improved Total Development Process: Changing the Ten Cash Drains into Cash Flows,” unpublished manuscript, MIT Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity, Cambridge, Ma. 1986. 5. Paulik, Mark J., “A Competition-Motivated Capstone Design Course: The Results of a Fifteen Year Evolution,” IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol.44, No.1, February 2001. 6. Dym

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Assessment Issues II

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2004 Annual Conference

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Ramon Vasquez; Anand Sharma

(Criterion 3). This retreat workshop enabledeach program to develop or re-define their mission statement, to develop outcomes based coursesyllabi, and to map the outcomes to program educational objectives. This retreat led to an ABETEC 2000 mock visit sponsored by Raytheon Missile Systems, Microsoft, Hewlett Packard andBoeing in January 2002 with team members representing both academia and industry. Theobjectives of the mock visit were to visit the laboratory facilities, conduct interviews with facultyand students, evaluate the first drafts of the individual self-study reports, and to offer candidcomments and recommendations to incorporate assessment and continuous qualityimprovements within the programs.Early Lessons LearnedThe results from the

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2004 Annual Conference

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Meredith Knight; Christine Cunningham

Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education Session 2530 Images of Laboratory Work Test Tubes, Beakers 5 Similar to the written responses, students’ drawings of engineers showedconsiderable evidence of building and fixing. These images were present not only inartifacts of building and fixing (such as tools, hard hats and safety glasses) but were alsoexpressed through the products of engineering (cars, buildings, and bridges). Theseimages suggest that many students think of engineers as the people who are fixing cars(car mechanics) and building houses and bridges (construction workers). Quite a

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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R. William Graff

advanced laboratory situation, I find that they have found away to bypass the problem of designing a circuit through proper insight into how it shouldfunction. This new technique, which should not really be called “design”, will be termed“Statistical Design”.An example of Statistical Design would be as follows: Suppose we are to design a resistivecircuit to match a given source to another given load. One could choose some random circuit toplace between the source and load, and then randomly vary all the resistors in the matchingcircuit until a match was found. This would require no insights as to how the match wasachieved, such as “when a resistor is added in parallel, the overall resistance is reduced”. I firstencountered this type of analysis in

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Graduate Student Experiences

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2004 Annual Conference

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Michael Watts; Theodor Richardson

South Carolinaand is a 2-year participant in the NSF GK-12 Fellowship Program.JED LYONS is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Carolina and theDirector of the South Carolina Center for Engineering and Computing Education. He teaches laboratory, design,and materials science to undergraduates, graduate students and K-12 teachers. He researches engineering education,plastics and composites. Jed is the GK-12 PI. All correspondence should be addressed to Jed S. Lyons, University ofSouth Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208. lyons@sc.edu.CHRISTINE EBERT a Professor of Education and the Associate Dean of the Graduate School and Co-PI on theGK-12 grant Dr. Ebert is instrumental in teaching engineering students how to

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K-12, Teamwork, Project-Based Scale Models

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2004 Annual Conference

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Joseph Reagan; Aldo Morales; Sedig Agili

implementation issues of different DSP techniques.I. IntroductionPenn State Harrisburg offers BS EE, BS EET, and ME degrees. The Bachelor of Sciencedegree in Electrical Engineering provides an opportunity for students to pursue interestsin electrical and electronic circuits, including digital circuits and VLSI and its fabrication,microprocessors and their applications, electromagnetics, communications, controlsystems, digital signal/image processing and computer vision. The BSEET programprovides similar experience however, its strengths include: an applied, hands-on approachand extensive laboratory experience. Through a senior capstone design project, bothcurricula emphasize written as well as verbal communication and a teamwork approachamong students

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Kenneth Van Treuren

Frontiers in Education Conference, Boston Massachusetts, November 2002.KEN VAN TREURENKen Van Treuren is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering at Baylor University. He received hisB. S. in Aeronautical Engineering from the USAF Academy, his M. S. in Engineering from Princeton University,and his DPhil. at the University of Oxford, UK. At Baylor he teaches courses in laboratory techniques, fluidmechanics, thermodynamics, and propulsion systems, as well as freshman engineering.STEVEN EISENBARTHSteven Eisenbarth is Associate Dean of the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Baylor University. Hereceived his B.S. in Mathematics and Physics from Albertson College of Idaho and a Masters and Ph.D. in Physicsfrom Baylor University

