Conference Session

ET Design Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Burbank

sequential digital circuits course, after thestudents had taken a linear circuits course, both at the junior level. For most students, this wastheir first exposure to mixed digital-linear circuits, and the first circuit that they had to reverseengineer. The directed design approach is used as a prelude to the senior design projects. Whilethe circuit is straightforward, it serves to reinforce the students’ knowledge of linear and digitalcircuits, their ability to analyze and design simple state machines, and their schematic captureand laboratory skills.IntroductionA key tenet for engineering technology is hands-on experiential learning. For ElectricalEngineering Technology (EET), this most often translates into building, testing, andtroubleshooting

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Curriculum Issues in Graphics

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2003 Annual Conference

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Alice Scales

learning style, major, and gender on learning computer-aideddrawing in an introductory engineering/technical graphics course. Unpublished doctoraldissertation, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.DR. ALICE Y. SCALESAlice Y. Scales is the Assist Dept. Head of the Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education andCoordinator of the Graphic Communications Program at NC State University. She has a B.S. in Science Education,a M.Ed. in Industrial Arts Education, and an Ed.D. in Occupational Education. She teaches introductory engineeringgraphics courses that include CAD, desktop publishing, and web site development. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright

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Computer Assisted Data Acquisition

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2003 Annual Conference

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M.L. Meier

Session 1526 Spreadsheet Applications for Materials Science Michael L. Meier Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science University of California, Davis Abstract Spreadsheets have the potential to improve the teaching of the use of computers in solving engineering problems. Ideally, they would be integrated into existing courses, rather than teaching separate courses on spreadsheets. If this is done then homework assignments could be made much

Conference Session

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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2003 Annual Conference

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Sarah Leach

Manufacturing in an Introductory Materials Course Sarah E. Leach Purdue UniversityAbstractThe mechanical engineering technology curriculum includes formal courses in manufacturingprocesses, but manufacturing considerations should also be incorporated into courses intended toteach fundamental theoretical principles. Adding materials processing exposure in parallel withtheory has a number of benefits for students. These benefits include: helping students tounderstand how fundamental principles relate to processes and controls, giving them anappreciation for the scale and pace of manufacturing environments, increasing their awareness ofthe

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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David Doner

Session 2793 Using a Self-Paced Course to Introduce Students to Life-Long Learning Skills and Ethical Choices David M. Doner Chemical Engineering Department West Virginia Institute of Technology Montgomery, WV 25136IntroductionThe past sixteen years a second semester, junior level course has been taught using a self-pacedformat. The basic philosophy for using a self-paced approach is that after graduation individualsare solely responsible for remaining current and competent in

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Travis Harrington; Keith Coleman; J. Douglas Sterrett; Robert LeMaster

in the areas of two-phase fluid flow,transient fluid flow analysis, and electromagnetic launch technology and pulsed power supply systems.KEITH COLEMANMr. Coleman was a senior undergraduate student in the mechanical engineering specialty at the University ofTennessee at Martin. He received his Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree in December 2002.TRAVIS HARRINGTONMr. Harrington was a senior undergraduate student in the mechanical engineering specialty at the University ofTennessee at Martin. He received his Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree in May 2003.ROBERT LEMASTERDr. LeMaster is an Assistant Professor at the University of Tennessee at Martin and is a registered engineer inTennessee. He received his doctorate in Engineering

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Capstone Design

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jeff Will; Doug Tougaw

, Undergraduate Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Education,Washington, D.C., 1986.2. American Society for Engineering Education Task Force, A National Action Agenda forEngineering Education, Washington, D.C., 1987.3. Felder, R.M., R. Brice, and J. Stice, National Effective Teaching Institute, 1997.4. Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Criteria for Accrediting EngineeringPrograms, Baltimore, MD, 2002.5. Olds, B. M., M. J. Pavelich, and F. R. Yearts, “Teaching the Design Process to Freshmen andSophomores,” Engineering Education, July/August 1990, pp. 554-559.6. King, R. H., T. E. Parker, T. P. Grover, J. P. Goshink, and N. T. Middleton, “A MultidisciplinaryEngineering Laboratory Course,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 88, no

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Steven Braddom; Charles Campbell; Shad Reed; Robert Floersheim

instructors can be moreefficient and more effective with their course websites by focusing on the basic coursemanagement features that students want while at the same time eliminating or reducing the moretime consuming content students do not typically use. Instructors creating or maintainingsupplemental course websites might be advised to start with the basics and build from there withperiodic feedback from students. In terms of website content, more is not always better.1 Chen, J., Ellis, M., Lockhart, J., Hamoush, S., Brawner, C., and Tront, J, “Technology in Engineering Education:What Do the Faculty Know and Want?” Journal of Engineering Education, July 2000, pp. 279-283.2 Dutton, J., Dutton, M., and Perry, J, “Do Online Students Perform as

