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Thomas R. Williams; Judith Ramey

articulate very specifically (and, perhaps as aconsequence, to re-examine) the rationale motivating any proposed changes, (2) to formallysubject those changes to the scrutiny of other team members, and (3) to place those changes inthe broader contexts of an existing curriculum and of current instructional design theory. Theseactivities, we believe, will both strengthen the coherence of the proposal and clarify theassessment strategies called for by the proposal's instructional goals and strategies.The worksheet itself comprises seven fields. The first field, or column, labeled “Course(s)Proposed & Affected,” asks that the team put a label on a new course or pinpoint an existingcourse for which a change is proposed. But it does more, as well. By

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Lueny Morell de Ramírez; José L. Zayas; Jorge I. Vélez-Arocho

that presents eight steps in developing an assessment plan4. But regardless ofhow the assessment plan is developed, an effective plan must start with the identification ofspecific goals and objectives, definition of performance criteria, followed by the data collection1 Penn State University, University of Washington, and the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez in collaboration with SandiaNational Laboratories. Project sponsored by the Technology Reinvestment Project. (TRP Project #3018, NSF Award #DMI- Page 3.501.19413880)2 John S. Lamancusa, Jens E. Jorgensen, and José L. Zayas, The Learning Factory – A New

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M. A. Mooney; K. K. Muraleetharan; H. Gruenwald; B. E. Vieux; Randall L. Kolar

design and reasons and know their synergy high technical literacy understand certainty and handle ambiguity a sense of social, ethical, political, and human responsibility a unifying and interdisciplinary view a culture for life-long learning a creative spirit, a capacity for critical judgement, and an enthusiasm for learning advanced knowledge of selected professional level technologies effective time management integrated team approach to product/technology development ability to critique one s self, whether in work or life a thorough understanding of current tools a sense of the total industry perspective ability to adapt to changing emphasis in ones

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Lueny Morell de Ramírez; José L. Zayas; Jorge I. Vélez-Arocho

that presents eight steps in developing an assessment plan4. But regardless ofhow the assessment plan is developed, an effective plan must start with the identification ofspecific goals and objectives, definition of performance criteria, followed by the data collection1 Penn State University, University of Washington, and the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez in collaboration with SandiaNational Laboratories. Project sponsored by the Technology Reinvestment Project. (TRP Project #3018, NSF Award #DMI- Page 3.500.19413880)2 John S. Lamancusa, Jens E. Jorgensen, and José L. Zayas, The Learning Factory – A New

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Hussein Anis

2ry 9 16 Assiut Assiut Assiut 1ry --- 17 Menia Menia Menia 2ry 16 W o r k s ta t io n fo r S e rv e r C o m m u n ic a tio n N e tw o rk M a n a g e m e n t G a te w a y /R o u te r T O IN T E R N E T at FRC U T o R o u te rs

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Robert Allen; Richard Penson

shows two similar continuous signals phase shifted in time with respect to each other. The definition of the cross correlation of the signal pair is given below :- (ii) Discrete cross-correlation:- Based on a time delay of t set, s samples and a sample time of T set the discrete form of the cross correlation function given above is given by:-Based on the above discrete equation, for s samples with a sample time of 20 ms, a table can beconstructed in the form of a spreadsheet to facilitate “real time” solution by a digital computer.If we develop a table consisting of a moving window of elements of data taken from a patient inthe form of BP (mm H,O) and MCA (mm/set) , a matrix of N x N elements can be produced. Thesums of

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Beverly J. Hunter; James L. Hales

part of the survey for the first time. A comparisonwas made between the UPJ graduate data and that collected by the Engineering WorkforceCommission of the American Association of Engineering Societies.[2] In June 1996 theCommission published data concerning starting salaries for B. S. engineering graduates of alltypes of engineering programs. That data was compared to the average starting salaries of UPJET graduates in Figure 5. At the time of graduation, it appears that UPJ graduates receivesalaries that are lower than the national average. It must be noted, however, that UPJ confersonly CET, EET, and MET degrees, but the national values represent an average of many types ofdegrees, including those that traditionally have had high starting

