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Cyrus Meherji; Yuqin Ho; Bertram Pariser

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Simeon Slayton; Ratan Kumar

steam as this will createsafety issues. The water returning to the tank is maintained at 180° F. A thermostat orphotovoltaic array is used to cycle the circulation pump. The collector is covered with glass atfront, so that a greenhouse effect is created in the parabolic dome. Figure 1 shows the drawingfor the reflector.In an effort to use readily available off-the-shelf components, the least flexible design factor isthe glass dimensions. The glass has to be temepered and it poses some problems. One cannot cutsafety glass after it is tempered and it is expensive to have custom sizes tempered in smallquantities. However the glass has to be temepered for several reasons: a) a tempered glassshatters into small pieces if broken and thus reduces the

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Mark A. Pagano; Christine L. Corum

number of changes per yearhas decreased indicating a stabilization of expectations and furthermore a sign that TACoperations have matured and stabilized regarding process and operations as well.” [1]Conversely, in the past few years since 1992, renewed interest in change has been initiated inacademic accreditation and assessment. There has been a strong movement in professionalorganizations and accreditation bodies towards “outcome-based” accreditation standards.Regional academic accreditation organizations have made a rapid transition to this type ofstandard. Typical regional accreditations now focus on student learning and achievement(outcome-based standards) rather than on faculty, courses and facilities (input standards). This in

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Brian Armstrong

independently, starting with the simplest plant and control model, and a relatively structuredidentification experiment, controller design and performance assessment. The student moves toself-designed system identification and controller design. The cap stone of the course is acompetitive controls application which challenges the students command of the theoretical toolsas well as thoroughness and accuracy of experimental technique.1. Introduction The education literature provides many examples of high quality laboratory instructionprograms in controls engineering (e.g. [l, 2, 4]). One challenge to designing any laboratoryprogram is to involve the student in discovery learning, as opposed to closely directed verificationof physical principles. The

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Gary R. Martin

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John G. Nee

career goals. Students will use the internship as the basis forobservation and investigation. Classroom theory must be put into practice. The generalobjectives of this internship experience consist of: 1. Gaining on-the-job experience in a business, industrial, or educational related occupation; 2. Developing a functional understanding of the organization; and 3. Having experiences in human relationships, and the development of technical communications, social, and civic competencies. Program OperationThe intern must assume a major portion of the responsibility for independently fulfilling thecourse requirement. For purposes of ease of

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Ratan Kumar; Phillip R. Foster; George W. Watt

. Concurrent practices overcome thesedifficulties.At the ASEE 1996 College Industry Education Conference1 the Aerospace Industry identifiedthree disturbing shortcomings common among new engineering hires which are summarizedbelow: (1) New hires require excessively long apprenticeships (3-5 years) before becoming productive. (2) Few engineering graduates know how to work in groups or how to manufacture anything. Even fewer understand the process of large-scale, complex system integration that is so common in industry. (3) Often the students with the highest GPAs are those that are least prepared to work cooperatively in teams to engineer and integrate complex systems

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Bob Lahidji

, experience, and practice is devoted to application of engineering principles and the implementation of technological advances for the benefit of humanity. Engineering technology education for the professional focuses primarily on analyzing, applying, implementing and improving existing technologies and is aimed at preparing graduates for the practice of engineering closest to the product improvement, manufacturing, and engineering operational functions.1 Today, there are about 110 colleges and universities which offer 315 ABET accreditedprograms in over 90 disciplines.2 The review of the literature reveals that the engineeringtechnology curriculum is composed of 33% mathematics and sciences, 25% liberal

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Ronald H. Rockland

TYPE OF JOB # OF % OF STUDENTS TOTAL Design and Development 8 13 Production/QA 9 15 Repair/Service 17 28 Research 10 17 Sales 3 5 Management 2 3 Programming 2 3 Other 9 15 Table 1. Breakdown of Types of Jobs immediately after

