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TC2K Issues and Experiences

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2005 Annual Conference

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David Cottrell

Session 2150 Integrating TC2K from the Macro to the Micro: Program Assessment Inside and Outside of the Classroom David S. Cottrell Pennsylvania State University at HarrisburgIntroduction This paper addresses specific, deliberate actions taken by the School of Science,Engineering, and Technology to establish and sustain a comprehensive program ofassessment and evaluation consistent with an academic environment of continuousimprovement that demonstrates compliance with the technology Criteria 2000 (TC2K).1The plan’s primary objective and ultimate end-state was to affect a

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Program Level Assessment

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2005 Annual Conference

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Edward F. Crawley; Doris Brodeur

form the basis of decisionsabout the program and its plans for continuous improvement.This paper describes a standards-based approach to program evaluation and provides arationale for the CDIO standards in reforming engineering education. The mainobjectives of the paper are to • identify key questions that guide program evaluation and set them in the framework of the CDIO standards • compare the CDIO standards with criteria set forth by ABET in EC2000 • give examples of standards-based program evaluation of engineering programs • emphasize the connection between program evaluation and program improvementBackgroundIn October 2000, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chalmers University ofTechnology, the Royal Institute

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NSF Funding for Educational Scholarship

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2005 Annual Conference

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Venkatraman Atti; Andreas Spanias

and obtainedsome seed funding from the ASU research office to look at various web technologies and experiment withHTML and Java™. We were particularly keen in using Java.2. Identifying a Problem in Engineering EducationMuch like any research endeavor we thought of this initially as a research problem, i.e., given thatInternet was evolving and would affect education, what are the key engineering education problems thatwould surface and requite innovative solutions. We wanted to do something different, something thatwas not available, and something that would ultimately be useful to the education community. At thattime we identified that technologies for creating and disseminating web courses were essentially availablebut how to deliver online

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Design and Computation in ChE Courses

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2005 Annual Conference

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David Miller; Atanas Serbezov

applythese tools in the analysis, synthesis and evaluation of process designs. At Rose-Hulman Instituteof Technology chemical engineering students are introduced to process simulators in theirsophomore year and use them on a limited scale in most of the required chemical engineeringcourses. The objective in this course is to ensure that simulation enhances student understandingof the physical process, rather than simply generating numbers. The inner workings of steady-state flowsheet simulators are discussed throughout the course and the pitfalls created byincompetent use of the simulators are repeatedly emphasized.The final two weeks of the course are spent on capital cost estimation. This provides a link intothe following class, where more

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Innovation in Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

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Louise Green; Barbara Quintiliano; Andrea Welker

, and inanyone’s life. The American Association of School Librarians and Association for EducationalCommunications and Technology (1998) note that “‘information literacy’—the ability to findand use information— is the keystone of lifelong learning.” Likewise, The American LibraryAssociation (1989) states that “ultimately, information literate people are those who have learnedhow to learn”. Students that have acquired this skill will be more confident learners because theywill be able to find and use the information they need to solve novel problems. In addition, these Page 10.763.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering

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Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jeffrey Lillie

Session 2548 VHDL and Small Format Color Displays ”Video Images Make Learning Fun” Jeffrey S. LillieAbstractRochester Institute of Technology requires a course in Principals of Design Automation for ElectricalEngineering Technology and Computer Engineering Technology students. At the completion of thecourse, students are expected to know the basics of coding for synthesis, test bench techniques,modelsim simulator, and the Xilinx tool flow for targeting complex programmable logic devices(CPLD’s) and field programmable gate arrays (FPGA’s).A quick

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Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Barbara Stewart; Carole Goodson; Susan Miertschin; Luces Faulkenberry

. The biological and social sciences as well as the professionalareas were in the middle.All results examined at UH were from students enrolled in College of Technology courses[Engineering Technology (18%), Human Development and Consumer Science (25%),Information and Logistics Technology (34%), and Occupational Technology/Other (23%)].Based on what had been previously reported in the literature, we expected to see EngineeringTechnology students rating courses and teachers lower than students in the other twodepartments in the college. In fact, our data showed no significant differences in survey resultsbased on whether the students were Engineering Technology students, Consumer Science andMerchandising students, or Information and Logistics

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Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Robert Scoff