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M. Bodruzzaman; Satinderpaul Devgan; Saleh Zein-Sabatto

Session 3209Meeting the ABET Computer Competency Requirement in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Tennessee State University M. Bodruzzaman, S. S. Devgan, and S. Zein-Sabatto Tennessee State UniversityIntroductionIn the Information Age, access to timely information in appropriate form is power. Engineers oftomorrow must be proficient in developing computer tools and applications to facilitate access toinformation anywhere any time. ABET criteria for computer use and computer facilities inengineering curriculum and specifically Electrical, Electronic(s), Computer and similarly

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M. Bodruzzaman; Satinderpaul Devgan; Saleh Zein-Sabatto

Session 3232Meeting the ABET Computer Competency Requirement in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Tennessee State University M. Bodruzzaman, S. S. Devgan, and S. Zein-Sabatto Tennessee State UniversityIntroductionIn the Information Age, access to timely information in appropriate form is power. Engineers oftomorrow must be proficient in developing computer tools and applications to facilitate access toinformation anywhere any time. ABET criteria for computer use and computer facilities inengineering curriculum and specifically Electrical, Electronic(s), Computer and similarly

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Robert P. Taylor; B.K. Hodge

f Ci fT K i » (1) g J S gD i ¬ D i ¼ i i 1Three different categories of problems are associated with series piping systems: (1) Category I inwhich the required increase in head, Ws, of the pump is the unknown, (2) Category II in whichthe flow rate Q is the desired result, and (3) Category III in which the pipe diameter is to beobtained. Category I problems are direct, but Categories II and III are iterative. The usualtreatment in fluid mechanics textbooks, Munson et al. (4) for example, is centered about solvingEq. (1) for the three problem categories. However, the

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Robert A. Hall; Mark W. McK. Bannatyne

this change. During these years of transition Russia willalso face a problem which most fledgling democracies face - a generation of disenchanted youth. The future hopes of this nation, in the midst of all its anxiety, have been thrust upon the youngpeople, for they are the ones who have, perhaps by fate, been assigned to live through it.The task before the young is a formidable one. As reported in the International Labor Review(1994): First, the sheer size of its [Russia s] population and economy raises training and skill-related issues of unparalleled proportions; second, the political and economic reforms implemented in the final years of perestroika and in the aftermath of the

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Susan E. Babcock; Oscar Marcelo Suarez

fraction of copper in Figure 10 in order to work on the termsinvolved in equation 4. In this equation, the derivative factor is calculated separately by thethree-point formula (6) or central difference formula (7). In brief, it consists of averaging theslopes of the secants behind and ahead of the point where the derivative is approximated (seeFigure 7.1 in Ref. 7). Therefore the slope at c = c* is estimated as: dx c 1 ª§ x c x ci-1 · § x ci+1 x ci · º s (c*) | «¨ i ¸ ¨ ¸» eq. 9 dc C* 2 ¬© c i c i 1 ¹ © c i+1 c i ¹ ¼ c i c* 0.040

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Jr., Fred O. Simons; Aaron L. Robinson

N where N is defined as the number ofpoints to be processed. FFT Performance Graph 0.0014 0.0012 0.001 320C60 Time(s) 0.0008 96002 0.0006

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Narayanan Komerath

rightballpark”, and that they can correct their answers by iteration if they start early enough. M aterials C ivil E CO NO M ICS Chem . E ng g. C o n tro l Engg. F lu id M e ch a n ics Laun ch D esign Relaxed S tability E nerg y

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Nancy L. Denton

allotment for each graded Page 3.194.1report section. The core sections are identical for both report types. The resume’ section Session 1547provides a brief summary of the report contents; the results section shows all data analyses(without detailing supporting calculations); the conclusions section discusses how the resultsconform to the purposes of the experiment; the sources of experimental error sectiondemonstrates student consideration of the inherent problems which may be present in eachexperiment; and the original data sheet(s) must be included for all reports. The

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Terri Estkowski; Mary Ann Bowman; Liwana Bringelson

