Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Min-Sung Koh, Eastern Washington University; Esteban Rodriguez-Marek, Eastern Washington University; Claudio Talarico, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

instructive”, and “It would help to go over in lab a few more of the GUI objects,specifically the radio buttons and button groups”. 3. Course renovation for DSP and/or FPGA implementation using MatlabThis section provides a brief explanation of the on-going plan for course renovations in the EEcurriculum at EWU. The overarching goal is to incorporate a method to go from system leveldesign to real implementation of either a logic circuit or a signal processing algorithm. Many EEcourses are based on thorough understanding of theory. For instance, some classes, such as DSP,Digital Communication, and Digital Feedback Control, rely on deep theoretical understandingbefore undertaking the task of merging theory into practice. Much of the theory in those

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ning Fang, Utah State University; Gary Stewardson, Utah State University

Page 12.852.2teaching of manufacturing engineering and technology courses that involves numerous real-world examples and applications. The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET) requires that graduates of manufacturing programs must receive and demonstrateproficiency in laboratory experiences 15. Specifically, ABET 2000 states, “graduates must beable to measure manufacturing process variables in a manufacturing laboratory and maketechnical inferences about the process.”Moreover, under the umbrella of its Manufacturing Education Plan (MEP), the Society ofManufacturing Engineers (SME) Education Foundation is making an aggressive push with NorthAmerican industry and universities and colleges to ensure that new graduates acquire

Conference Session

Engineering Education in the Arab World / Mid-East Region

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ulas Toros, University of Florida; George Younis, University of Florida; Fazil Najafi, University of Florida

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International

Basic English. 4METU undergraduate program degreeThe civil engineering program at METU is a four-year program based on two 16-week semesters Page 12.358.4including the registration and final examination period, and one five-week summer semester peryear. The student must take classes based on predetermined course plans. In the second year ofthe program, students must select a non-technical elective course per semester, and one non-technical elective in the first semester of the fourth year. Seven technical electives must beselected in the fourth year of the program, along with a free elective course. Four out of seventechnical courses must be in the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design in the Classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Adriaens, University of Michigan; Corrie Clark, University of Michigan; Robert Sulewski, University of Michigan; John Wolfe, Limno-Tech, Inc

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Design in Engineering Education

interim reports (aimed at benchmarking progress). The students again have the opportunity to submit a draft project report for a preliminary grade, which can be improved upon by incorporating comments from all four lecturers. The final projects are presented to a professional audience, including UM plant operations, UM facilities planning, and the adjunct lecturers from industry (consultants). Communication incorporates the following elements: technical presentations, public presentations, technical reports, and essay. Page 12.1131.5Course Content and Illustrative ExamplesOver the last three years, up to sixteen teams of

Conference Session

EMD Program Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ertunga Ozelkan, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; S. Gary Teng, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Thomas Johnson, Besam Entrance Solutions; Tom Benson, Pass and Seymour-Legrand; Dean Nestvogel, Pass and Seymour-Legrand

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Engineering Management

the two options (Chopper Bike and Racing Bike) as shown inFigure 3. Chopper Bike Racing BikeFigure 3. Product line optionsScenario 4. Production Line OptimizationYou have visited the bicycle manufacturing operations in Charlotte (Figure 4) to start theproduction planning for you new product and found a very traditional departmentalsystem with large work-in-process (WIP) queues and long lead times. This plant’sprimary function is to produce frames and forks, and to assemble with outsourcedcomponents, creating a completed and boxed bicycle. There are no formal instructions orcommunication systems for managing the operations. All personnel work at their ownrate and quality is suspect. Your responsibility is to transform

Conference Session

An International Perspective

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hasmik Gharibyan, California Polytechnic State University

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Women in Engineering

this paper we present some of the data,observations, and findings of the study; additional results of the first (Armenian) phase of thestudy can be found in a separate paper6.The investigation is ongoing (we plan to research more than one former soviet republic), andtherefore it is early to make final conclusions; however, the results obtained so far are significantenough to be presented at this time.Armenia, the Target CountryNote: All facts and statements in this section are taken from reliable official web sites7-10.Armenia (short for Republic of Armenia) is one of the 15 republics of the former Soviet Union(USSR). It covers an area of 29,800 square kilometers (slightly smaller than Maryland) and islocated in the Southern Caucasus between