Conference Session

New Faculty Issues and Concerns

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Christe

ChoiceItems http://trc.ucdavis.edu/TRC/testing/item.html Page 8.1321.5“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”BiographyCHRISTE, BARBARA is an Assistant Professor and Program Director of Biomedical Electronics Technology in theElectrical and Computer Engineering Technology Department at IUPUI. She has authored seven on-line classes andis a leader in continuing education for currently-employed biomedical equipment technicians using the web. Shehas a BS in Engineering from Marquette University and a MS in Clinical

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2003 Annual Conference

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Ron Krahe; David Loker

Session 2648 Visual C++ Applications in an EET Curriculum David R. Loker, P.E., Ronald P. Krahe, P.E. Penn State Erie, The Behrend CollegeAbstractIn this paper, Visual C++ applications are presented that utilize the Microsoft Visual Studio .NetIntegrated Development Environment (IDE). The Electrical Engineering Technology (EET)Baccalaureate program at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, continues to expand to includecomputer technology elective courses. One of the courses proposed is an EET course in Windowssoftware development. This is consistent with a goal within

Conference Session

Academic Standards and Academic Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mysore Narayanan

Session No. 1460 T.Q.M. IN THE CLASSROOM Mysore Narayanan Miami UniversityAbstractThe author re-examines university teaching strategies to support teaching innovations andclassroom excellence. He has applied some of the principles of Total QualityManagement to classroom teaching with a view to facilitate better classroommanagement and increased student participation. The author reports on his findingswhile applying a set of twenty principles to teach a senior level engineering course.These twenty principles were developed using the landmark work established byW. Edwards Deming. Deming

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Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

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2003 Annual Conference

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Anna Dollar; Paul Steif

Session 2268 A New Approach to Teaching and Learning Statics Paul S. Steif, Anna Dollár Department of Mechanical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 / Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Department Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056IntroductionAs engineers need to be increasingly flexible in their careers and adjust to an ever-widening rangeof technologies, a firm command of basic engineering subjects, such as mechanics, is increasinglyimportant. Such a command must include the

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2003 Annual Conference

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Rita Oro; J Hines

thermodynamic systems sold as refrigeration technician trainers,but a very valuable addition to the undergraduate engineering experience. Future workusing this laboratory will include assignments using the data collected from the airconditioner, extra credit projects to expand its use, and additional thermodynamicdemonstrations including transients.Bibliography:1. Abu-Mulaweh, H.I., “Portable Experimental Apparatus for Demonstrating Thermodynamics Principles”, Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN 46805, USA.2. Naghedolfeizi, Masoud , S. Arora, and S. Garcia, “Survey of LabView Technologies for Building Web/Internet-Enabled Experimental Setups”, Fort Valley State University.3. Moran, M.J., and H.N. Shapiro

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Laptop/Handheld Computing in Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Barbara Bernal

usable systems. The usability evaluation lab andspecific methodology is part of the curriculum in the Computer Science, Software Engineering,and Information Technology degrees.Quality in Handheld ComputingIn the quest for quality, software developers are focusing on the improvement of the ingredientthat impacts the user of a software system the most, the interface1. The interface will besignificantly improved when a design method called user-centered design is used in thedevelopment of the software product. The user-centered design methodology includes theevaluation of the interface by typical users during multiple milestones of the lifecycle.4 Apowerful resource in this endeavor of interface development is the usability evaluation laboratory.A

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Megan Rothney; Robert Roselli

Learning Technologies, VaNTH Domain Leader inBiotransport, and active contributor to the VaNTH Biomechanics Domain. Dr. Roselli has developed graduate andundergraduate courses in biomechanics at Vanderbilt University. He received B.S. (1969) and M.S. (1972) degreesin Mechanical Engineering and a Ph.D. (1976) in Bioengineering from the University of California, Berkeley.LARRY P. HOWARDLarry P. Howard is a Senior Research Scientist with the Institute for Software Integrated Systems at VanderbiltUniversity. He is the developer of the Courseware Authoring and Packaging Environment (CAPE). Page 8.341.7Proceedings of the 2003 American

