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X. Qian; A. Jalloh; Zheng-Tao Deng; Amir Mobasher; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

encourageteamwork on a class project for courses in the major. This allows students to develop a designportfolio starting from the freshman year. Project training continues through their capstonedesign course. The projects assigned to students are often combined with on-going facultyexternally funded research projects.The faculty of the Mechanical Engineering department is currently conducting research on“investigation of energy conservation in residential hot water distribution systems” funded byDepartment of Energy Oak Ridge National Lab. The objective of the project is (1) to perform afeasibility analysis of the technique or devices that can improve delivery efficiency of hot waterdistribution system, (2) to develop simulation model to variable hot

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Michael Ruane

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Robert Baum; Karen Thornton; David Barbe

students in learninghow to start successful companies. An important feature is that students admitted to the Programlive together in an incubator-like residence hall where they can freely exchange ideas with like-minded students. Living and learning together, these students are provided with a uniqueopportunity to interact with their fellow CEOs. This environment has the potential to impact theway the CEOs think about their careers, their destinies, and their ability to start businesses rightout of school.1. IntroductionEmployment options for graduating students have generally centered on large corporations andgovernment; however, in recent years, students across the nation are realizing that a third option- starting their own companies - has

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Sr., Edward Rogers; Hans Kunov

multimedia presentations in anacoustics course at the University of Toronto. In that course, I made significant use ofsound files to illustrate fundamental and applied concepts, and students appeared to notonly enjoy the course more, but also to learn better. The question was, if this could begeneralized to other courses, and if it really would improve learning.In order to gain more qualitative information, we tested the following hypotheses: 1. The use of appropriate auditory/visual demonstrations improves the comprehension of a number of important signal processing concepts. 2. There is a set of design principles that allows for efficient and effective choice and creation of such materials.MethodologyEight 20-minute long modules were

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Raymond Laoulache; Nixon Pendergrass; Emily Fowler

. Traditional chemistry had the usual lecture classes, recitationsand laboratories totaling seven hours per week.Students in the pilot could not drop any IMPULSE course except chemistry because ofthe integration of subjects. Chemistry was more loosely integrated so that most of itscontent was not necessary for the other courses. CreditsIMPULSE Freshman Courses Fall Spring Physics for Sci. & Engr. I, II 4 4 Principles of Modern Chem. I, II 3 3 Intro. to Applied Chem. II 0 1 Critical Writing and Reading I 3 0 Intro. to Applied Sci. & Engr. I, II 3 2 Calc. for Applied Sci. & Engr. I, II 4 4IMPULSE Total Credits

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Edward Fisher; Anton Pintar; Kirk Schulz

, chemical engineeringstudents at Michigan Technological University (MTU) are required to take two one-semestercapstone chemical engineering laboratory courses: Unit Operations Laboratory and PlantOperations Laboratory. In many ways the Unit Operations Laboratory course would beconsidered traditional. However, there are some features that make it unique. The PlantOperations Laboratory course is built around the MTU Process Simulation and Control Center(PSCC) and is a new course that was developed in conjunction with the switch to semesters.The objectives of the Unit Operations Laboratory course are to develop (1) a constant awarenessof safety in the laboratory; (2) the ability to plan and carry out experimental investigations oflarge-scale processes

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Paul Duesing; Kevin Schmaltz; Dan Goodrich; Pamela Schmaltz

option. Ultimately, the CTIstudent team finished installing the control package and calibrating the surface frictiontester two weeks after graduation. Only the most cursory of testing was conducted, butthe team delivered a functioning surface friction tester, see Figure 1 below, to CTI thatcost well under the $70,000 allotted for it. The surface friction tester obtained reliablefriction coefficients when measured against other existing surface friction testers, such asthat used by Continental General Tire Company. Figure 1: Trailer Completed by the 1998-1999 LSSU Student Team (May, 1999) Page 6.5.5 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for

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Paul Furth

Session 2793 Career Development Activities in a Required Engineering Course Paul M. Furth New Mexico State UniversityAbstractThis paper describes several career development activities that are part of a required sophomorecourse in electrical engineering. These career development activities take place over severalweeks prior to engineering career fairs held every fall and spring on the New Mexico StateUniversity (NMSU) campus. The activities include a 1-hour workshop on resume writing and adocumented visit to the engineering career fair. The goals of the career

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David Livingston

concepts of positive and negative logic and assertionlevels must first be defined. Positive logic is defined as a high voltage level representing a logic1 and a low voltage level representing a logic 0. Negative logic is the reverse, i.e., a low voltagelevel represents a logic 1 and a high voltage level represents a logic 0. Assertion levelsdetermine whether a net or signal line in a digital circuit is to be interpreted as positive logic ornegative logic. A negative logic assertion level is called active low and is represented by thepresence of bubbles on the net in the schematic and a .L suffix on the logic variable. A positivelogic assertion level is called active high and is represented by the absence of bubbles on the netin the schematic and a

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Victor L. Paquet; Ann Bisantz