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Steven J. Mulvaney; Robert K. Finn; Claude Cohen

parts of the course are covered inthis first part. These students thus take the chemical processes portion as a pre-requisite to thepharmaceutical or/and food processes, whereas chemical engineering students enroll in eitheror both pharmaceutical and food processes. Each portion of the course is worth 1 credit hour ina variable (up to 3) credit hours course.COURSE OBJECTIVES The idea for a course in the area of chemistry-related processes to serve as an electivefor MEng students in the Manufacturing Option was developed during discussions with theDirector of Cornell's Center for Manufacturing Entreprise, as part of a grant proposal to theSloan Foundation. As the concept for the new course gained momentum and discussions withpotential

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John K. Gershenson

Alabama (UA). The course fills agap in the set of analysis tools that students are given in their formal education.1. BACKGROUNDThis class in life-cycle engineering (LCE) is an outgrowth of the recent expansions andimprovements in design education. One of these expansions, the use of industrial projects, is acornerstone of the class. The course is naturally based upon the major principles of life-cycleengineering.1.1 Design EducationFor quite some time, there has been a push to improve the content and applicability ofengineering design education. Spurred by changes in ABET certification criteria and anexplosion in design theory and methodology research, some universities revamped capstoneengineering design classes. Many mechanical engineering

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David J. Ahlgren, Trinity College

coming in into the laboratory, producing a pre-lab document thatincludes schematic diagrams and simulation results.In 1996 four introductory experiments exposed students to basic logic gates, the application ofBoolean Algebra and Karnaugh Maps, use of the B^2 Logic CAD package (available from BeigeBag Software, info@beigebag.com), and breadboarding and troubleshooting techniques. Theexperiments were as follows: (Week 1) Breadboarding and Basic Logic Gates--an introductionto the breadboarding system, logic gates (AND, OR, NOT, etc.), simulation, and troubleshooting;(Week 2) Digital Circuits for the Automobile--the development of two designs--a traffic lightcontroller for a four-way intersection, and a safety device that counts and displays the

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Saeid Y. Eidgahy

trainer to identify objectives for a training program. Onesimple way of determining this is to look at the job description and then look at the employee’sperformance.1 The discrepancy between the expectations and the actual performance can formthe basis of identifiable needs. This basic approach allows a trainer to know exactly what is expected of the employee so thatwe know exactly what to train for and what to measure against when we evaluate the trainingprogram. Once some set of objectives have been compiled for the needs analysis stage, a trainershould then proceed to determine the level of each performance which is expected. There aretwo basic steps in the determination of performance levels: level of needed performance andlevel ofpresent

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T. Chang; R. Barat; J. F. Federici; H. Grebel; A. M. Johnson

, we are developing complementary applied optical science andengineering courses which will (1) provide a unified, multidepartmental optical science/engineering curriculum and (2) emphasize optics courses which will provide laboratory andclassroom training to undergraduate and graduate students in emerging areas of industrial andnational importance. In particular, our efforts are focused on the collective strengths of theEngineering School and the Applied Physics Programs: Environmental monitoring and detectionof pollutants, industrial process monitoring, optoelectronics, and ultrafast optics andoptoelectronics. This multidisciplinary program focuses on optical science and technology as anenabling technology: A technology with applications to

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Nicole F. Barde

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B. Lee Tuttle

reasonable number that can be evaluated in amore detailed manner with a selection matrix tool.1 Firestein describes the characteristics of a“Hit” as: Interesting, Unique, Very Relevant, Feels Good, Concise or Jumps out at you. If the objective of the product development process is to obtain a new and novel product,then the DFM/A team members should be encouraged to select an equal number of practicalideas and some very intriguing ideas that might work. Each member of the team should review aspecific number of colored dots not greater than 25 % of the total ideas. The facilitator describesthe operation of each product concept while the sketch of the product is viewed by the team.Once the concepts are all understood, each person affixes their

