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James J. Alpigini

three core electives, selected from the both the management and engineering faculties. Next,a student will participate in a “capstone” course that is offered in a seminar format andencapsulates the entire program. Following the completion of the capstone course, a student willeither write a professional paper, or take three additional approved technical electives. Thedegree requirements are summarized in Table 1. Page 5.158.1 Table 1: Master of Science in Information Science Degree Requirements MGMT 501 Behavioral Science in Business Management core courses MSIS 510

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Jerome A. Atkins

studentswere enrolled in an estimated 25,000 courses during the academic year 1994-1995. In 1995, morethat 3,000 students received degrees and nearly 2,000 earned certificates by enrolling in distancelearning courses exclusively.1 Perhaps no technological innovations have had a greater impact oneducation and information technology development than the computer and the World Wide Web.In the last quarter-century, the personal computer has revolutionized the way Americans get theirinformation and communicate with each other. It is no surprise that formal educational enterpriseshave also been computerized to the point where over 10,000 college courses (and some entiredegree programs) are available at a distance--and increasingly on the Web--and

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Paul Kulowitch; Asad Yousuf

determined for eachcoupon at each wavelength. In general, two trends were noticed in these data. First the intensityincreased rapidly at the onset of heat damage and then decreased considerably from this peakupon further thermal degradation. These trends are clearly illustrated in figure 1, which presentsemission spectra (excitation wavelength) of four coupons having different thermal histories.The results reported by Fisher et. al, have demonstrated that laser-induced fluorescence offers agreat promise as a powerful new approach for detecting thermal damage in polymer composites,especially at the onset of the damage. However, their study indicated some uncertainty due tothe inversion in the series of images, which could be avoided by using an

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Raghu Korrapati; Nikunja K. Swain; James A. Anderson

Inc., PSPICE from MicroSim Corporation, LOGICWORKS III from Capilano Computing, C/C++, Visual Basic from Microsoft Corporationetc.) and test equipment. This CBVEL can also be accessed from remote sites using Internet. Page 5.162.1The CBVEL consists of IBM compatible computers with appropriate software and hardware(LabVIEW, HI-Q, Virtual Bench, PXI Systems, DAQ Cards, etc.) from National Instruments(NI), and is connected to School of Engineering Technology and Sciences (SETS) network andexisting equipment 1, 2. Virtual Instrument (VI) modules for different courses and research areasare currently developed. Examples of some of these VIs are

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John W. Pierre; Badrul H. Chowdhury; Jerry Hamann; Raymond Jacquot

Session 2520 Computer Exercises to Incorporate Energy Concepts into the Electrical Engineering Curriculum R. G. Jacquot, J. W. Pierre, and J. C. Hamann/B. H. Chowdhury University of Wyoming/ University of Missouri-RollaAbstractThe authors report on a sponsored project to incorporate power concepts into non-power courses.Reported here are efforts to build computer exercises to accomplish a portion of this task.1. IntroductionIn 1997 the National Science Foundation funded university programs to enhance electric powereducation in the United States in light of a perceived shortage of competent

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Oguz A. Soysal

actual experiments andexchange data in real time. The paper discusses the educational aspects of onlineexperimentation compared to conventional lab activities and virtual labs based on simulations.II. Learning Styles in Engineering and Science EducationEducational theorists classify different styles for perceiving and processing new information onfour quadrants2,3 as shown in Figure 1. The vertical axis represents the perception and thehorizontal axis represents the processing style of different learners. With the inspiration of thepublication by Harb et al.3, the author surveyed learning styles of FSU students at different levelsof engineering and physics majors. The shaded area on Figure 1 illustrates the distribution ofpreferred learning

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Hamid Khan

this modern, new phase of CADD education in thedesign curriculum.Engineers and technologists must learn about how to think in the modern world ofproduct and systems design, facilities layout and planning and manufacturing [1]. Weindeed have made great efforts toward integrating CAD into design and manufacturingcurriculum but we are still limited by what we see as automated 2D drafting. Curriculum Design Using Robust 3D Modeling / Design SoftwareThe vision of CAD’s role in engineering and technology education is:• CAD software is intuitive and user friendly• Needless time and effort must not be expended in wrestling with the software to learn the software.• Both the teachers and students will maximize their time learning to be

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Shahnam Navaee

BOARDSare used as an additional tool to aid the instructor in relaying the course material to the student.Figure 1 show photographs of one of the teachable lecture rooms and computer laboratoriescreated at Georgia Southern University in support of engineering instructions.The projection systems in all the facilities mentioned were mounted from the ceiling for securitypurposes, for ease of use and for space limitations. It should be mentioned that the instructorswere using a mobile computer and projection system located on a rolling cart for several Page 5.166.2semesters. This system was found to be very inconvenient and unsuitable both for the

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Susan M. Lord; Jose A. Macedo; Rick T. Olson

students considered successfully completingtheir project to be the single highlight of the semester.1. IntroductionThis paper describes a laboratory methodology developed for first-year engineering students atthe University of San Diego (USD) and provides results from its first offering. At USD, theproject is known as the eNgineering Improvement in a FirsT Year (NIFTY) Design Project. Theobjectives of this methodology are to: provide an entertaining and challenging laboratoryenvironment in which students can develop engineering skills early in their program of study,improve retention of first-year engineering students, and attract a diverse group of students tocareers in engineering. The student learning goals are to develop skills to: solve open