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Curriculum Development in BIO Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

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Zdzislaw Pawlowski; Krzysztof Zaremba; Roman Morawski

Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationTable 4. (cont.) Model plan of the undergraduate studies in Biomedical Engineering Stage A Stage B Stage C Semester SUBJECT CLASS or course 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 units units units units units units units unitsFUNDAMENTALS OF BIOMEDICAL 3 8

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Freshman Success/Retention Strategies

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2002 Annual Conference

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Rachel Collins; Matthew Ohland

Engineering Educationin this study and the related study of summer bridge programs that there is considerable variationamong programs identified as the same type. As described in the summer bridge program study,plans to take the study in this direction are already underway. In implementing this newapproach, the focus will shift to identifying a more complete set of information about a moreexhaustive list of programs, but focusing on a more limited number of schools. Page 7.338.5 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for

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Design, Assessment, and Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Dempster

Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationhours in the week supervised by academic teaching staff and where necessary, technicianstaff. The students had previously been given lectures on project management, planning,design methodologies, team building, etc and previous engineering science lectures hadequipped them with sufficient knowledge in dynamics, strength of materials and materialsengineering. The student’s progress was monitored during the period and all studentsmaintained progress logbooks. Students worked in groups of four and each member wasallocated a specific role with identified tasks to be completed each week. Academic staffattempted to monitor the progress of each group and guide them to a satisfactory completion.At

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Manufacturing Processes and Systems

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ajay Athale; Charlene Yauch

andrelated issues.Bibliography1. SME. (1997). Manufacturing Education Plan: Phase I Report. Dearborn, MI: Society of Manufacturing Engineers.2. http://www.sigmazone.com/doekiss.htm (Accessed January 8, 2002).CHARLENE A. YAUCHCharlene A. Yauch is an assistant professor at Oklahoma State University. She received her M.S. (Sociology, Mfg.Systems Engineering) and Ph.D. (Industrial Engineering) degrees from the University of Wisconsin -Madison and aB.S.I.E. from Purdue University. She is a licensed professional engineer with over 6 years of industry experience.In addition to research on implementing new manufacturing systems, she currently teaches a graduate course onmanagement of cellular manufacturing systems and an undergraduate courses on

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Novel Classroom Environments

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2002 Annual Conference

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S. Scott Moor

43 13 9 11A majority of the reports included the expected coverage of each section. The introductionsexceeded expectations with many groups providing interesting facts about the product or thehistory of its production. The poorest showing was in the environment and safety area. Again,focusing on the product issues and not on the entire process was the source of most deficiencies.I plan to add the word “process” to the title of this section in next year’s assignment to help pointout this issue to students.Over the two years, a slight improvement can be seen in all categories. This improvement islikely due to differences in the students between the two years

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CAD Applications in MET Courses

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2002 Annual Conference

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Mukasa Ssemakula

cohesiveteam in making the complete engine, and assignment of individual duties within the team is theresponsibility of the students themselves, not the instructor. In practice, the WSU students onaverage work on twice as many components as the UW students. Thus there is much greaterfocus on the hands-on machining for WSU students. On the other hand, UW students can get intomore theoretical issues like process planning that the WSU students do not cover in this course.Instead, WSU has a completely independent course in Process Engineering. This difference in Page 7.747.5emphasis can in part be attributed to the fact that the UW course is intended

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Academic Issues

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2002 Annual Conference

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Paul Blowers

, Memphis State University,Center for the Study of Higher Education, Memphis, Dec.,(1983).2. Walvoord, B. E., and V. J. Anderson, Effective Grading: A Tool for Learning and Assessment, Jossey-Bass, SanFrancisco, CA (1998).3.Hammons, J. O. and J. R. Barnsley, "Everything you need to know about developing a grading plan for yourcourse (well almost)", J. Excel.Colleg. Teach., 3, 51-68 (1992).4. Hoey, J. J., 1998 Higher Education Research Instititute Faculty Survey Results, Georgia Tech Office ofAssessment, (August 1999).5. Roth, W. F., Jr., "Our grading system throws kids a curve", The Eduation Digest, 65, 27-31 (2000).6. Guskey, T. R., "Reporting on student learning: lessons from the past - prescriptions for the future", Yearbook,1996, 13-24 (1996).7