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Computer-Based Measurements

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2003 Annual Conference

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William Lin; Richard Pfile

Session 1159 Native Instrumentation Board Interface For Java-based Programs Richard E. Pfile and William Lin Purdue School of Engineering & Technology Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, IndianaAbstractJava is becoming a popular programming language for PC-based applications programs for manyreasons. Java’s language rules force a natural structured approach to writing code, its strong datatyping eliminates some of the subtitle errors encountered in C/C++ language, it’s thoroughlyobject oriented

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jitendra Tate; Ronnie Bolick; Ajit Kelkar

emphasizes mechanical engineering concepts such as ability to applyknowledge of science; ability to design a process to meet desired needs; knowledge ofcontemporary issues; ability to solve engineering problems which are listed in course contentevaluation form of ABET (American Board of Engineering and Technology). The experiment isdivided into three laboratory sessions. Each session runs approximately one hour and fiftyminutes.LABORATORY SESSION 1: In this session students are introduced to composite materials and different manufacturingtechniques. The VARTM process is discussed in detail.Overview of Composites A composite material is made of two or more chemically different materials with adistinct interface between them. The

Conference Session

Electrical ET Labs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Banzhaf

/conferences/caps/document2/2002-946_Paper.pdfWALTER BANZHAFWalter Banzhaf, Professor of Engineering Technology at Ward College of Technology, University of Hartford, is aregistered professional engineer and amateur radio operator (WB1ANE). Now in his 26th year of teaching EET, hespecializes in RF communications, antennas, fiber optics, linear integrated circuits, and keeping first year studentsinterested and happy. He received the B.E.E. and M.Eng.E.E from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from an erawhen all EE students owned a VOM and soldering iron. A senior member of IEEE, Banzhaf is the author of twobooks on computer-aided circuit analysis using SPICE

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Student Teams and Active Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

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Daniel Raviv; Rosalyn Berne

Session 2330 Eight-Dimensional Methodology for Innovative Thinking About the Case and Ethics of the Mount Graham, Large Binocular Telescope Project Submitted by:Rosalyn W. Berne, Division of Technology, Culture and Communication,University of Virginia, 351 McCormick Road, Thornton Road, Charlottesville, Va. 22904.434-924-6098. rwb@virginia.eduAnd,Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University, Electrical Engineering Department, FloridaAtlantic University, Boca Raton Florida, 33431. 561-297-2773. ravivd@fau.eduAbstract Case analysis is a common method for

Conference Session

Programming and DSP Issues in Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Robert Ives; Cameron Wright; Michael Morrow; Thad Welch

Session 2420 commDSK: A Tool for Teaching Modem Design and Analysis Thad B. Welch Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering U.S. Naval Academy, MD Michael G. Morrow Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI Cameron H. G. Wright Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Wyoming

Conference Session

Mechanical Systems

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2003 Annual Conference

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Firas Zeineddine; Ahmad Smaili

. Page 8.1020.102. J. B. Cook and D. G. Olson, “The Design of a 10-bar Linkage for Four Functions Using SyMech,” Proc. of ASME DETC 2002, Paper # DETC2002/MECH-34369. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society of Engineering Education3. Mechanical Dynamics, http://www.adams.com/.4. Parametric Technology Corporation, http://www.ptc.com/.5. AutoDesk Inc., http://www.autodesk.com/.6. Structural Dynamics Research Corporation, http://www.sdrc.com/.7. G. Sandor and A. Erdman, Design of Mechanism: Vol. II, Prentice Hall, 1984.8. D. T. Pham and D. Karaboga, Intelligent Optimization Techniques, Springer, 2000.9. W

Conference Session

Multimedia Arena

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2003 Annual Conference

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William Meador; Amit Chourasia

andavailability at Purdue through the Department of Computer Graphics Technology. Scott Meador, Page 8.1234.1of Computer Graphics Technology, was brought into the project as an expert in 3ds max and one “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education” Session 3138who has had computer animation production experience. The last two collaborators assigned tothe project were graduate students Amit Chourasia from Computer Graphics Technology, andHendry

Conference Session

Student Teams and Active Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

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Helen Qammr; H. Michael Cheung; Edward Evans; Rex Ramsier; Francis Broadway

concepts, it is not effective for teaching teamwork. In fact,over-dependence on group work may undermine the learning of effective teaming skills incapstone design courses, in that the cost of learning new skills (Atherton, 1999) (i.e.changing their ways), may supplant the learning of essential teaming skills.II.D. The engineering design processThe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) has definedengineering design as the process of developing a component, system, and/or completeprocess for solving a particular problem or meeting a need. The engineering designprocess involves seeking a practical recommendation/solution that is constrained by andmay need to be optimized relative to issues such as cost, safety, environmental