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Advances in Civil Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Neil S. Grigg; Darrell G. Fontane; Marvin Criswell; Thomas Siller

course sequence, the two first-year courses containing basic computing and draftingskills, introduction to the profession, an introduction to surveying, and basic group-based designprojects were reorganized and renamed. The credit hours from an 3-credit senior designsequence (two semesters, 1 + 2 credits) were combined with a class in engineering planning andmanagement to form the last two courses. Hours for the middle four courses came primarilyfrom courses with much or most of their content retained in the core sequence, namely, coursesin engineering statistics (3 cr.), in transportation (3 cr.), and a 2-credit laboratory-oriented CEMaterials course.The current content of courses in the integrated CE Core sequence, along with their present

Conference Session

Teaching Engineers to Teach

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2004 Annual Conference

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Neil S. Grigg; Darrell G. Fontane; Marvin Criswell; Thomas Siller

Page 9.827.4literature and in educational practice. IT tools are gaining general use to present, make available, Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Educationand deliver/interchange material either on site or at a distance. While very important and ofrelevance to our CE core sequence, IT use in the university’s classrooms and other educationalprograms is not a primary emphasis of our examination of IT in civil engineering. Applicationsfor consideration in our future implementation studies may include the utilization of IT/softwaretools for simulations and parameter studies (including virtual laboratory

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ChE Outreach and Recruitment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tracy Carter; Paula Leventman; Katherine Ziemer

this step, but the funnel and cup combination that catches the watervapor can influence the net evaporation rate and should be part of this experimentation. It is not Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationuncommon during this experimentation for students to modify their prototype design as they gainexperience in running their system. This can be used to strengthen the concept of the design, testand evaluate, and redesign loop of the Engineering Design process (Steps 5 through 8 in Figure1) and to discuss the evolution of manufacturing processes from laboratory scale to pilot scale tofull

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Service Learning in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

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Leah Jamieson; Carla Zoltowski; Frank DeRego; Lynne Slivovsky; William Oakes

team in the EPICSlaboratory. During this laboratory time the team members will take care of administrative matters, doproject planning and tracking, and work on their project. All students also attend a common one-hourlecture each week. A majority of the lectures are by guest experts, and have covered a wide range oftopics related to engineering design, communication, and community service. Important to the infrastructure of the EPICS program are the project milestones shown in Table 1.Project milestones calibrate the progress of the project teams and aid the students in understanding theproject itself and the contributions they can make. Some of these milestones include, meeting with theirproject partner or participating in a team dynamics

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Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2004 Annual Conference

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Mary Ellen Litzinger; Barbara Bogue

the design of this course, especially given the potential for the “non-typical” female engineering student to experience instances inside and outside the classroom andlaboratory where her self-esteem could suffer.Self-esteem is the value or worth that an individual places on the descriptors that are used todescribe one’s self 18. These descriptors are accumulated through multiple experiences such asdaily living activities, classroom and laboratory experiences, and extra curricular experiences(e.g., summer camp, church or youth group activity). One common component shared by manyperceptions of self-esteem is the influence of social interaction 4, 7, 10, 11. Cooley emphasizes theimportant role that social interaction and the evaluation of

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Outreach: Future Women in Engineering I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Elizabeth Parry; Laura Bottomley

and implementation of that camp is a true division of labor between theCOE and the teachers. COE faculty propose activities for each of the engineering disciplinesbeing explored, and teachers tie the activity to the goals and objectives they teach. The entireteam tries every activity, engineers seeking technical accuracy and teachers weighing in onwhether the activity meets the content goals and is appropriate for the targeted grade levels. Theplanning week of the camp is spent on the university campus, allowing the teachers a view intothe engineering school. Laboratory tours and presentations of leading edge research projects arepart of the agenda. The camp itself is held at a middle school, and while co-taught by both theengineers and the

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Women in Engineering: Faculty/Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