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Mobile Robotics in Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Thomas Morel

and walking through their algorithms to ensure they do what they think they do.This helps them to see their errors in sequence, selection, iteration, and logic. This doesn’thappen on other non-robot assignments.Future work We plan to improve the simulator by making it behave more like the real world. Distancesare currently not to scale, and the robot moves faster in the simulator than in real life. For now,the simulator is best for problems involving only one robot but we hope to incorporateinteraction between multiple robots. Additional enhancements include the integration of suchtechnologies as lasers, sensors, and IR communications. We are working with the Civil andMechanical Engineering Department to develop lessons that incorporate

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Projects to promote eng.; teamwork,K-12

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Geselowitz; Kim Breitfelder

with exhibitcontent. The material will take the form of modules, several modules per exhibit. Thesemodules will provide practical teaching activities connected to the technical content ofthe exhibit and will be aligned with the national standards for technology. Each moduleaddresses one standard or a small narrow group of standards. The material is beingdeveloped in conjunction with both pedagogy experts and actual classroom teachers andtheir students. Instructional material includes lesson plans that incorporate the site,further explanations of activities that can be carried out on-line, and instructions foractivities that can be carried out in the classroom.The Future: International ConsiderationsAs mentioned, content and instructional

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ECE Design, Capstone, and Engr. Practice

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2002 Annual Conference

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Z. Joan Delalic; Richard Cohen; Jim J-S Chen; Dennis Silage

modeling, simulation, layout and design for testability andmapping to standard cells. Materials for micro and nano technology.EE 600 Algorithms for VLSI Physical Design Automation. Principles and algorithms for VLSIphysical design. Partitioning algorithms, basic algorithms for floor planning and pin assignment.Introduction to multi-chip module (MCM) and SOC microscale heat transfer.ME 760 Advanced Heat Transfer. Survey of heat and mass transfer phenomena. Advancedanalytical methods in conduction, convection and radiation, and combined systems. Similarityand boundary layer concepts. Numerical methods. Heat transfer in the manufacturing processes.Thermal management in microelectronics and micro-scale heat transfer.ENGR 510 Modular Electronics

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Lee Tuttle; Charles White; Gwan-Ywan Lai; Trevor Harding

formanufacturing some product. Typical products include plumbing fixtures, golf club heads, andautomotive components such as valves, steering knuckles, control arms and engine blocks.In the final project, students combine concepts learned in the previous three projects (life cycleengineering, design process, material selection and process selection) with economicconsiderations they have recently learned to develop a business plan for developing a productwith an emphasis on proper materials and process selection. This project culminates in a finalwritten report and an oral presentation at the end of the term.Assessment and Evaluation PlansAssessment and evaluation of the project is broken into two semi-autonomous classifications:assessment of course

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

start to finish includingproject definition, planning, risk assessment, design alternative 0 0 10 25analysis,software use, prototyping , testing, evaluation etc.Development of communication skills. 0 0 10 25Better appreciation of the role of customer in engg. design 0 3 17 15Improved study habits and interaction with faculty 2 15 8 10Ability to integrate knowledge from many different fields. 2 12 13 8 Life Skills Outcome DesiredCritical thinking ability 2 12

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New Trends in ECE Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Mohammad Alim

and summer 2001experience will consist of the following laboratory facilities: fabrication and processing,characterization, testing, and reverse engineering of the existing microelectronic end-products. To support the planned programs of 2002 and 2003 necessary proposals have beensubmitted. These proposals seek necessary funds to continue and formalize this collaborativerelationship to benefit the students in the VLSI and Microelectronics option at AAMU untilthe laboratory facility is established at the new School of Engineering and Technology Page 7.424.5building in Fall 2003.LABORATORY DEVELOPMENTIt may be noted profoundly that the financial

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The Computer, the Web, and the ChE

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jim Henry

Page 7.1282.6remotely. We have plans for the entire experiment to be operable remotely in the near future. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annua l Conference and Exposition Copyright 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationThe Pressure Swing Adsorption experiment consists of a commercial home oxygen concentratorthat has been extensively instrumented for flow, temperature and concentration. Remoteoperation of the unit is possible. The students can change the pressure swing cycle time andobserve the impact on oxygen production rate and concentration.The Gas Fired Water Heater is a domestic gas water heater that is extensively instrumented forflows and temperatures of the water

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Instrumentation Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gerard Foster