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations and Applications

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence Wolf, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

20 Figure 1. Numbers of Senior Projects by Year.The Characteristics of the ProjectsVirtually any topic is accepted that integrates the use of two or more of the technical courses inthe BS-degree program of the student. The students have tackled a broad range of projects. Thebest way to describe them is simply to give the names of the projects over the last two yearswithout associating them with the students’ employers for proprietary reasons. It is obviousfrom the project titles that designs, analyses, production plans, and studies of a professional levelwere being entrusted to the students. The Design and Analysis of Front Frame Reinforcements The Design of New Mounts for Larger Sleeper Cabs

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Grandin, University of Rhode Island

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International

at least a full year at URI,completing graduate-level courses and a thesis. While URI accepts six of thenecessary 24 course credits from Braunschweig as transfer credits, Braunschweigin turn allows its students to transfer the URI credits back home, and bothinstitutions accept and recognize the thesis, which is written in English. In mostcases, therefore, the result of the year in Rhode Island is the simultaneouscompletion of both degrees.The Dual Degree Masters Program was intended to create a two-way flow ofgraduate students by making it equally attractive for URI students to complete theGerman Diplom with the URI MS degree. The plan calls for URI students tocomplete their required MS coursework at URI in year one and then to spend

Conference Session

Undergraduate Spacecraft Design I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael McGrath, University of Colorado at Boulder

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Aerospace

Announcement of Opportunity. The class incorporates subsystem lectures and studentpresentations with the goal of imparting a systems engineering view to the design of a spacecraftwithout attempting to teach systems engineering. Strengths and weaknesses of a classroomapproach to developing competence in the subject matter are discussed. Similarities anddifferences between the experience of a classroom environment are contrasted to the StudentNitric Oxide Explorer (SNOE) student spacecraft build. Plans for expanding the class to includethe study of a future NASA/ESA mission are reviewed.The approach for designing a spacecraft, and the knowledge of process and procedures needed todo so, have been developed from experiences gained from trial-and-error

Conference Session

Liberal Education Division Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carole Goodson, University of Houston; Susan Miertschin, University of Houston; Barbara Stewart, University of Houston; Luces Faulkenberry, University of Houston; Curtis Johnson, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

electrical power industry linkages with otherindustries and relationships with state and local governmental bodies are illustrated by anexercise in planning the construction of an electrical power transmission line.The course requires a term paper on some aspect of the electrical power industry and an in-classpresentation on the paper. The paper topic can be some aspect of the history of electrical power,including people who contributed in a fundamental way to the industry; a technical topic, such asdevelopments in generation, power system protection, ac or dc transmission, or distribution ofsubstations; electrical power practices and regulation in other countries; major electrical powerprojects including those undertaken by governments; or a

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lionel Craddock, Bluefield State College; Daphne Rainey, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute; Susan Faulkner, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute; Frank Hart, Bluefield State College; Martha Eborall, Bluefield State College; Lewis Foster, Bluefield State College; Stephen Cammer, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute; Betsy Tretola, Virginia Tech; Bruno Sobral, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute; Oswald Crasta, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute; Bruce Mutter, Bluefield State College

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

multidisciplinary team was good or excellent. On the post-coursesurvey 83% indicated that their comfort level was good or excellent in working on amultidisciplinary team. These findings support the effectiveness of the course in meetinglearning objectives related to communications and working within transdisciplinary teams tosolve complex scientific problems. On the pre-course survey 57% or four students agreed orstrongly agreed that they planned to pursue an advanced degree in a bioinformatics field.On the post-course survey 50% or three students indicated that they planned to pursue anadvanced degree in the bioinformatics field. In summary, the course helped students clarify their goals relative to doing CI research andseeking advanced degrees in

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Off the Beaten Path

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bobby Crawford, USMA; Tony Jones, USMA

