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Terrence Kelly; Aaron Cowin

Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Educationsame attributes that will make it strong tomorrow. Through careful planning, review, andadjustment the degree program will meet the needs of our students, their employers and theepistemological philosophies of a technologically driven society.Bibliography1. St. Louis University Bulletin, Parks College of Aeronautical Technology, v44 no3, March 482. St. Louis University Bulletin, Parks College of Aeronautical Technology, v45 no3, March 493. URL: http://imagine.slu.edu/parks/aircraft_maintenance.html; The Department of Aerospace Technology, Degrees Offered4. URL: http

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inbiomechanics and use students' responses to these questions to probe the misconceptions thatthey have of these concepts. An instructor can then determine how to best adapt instruction,based on the results of students’ responses and how to alter the original presentation so thatmisconceptions are minimized.Method of EvaluationThe previous discussion articulates our current plans for enhancing the instruction of anintroductory course in biomechanics using a challenge-based approach. The effectiveness of thisapproach will be established by comparing it with a traditional approach to instruction. Theevaluation process began during the Fall of 2000. A team of learning scientists observed BME101 to establish a baseline measure of engineering education

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could be. To make ananalogy to another art form, the course produced a working sketch instead of a finished painting.In Spring 2001, a new course, Art 30, has been scheduled, that was specifically advertised toengineering technology students. It is a General Education three-credit class. The plan is tomake the car-body problem a final project in this course. The reasoning is two-fold. One, morestudents may become interested in taking the course, given that it fulfills curricular requirementsand carries more credits. Secondly, earlier design projects in this course will lead up to the carproject. In other words, the class is beginning to pre-conceive the approach a little.In the final analysis, the collaboration between engineering and art

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possible correlation between the use of VLSM and student performance, theauthor taught two sections of EM 2413. In one section, all students were issued individualaccess codes to the Statics modules with the instructor making a limited use of VLSM inclassroom lectures. The author taught the other section without any reference to VLSM andwithout allowing the students any access to it.In the next section of the paper, various features of CIMS for Statics in VLSM are discussed.This is then followed by the discussion of the procedure used for collecting data and theassessment of the role of these CIMS on student learning. These discussions are culminated withthe concluding remarks and planned course of action for the future developments

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5 4 3 2 1 environment than usual course offerings.10. Computer hardware requirements for playing CD ROM were 5 4 3 2 1 restrictive to enrollment.11. This course was more educationally effective than a course 5 4 3 2 1 delivered by standard methods.12. A practical course project did significantly promote the 5 4 3 2 1 understanding and application of the knowledge content.13. Weekly quizzes and exercises did assist my remaining on 5 4 3 2 1 planned semester schedule of activity.14. Review of the course material on the CD ROM at the weekly class 5 4 3 2 1 meetings was useful.15. The interactive exercises at the end of each chapter were helpful

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when recruiting scientist andengineers.National S&E Workforce StatisticsAs part of its annual Affirmative Employment Program Plan (AEPP), ARL examines the S&Eworkforce to determine the representation of women and minorities. This effort includes acomparison of the ARL workforce statistics to the U.S. Census Bureau Civilian Labor Force(CLF) statistics. The AEPP identifies instances of manifest imbalance, conspicuous absence,and parity of women and minorities in the ARL workforce. A shortcoming of this analysis,however, is that the current ARL workforce is compared to 10 year-old CLF data (i.e., 1999ARL data was compared to 1990 CLF data).ARL discovered that a comparison to more recent national workforce statistics could beaccomplished

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Sandra Courter; Narayanan Murugesan; Jacob Eapen; Donna Lewis; Dan Sebald; Jodi Reeves

or more of the FC competencies. The program director and graduate student co-chairs use the competencies to guide workshop selection and design. This paper traces thedevelopment of both NEO and TIP; the incorporation of the FC core competencies, vision,mission, student outcomes, and objectives; the impact on curricula as reported on evaluations;lessons learned; and plans for future professional development opportunities. Four case studiesillustrate how graduate students, the next generation of engineers, develop the core competencies Page 6.147.1through professional development opportunities including TIP and NEO. Proceedings of the