Conference Session

Web Education: Delivery and Evaluation

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2003 Annual Conference

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Robert Blake; kathleen marrs; Jeff Watt; Andrew Gavrin

enterprise communicate their needs to one anotherfrequently, and only the necessary materials or products are delivered. Such systems rely onrapid communications technology and on distribution systems that make small, frequentdeliveries. In this way, each delivery is smaller, and contains only those materials needed forshort term operations, rather than large, infrequent deliveries based on average needs determined Page 8.797.1Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationlong in advance. We have

Conference Session

Computer-Based Measurements

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2003 Annual Conference

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Thomas Webb; Julie Spader; Essaid Bouktache; Chandra Sekhar; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

basic to display acontrol panel where the transmitted parameters could be adjusted. Refer Fig. 1. Page 8.250.1 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”II. SYSTEM DESCRIPTION Fig. 1 System diagram2.1 STEPPER MOTOR INTERFACEWe selected a 6-wire uni-polar stepper motor, sth-39d103-01: 12 V/ph, 16 A/ph and 1.8 deg/step.The six wires of the stepper motor were directly connected to the 5804 BiCMOS II UnipolarStepper-Motor Translator/Driver [5], which supplies 1.25A and 35V

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2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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David A. Rogers; Orven F. Swenson

Institute of Technology [1]. Most recently the lab hasbeen employed to revitalize an optical signal transmission course (ECE 457/657) that has beenin existence at NDSU for over 15 years. The lecture portion is based on Gerd Keiser's OpticalFiber Communications [2] and includes topics such as basic electromagnetics, propagation oflight in cylindrical dielectric structures, solid-state sources, and photodetectors. It culminates Partial support for this work was provided by the National Science Foundation’s Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement Program under grant DUE - 0088516.with a study of digital signal transmission over optical fibers. It serves seniors or beginninggraduate students in electrical engineering, computer engineering, and

Conference Session

Lab Experiments in Materials Science

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Katherine Chen

and phase diagrams. Theyalso enjoy that they worked on “real” materials and got “real” data. Although many students feltoverwhelmed and struggled at first, they felt great satisfaction once all the pieces came togetherand that they ultimately succeeded.Bibliography1. Binary Alloy Phase Diagrams, 10, 219 (1989).2. B.D. Cullity, Elements of X-Ray Diffraction, 2nd edition, Addison-Wesley, 1978, p. 506-507.BiographyKATHERINE C. CHEN is an Associate Professor in the Materials Engineering Department at Cal Poly StateUniversity, San Luis Obispo, CA. She received her bachelor degrees (in Chemistry and Materials Science &Engineering) from Michigan State University, and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. At CalPoly, she teaches

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Dennis Silage

Session 2632 Augmenting Hardware Experiments with Simulation in Digital Communications Dennis Silage Electrical and Computer Engineering College of Engineering, Temple UniversitySo Much Equipment, So Little TimeAn undergraduate course in digital communications is usually offered with a supplementalhardware laboratory to illuminate the concepts presented in the course text. The traditionalundergraduate laboratory presents communication circuit hardware (phase-locked loops, voltage-controlled oscillators) and

Conference Session

Innovations in the CHE Laboratory

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2003 Annual Conference

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R. Russell Rhinehart; Benjamin Lawrence; Sundararajan Madihally

Reaction Engineering”course, students are introduced to the concepts of non-ideal flow conditions in the reactor and theanalysis of non-ideal reactors via zero order models i.e., segregation and maximum mixednessmodels [1]. Further, a computational fluid dynamic modeling (CFX AEA Technologies,Pittsburgh, PA) is first introduced in the Transport Phenomena course, and they are trained toanalyze RTD in the Chemical Reaction Design Course. The project stages were: a) determine the rate law and the rate kinetic parameters: To minimize the time spent ondetermining the exact reaction mechanism, they were suggested to use a Hougan-Watson (H-W)kinetic model if the elementary reaction assumption is determined to be invalid [2]. Since the rateconstant

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

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Tim Anderson; Marc Hoit; Richard M. Felder; Matthew Ohland; Guili Zhang

worksessions.LogisticsFaculty willing to experiment with new teaching methods were selected at the project’s inceptionin Summer 1993 for each required math, chemistry, physics, and biology course in the program.Additional faculty included three professors from the College of Engineering to evaluateengineering content and one from the College of Education to coordinate assessment and advisethe project faculty on instructional methods. Individual courses were modified, technology wasinvestigated and new methods were preliminarily inserted into existing courses for evaluation inFall 1993 and Spring 1994.Program participants were recruited from a mailing list of all applicants to the University ofFlorida for Fall 1995 admission who indicated an interest in majoring in