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New Engineering Educators

results of that analysis to the solution of a technological problem. Work effectively as a member of a team to solve a 7 technological problem. 8 Plan the implementation of an engineered solution. Communicate an engineered solution to both technical and 9 non-technical audiences. 10 Assess the effectiveness of an engineered solution. Demonstrate basic-level technical proficiency in an 11 engineering discipline that is relevant to the needs of the Army. In response to a technological problem, learn new concepts 12 in engineering and learn

Conference Session

IE Curriculum Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sima Parisay, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

selected for a report and others should be disregarded. Forexample, we will not increase demand for Gas 1 since its shadow price is negative. Yet, inanother case, if we plan to increase the availability of Oil 1 or Oil 2, Oil 1 should be selectedsince its shadow price is higher. I highlight the fact that though the software mathematicallycalculates the allowable ranges, these results may need to be refined for practical reasons whenbeing mentioned in the report. For example, the software shows that unit profit per unit of Oil 1used in Gas 1 is currently 21 and has an allowable range of − ∞ to 21. From a practical point ofview, profits cannot be negative. Therefore in a report the allowable range should be noted as 0to 21.4- Other OR TechniquesA

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Dahm, Rowan University; Roberta Harvey, Rowan University

rather than aprofile reflecting degree of preference for multiple interacting patterns, and also in that LMLemphasizes the learner’s capacity to use his/her patterns strategically to adapt to differentlearning expectations instead of merely seeking compatible learning conditions. The processbegins by having students take the Learning Connections Inventory (LCI). Responses to theLCI’s 28 statements about learning preferences, using a Likert scale ranging from Always toNever Ever, yield a profile of the extent to which an individual utilizes each of four types ofpatterned learning processes, listed below with some of the key preferences characterizing eachpattern: ‚ Sequence (organization, planning, order, structure) ‚ Precision

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Teams

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Crockett, California Polytechnic State University; Jon Whited, St. Jude Medical; Daniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

of Xeragen, Inc., a San Luis Obispo-based biotechnology startup company. He has also served as an Assistant Professor at Milwaukee School of Engineering and was employed by McDonnell Douglas Space Systems Company, where he was a lead engineer and Principal Investigator on projects to develop technology evolution plans for the Space Station.Jon Whited, St. Jude Medical Jon Whited graduated from San Diego State University with a BS in Engineering Management. He is currently Manager, University Relations and Recruiting for St. Jude Medical, Cardiac Rhythm Management Division. He has worked as a Software Test Manager and Systems Test Manager for General Electric Space Systems and as Manager

Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Graduate Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Godfrey, Western Carolina University; James Zhang, Western Carolina University; Aaron Ball, Western Carolina University; Robert Adams, Western Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

workstation after one hour of use. When the user Proceedings of the 2007 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright®2007, American Society for Engineering Educationlogs into the workstation, the Poweroff software and a log-in screen for recording eachuser’s activity are started automatically. Deepfreeze was used to remove any newlysaved data on the workstation after each restart. [5]The initial plan for the system was to allow each automated workstation to be on separatenetworks. Wireless Linksys routers were to be used to separate each workstation and thecorresponding wireless web cameras together. Each network was to be connected toanother Linksys router, which then would be connected

Conference Session

FPD2 -- Highlighting First-Year Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynnane George, U.S. Air Force Academy; Robert Brown, U.S. Air Force Academy

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First-Year Programs

Mechanical Engineering and MSME from Ga Tech in 1989. She began her Air Force career in the Defense Satellite Communication Program Office at Los Angeles AFB, California where she served in the Mechanical Engineering Branch. She was then selected for a one-year Education with Industry program with the Aerospace Corporation, where she performed launch vehicle vibrations and launch wind loads analyses. She then moved on to the Titan System Program Office where she was the Flight Loads and Dynamics Manager for two years before moving to a mission management position. As mission manager for the Titan IV/Centaur mission TIV-23, she was responsible for all integration, planning