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Alice Pawley

, production, and dissemination ofscience and engineering. (While “science” is the term most often used to describe the field,scholars certainly also study engineering and the engineering science practiced in academia andindustry.) Analyzing the context and practice of science and engineering has resulted in intenselyinterdisciplinary study, both by feminists and others. Incorporating theoretical frameworksdrawn from such sociological concepts as “the structure of occupations, the workings ofinstitutions, the legitimization of erroneous belief, the class structure of science, the sociology ofknowledge, or the microstructure of laboratory life”28 and from histories “focused on intellectualor social history, formal and informal institutions, economic

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TIME 5: Solid Mechanics

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2004 Annual Conference

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Wendy Reffeor; David Blekhman

: Confounding Constraints or HelpfulHindrances?," Standardization News, Vol 27, No 9, 1999.2. Mahendran, M., "Project-Based Civil Engineering Courses," Journal of Engineering Education, Jan, 1995.3.Regan, M., Sheppard, S., "Interactive Multimedia Courseware and the Hands-on Learning Experience: AnAssessment Study," Journal of Engineering Education, Apr, 1996.4. Jenkins, M. G., Arola, D. D., " When Is a Truss not a Truss: A ‘Do-Say’ Pedagogical Laboratory Exercise,"Session 2526, Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &Exposition," Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 24 - 27, 2001.5. http://bridgecontest.usma.edu/6. Gere, J. M.,"Mechanics of Materials," 5th ed., Brooks/Cole, Thomson Learning, 20017. Young, W. C

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Education by Design

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2004 Annual Conference

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April Kedrowicz

the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationFigure 2. CHFEN Activity Semester I Year Course Activity Freshman CHFEN 1703: Introduction to Writing formal reports Chemical and Fuels Engineering Summary writing Introduction to oral communication Junior CHFEN 3453: Heat Transfer Writing formal reports Senior CHFEN 4903: Projects Laboratory Summary writing

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Technology Transfer and Commercialization

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2004 Annual Conference

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Martha Connolly; Herbert Rabin; Eric Schurr; David Barbe

of faculty expertise. The result is thatcompanies express their needs, and through joint efforts, a UM system faculty member isidentified as a partner. For consideration, proposals must be co-authored by a facultymember and by a company representative. Proposals must be technological in and arerigorously reviewed based on both technical and economic merit.Proposal MechanismsApplications are accepted two times per year, and are subject to a rigorous evaluationprocess consisting of reviews of both technical merit and economic potential. Technicalreviewers are experts in the technical field of interest, and typically come from academicand government laboratories. These reviewers provide a peer review with feedback ontechnical issues including

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Multidisciplinary Programs: Look Ahead

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chell Roberts

Proficiency (6 Hours) 6 Social/Behavioral Sciences (15 Hours) 15 Literacy / Critical Inquiry (6 Hours) 6 Natural Sciences/Basic Sciences (11 Hours) CHM113 General Chemistry OR CHM114 General Chemistry for Engineers 4 PHY Engineering Physics 3 PHY Engineering Physics Laboratory 1 GEG180 Biology for Engineers 3 Mathematics Studies (18 Hours) ECE 380 Engineering Statistics (CS) 3

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Wesley Bliven; Elizabeth Eschenbach

) Online: http://www.humboldt.edu/~rsp/, viewed January 13, 2004.4 W.W. Bliven and E.A. Eschenbach (2003) Humboldt State University Redwood Science Project Summer InstituteHow It Works, Online: http://www.humboldt.edu/~wwb2/rsp/, viewed January 12, 2004.5 The New Way Things Work by David Macaulay, Houghton Mifflin Co; ISBN: 03959384736 W.W. Bliven and E.A. Eschenbach (2003) How It Works: Electricity, Magnetism and Motors, online:http://www.humboldt.edu/~wwb2/rsp/2003/electricity.htm, viewed January 12, 2004.7 Pasco (2004) 3-D Magnetic Field Demonstration, Online:http://store.pasco.com/pascostore/showdetl.cfm?&DID=9&Product_ID=51821&Detail=1, viewed January 13, 2004.8 Science Kit and Boreal Laboratories, online: http

