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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Pedro Arce

student astory about considering a “homogeneous” reaction with an effective diffusioncoefficient and proceeding to write equations of change by using (usually) a shellbalance for a “homogeneous” system! In contrast, the approach shown here follows asystematic procedure to derive conservation (engineering) equations in heterogeneousmedia.References:a- Arce, P., The Colloquial Approach: An Active Learning Technique, Jr. of Science and Education Technology, 3(3), 145 (1994).b- Arce, P., “POK in Colloquial Approach Environments, (ASEE Proceeding, 2000).c- Arce-Trigatti, M. P. and P. Arce, “The Parallel between the Sport Coaching and the Engineering Instruction,” (ASEE Proceeding, 2000).d- Aris, R., “Introduction to Chemical Reactors,” Prentice

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Academic Standards and Academic Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

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Robert Creese

educational programsare not as rigorous as before. Apparently the distractions of TV, video games, more athleticevents(12 football games versus 9 in the 1960’s and 30+ basketball game seasons), better Page 8.1215.5recreational facilities, and etc. cut deeply into study time. More students have part time or full “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright, American Society for Engineering Education”time jobs and attempt to carry full time loads and thus have little time for class let alonestudying. Although the use of technology tools has provided students the

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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John Nestor; David Rich

Session 2793 Analog and Mixed-Signal IC Design in a Junior Electronics Course Sequence David A. Rich and John A. Nestor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Lafayette College Easton, PA 18042 richd@lafayette.edu nestorj@lafayette.eduAbstractThe integrated circuit revolution has impacted virtually all fields of engineering. Themain driving force behind this revolution is Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor(CMOS) transistor technology. As CMOS integrated circuit “chips

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Improving Teaching and Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

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H. David Smith; Cara Rieger; David Kanter; Robert Linsenmeier; Ann McKenna

technicalimprovements. Third, we will make the materials and detailed instructions available to aselected number of other institutions to test whether the results obtained here were instructor-specific.The work described herein is one example of the research being performed by the Vanderbilt-Northwestern-Texas-Harvard/MIT (VaNTH) Engineering Research Center for BioengineeringEducational Technologies. VaNTH is now in its fourth year and is beginning its disseminationprocess. Links to current work can be found at www.vanth.org. Some of the learning scienceunderpinnings of this work, and their application to bioengineering, have recently beenreported.136.0 AcknowledgmentThis work was supported by the National Science Foundation EEC-9876363

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Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Petro Gogolyuk; Ilya Grinberg

systems and design automation. Currently he is an AssociateProfessor of Engineering Technology at Buffalo State College. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, and a member ofASEE. His interests are in the field of power distribution systems, design automation, and systems engineering.PETRO F. GOGOLYUKPetro Gogolyuk graduated from the L’viv Polytechnic Institute (L’viv, Ukraine) with an MS in EE and earned aPh.D. degree from the same institution with a specialization in power systems analysis and control. He authored andco-authored over 60 papers, articles, and books in his field of knowledge. Currently he is an Associate Professor inthe Department of Power Distribution Systems at the L’viv Polytechnic National University. His professionalinterests are

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Assessment & Quality Assuranc in Engr Ed

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jiangqiao Lan; Donghai Xie

as an independent assessment system.The third pattern can be called the leaders` assessment. In order to directly master the courseteaching practice all around, the headmasters and the leaders in charge of teaching in thecollege and departments of quite some universities, for instance, Huazhong University of Page 8.1110.3Science and Technology, Hubei University and Hubei Industry Institute, usually go to attendthe class to check the lectures. Thus, a system has been formed and there is a detailed record Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright

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Computed Simulation and Animation

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Richard Layton

Session 2320 Using Modeling and Simulation Projects to Meet Learning Objectives in an Upper-Level Course in System Dynamics Richard A. Layton Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyAbstractModeling and simulation projects in an upper-level system-dynamics course are described withan emphasis on using these projects to support course learning objectives. Course-specificobjectives include: modeling engineering systems using Lagrange’s equation; using the Dymolasoftware package to solve the resulting nonlinear differential-algebraic equations; and validatingsimulation

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Tools for Teaching and Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

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Sterling E. Skinner; Eric G. Chapman; Sheldon Jeter

and an understanding of the design process. Thepaper concludes with subjective feedback on the effectiveness of this design project andits implementation from both student and instructor feedback.The Freshman Design Course:Like many other engineering programs, our mechanical engineering program at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology attempts to include design experiences throughout thecurriculum. As part of this overall emphasis, a 2 credit course is currently offered duringthe spring quarter of the freshmen year. Its primary focus is to offer students their firstformalized introduction to the process and methods of design as applied in an engineeringcontext. A wide variety of design methods and team oriented experiences are included inthis