Conference Session

Special Session on Fixed-Point Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne Padgett, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

suggest that thesample size is too small to be useful.Future WorkA number of efforts are underway to enhance the effectiveness of the ECE497 course. Atextbook is under development which will support the theoretical core of the fixed point materialas well as incorporating a set of homework problems and example labs. The planned text outlinewill include material emphasizing both processor and FPGA implementation. The intent of thetext is to allow faculty with minimal expertise in fixed point to offer this material in an electivecourse. Schools interested in using a draft of the text will be considered as “beta testers.” Asnoted in the list of advance topics above, great potential exists to expand the planned textbook toinclude material on many

Conference Session

Digital and Embedded System Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Liang Hong, Tennessee State University; Md Hasanuzzaman, Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

activities.Through the CAPE/eLMS platform, the adaptive in-class instruction will be enabled. The Page 12.1507.5classroom activities can be selected from a pre-planned set of alternatives according to theformative assessments. The platform will also enable the interaction between the in-classactivities and the adaptive learning activities outside the classroom, such as the preparation forin-class activities and the following up. The interaction can be achieved through dynamicselection of the activities according to the classroom feedback.The CAPE/eLMS platform can also provide more immediate diagnostic feedback than traditionalgraded homework assignments and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacee Harmon, Oklahoma State University; Wendy James, Oklahoma State University; Richard Bryant, Oklahoma State University

is crucial to success both inhis course and as an engineer. In order to make the concept relevant to the students, andgive students an opportunity to get their feet wet with some of the technical equipment,he designs a project where the students will build an apparatus which demonstrates thesimplest case. He thinks it is important for the students’ development that they grapplewith concepts before they are formally introduced, so he assigns the project about a weekbefore he plans to cover the material in lecture. For this assignment, he places students into teams of four students. On the projectdescription the students find that in addition to the small apparatus they are also requiredto write a report and create a poster which

Conference Session

Training Faculty to Teach CE

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Decker Hains, U.S. Military Academy; Mark Evans, U.S. Military Academy; Stephen Ressler, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

skills of USMA facultymembers for the dramatically changing academic workplace of the 21st century.” 10 Theprogram involves monthly small-group discussion sessions, a formative review of classroomteaching, and reflective activities. Participants are provided with: • a pedagogical framework that will provide a basis for planning, implementing, and reflecting on their teaching and learning activities; • a repertoire of skills that will allow participants to operate in a variety of different teaching situations; • the ability to review and assess their teaching critically and revise it appropriately; • techniques for helping learners acquire important discipline-related skills and knowledge; • the ability to

Conference Session

Learning Needs and Educational Success

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Northern, Prairie View A&M University; John Fuller, Prairie View A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

/training.html defines Rapid Prototyping asin a design process where early development of a small-scale prototype is used to test out certainkey features of the design [2]. Traditionally, students have designed logic circuits in a linear Page 12.1193.5fashion based on defined needs goals. These steps are shown in Table 1. Increased developmenttime, costly mistakes, and less communication, has been a result when designing more complexand challenging systems [3]. In Whitten, Bentley, and Barlow, system designers at very earlystages of planning of large-scale systems, a small-prototype is built to exhibit key features of theintended system [4]. The prototype

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Systems

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Alvarado, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

Tank surfaceFigure 11: Vertical view of sensor location plan (all dimensions are inches) Tank surface Figure 12: Vertical view of U-tube plan (all dimensions are inches) Page 12.446.13 Figure 13. Lab-scale GSHP in the labTesting of lab-scale GSHPThe lab-scale GSHP still is being tested under various conditions to determine the impact ofthermal load on the soil. Soil temperature and moisture content are being analyzed to drawappropriate conclusions. So far, the results from the first round of experiments have beenpositive. The soil can be used to dissipate a significant amount of thermal

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Chang, USMA; Grant Jacoby, USMA; Lisa Shay, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