11 The Rebuilding and Revitalization of The Electrical Power Lab At The University of Memphis Robert J. Scoff, P.E. The University f MemphisAbstract: This is a paper which has two purposes. The first is to highlight the effort, and the results that came about when a commitment was made by The Engineering Technology Department at The University of Memphis to rebuild and revitalize The Electrical Power lab. This required a certain financial commitment from the university. That amounted to approximately $21,000. The value of this investment can be viewed, in perspective, from the fact that The US Naval Academy recently

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Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Kenneth Stier

A Competency Gaps Study for a Manufacturing Sequence Curriculum Kenneth W. Stier Department of Technology Illinois State UniversityAbstract This study was built on prior competency gap research conducted by the Society forManufacturing Engineers to provide a foundation for the development of the Department ofTechnology’s new Integrated Manufacturing Systems (IMS) laboratory at Illinois StateUniversity (ISU). The objectives of the study were to: a) investigate to what extent small andmid-sized Illinois manufacturing companies feel it is important for newly hired manufacturingengineering or technology graduates to

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Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Zecher

Session 1348 Development of Multimedia Instructional Tools for Strength of Materials Jack Zecher, Justin Davis, Heather Deaton and Deric Pawlaczyk Mechanical Engineering Technology Department Indiana University-Purdue University IndianapolisAbstractThis paper describes a series of multimedia based instructional lessons that are being developedto enhance a Strength of Materials course. Use of these lessons will help students to morerapidly understand many concepts that are difficult to describe on the printed

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Innovative Practices in NRE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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William Miller; Gayla Neumeyer; Matthew Schmidt; David Jonassen

regional industrial development. World Transactions on Engineering and Technology Education, 1 (1), 1- 4.23. Fink, F.K. (1999). Integration of engineering practice into curriculum - 25 years of experience with problem based learning. Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference. 1, 11a2-7 - 11a2-12.24. Matthew, R.G.S., & Hughes, D.C. (1994). Getting at deep learning: A problem-based approach. Engineering Science and Education Journal, 234-240.25. Jonassen, D. H., Tessmer, M., Hannum, W. H. (1999). Task Analysis Methods for Instructional Design. Lawrence Erlbaum, Mahwah, NJ. Page 10.74.8

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Curriculum Innovation & Assessment

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2005 Annual Conference

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Mark Urban-Lurain; Taner Eskil; Marilyn Amey; Timothy Hinds; Jon Sticklen

was built onthe science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) reform literature. This approachdeveloped a pairwise linkage among strategic courses in the engineering curricula to promotecurricular integration and helped students see connections between their first-year courses andsubsequent courses.Vertically integrated problem-based learning scenarios that link across courses are crucial to thismodel. Pre-reform data collected in the first study showed that students taking an introductorycomputing course did not see the importance of learning a particular software tool (MATLAB),because they did not see connections to their future courses. This had negative impacts onstudent motivation, learning, and retention. In our recent work

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Avery Schwer; Donna Dufner; George Morcous

thoughthis industry has significant experience in project management, we continue to see projectfailures, cost overruns and schedule delays. The information technologies supporting the emergence of project managementinformatics require further research and development. Informatics has been identified as apriority research area by the National Science Foundation (Directorate for Computer andInformation Science and Engineering) and the Department of Defense. Therefore, facultyfrom the UNO College of Information Science and Technology and the UNL College ofEngineering and Technology have joined together to investigate this research areacollaboratively. This project brings together the Department of Construction Systems atUNL and the Department of

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Rufus Carter; Lisa F. Bullard; Douglas G. Schmucker; Misty Loughry; Richard Felder; Matthew Ohland; Richard Layton; Cynthia Finelli

Session 1526 Developing a Peer Evaluation Instrument that is Simple, Reliable, and Valid Matthew W. Ohland, Misty L. Loughry, Rufus L. Carter, Lisa G. Bullard, Richard M. Felder, Cynthia J. Finelli, Richard A. Layton, and Douglas G. Schmucker General Engineering, Management, Clemson University / Institutional Research and Assessment, Marymount University / Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University / Center for Research on Learning and Teaching-North, University of Michigan / Mechanical Engineering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology / Civil Engineering, Western Kentucky

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Entrepreneurship, Design, and PBL

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2005 Annual Conference

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Ken Ports

approximatelyProceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education20 students, with team members split between the two universities. Per the terms of the grant,each team has been working on wireless-based projects, specifically related to the tracking ofmaterials, information and people. A university in Switzerland has indicated an interest in asimilar arrangement. An Aerospace Engineering team is currently collaborating with a teamfrom the Indiana Institute of Technology, and there is consideration of doing a three-universitysenior design team in the future.How do Entrepreneurs fit into this System?What if a senior design team wants to go