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Outreach and Freshman Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Patsy Brackin; Clark Merkel

and an understanding of the design process. Thepaper concludes with subjective feedback on the effectiveness of this design project andits implementation from both student and instructor feedback.The Freshman Design Course:Like many other engineering programs, our mechanical engineering program at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology attempts to include design experiences throughout thecurriculum. As part of this overall emphasis, a 2 credit course is currently offered duringthe spring quarter of the freshmen year. Its primary focus is to offer students their firstformalized introduction to the process and methods of design as applied in an engineeringcontext. A wide variety of design methods and team oriented experiences are included inthis

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Anil Khatri

fields of software engineering, Maintenance Organization. J. Health Caremedical informatics, object-oriented modeling Marketing, (6): pp. 5-11, 1986.and health care emphasizing PHCES developmentusing a “reuse reference model.” It was [7] Rine, D.C., Nada, N., “An Empirical Study ofdemonstrated that new software product (family a Software Reuse Reference Model”, Informationof products) could be generated from a reference and Software Technology 42(2000) pp. 47-65.model based on specifications and requirementsappropriate to the new system for the web [8] Khatri, Anil and Rine, David., “Validation ofenvironment. This research also demonstrated

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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G. Glenn Lipscomb

1998.G. Glenn Lipscomb.G. Glenn Lipscomb is a Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the Universityof Toledo where he has taught since 1994. After receiving a PhD in Chemical Engineering fromthe University of California at Berkeley, he worked three years for the Dow Chemical Companyand five years for the University of Cincinnati before joining the faculty in Toledo. His researchinterests are in the area of membrane science and engineering and the use of technology toenhance learning.Kevin Pugh.Kevin Pugh is a professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Toledo. He earned hisPhD in Educational Psychology from Michigan State University in 2000. His interests includetechnology in education, student motivation, and

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Quality & Accreditation: Outcome Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

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Julie McBride

, such as the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET), are incorporating elements of quality instruction into their accreditation requirementsthrough assessment3. In their Engineering Criteria 2000, ABET states that each accreditedengineering “program must have an assessment program with documented results. The assessmentprocess must demonstrate that outcomes important to the mission of the institution and theobjectives of the program are being measured.”In general, assessment begins when a program faculty establishes intended program outcomes andthen identifies the outcome indicators that will be used to measure these outcomes. Outcomeindicators can be broadly classified as qualitative and quantitative; examples include

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Michael Deisenroth

Session 2793 Academic Threads - Curriculum Integration for Specific Capabilities Michael P. Deisenroth, Brian M. Kleiner, Russell D. Meller, Sonya Mook Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VirginiaAbstractThis paper will begin with a discussion of learning objectives and illustrate their applicationwithin a number of different basic courses in industrial and systems engineering. It will thenintroduce the notion of “Academic Threads” and present a number of different situations

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Physics in the K-16 Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

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Warren Turner; Glenn Ellis

from Vernier Software & Technology, Beaverton, OR 8. MacMotion and Logger Pro available from Vernier Software and Tufts University (1994-1997, 1997-2001) 9. Ellis, G.W., B. Mikic, and A. Rrunitsky, “Getting the ‘big picture’ in engineering: Using narratives and conceptual maps,” submitted to the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. 10. Hestenes, D., Wells, M., and Swackhamer, G., “Force Concept Inventory”, The Physics Teacher, Vol. 30, No. 3 (1992). 11. Hestenes, D. and Halloun, I., “Interpreting the Force Concept Inventory”, The Physics Teacher, Vol. 33, No. 8 (1995). 12. Hake, R., “Survey of Test Data for Introductory Mechanics Courses”, AAPT

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Steven Beyerlein; Jeff Williams; Beth Milligan; Andrew DuBuisson; Robert Drew; Karl Rink; Edwin Odom

graduate researchinvolves testing of an ethanol-powered automobile.DR. EDWIN ODOMDr. Edwin Odom has taken an active interest in the ME Machine Shop as a key element in design education sincejoining the University of Idaho eleven years ago. Dr. Odom maintains an avid interest in the literature of creativityand management and is especially well versed on the subjects of team dynamics and leadership styles. He wasrecognized for his role in development of the IEWorks by a university teaching award in 1998.DR. STEVEN BEYERLEINDr. Steven Beyerlein is a leader in the design implementation of process-oriented engineering curricula thatstresses cooperative learning, computer technology, and mini-projects. Since joining the UI fifteen years ago, hehas

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Innovations in Nuclear Infrastructure & Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Walter Loveland; Wade Richards; Sue Clark; Steven Reese; Stephen Binney; Kathryn Higley; John Bennion; Edward Morse; James Elliston