(Hordes of Autonomous Ground and ArielRobots.) The project goal is to build two robots that cooperatively perform a task autonomously.Figure 2 provides an illustration of the challenge faced by HAGAR. The team must build andprogram one robot to logically and autonomously dispense several sensors within a room ofunknown size and configuration and have it transmit sensor location information back to anotherrobot that will retrieve a subset of the sensors distributed, all within a given period of time. Anexample of HAGAR’s requirements model is provided in Figure 3 to show the interplay betweenelectrical engineering and computer science. If Team HAGAR succeeds, the students plan tocompete in the MIT Soldier Design Competition and submit their

Conference Session

Communication and Professional Skills in BME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Ebenstein, Bucknell University; Joe Tranquillo; Daniel Cavanagh

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

Research Methods I and II just before the knowledge is neededin their Senior Capstone courses. For example, the ‘soft skills’ covered in Research Methods Iare the tools needed in the first semester of senior design, which focuses on professionalcommunication, problem identification and project planning. Hence, Research Methods I istaught the semester before Senior Capstone I. In contrast, the ‘hard skills’ in Research MethodsII are most applicable to the second semester of senior design, where the focus is on fabricationand testing of devices. Hence, Research Methods II is taught the semester before SeniorCapstone II. While this means that Research Methods II is taught concurrently with SeniorCapstone I, this “just-in-time” approach is expected to

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Eduaction - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gül Okudan, Pennsylvania State University

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Design in Engineering Education

predefined rubric. However as Bailey et al.2 rightly put it, the videorecording process is not realistic to evaluate large number of students within several designteams as watching and reliably scoring the tapes require a huge amount of time. Researchers atUniversity of Massachusetts Dartmouth are trying to overcome this by planning to construct acomputer simulation, which puts students in design scenarios and asks questions at key points togain insight on how students would proceed13.Some educators use common exams, which ask students open-ended and close-ended questionsto assess the effectiveness of first year engineering courses. Administration of tests and closed-response questionnaires to students are examples of quantitative research

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation in Engineering Education I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

undergraduateeducation is central to the institution's planning, budgeting, and personnel decisions. Onsuch campuses, information about learning outcomes is seen as an integral part ofdecision making, and avidly sought.9. Through assessment, educators meet responsibilities to students and to thepublic. There is a compelling public stake in education. As educators, we have aresponsibility to the publics that support or depend on us to provide information about theways in which our students meet goals and expectations. But that responsibility goesbeyond the reporting of such information; our deeper obligation -- to ourselves, ourstudents, and society -- is to improve. Those to whom educators are accountable have acorresponding obligation to support such

Conference Session

Cognitive and Motivational Issues in Student Performance II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gretchen Molina, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez; Asmaa Idrisu, George Mason University; Alexandra Medina-Borja, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Amelia Marian, West University of Timisoara

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

behavior of a system arises from the interaction of its agents over time (i.e. dynamic complexity); • Discover and represent feedback processes (both positive and negative) hypothesized to underlie observed patterns of system behavior; • Identify stock and flow relationships; • Recognize delays and understand their impact; • Identify nonlinearities; • Recognize and challenge the boundaries of mental (and formal) models.”III. Methodology The tasks A number of evaluative testing studies [e.g.2,15,16] have attempted to link systemsthinking/system dynamics education with important skills such as efficientcommunication, planning, problem solving, and organizational development skills.Above all, it has been claimed

Conference Session

Our Future in Manufacturing

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Wells, North Dakota State University; Ronald Bennett, University of St. Thomas; Casey Radtke, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

; * creation of competitive advantage through manufacturing planning, strategy and control; * analysis, synthesis and control of manufacturing operations using statistical and calculus-based methods, simulation and information technology; * measurement of manufacturing variables and extraction of technical inferences about the process. Figure 1: Proficiencies Required from Undergraduate Manufacturing Engineering and Similarly-named Programs [11]Manufacturing Education and Research Community: The most recent redirection of SMEhas been the alignment of technical interests into ‘communities’. These are mostly recognizableas the previous ‘association’ structure

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

account numbers. Methods plan – creating Create a Objects books and BookInventory customers of class and/or their choice AccountInventory class.Credit Card Create a class to represent Classes Each student Add error-** a credit card for a credit Instance produces a detection to credit card company Variables different test card numbers