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ABET Issues and Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jiunn-Chi Wu

throughout this study.References Page 10.408.10[1] The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (2000): Engineering Criteria 2000 Third Edition: Criteria for Accrediting programs in engineering in the United States, The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), Baltimore, Maryland.Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for EngineeringEducation Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Education[2] Institute of Engineering Education Taiwan (IEET) http://www.ieet.com.tw/[3] McGourty, J. Departmental and Course Workbook: Defining Program and Course

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Shana Smith

, to a great extent, determines students’ performancein design and technical graphics courses. Prior research shows that 3-D visualization abilitygreatly influences students’ future career success in science, engineering, and technology(McKim, 1980; Norman, 1994; Pleck et al., 1990). Students without sufficient 3-D perceptionability may become frustrated and drop out of CAD programs, or may be advised to pursuestudies in areas that do not require CAD skills. However, if students could improve and gainconfidence in their 3-D visualization skills, they would enjoy CAD instruction more and becomemore engaged. Fortunately, prior research also shows that visualization is a skill that can belearned, developed, and improved with proper instruction

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Innovative & Computer-Assisted Lab Study

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2005 Annual Conference

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Yi Li; Kai Li; Jing Zhao; Xin Tang

variety of research attempts to impart practical skills to students via the state of the artcomputer technologies. In Vernon College, Computer networking courses are taught via virtualmachine technology [3]. However, they do not put too much effort on remote technologies. Page 10.402.2Students are still taught through traditional face-to-face instruction. Other previous work for Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Educationnetwork education based on virtual networking lab components can be found in [4][5]. In

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Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2005 Annual Conference

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Dawson Plummer; Sheldon Jeter

Multiple Fuel and Current Collector Testing in Direct Water Methanol Fuel Cells MAJ Dawson A. Plummer Sheldon M. Jeter, P. E., Ph. D. Assistant Professor, Dept of Civil & Associate Professor Mechanical Engineering School of Mechanical Engineering United States Military Academy Georgia Institute of Technology West Point, NY 10996 Atlanta, GA 30332 dawson.plummer@usma.eduAbstract Testing of fuel cells, in particular Direct Methanol Fuel Cells (DMFC) is an excellentlaboratory exercise that involves chemical

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Program Level Assessment

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2005 Annual Conference

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Lawrence Feick; Larry Shuman; Katherine Thomes; Bopaya Bidanda

. Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”impact on engineering employment, the exploding information technology growth, corporatedownsizing, outsourcing of engineering services, and the globalization of both manufacturingand service delivery. To Prados, employers now recognized that success as an engineer requiredmore than strong technical capabilities; it also required were communication skills, the ability tolead and work effectively as a team member, and an understanding of the non-technical forcesthat affect engineering decisions [1].Eight years later, these same drivers – rapidly changing technology, especially informationtechnology, corporate downsizing, outsourcing, and globalization – are even more critical.Particularly if

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Stephanie Farrell

) using environmentally benign agents such as CO2 isan emerging technology in the field of drug delivery. SFT has been used to prepare drugdelivery systems of various types: polymeric particles, plain drug particles, drug-containingliposomes, and inclusion complexes of drug and carrier. In comparison with traditional Page 10.494.7techniques for preparation of these types of systems, SFT enables more control over formulation,thereby allowing more precise control of drug release from delivery systems [ 17].Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright

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Crossing the Discipline Divide!

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2005 Annual Conference

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Aiman Kuzmar

campuses offer full undergraduate programs in many fields.Some campuses even offer some graduate programs besides undergraduate programs. Almost allof these campuses offer transfer programs.Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus in Uniontown in the southwestern tip of theCommonwealth of Pennsylvania is one of the campuses of the Pennsylvania State University. Itoffers its students a variety of degrees in various fields, from business to nursing. It offersassociate degrees in different engineering technology programs. It does not have an engineeringprogram, but it offers a transfer program to engineering. After spending their first two years atPenn State Fayette, undergraduate students transfer to the University Park campus to completetheir

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Professional Development & Women Faculty

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2005 Annual Conference

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F. Carroll Dougherty; Cheryl Schrader