10 of these courses are cross-listed as undergraduate/graduate). Under WNSA thiscourse offering will be expanded by extending graduate level courses in these two majors tooff-site locations. The first sites will be set up for personnel from WNSA national laboratory andindustry members. To the extent possible on-campus and off-site courses will be taughtconcurrently.The goal when in "steady state" in the second year of the WNSA grant will be to offer oneNuclear Engineering and one Radiation Health Physics graduate level course each quarter tooff-campus students.Current year one efforts have been centered around equipping the main OSU Radiation Centerclassroom with distance education technology and with establishing the administrative aspects

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Programming and DSP Issues in Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Stephen Yau

discussions of heuristic versus brute-force problem-solving approaches. In the context of a course on computer security, the assignment serves totangibly demonstrate issues with password selection and user policies that apply to this issue.Undergraduate students in Computer Science Technology and Information EngineeringTechnology do not receive the same training in the formal analysis of algorithms that students instandard theory based Computer Science programs do. It is clear, however, that IT studentsmust develop a basic understanding of problem complexity issues and heuristic problem solvingapproaches to be successful in their careers. The exercise described in this paper gives students ahands-on feel for computational complexity through a

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Michael Batchelder; Elaine Linde; Dan Dolan; Daniel Dolan

Document 2003-1235 Session 2526 Mechatronics for Multidisciplinary Teaming Elaine Linde, Daniel Dolan, Michael Batchelder South Dakota School of Mines and TechnologyAbstractAt the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, students from MechanicalEngineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering all take a Mechatronicscourse during their sophomore or junior year. The course follows the textbookMechatronics by Alciatore and Histand rather closely. For the lab projects, students use asmall computer circuit board containing a PIC microcontroller

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EM Skills and Concepts in the Real World

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2003 Annual Conference

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Charles Thompson

the management of technology. This is a long established practice,particularly in the training of doctoral students who will be studying the management of realengineering organizations, although it is underreported in the current periodical literature. Theusefulness of this technique to practicing engineers and engineering managers, as distinguishedfrom researchers, will be discussed as a basis for justifying its application to undergraduateengineering students who may have no present interest in a career in research. Particularattention will be given to two evolving areas: student choice of projects; student critiquing ofprojects.No justification is required for the choice of projects by the instructor; from experience, theinstructor can

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Learning Enhancements for CHE Courses

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2003 Annual Conference

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Polly Piergiovanni; S. Scott Moor

Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning and Development, Prentice-Hall (1984).15. D. Wyrick and L. Hilsen, “Using Kolb’s Cycle to Round Out Learning,” 2002 ASEE Annual Conference, session 3612 (June 2002).16. R. Felder, “Reaching the Second Tier: Learning and Teaching Styles in Engineering Education,” J. College Science Teaching, 23(5), 286-290 (1993).17. R. P. Hesketh, C. S. Slater, S. Farrell, and M. Carney, “Fluidized Bed Polymer Coating Experiment,” Chem. Eng. Ed. 36(2) 138 (2002).18. D. Geldart, "Types of gas fluidization" Powder Technology 7: 285-292 (1973).19. P. Pergiovanni, “Simple, Low-Cost Demonstrations for UO II (Mass Transfer Operations),“ 2003 ASEE Annual Conference (June 2003).20. Elenco Electronics, Inc

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Arne Weigold; M. P. Sharma; Edward Anderson; Roman Taraban

Session 2793 Developing a Model of Students’ Navigations in Computer Modules for Introductory Thermodynamics Roman Taraban1 , Edward E. Anderson2 , M. P. Sharma3 , and Arne Weigold 4 1,4 Department of Psychology Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX 79409-2051 roman.taraban@ttu.edu arne.weigold@ttu.edu 2 Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2003 Annual Conference

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William Ziegler

is required in nearly every technical profession.1,2,3,4,5 In addition, theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) mandates teamwork in Criterion3.d. of the Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs.6One common method of implementing teamwork in an academic setting is to assign a project to agroup of students. The students complete the project, submit the work for evaluation, andeveryone on the team receives the same grade at assessment time. The primary problems with thisscenario are twofold. First, the skills required for teamwork are never actually taught. The workof the team is just “expected”. Secondly, everyone on the team receives the same grade eventhough the work was undoubtedly not accomplished equally by each

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ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Salvatore Morgera; Hanqi Zhuang

AN UNDERGRADUATE LABORATORY FOR WEB-BASED INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL Hanqi Zhuang and Sal Morgera Department of Electrical Engineering Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL 33431 Session Number: 1526 Summary The objectives of this project are to demonstrate that (a) it is practical and feasible tooffer engineering undergraduate students a course on Web-based Instrumentation andControl (WIC) that involves recent technological innovations; (b) the proposed coursecan be effectively conducted with two integrated components

