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Yvon Kermarrec; Ian R. Simpson

years. A general overview is also provided of how new informationtechnology can be used in an international context.1) Introduction Page 5.467.1The Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications de Bretagne (ENST Bretagne) isa French Grande Ecole specializing in all aspects of Information Technology. Founded in1977 in Brittany-France, it has two campuses (one in Brest, the other in Rennes) and recruitsaround 150 students into its 1st year after a national competitive examination (ConcoursCommun) which takes place two years after the French High-School leaving examinationcalled the Baccalauréat. Competition for places is stiff, with around 10% of

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Teresa L. Hein

instructor providesinformation to the students by talking to them. Visual stimulation in a traditional classroomtypically includes notes written by the instructor on a chalkboard or overhead projector andoccasional demonstrations of the phenomena. This style of instruction focuses on the instructor,the only active participant in the class. Hence, in a traditional classroom, students are oftenpassive participants. Although optimum for some students, this mode of instruction is deficientin many ways for others. One outgrowth of much research in physics learning is the basic ideathat in order for meaningful learning to occur, the learner must be given an opportunity toactively interact with the material to be learned 1 – 3.What do we want our students

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Douglas L. Jones; Bunny J. Tjaden

spoke model, and it has become a true multi-media experience.1. IntroductionWe have recently been struggling with our introductory engineering model, examining othermodels, and searching for the single course that will satisfy the needs of both faculty andstudents. We wanted our course to include the strengths of other engineering orientation coursessuch as community building, study and time management skills, and an introduction to theuniversity and school [3,4]. At the same time we wanted it to emphasize design. The designproblems that we included in previous versions of the course, such as designing the highest papertower or the strongest weight bearing structure from specified material, were deemed to be toosimplistic by the students. Even

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Scott Danielson; Sudhir I. Mehta

address at the AmericanAssociation of Higher Education’s (AAHE’s) 1998 National Conference that, “We have moreinformation about learning available to us than ever before in the history of the world.” HerbertSimon, a Nobel Laureate, in his plenary session at the 1997 Frontiers in Education Conferencesaid, “Knowledge about human learning processes has developed to the point where we can dobetter.” Smith and Waller (1997), using current knowledge about effective teaching and learningsuccinctly compared old and new paradigms for college teaching (see Table 1). TABLE 1 Comparison of Old and Next-Generation Paradigms for College Teaching (Smith and Waller, 1997) OLD PARADIGMS

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William R. Hendee; Steven R Krogull; Jay R. Goldberg

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Behnam Kamali

with these rapid changes and new requirements, and reflectthem in the formal electrical engineering education, ABET has assembled a new set ofaccreditation criteria, the EC 2000. Although the new criteria are less prescriptive than were theold criteria, EC 2000 has embedded many new requirements in criterion III, designated as“Program Outcomes and Assessment”. This criterion lists eleven areas in which the studentmust acquire knowledge, skills, and understanding 1. We have attempted to address thefollowing areas of criterion III in our EE senior capstone laboratory:a. an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineeringb. an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret datac. an ability to

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Paul I-Hai Lin; Hal Broberg

since ITT uses them while designing and constructingweather satellite instruments. The instruments that provide many of the cloud photos ofthe United States for TV weather broadcasts were built in Fort Wayne.Professor Broberg, the principle investigator, and Professor Lin will each complete 2 ½years of applied research while Professors Alam and Oloomi, EE department, will eachcomplete 1 year by May 2000. The work will result in 4 - 6 technical papers and apossible patent. Also important were the relationships developed with people at ITT andthe effect of the relationships on the faculty, students, and alumni. While maintainingsecond offices (cubicles) at ITT was difficult, the applied research was interesting andexamples from the applied

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William H. Dennis; Jeff A. Risinger; Thomas Hall

togrant degrees in partnership with accredited higher education institutions . . .3.” NSU @ Alliancefalls within that group. The Department of Industrial and Engineering Technology at NSU offersthree degrees that, in various ways, meet the needs of Alliance for its employees. These degreesare: 1. An Associate of Science in Electronics (Engineering) Technology 2. A Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering Technology 3. A Bachelor of Science in Industrial TechnologyFor its part, Alliance wanted to establish training programs for several groups of employees.Each of these groups would require specialized training for its area of expertise. These groupsare the following: 1. Technicians (in the following fields) ♦ Production

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Stephen G Ritchie; Carlos C. Sun

Session 2793 OAK-TREE: One-of-A-Kind Transportation Research and Education Experiment Carlos Sun1, Stephen Ritchie2 1. Faculty of Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey 08028-1701 2. Faculty of Engineering, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-2175Abstract - This paper chronicles the traffic control course/laboratory named OAK-TREE (One-of-A-Kind Transportation Research and Education Experiment) at the University of California atIrvine and discusses a proposed implementation at Rowan University. In order to address thechanging nature of transportation and civil