Educationconsists at the general level of a description of a automotive manufacturing company, includingits configuration, employees, customer base, resources, departments, and processes.Supplementary details about systems, task requirements, workstations, and processes areprovided throughout the courses, to provide context for the proposed laboratories.Case studies have been used to enhance learning across a range of curricula, including medicine,law, business, science, and engineering. Cases have been suggested as a means to enhancelearning, by requiring analytic and critical thinking skills, illustrating the real life complexities ofcourse content, and providing a realistic setting to apply course material 1-3. In engineering, caseshave been suggested

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Vincent Drnevich

of this media in the classroom and adiscussion of several key points follow their presentation. Course Information and Operations Catalog Description: CE 394 Civil Engineering History, Ethics, Engineering Economic Analysis, and Case Studies: Sem. 1 and 2. Class 3, cr. 3. Prerequisite or corequisite: MA 261. Historical, aesthetic, and environmental considerations in civil engineering. Professional Engineering Registration Act, codes of ethics, environmental and computer ethics. Engineering economic analysis, including the time value of money, decision analysis, taxation, depreciation, inflation, and evaluation of alternative proposals. Presentation of

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Ming Huang

MechanicsIn this section, we provide a basic introduction to the Taguchi Method. Drawing from contentsin several texts 1,2, the materials described herewith illustrate in a condensed form the extent towhich the subject was covered in about four classes over a period of two weeks in theEngineering Design. Note that a complete study of the topic usually calls for no less than a fullcourse in itself. The goal was to cover enough so that students are able to appreciate and apply,in a just-in-time manner, basic concepts and techniques of quality engineering in the light ofTaguchi’s approach to a hands-on mini project that followed the lectures. The students areprovided with a list of references 1-4 for more detailed studies of the subject.A. Taguchi

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Richard McNitt; Cliff Lissenden

threepages) on an item of contemporary interest. Class discussion is encouraged.Adventures in MechanicsAdventures in Mechanics is a 1-credit freshman seminar that seeks to have students explore thefield of mechanics of common products in a ‘hands-on’ way. All three branches of mechanicsare considered: experimentation, theory, and computation. Student teams are formed to makemeasurements, do calculations, and discuss issues. Topics include: • Error analysis – a formula for the volume of a block with a circular hole is derived, measurements are taken to determine the most probable value of the volume, the formula is differentiated with respect to the measured quantities to estimate the error in the calculation. • Bungee cord

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Steven Wright; Murat Ulasir; Michelle West; Lissa MacVean; Donald D. Carpenter

advantage of the laboratory facilities the University of Michiganhas to offer in order to involve our students in the study of fluid mechanics. For example, we wereable to utilize a fifty foot long by 1 foot wide flume for free surface flow studies, a centrifugalpump instrumented for measuring pump characteristics, a pressurized mineral oil tank connectedto a pipe with several pressure taps along its sides for the study of laminar and turbulent pipe flow,and an Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter to study the influence of turbulence on velocity profiles.Furthermore, we designed tools and equipment aimed at helping students visualize principlesinvolving concepts of energy, momentum, boundary layer development, lift and drag etc.Examples of the experimental

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understanding the domainknowledge. Finally, community centeredness focuses on methods to help students leverage theirpeers as a learning resource and to have instructors use these networks. This includes smallgroup problem solving and in class discussion. Also, community centeredness can include theeffects of the university and professional societies in facilitating students’ growth as engineers.These principles have beenencapsulated in a softwaretemplate called STAR.Legacythat we have used to helporganize our design of a learningmodule for biotechnology.Figure 1 shows the main screenof the STAR.Legacy framework(where STAR stands forSoftware Technology for Actionand Reflection) represented as a“Learning Cycle” (or an inquirycycle for learning). The

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Patrick Tebbe; Bijan Sepahpour

elements to enhance “the ability to designexperiments” was both most appealing and challenging. This would seem “structurally” moreprobable to create and execute in a stand-alone course(s) rather than an added factor in a mixedlecture-lab course. Increased chances of obtaining both more advanced hardware and softwarethrough institutional and outside national resources seemed to serve as another incentive. Last,but certainly not the least was the influence of ABET Criteria 2000. Higher visibility and bettermeans of demonstrating “where the beef is” for satisfying the experimentation requirements ofthe criteria seemed more probable in the separated mode. The authors/coordinators of the four newly born “1-credit” laboratory courses

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Steven Chapra; Gary Huvard; David E. Clough

engineering professionals; and/or they are unfamiliar with theteaching of 17-year-olds just out of high school. A rational approach to introductory computingis based on the real needs of students and professionals. These should be assessed throughsurvey, study and evaluation, and then used as the basis for curriculum design. We believe wehave done this.There have been tendencies across the US to go in one of two directions when it comes tointroductory computing for engineering students:1) The "tools" approach. Here, the focus is on the built-in capabilities of a number of software packages. Students solve a variety of engineering problems within the confines of the software’s menu options. The features of the software define the scope of the