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IE Outreach and Advancement

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2004 Annual Conference

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David Wyrick

other institutionscan be proactive about establishing an effective study abroad option.The most important step is to decide how study abroad fits into the department’s vision and Page 9.797.8educational objectives and find a program that is compatible. The match in courses, research Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationfocus, and learning philosophy between UMD and Luleå is very close, so these departments areextremely compatible. Both programs have a philosophy of hands-on, laboratory

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ELD Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Mellinger Margaret

arelooking for the “work-ready engineer,” an employee who can “hit the ground running” and addto the productivity of the company early in their employment. Employers assume that newengineers know how to gather, evaluate and use the information they will need for their projects,whether or not they have access to a library within the company. Engineers are expected toorganize research information in laboratory notebooks or other formats and to communicateresearch and results in a meaningful and coherent manner. For engineering entrepreneurs, theinformation they will need to communicate is likely to include not only technical and productinformation, but information on business and marketing as well.Atkinson and Figueroa studied business students

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Design and Manufacturing Experiences II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Richie; Timothy Lawrence; Jerry Sellers; Kenneth Siegenthaler

. SELLERS is an active-duty Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force and an Associate Professorof Astronautics at the U.S. Air Force Academy. He has a B.S. from the U.S. Air Force Academy, M.S.from U. of Houston, M.S. from Stanford University and a Ph.D. from the University of Surrey, UK.Currently he is Director of the USAF Academy Space Systems Research Center in Colorado Springs, CO.DAVID J. RICHIE is an active-duty Captain in the U.S. Air Force and an Assistant Professor ofAstronautics at the U.S. Air Force Academy. He has a B.S. in Astronautics from the U.S. Air ForceAcademy and an M.S. in Astronautical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He ispresently Laboratory Director for the Department of Astronautics at the U.S. Air

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Innovative Teaching in Engineering/Technology II

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2004 Annual Conference

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Elsa Bruno; David Swanson; David Barnhart; David Richie; Jerry Sellers; Kenneth Siegenthaler

. from the U.S. Air Force Academy, M.S. from U. of Houston, M..S.from Stanford University and a Ph.D. from the University of Surrey, UK.. Currently he is Director of the USAFAcademy Space Systems Research Center in Colorado Springs, CO.DAVID J. RICHIE is an active duty Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He is an Assistant Professor of Astronautics atthe U.S. Air Force Academy. He has a B.S. in Astronautics from the U.S. Air Force Academy and an M.S. inAstronautical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is presently Laboratory Director for theDepartment of Astronautics at the U.S. Air Force Academy.Glossary of AcronymsCC - Crew CommanderCE - Chief EngineerCM - Corrective MaintenanceDO - Director of OperationsGCO - Ground Station

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Innovative Teaching in Engineering/Technology I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Tim White; James White; David Barnhart; Jerry Sellers; Kenneth Siegenthaler

Air Force Academy,” Proceedings of the 2004American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, UT, 20-23 June,2004.5. Swanson, David , Kenneth E. Siegenthaler, David J Barnhart, Jerry J. Sellers, David J. Richie, and Elsa Bruno,”Spacemanship at the United States Air Force Academy: Developing a Satellite Ground Station Crew TrainingProgram for Non-Technical Students,” Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering EducationAnnual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, UT, 20-23 June, 2004.6. EyasSAT Assembly, Integration, and Test Procedures: The Astronautics 331 EyasSAT Laboratory Experience,USAFA-EyasSAT-1, Revision 1.5, Space Systems Research Center, United States Air Force Academy

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Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

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2004 Annual Conference

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Richard Hall; Nancy Hubing; Vikas Yellamraju; Ralph Flori; Timothy Philpot

U.S. Department of Education grant that supported this work. Dr. Philpot is theauthor of MDSolids – Educational Software for Mechanics of Materials.RICHARD H. HALLDr. Richard H. Hall is an Associate Professor of Information Science and Technology at the University of Missouri-Rolla. He received his BS degree in Psychology from the University of North Texas and Ph.D. degree inExperimental Psychology from Texas Christian University. He is co-director of UMR's Laboratory for InformationTechnology Evaluation, and his research focuses on design, development, and evaluation of web-based learningtechnologies.RALPH E. FLORIDr. Ralph E. Flori was educated as a petroleum engineer (UM-Rolla Ph.D. ‘87). As an associate professor in theBasic Engineering