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V.J. Deleveaux; C.O. Ruud

competencies extend beyond technical ability to include: effectivecommunication skills, planning and prioritization, time management, working in teams, andknowledge of the financial aspects of the business [Helms, 1995]. Unfortunately, thesecompetencies are among those identified as key weaknesses of the engineering graduate. Hood,Sorensen and Magleby [Hood,1993] list the weaknesses identified by industry to include: 1)weakcommunication skills, 2) poor perception of the overall project engineering process, 3) little skillor experience working in teams, 4) a narrow view of engineering and related disciplines, 5) nounderstanding of manufacturing processes, and 6) a lack of appreciation for consideringalternatives. At a recent “Voice of Industry

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P.J. Sackett; G.P. Nelder; A. Skandalakis

used andgives conclusions. In their recommendations, the authors discuss issues arising from this survey ofimportance to the future delivery of advanced manufacturing education programs at postgraduatelevel. Page 2.141.1I. IntroductionManufacturing requires high-quality, professionally qualified, flexible and imaginativemanagement committed to success and capable of managing change (1). Last year the authorsundertook a study for the UK Department of Trade and Industry to identify the particularrequirements of managing manufacturing change in the Small and Medium sized ManufacturingEnterprise. This highlighted the importance of manufacturing

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Susan M. Bolton; Scott D. Bergen; James L. Fridley

on design imposed bythe complexity, variability and uncertainty inherent to natural systems. Students educated asecological engineers will be prepared to work on pressing environmental problems such as: 1. The design of ecological systems (ecotechnology) as an alternative to man- made/energy intensive systems to meet various human needs (for example, constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment). 2. The restoration of damaged ecosystems and the mitigation of development activities. 3. The management, utilization, and conservation of natural resources. 4. The integration of society and ecosystems in built environments (for example, in landscape architecture, urban planning, and urban

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Hussein Anis

with a pre-approved time schedule. The PIMC committees report to the EEDP management on theprogress of successful education development programs with special emphasis on such vitalaspects as:(1) site preparation and infrastructure refurbishing .(2) equipment installation, commissioning ,and utilization.(3) curriculum development and the preparation of renovated courseware material.Also a program has been introduced whereby smaller faculties of engineering can be assisted inimplementing their proposed education development programs. The most likely candidates for Page 2.143.1this program are those faculties of engineering who benefited at an

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Nicole Washington; Mohamad Parnianpour; Jared Walkenhorst

Page 2.144.2concludes with its respective quiz results page. Once the tutorial is on this page, the user can goto the main menu by pressing the "Main Menu" button that appears at the end of the message orby choosing "GoTo" from the pull-down menu and selecting "Main Menu." The student is alsoable to retake the quizzes, go to a different quiz, go to either of the review sections, or chose anyof the lab exercises by choosing that particular item from the pull-down menu. If the studentwould like to view his/her results form other quizzes or view the overall quiz results at this time,he/she would simply click the right arrow button which loops through the pages of the quizresults section (Figure 1).D. Simulations and Lab ExercisesThe simulation

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S. Keith Hargrove

can influence student retention (1). Effective advising consists ofproviding current information, good listening and communication skills, and goodcounseling skills.However, many of the questions they confront by Freshmen engineering students aboutregistration are routine and redundant. If a majority of the entering students have thesame educational background, they essentially will register for the same group of coursestheir Freshmen semester or term. Accessibility can be a problem due to scheduleconflicts between faculty and students to obtain advise about course registration. Analternative approach may be computer-assisted registration and advising.Many universities are using computers to enhance registration through student-independent

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Sema E. Alptekin

technologies influence the traditionalmethods of designing products and manufacturing systems. While the lower-level coursesintroduce the concept, the upper-level courses provide opportunities to gain expertise in specialareas of Mechatronics (Figure 1) (Alptekin and Freeman). Several projects integrate the coursesoffered at the different levels of the curriculum. The design and manufacturing laboratories of theIME Department are utilized in the design and development of these products and systems. Thefollowing courses utilize the Mechatronics Design Studio that is the topic of this paper: IME101: Introduction to Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, IME 356: ManufacturingAutomation, IME 416: Automation of Industrial Systems, and IME 516