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Brian Copes; Willard D. Bostwick; Kenneth Rennels; Douglas Acheson

discourages both parties as some will feeloverwhelmed while others feel unchallenged. By providing well-planned articulation to studentspossessing a solid foundation of both the “rules” and the “tools”, college educators can create amore congruent learning environment in their classrooms.BackgroundFall semester 1997, the MET department decided to change and modernize the focus of anexisting Mechanical Design Drafting Technology (MDDT) associate degree program. To betterserve broader industry demands for well-rounded digital content creators, 3D CAD, DesktopPublishing, Raster and Vector Imaging and Multimedia Authoring replaced courses such as

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, approximately?Aerodynamics Wing size, speed, altitude, dragPropulsion and How much thrust or power is needed? How many engines? Howengine selection heavy? How much fuel will they consume?Performance Fuel weight, take off distance, speed/altitude boundariesConfiguration How should it look? Designer’s decisions needed!Stability & Control Locate & size the tail, flaps, elevators, ailerons etc. Fuel distribution.Structure Strength of each part, material, weight reduction, life prediction.Manufacturing: Design each part, see how everything fits, and plan how to build and maintain the vehicle. Break down into manufacturing steps.Life-cycle cost Minimize cost of owning

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Matthew Morley; Jody Redepenning; Bruce Dvorak

material is covered. “Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education” Chemistry 113 is the introductory chemistry course for students majoring in the physicalsciences or in chemical engineering. Topics include atomic and molecular structure, chemicalbonding, states of matter, solutions, and acid-base reactions. This course is recommend forstudents who plan to take upper-level courses in chemistry, such as physical chemistry,instrumental analysis, and advanced organic chemistry. The prerequisites for Chemistry 113 arethe same as those for Chemistry 111. Chemistry 114 is the second semester of the

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beenunsubstantiated and contradictory. Kilminster went on-line again and gave Marshall andKennedy the MTI recommendation that STS 51-L launch should occur as planned.Mueller, a NASA administrator asked if everyone supported this decision, but noengineer from MTI responded to this question. NASA proceeded with its plans to launchSTS 51-L on January 28th , 1986. Ethical Issues Addressed in the Case Study The case study was modified to add fictional characters in order to bring out theethical issues that were present during the 1979 decision to choose the option to addshims. An excerpt from the information added and presented in the case study is asfollows:Billy: Both Option #2 and Option #5 may work without any

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assessment planned for the Spring 2001 semester. Page 6.605.9 “Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education”Along with some specific suggestions for improving each software module and experiment,students participating in the preliminary testing during the Fall 2000 semester offered a numberof positive comments regarding the MechANEX exercises. • “Physical representations of what we did in class were helpful.” • “The experiment reinforced the theory learned in class. It is good to see the material

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Rhonda Lee; Vincent R. Capece; John Baker

for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education”paper. However, student feedback from all assignments indicated that sufficient detailwas provided so that the ANSYS usage portions of the assignments did not overwhelm orfrustrate them.The ANSYS work included in the courses outlined below represents an initial attempt atthe University of Kentucky Extended Campus Program to better utilize ANSYS as alearning tool. The experience seemed to indicate an educational value to theassignments, based on student feedback and classroom discussions. The plan for futurecourses is to build on this work, and seek more open-ended design-type ANSYS projects,possibly making

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Mariano Savelski; Robert Hesketh; Kevin Dahm

approximately one-third of the responding departments felt thattheir faculty have “an overall, uniformly applied strategy for teaching simulation to theirstudents which starts early in the program and continues in subsequent courses.” Otherrespondents acknowledged the merit of such a plan but cited interpersonal obstacles, withcomments such as: I wish I had a vision, with each faculty member having their own pet piece of software, its tough to come to a consensus. There is also the influence of college decisions to teach MATLAB during the first year, and the math department’s decision to use Maple, for example, which have to be integrated into departmental decisions. Not many faculty use ASPEN in their courses because they

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information needs to be found (or selected):Known information: • Dimensions of enclosure and obstacle. • Robotic kits come with 2 motors, 2 touch-switches, a light sensor, and an IR comm port.Information to find (or select): • Knowledge of environment to be obtained through robot movement. • A path-planning search algorithm (while avoiding obstacles) to find light. • Selection of an open-loop or closed-loop control scheme. • Programming language(s).2) Simplify: The easiest way to simplify the real-time robot code is to not try to learn theenvironment, but simply bounce off the walls and obstacles while looking for the light. Thisinvolves putting the bump switches and light sensor on the front of the robot, and developing asearch

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James Menart; Elizabeth Johnson; Gary Kinzel