Indianawould be a large task. In the spring of 2000, Dr. Michael O’Hair of Purdue Universitysolicited the help of the Indiana Department of Education. The essence of thiscollaboration is set forth in the following points from an agreement titled Project LeadThe Way Indiana Collaboration dated February 8, 2001.In Indiana, Purdue University would be responsible for the following:“ · Provide the Summer Institute teacher assessment on-line through the PLTW web site. · Provide advice for teachers needing readiness training prior to Summer Institute training. · Provide teacher training through an Indiana PLTW Summer Institute. … · Coordinate with PLTW for the ongoing teacher training. · Develop a plan to certify school programs

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Mentoring Graduate Students for Success

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia LaCourse; Barrett Rock

. Page 7.38.5 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education5. Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Manufactuing Education Plan: Phase I Report -Industry IdentifiesCompetency Gaps among Newly Hired Engineering Graduates, Dearborn, MI, 1997.6. Engineering Accreditation Commission, 2000. "Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs" ABET(Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. Accessed on: January 22, 2002. Available athttp://www.abet.org/images/Criteria/eac_criteria_b.pdf7. Loeb, H., "Writing Courses in the Engineering College Curriculum," Journal of Technical Writing andCommunication

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MET Student Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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David Lyth; Jorge Rodriguez

Institute at Western Michigan University.He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Madison. Teaches courses in CAD,CAM, Mechanical Design, Biomechanics and Finite Element Analysis. His research is in the field of computers inengineering, with particular emphasis to machine design, modeling and biomechanics.DAVID LYTHProfessor and Research Associate of the Engineering Management Research Lab at Western Michigan University.He received his Ph.D. in Production/Operation Management from Michigan State University. He offers courses inProduction Planning and Control, Quality Assurance, Production/Operations Management and Quality Management.His research interests are on quality systems, continuous improvement and

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Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

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Nick Salamon; Gautam Wagle; Cliff Lissenden

addition to teaching engineeringmechanics courses ranging from statics to plasticity theory, he performs experimental andmodeling studies of material response in the presence of multiaxial stress states. He is a memberof ASEE, SES, ASME, ASCE, and Sigma Xi.GAUTAM S. WAGLE is a Research Assistant at Penn State. He received a B.E. degree inMechanical Engineering from the University of Bombay, India in 1997. He worked for a year asa Pre-planning engineer in the Switchgear manufacturing division of M/s Larsen and Toubro Ltd,Bombay, India. Gautam received his M.S. in Engineering Mechanics from Penn State in 2000.N.J. SALAMON, Ph.D. (Northwestern University, USA) has been a professor at Penn Statesince 1985. Prior to that he was associate professor at

Conference Session

New ET Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Crossman

and questions. Of course,students may not be able to absorb the material at the higher rate, but one of the outstandingadvantages of this delivery mode is that a student may stop at any time, review as necessary, andrepeat the lecture at will. As in a conventional class, textbooks and/or coursepacks are providedalong with the CD-ROMs. Students are able to email or call instructors as necessary to obtainadditional help. At the time this paper is being prepared, approximately half of the courses havebeen prepared and others are currently in production.VII. Challenges EncounteredSince Old Dominion University initially planned to offer only 36 credits of the total program,which would ideally be offered near the end of the sequence of studies, it

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Trends in Nuclear Education II

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Tebbe

nicely with those plans. Before the interface could be created the form of the data storage needed to be specified.Several interfacing options were explored including TCP/IP, Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE),and Open Database Connectivity (ODBC). It was determined that a common database formatthat could interact with a structured query language (SQL) would be the best choice. Forsimplicity a Microsoft Access database was then selected. In order to test the interface certain functions were selected to be displayed. For outputdisplay several core variables were chosen, including temperature and flux. For input control theposition of the control rods were simulated (Fig. 1). Options were specified so that the core data

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Promoting ET with K-12 Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cottrell

EngineeringTechnology at Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg. He graduated from the United States MilitaryAcademy in 1978 and retired in 2000 after over 22 years of military service with the US Army Corps ofEngineers. Studies at Texas A&M University resulted in a MS Degree in Civil Engineering in 1987 and aPhD in 1995. He is a registered Professional Engineer and has taught courses in statics, dynamics,mechanics of materials, graphic communications, and construction planning, scheduling, estimating, andmanagement. Page 7.1251.8 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sohail Anwar; Eric Granlund

to develop. Design competencies help one define educational outcomes,develop plans for achieving integrated design experience, and document educationalprogram success. 3 Categories of design competencies include: information gathering,problem definition, idea generation, evaluation and decision making, implementation,communication, teamwork, and process improvement. 4Engineering faculty tend to use at least one of four approaches to teach engineeringdesign: lecture, faculty as guide or coach, case study, and industry involvement. 5 Thefaculty at the Altoona College of the Pennsylvania State University (Penn State Altoona)uses lecture method as the primary vehicle to teach engineering design process to theengineering freshmen.Engineering