, 4.6%, requested interviews after the study closed, and two of these requests cameafter the study had been closed for two months. Another indication of the population’s responseto this research is the data shown in Figure 1. This figure shows 63 respondents scheduledinterviews after the first contact attempt, and 39 more were interviewed after two contactattempts. When 49.2% of the total population schedules interviews after two contact attempts, itwould appear that the population identifies with the topic and wants to share their experiences. R 70 e s p 50 o n d 30 e n t s 10 0 First Second Third

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Ronald D. Earley

ofthe nodal forces, element stiffness matrix ,and nodal displacements as in equation 3. Page 3.602.3 3The nodal force components for a single element may be represented by equation 3 below. fxi c2 cs -c2 -cs ui 2 2 fyi = (AE/L) cs s -cs -s vi 3. 2 2 fxj -c -cs c cs uj

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Warren D. Seider; J. D. Seader; Daniel R. Lewin

simulators. The following is an example of how the contents of thejunior-year separations (equilibrium stage and mass transfer) course(s) can be coordinated withthe senior design course(s) to enable chemical engineering graduates at the B.S. level to makesignificant contributions in the workplace. It presupposes that prior to the separations course(s),the student completes a solution thermodynamics course that covers modern methods ofdetermining multicomponent phase equilibriaIn the summer of 1998, a new process design textbook by Seider, Seader, and Lewin21, entitled,"Process Design Principles: Synthesis, Analysis, and Evaluation", will be published by JohnWiley & Sons. The table of contents of this textbook is shown in Table 1. The most

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Linda Parker; Lawrence Burton

Doctorate in engineering s s s s 733 Bachelor's in business 34% 1% 38% 28% 7,084 Master's in business 31% 3% 34% 32% 166,789 Doctorate in business s s s s 1,793 Engineering & other Bachelor's in engineering 67% 3% 8% 21% 8,631 Master's in engineering 38% 7% 26% 29% 10,628 Doctorate in engineering 48

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M. Wayne Hall; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

. Those documents recommended that, to insure a healthy and habitableenvironment for future generations, the world s businesses, industries, governments, andindividuals should adopt and work towards a goal of Global Sustainability. The years that havepassed since these documents were released have produced some movement towards this goal.Many observers, however, have considered this progress as too slow and too meager. Thissituation has changed somewhat during the recent past, with concrete examples of attempts toaddress Sustainability issues, in academia, government, and industry, beginning to emerge. Aspecial case of such emergence is found within today s institutions of engineering education .Engineering is by definition a discipline that

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James H. Dooley; James L. Fridley

-technical input 2 3. Over the past forty years or so engineering hasbeen positioned by educators and many practitioners as being necessarily independent of andimmune from social influence 4 1. In the mid-1950’s engineering education in the United Stateswas directed away from social-technical integration toward more scientific and mathematicalcontent 5, 6. At the same time that engineering education stepped away from problem definitionand consideration of non-technical aspects of design, the educational discipline of professionalmanagement provided specialists to assume the decision-making roles in society 7. Engineeringstudents were subsequently taught that it was the role of managers and other non-technologists tocut through the politics, external

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E. Dendy Sloan

. Preference for Taking Data. Whether a person pays great attention to detailed data, or prefers to make giant leaps, connecting “sketchy” dots to obtain a picture, he/she is typed as a Sensing (S) or Intuitive (N) type, respectively.3. Preference for Making Decisions. If a person decides based upon “cold hard facts”, or if decisions are based upon empathy for others, he/she is typed as Thinking (T) or Feeling, (F) respectively.4. Preference for Taking Data or Making Decisions. Whether one enjoys taking data and leaving options open for creativity, or making decisions rapidly and getting many things done, determines the Perceptive (P) or Judging (J) dimension.The above four categories, each with two choices, provide 16 combinations of