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Nicholas Cain; Julia McLees; Jason Bara; Gary Wnek; Bradford Crosby; Gary Huvard

comes directly from material on basic phase diagrams in their course on mass andenergy balances.) Given the short cycle time, maybe it didn’t take much of a change in the curingair water concentration to slow the curing just enough to have an adverse affect.They then figured out a clever way to test their idea. Obtaining data on scrap production by dayfor the prior summer, they compared this to data on the daily relative humidity obtained from theweather service at an airport about 60 miles from the plant (see Figure 1). Wow! Every timethere was a bump in the local humidity, a bump in the scrap rate at the plant followed. Eureka!A smoking gun! Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin Flores; Walter Fisher; Pablo Arenaz; Connie Della-Piana

inception in the spring of 1998, the CircLES Program has become recognizedmodel on campus and elsewhere for creating a strong foundation for entering students tospringboard them toward a successful college and (eventual) professional career. Twoareas in the literature influenced the design of the program: (1) research on institutionaldeparture and persistence1 2 and (2) programmatic efforts focused on undergraduatecurriculum innovation/reform, specifically, learning communities 3 4 and the first–yearseminar.5Research on students’ departure and persistence in higher education reveals, that thedecision to depart or persist, is a function of the interaction between the academic andsocial context of the campus and students’ experiences and background

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Dennis Anderson

(CBT-at-home mode) performed better in the lecture portion of the final exam by 3.3 points and 7.6points better in the application portion of the final exam. CBT-in-the- lab (experimentalgroup 1 – the semi-traditional lab with CBT) did not do as well compared to the controlgroup. Many students did not like this CBT-in-the-lab mode since it limited their learningto a specific time and place.This study also implies that since teaching resources previously used to run traditional labscan be reallocated, it could be possible to reduce the class size of CIS101 lecture sections.It could also mean that foundation courses could be taught by using CBT, with a lecturerplaying the role of facilitator. Can this model be used for other computer science

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Jahan Kauser; Carlos Sun; Ralph A. Dusseau; Jess Everett; Joseph Orlins; Beena Sukumaran; Douglas Cleary

Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationI, II, and III. Structural Engineering I is focused on the analysis and design of reinforcedconcrete beams and columns. Structural Engineering II focuses on the analysis and design ofstructural steel trusses including compression and tension member design, the analysis anddesign of bolted and welded connections, and the classical and modern methods of truss analysis.Finally, Structural Engineering III focuses on the analysis and design of frames, both concreteand steel. Figures 1 and 2 are the current infrastructure and environmental curriculums.Civil Engineering HallmarksCEE strives to give civil engineering students the ability to understand and apply the corescience, mathematics, and

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James Fuller

generalist basis is established with respect toconstruction documents, materials theory and organization. A second semester freshmancourse, Architectural Design I, sets a base for the understanding of and respect for therole of the sketch in the education and practice of architecture.2001-2002 AET CurriculumSemester 1 Course Credits Semester 2 Course CreditsAET 110 Intro to the Arch. Process 4 AET 113 Architectural Design I 4AET 155 Architectural History I 4 AET 156 Architectural History II 4EN 111 English I 3 PHY 120 Algebra-based Physics I 4ET 111 Intro to Engrg Technology 1 MTH 122 Math for

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Vikram Cariapa; Joseph Domblesky; James Rice

courses are too"theoretical" and that they fail to see how coursework relates to professional practice. Inmanufacturing education, this lack of integration has also contributed to competency gaps withrespect to understanding the systems nature of manufacturing. While the "Tayloristic" approachof compartmentalizing manufacturing along functional lines and teaching specific functions inseparate courses (Figure 1) is an effective means for developing student skills within these areas,there is typically little integration or application of concepts across courses. Consequentlystudents often do not connect how these activities relate and fit together within a manufacturingenterprise. Manufacturing Design of

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Mohammad Zaharee; Gregory Neff; Susan Scachitti

quality and work execution byeducating its constituents to “continuously” analyze and improve their own work, the processes,and their work group.”One way of describing continuous improvement for engineering and technology accreditation is:1. Say what you do. 2. Do what you say. 3. Prove it. 4. Improve it. 5. Start the process againby saying what you now do after improvement and 6. Continue from step 2. In other words,“Closing the loop” is necessary. Closing the loop is institutionalizing the process of findingprogram improvement initiatives and repeating the process continually. Engineering programshave begun to accumulate some significant useful experience in closing the loop in continuousquality improvement5. Langdon’s description of continuous

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Robert Kilmer; Carl Erikson Jr

Session 2460 Urban Microenterprises using Appropriate Technology Principles Carl A. Erikson, Jr., Robert A. Kilmer Messiah CollegeIntroductionGreater than 50% of the world’s population of 6.1 billion people live in cities[1]. By the year2020 it is estimated that 65% of the world’s population of 8.1 billion will live in cities[2]. Basicsubsistence requirements of food, shelter, energy, jobs, and medical services for these urbanareas will be greatly needed. What can we do to assist the multitudes of needy people around