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Physics in the K-16 Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mike Cheung; Rex Ramsier; Ed Evans; Francis Broadway; Helen Qammar

. Some of our recent experiences inapplying new strategies in this course will be discussed. While addressing theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) criteria in our coursestructuring, our methodology uses a hybrid combination of techniques including (1)project-based learning, (2) field trips, and (3) team-working tasks and group activitiesboth inside and outside the classroom. The discussion in this paper includes contentanalysis of free-form written student responses, reports, and reflection statements, andhow we can use these to modify the course and provide feedback to the students. Weenvision that these early experiences improve student attitudes and encourage moreactive and meaningful student participation in their own

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Instrumentation and Control Applications

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2003 Annual Conference

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Andrew Koffman; Bryan Waltrip; Svetlana Avramov-Zamurovic

Bridge Measurement Analysis Svetlana Avramov-Zamurovic1, Bryan Waltrip2 and Andrew Koffman2 1 United States Naval Academy, Weapons and Systems Engineering Department Annapolis, MD 21402, Telephone: 410 293 6124 Email: avramov@usna.edu 2 National Institute of Standards and Technology†, Electricity Division Gaithersburg, MD 21899. Telephone: 301 975 2438, Email: bryan.waltrip@nist.govIntroductionAt the United States Academy there are several engineering majors, including Systems Engineering.This program offers excellent systems integration

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Web Systems and Web Services

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2003 Annual Conference

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John Gallagher

supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0096311. Additional support provided byWright State University and the Ohio Board of Regents. The authors would like to thank Richard Drushel and WendyPeluso for their help in our research efforts.Bibliography1. Beer, R.D., Chiel, H.J., and Drushel, R.F. “Using Autonomous Robotics to Teach Science and Engineering”, Communications of the ACM (June 1999). ACM Press.2. CWRU Autonomous Robotics Course. Online. http://www.eecs.cwru.edu/courses/lego375/3. Martin, F.M. A Toolkit for Learning: Technology of the MIT LEGO Robot Design Competition.4. MIT 6.270 Autonomous Robot Design Competition. Online. http://www.mit.edu:8001/activities/6.270/ home.html5

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A Potpourri of Innovations in Physics

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mark Kithcart; Legunchim Emmanwori; G. Van Ness Burbach; Dominic Clemence; Caesar Jackson; Guoqing Tang

researchtraining program in geophysics at North Carolina A&T State University. Being an extremelybroad and important field of science, geophysics entails the study and exploration of the earthand its atmosphere and waters by means of physical measurements, and requires its practitionersto utilize a combination of mathematics, physics, geology, and computer science to analyze thesemeasurements to infer properties and processes of the complex earth system. By its nature ofinterdisciplinarity, geophysics makes research and development projects ideal for education andresearch training of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students.Education and training have become lifelong pursuits for our workforce, as new jobs requiringnew skills

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Greg Luttrell

discussion facts/issues remained validquiz/exam items. Page 8.141.5III.C. Maglev TrainsProceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationAs the class left rail transportation and began discussing transit, the WebCT discussion shifted toa topic that was not being directly covered in-class: magnetic levitation (Maglev) trains. Thisdiscussion topic was a two page article from the January 2002 issue of Prism magazine titled,“Fast Track for trains”7 which discusses the technology involved, design issues, and

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Manufacturing Competitiveness

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2003 Annual Conference

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Todd Johnson; John Fesler; Kenneth Stier

, Industrial Engineer, Production Manager, PlantManager, and VP of Operations. Todd is the initial point of contact for companies in 4 central Illinoiscounties and works as a member of high performance service delivery teams to help companies.KEN STIERKen Stier is a professor in the Department of Technology at Illinois State University and sequence Page 8.1070.14coordinator for the Integrated Manufacturing Systems Sequence. He has twenty-two years of teaching Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Michael Yudelson; Latifur Khan; I-Ling Yen; Evgeny Panteleev

adaptation capabilities for an on-line education system.Intellectualization of the personalization will make a distance learning environment morecomfortable for a wide variety of learners and will contribute to a greater dissemination of theeducational opportunities.1 IntroductionRecent advances of network technologies and multimedia capabilities have greatly enhancededucation technologies. The amount of online educational resources is growing rapidly. Manyweb-based courses are being offered and a lot of lectures are being broadcast via the Internet.Distance education (DE) has many advantages, such as its geographical independence andschedule independence (though some deadlines are helpful). However, due to the lack ofinteraction between the