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Ping Liu

constant temperature. A plunger drives the Page 3.522.1sample material through a slit capillary at either constant or programmed flow rate. When usingslit capillaries, one can measure the pressure difference directly in the capillary. Viscosity ismeasured in terms of the pressure difference at certain shear rate. Capillary rheometry has found its main area of application in the measurement of polymermelt viscosities at shear rates below 1000 s -1 and at temperatures up to 500 oC 4. There are manyadvantages in using capillary rheometers. These include the relative ease of filling, the ability tochange temperatures and shear rates readily, the

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Fred Weber; Daniel C. Yoder; Christopher D. Pionke; J. Roger Parsons

also how the direction of the force is related to the direction of the movement. If wepull straight up on the box and the upward force is less than the box’s weight we will reduce the contact force of the floor on thebox, but will do no useful work moving the box across the floor. If the force pulls directly in the direction that the box moves theforce does the most useful work. The work is therefore W = F s = F *s * cos(), where F is the size of the force, s is thedistance the object moves, and is the angle between the direction of the force and the direction of motion. Note the F s,which is read as “F dot s”. This is not the same as F * s (F times s), but is rather called the “dot product”. In general, A B =A * B * cos(), where A and B

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Michael Karlesk; Hugh Jack

original user entered code to the server and devicedriver running on the host connected to the actual device. Again, a live video feed is displayed tothe student. This last step of verification allows only one student at a time. In summary, 1. The user(s) selects the device 2. The Java applet containing the programming interface is brought up on the screen 3. The user enters his or her program 4. The user checks the code by submitting it to a server 5. If the code is correct, a new web page is brought up with a VRML model of the device 6. A new Java applet communicates with the server to receive a set of motion vectors for the VRML model 7. The user starts the simulation and is given the opportunity to give user input as

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Thalia Anagnos; Michael W. Jennings

Page 3.453.10TABLE 1 - Course Attributes Summary Page 1 of 2 Course Assessment Matrix Course Number: Evaluator: Course Name: Date of Evaluation: ( See notes at end of table to explain abbreviations ) MAJOR TOPIC KEYWORDS EXPECTED ASSESSMENT METHOD(s) TECHNICAL TOPICS (1 to 3) LEVEL AT (EX, HW, EXP, IP, GP, NA, OTHER) (No more than 15 total) COURSE END

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Jule Dee Scarborough

Technical ManagementProgram Control and Project Life Cycle Contracting/AcquisitionIndividual and Team Development Inter-Agency, Business, & International RelationsRisk Management and Safety LogisticsAs a result of the growing need for engineers and technologists to become familiar with project Page 3.465.2 2 Session 3147management, Northern Illinois University s Department of Technology in the College ofEngineering & Engineering Technology developed a course in project management

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William R. McShane; Joanne Ingham

rate after the Academic SkillsSeminar was introduced as compared with a control group. ReferencesAstin, A. W. (1993). What Matters in College: Four Critical Years Revisited. San Francisco, CA: Jossey- Bass Publishers. Page 3.65.10Buell, B. G., & Buell, N. A. (1987). Perceptual modality preference as a variable in the effectiveness of Skills Seminar, 10 continuing education for professionals. Dissertation Abstracts International, 48, 872A.Brown, S. D., Lent, R

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James C. Wood

& speed. (S) - - Determine velocity and speed by calculation of a ratio and using graphical analysis of empirical data. (M/S/ET) - - Write an equation of the linear function of displacement. (M) - - Solve linear equations of motion and algebraically manipulate formulas for unknown quantities. (M) Figure 2Framework ValidationFramework validation consisted of

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Susan L. Murray; Linda M. Manning; Catherine A. Riordan; Elizabeth Cummins; Philip B. Thompson

women in science and engineering.Our two favorite site links include Educational Issues for Women in Science and Engineering, andWomen s Issues and Gender Differences in Science and Engineering.American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)http://www.asee.org. This organization seeks to improve all aspects of engineering educationthrough activities ranging from its publications, building a data base about engineering educationpractices and professionals, national and regional conferences, and awards.Society of Women Engineers (SWE)http://www.swe.org. This organization s purpose is to $stimulate women to their full potential incareers as engineers and leaders, expand the image of the engineering profession as a positive forcein improving the