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Innovation in Design Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gul Okudan Kremer; Sven Bilen; Richard Devon

important source of the best jobs. Usinginformation technology, it is very easy to form (but perhaps not necessarily operate) cross-national student teams and to use faculty in other countries to give lectures and lead discussions.We have actually done this in one course for the last five years and are planning expansion tomulti-point teams. In this course, half of the industry design projects come from industries inFrance, and on one occasion we were able to have an A-V conference between the French andAmerican students and a representative of the French industry. In doing this we can enhance theknowledge of the participating students of the global economy and of engineering practice inother national economies. We can also improve the ability of

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Using Animation and Simulation in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jay Porter; James Ochoa

Copyright 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationThe interface also provides cursor and zoom capability so that students can make quantitativemeasurements. A current drawback of the system is the speed of the PCI DIO 96 card. A newversion of MaxTester with updated hardware is planned that will allow students to measure propagationdelay and glitches. Figure 3 – MaxTester’s simulation interface. Figure 4 – MaxTester’s graphical user interface. The red lines indicate simulated signals while black lines indicated measured signals. Page 7.816.6 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering

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Use of Labs to Introduce Students to Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

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Andrew Lau; Sven Bilen; Elizabeth Kisenwether

) Page 7.416.5 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society from Engineering Education Table 3 Listing of topics covered in Lab 3 Lab Section Title Section Objectives and CommentsSection Lab 3 Sensing Temperature with a Thermistor 3.2 Task: Control Temperature Presents the problem of designing a system to control temperature in a “product MJ12,” which is a film container 3.3 Problem Analysis 3.3.1 Individual/class discussion Students are to work out a plan of attack: what is the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Young

2 Analysis analyze, separate, order, explain, connect, classify, arrange, divide, compare, select, explain, infer Synthesis combine, integrate, modify, rearrange, substitute, plan, create, design, invent, what it?, compose, formulate, prepare, generalize, 3 Evaluation assess, decide, rank, grade, test, measure, recommend, convince, select, judge, explain, discriminate, support, conclude, compare

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Issues in Computer Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Joel Jackson; Ashraf Saad; Thomas Barnwell; Monson Hayes

Page 7.575.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationscalable delivery system which allows course lectures, individual office hours, and tutorial sessionsto be broadcast to multiple facilities from any one of five distributed classrooms and seven groupstudy facilities distributed across four campuses.The GTREP program is an ideal testbed for novel distributed education methods. In this paper,we present some results for the combined approach we have developed, and outline plans forfuture scaling as the GTREP program expands.1. IntroductionGeorgia Tech is involved in a number of distance learning

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Internet Programming and Applications

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Miller; Carlos Morales

/Supervision. Charles has beende/features/ppc/pie.asp developing content management systems for clients such as the Metropolitan Planning Council, the Management Association of Illinois,[6] Microsoft Window Media Specifications. and the Campaign for Sensible Growth. His(2001) [On-Line] Available: research interest includes artificial intelligence,http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsme dynamic data visualization, and mobile webdia/en/default.asp advancement

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Fragomeni

incorporate new advances inmicrostructural analysis and materials design. All of this is to be implemented into the collegeclass plan through specific homework assignments and projects. Homework assignmentsinvolving microstructural analysis involving the measurements of various microstructuralfeatures such as the average grain size, ASTM grain size number, particle size measurements,inclusion size measurements, etc could be performed by the student. The students would firstview the microstructures on the internet web environment and then choose the appropriatemagnification to make the desired measurements. The students could then use quantitativeanalysis to perform the measurements of the microstructural variables. The student could thencorrelate the

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Said Shakerin

a short article on the benefits of involving undergraduate students inresearch projects. These benefits include, but are not limited, to an opportunity for students tolearn about project planning and management, and to improve their writing skill in terms ofproducing a technical paper worthy of publication. Such experience is a definite plus that can beproudly added to their resumes. Page 7.199.11 Corresponding author “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Educatio n Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”The general topic of interest in this research