. degreesare in Materials Science and Engineering from University of California at Berkeley in 1992 and1994, respectively. Following graduate school, Dr. Moll worked for Hewlett Packard in San Page 10.1026.4 "Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education"Jose, California and in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Along with Dr. Bill Knowlton, Dr. Mollfounded the Materials Science and Engineering Program at Boise State. The new department –formed in July 2004 with a generous donation from the Micron Technology

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A Renaissance in NRE Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Bennion; Jay Kunze; Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar; Michael Lineberry

. That degree by necessity must be interdisciplinary in order to effectively provide the desired educational emphasis aimed primarily at the INL mission of research and development.• ISU continues to maintain the operating license for its low power training reactor and its subcritical facility. Current efforts involve the conversion of the control console (which operates on vacuum tube technology) to a new console using digital microelectronics control and data logging.• The Idaho Universities established a 2 + 2 nuclear engineering program whereby students can take their first two years at these schools, then transfer to ISU at the Idaho Falls campus for their final two years toward the nuclear engineering degree. A

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Industrial Collaborations

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2005 Annual Conference

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Srikanth Pidugu

ASEE 2005-66 University-Industry-High School Educational Partnership: Fuel Cell Energy Project S. B. Pidugu, S. Midturi and A. D. Jones University of Arkansas at Little Rock Department of Engineering Technology 2801 S. University Avenue Little Rock, AR, 72204Abstract The University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) partnered with three agencies andselect local high schools to instruct students on the principles and applications of fuel cells andkey

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Web-Based Laboratory Experiments

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2005 Annual Conference

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Thomas Olsson; Lars Håkansson; Johan Zackrisson; Ingvar Gustavsson; Henrik Åkesson

A Remote Electronics Laboratory for Physical Experiments using Virtual Breadboards Ingvar Gustavsson1, Thomas Olsson2, Henrik Åkesson1, Johan Zackrisson1, Lars Håkansson11 Department of Signal Processing, School of Engineering, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden/ 2Department of Electroscience, Lund University, SwedenAbstractIn traditional university laboratories students conduct experiments under the supervision of aninstructor. A remotely-operated laboratory for undergraduate education in electrical engineeringwhich emulates a traditional laboratory has been set up by Blekinge Institute of Technology(hereafter referred to as BTH

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Larry N. Bland

Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education" 7particular research project and not accessible to the general student population. But the imagewas very consistent with their theme of undergraduate research opportunities. John Brown University has recently completed a facility facelift as a result of this study.Pleasant, technologically appealing lobby area; well-lit entrances, lobby and hallways; newpaint and carpet; and comfortable student study areas were key considerations in ourimprovements. The goal is to avoid any negative impressions when we have visitors. As wegrow

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Innovations in ChE Labs

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2005 Annual Conference

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Brian Lefebvre; Stephanie Farrell

Illustrating bioseparations with colorful proteins Brian G. Lefebvre and Stephanie Farrell Rowan UniversityAbstractAdvances in biology are prompting new discoveries in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical,medical technology, and chemical industries. Developing commercial-scale processes based onthese advances requires that new chemical engineers clearly understand the biochemicalprinciples behind the technology, in addition to developing a firm grasp of chemical engineeringprinciples.1 This paper outlines the development of educational materials in biochromatography,one of the major techniques used to separate and purify biological molecules.This project aims

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Issues in Digital Signal Processing

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2005 Annual Conference

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G Kohli; S P Maj; D Veal

A Framework for a Bandwidth Based Network Performance Model for CS Students D. Veal, G. Kohli, S. P. Maj J. Cooper Edith Cowan University Curtin University of Technology Western Australia Western Australia d.veal@ecu.edu.auAbstractThere are currently various methods by which network and internetwork performancecan be addressed. Examples include simulation modeling and analytical modelingwhich often results in models that are highly complex and often mathematically based(e.g. queuing theory). The authors have developed a new model which is based

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TYCD 2005 Lower Division Initiatives

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2005 Annual Conference

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Harry Franz

Development of a Fire Alarm Class Taken by Students from Two-Year Colleges Prof. Harry Franz, P.E. University of Houston DowntownAbstractThe purpose of this paper is to discuss the development of an innovative Fire Alarm Classtaken by students from two-year colleges by using new and original software exercises.The University of Houston Downtown in Houston, Texas has a four-year Safety andFire Engineering Technology program with a fire protection course, which in the catalogis formally named Fire Suppression and Detection Systems. The course is often referredto as the fire alarm system course.The fire alarm system course development includes the design and