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Randall Guensler; Christopher Conklin; Paul S. Chinowsky

assessment course home page is an icon matrix, where each icon islinked to separate pages for: 1) the course syllabus, 2) online lectures, 3) course reader, 4)course assignments and examples, 5) current grades, and 6) World Wide Web resource links.The separate pages provide information predominantly in a bullet or unnumbered list format, orlinks to viewable files. The index page is the default file accessed by viewers visiting the courseWeb site and this file links to all other directories and files provided for the course. Yet, thecourse syllabus file serves as the primary interface document for students. Almost all of the Webpages for the course can be accessed directly from the syllabus page. To provide a clear andlogical organization for the

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Ali Behagi

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Amin Karim; Ahmed Khan

IL, 60181 E-Mail: karim@devry.comAbstractWireless communications is one of the most rapidly developing segments of thetelecommunications industry. All segments of the wireless industry - cellular, personalcommunication services (PCS), paging, and specialized mobile radio (SMR) - are expected togrow at double-digit rates. In 1993, wireless services accounted for only $40 billion or 9% of the$640 billion telecommunications market, but by the year 2000, wireless is expected to control$200 billion or 18%, of an expected $1.1 trillion telecommunications market [1].This phenomenal growth in wireless communications has put new demands on engineeringtechnology curricula. Industry seeks graduates with appropriate

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Maher E. Rizkalla; Carol L. O'Loughlin; Charles F. Yokomoto

reorganized course is presented. The new laboratory brings togethertheoretical study, laboratory design, and real product manufacturing of surface mount printedcircuit assemblies as a whole. The paper also discusses the course as a model for cooperationbetween an education institution and manufacturing companies to provide state-of-the arttechnical training for senior students, and it emphasizes interdisciplinary group work for studentsfrom different disciplines.1. Introduction:With continued and rapid increase of usage of PCs and Workstations, electronic manufacturinghas become a significant sector in manufacturing industry. Electronic production worldwide isundergoing a revolutionary change in both component manufacturing and the

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Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre; Larry J. Shuman; Cynthia Atman; Harvey Wolfe

while attending the university. In addition, alumni were asked severalopen-ended questions about what should be the primary aim of an engineering education.Responses to the survey were analyzed to capture potential outcomes of an engineeringeducation. From the open-ended portion of the survey, two questions were coded to determinewhat, from the customer’s perspective, were the outcomes of an engineering education. Thequestions were: 1. “What is the primary aim of an undergraduate engineering education?” 2. “What factors do you look for when interviewing and hiring an engineering graduate?”Alumni responses to these questions were coded according to the various “knowledge, skills, andattitudes” an individual should possess at

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Zoran S. Filipi; GuoQing Zhang; Dennis N. Assanis

intensive short course, the graphical user interfaceallows easy manipulation of input parameters, monitoring of selected output variables in realtime and visual representation of results obtained through multiple runs for comparative studies.Our experience based on a first offering of the course indicates that simulations implemented in agraphical environment can greatly increase the effectiveness of the teaching process, especiallyunder the constraints of a one-week intensive short course.1. INTRODUCTION Modeling of internal combustion engines is an integral part of studying the fundamentalsof processes that take place within the engine cylinder, as well as phenomena occurring in thecomplex engine system such as the typical turbocharged

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Subra Ganesan

, availabilityof fixed point and floating point processors with on-chip DMA ( direct memory access),timer, interconnect ports, pipelined and parallel arithmetic capabilities are contributing tonovel applications for DSP chips. Page 2.153.1Selection of DSP processorA number of DSP processors are in the market. Some of the key manufacturers of DSPchips are Texas Instruments, Motorola, Analog Devices, and AT&T. Selection of a DSPprocessor for any application needs careful analysis. A top down approach to DSPselection is briefly given here.1. Select DSP based on the application’s performance requirements. DSPs are classified as fixed point or floating point