. Page 6.52.14 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationELIZABETH JOHNSONElizabeth Johnson is an assistant professor in Industrial Engineering Technology and Manufacturing at SinclairCommunity College. She received her B.S degree from the University of Dayton in 1992 and worked as aquality assurance manager at three different companies from 1984 to 1998. She currently teaches generalindustrial engineering technology courses with an emphasis on manufacturing processes and process planning

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Vicki Eller; Steve Watkins; Richard Hall; Joel Balestra; Asha Rao

and the students. Thephilosophies seen in this paper have been developed through planning, but also trial and error. Itis the continuing task of the MDAL to keep refining its philosophies as more empirical databecomes available and new ideas are introduced through experience.Bibliography1. University of Missouri-Rolla, Media Design and Assessment Laboratory, Media Design and AssessmentLaboratory, (1999), available www: http://www.umr.edu/~media.2. University of Missouri-Rolla, Smart Engineering Group, Smart Engineering, (1999), available www:http://www.umr.edu/~smarteng.3. University of Missouri-Rolla, Psychology Department, PsychConnections, (1999), available www:http://www.umr.edu/~media/psychconnections/index.html.4. Horton, W. (2000

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the World. Adventures in Engineering”, H. Petroski, Knopf, 19972. “Why Buildings fall Down”, M. Levy and M. Salvadore, Norton, 19923. “A Scientist in the City”, James Trefil, Double Day, 19944. www.the-skydeck.com; Info. on Sears Tower5. “Advances in Tall Buildings”, Lynn Beedle, Editor-in-Chief; Council on tall Buildings and UrbanHabitat6. “Developments in Tall Buildings, 1983”, Lynn Beedle, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat7. “Tall Buildings: 2000 and Beyond”, Nov. 5-9, 1990, Fourth World Congress; Council on tall Buildingsand Urban Habitat8. “ Tall Building System and Concepts”, Volume SC, Monograph on Planning and Design of TallBuildings; Coordinators Fazlur Khan and John Rankine9. “Principals of Solar Energy”, Frank Kreith and

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Mort Isaacson; Francis Di Bella

TEST BETA SYSTEM 3. FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS 9. MANUFACTURING SCALE UP 4. PREL. ANALYSIS ~~BLDINGS, TOOLING, ~~MRKT. STUDY STAFFING, SERVICE ~~ENGINEERING ANALYSIS ORGANIZATION, SALES & MARKETING 5. PREL. TECH. PROPOSAL ~~BUSINESS PLAN 10. PRODUCTION ~~ENG.G SCHEDULE & ~~BUDGET FOR LABOR/MATL.S 11. PRODUCT PHASE OUTThe answers to these questions can be

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document included the cost and maintenance agreements. We also created manuals on the product’s functionality and handed that in as well. Then at the end we worked together to prepare a portfolio which included the final documents, cover sheets, business cards and working version of the program to hand out to every representative that showed up on the day of the presentation. Working together and getting everyone to agree on a position was the hardest part of this class.”The point to be made here is that the team had real work to do and instead of completing anoutline or filling in the blanks on a business plan template. They had to draw on individualabilities in real time and then had to combine them using teamwork

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Michael Hailey; James Fridley; Jens Jorgensen; Ann Mescher

, Page 6.1076.17Nov. 25, 1996. p.1(2).“Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Conference & Exposition Copyright2001, American Society for Engineering Education”6 Montplaisir, L., (1997) "An Integrated CSCW Architecture for Distributed Project Planning."Proc., 6th Industrial Engineering Research Conference, pp.364-368.7 Pena-Mora, F., & Hussein, K., (1999) “Interaction Dynamics in Collaborative DesignDiscourse.” Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Vol.14, No.3, pp.171-185.8 McNeese, M., Zaff, B. S., Brown, C. E., Citera, M., & Wellens, A. R., (1992) “Role of aGroup-Centered Approach in the Development of Computer Supported Collaborative DesignTechnologies.” Proc. Human Factors Society, Vol

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McKenneyAlfred E McKenney received his BS in engineering from the US Coast Guard Academy. Afterservice as a line officer, he earned his MBA at Harvard Business School. He was employed byIBM where he specialized in the design of large manufacturing planning and control systems.He was later assigned on a sabbatical to the School of Technology at Norfolk State Universitywhere he taught for four years. He continues to work on NEW:Update and is Project Managerfor the Experiments in Materials Science, Engineering and Technology CD-ROM. Page 6.666.22 Dielectric Behavior of Trichloroethane and Chlorobenzene as a Function of Temperature at 10.1