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Jean-Michel I. Maarek

using laboratoryinstrumentation, and their thought process during debugging of a faulty setup are not adequatelyassessed with the laboratory report.Six abilities have been distinguished for chemistry laboratories1 that can be adapted to describestudent performance in engineering laboratories:1. Communication: identification of laboratory equipment and operations;2. Observation: recording of observations and detecting errors in techniques;3. Investigation: accurate recording of properties of a device or compound;4. Reporting: maintenance of a suitable laboratory record;5. Manipulation: skills in working with laboratory equipment;6. Discipline: maintenance of an orderly laboratory and observation of safety procedures.The laboratory report allows

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Murali Paranandi

communication.In addition, sketches were incorporated especially during early stages of design. Asdiscussed by Lansdown2 and Scrivner5 sketching offers better support during early stagesof design over the current CAD systems.Face-to-face Communication Figure 1. An example of a “design communication” process used during fall 1997.During fall 1997, the students were required to generate architectural drawings, photo-realistic images of interior and exterior spaces, and templates for building chipboardmodels from the 3-D CAD models of their design solutions. Various local expert criticsfrom the industry (architectural firms in Cincinnati) and academia (senior facultycolleagues) were present at these reviews and interacted with the students face-to

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Martha C. Wilson

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Valerie E. Taylor; Rudolf Eigenmann; Renato Figueiredo; Nirav Kapadia; Luis Vidal; Jose A.B. Fortes; Jan-Jo Chen; Alok Choudhary

satisfying these require-ments are addressed by the PUNCH network-computing infrastructure. Many representative research tools in computer architecture and parallel programminghave been installed onto suitable computing resources as part of this project. These tools,corresponding documentation, and educational material are being integrated into computereducation curricula. This section describes this computational infrastructure currently avail-able in the Computer Architecture and Parallel Programming hubs of PUNCH. Tables 1 and 2 show the set of computer architecture and parallel programming toolscurrently available in the system. For each tool, the table lists the user interface to the toolprovided by PUNCH, and related course topics. For

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Muniram Budhu

community college after graduation.An alternative to the non-requirement of Statics for an undergraduate degree is to reduce thenumber of credit hours, usually from 3 to about 1 or 2 credit hour. But, how to achieve thisreduction? This must be accompanied by a reduction in course content. However, the FEexamination does require knowledge that would normally be obtained from a 3 credit hourcourse content. This poses a dilemma. In this paper, a possible solution to this dilemma isproposed.Webs-based Statics courseAn examination of the FE examination in Statics will show that the topics covered do require aconventional three-credit hour of course work. The topic lists, following the order in the table ofcontents of popular textbooks, are: forces

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John K. Estell

examine how on-line assessment can beimplemented.1. The PortfolioA portfolio consists of a collection of materials assembled over a period of time that is used toboth demonstrate and document one’s ability in a particular subject. Portfolios are commonlyused in the artistic professions. For example, photographers who specialize in weddings willpresent to the inquiring engaged couple an assembled collection of their work. By constructing aportfolio photographers have the opportunity to reflect upon their work as they select the bestresults from their photographic sessions; similarly, the couple looking to hire someone for theirwedding can use the portfolios to evaluate the ability of each photographer. So not only is theportfolio a means to

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Thomas E. Hulbert; Robert B. Angus

institutional strengths of the school.In summary, advising at any level is not a primary concern of the responding institutions. Forsome, on-site offerings are in the beginning stages. For others, the faculty is dealing with theissues. The questionnaire responses did not identify the involvement of a company advisor.The Engineering Education Literature on AdvisingRecent articles on student advising both full and part time students with emphasis on integrating Page 5.476.4technology were reviewed. Summary information on relevant articles follows. 4On-Site Degree ProgramsThe first article by Warner et al 1

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Douglas W. Fraser; Gary E. Rafe

paper is to share some of our experiences and observations in the use of freeUNIX and UNIX-like operating systems on desktop personal computers in technical computingenvironments, with particular emphasis in the area of engineering education. Perhaps due to thegraphical nature of the user interface provided by the X Window System and the nearubiquitousness of audio hardware on desktop (and portable) computers, we find that thesesystems are well suited to multi-media applications. For the purposes of our discussion, weconsider several classes of systems here, including: (1) systems that can be obtained withoutcost, such as FreeBSD ,1 derived from Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) UNIX released bythe Computer Systems Research Group at the

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Ralph Dusseau; Carlos C. Sun; Kauser Jahan

Session ____ OPEN SPACE DEVELOPMENT CLINIC Carlos Sun1, Kauser Jahan1, and Ralph Dusseau1 1. Faculty of Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey 08028-1701Abstract - Many areas in Civil Engineering often deal with large-scale and system-level projects.These projects cannot be packaged into a "canned" laboratory for educational instruction.Consequently, a real-world field experiment is a logical way of executing such a project. Thispaper describes an on-going real-world clinic laboratory that addresses both technical and non-technical issues. The real-world clinic involves the development of open spaces

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Thad Welch

testing a 16-QAM communications link. This project allows for asignificant amount of design experience prior to starting the traditional senior-year designsequence.1. IntroductionThe United States Naval Academy offers a junior level communications systems course1 thatincludes a significant amount of hardware design. This course is taught in a 3-2-4 format (threehr/wk of lecture, two hr/wk of lab, for four hours of total credit). This course represents thestudent’s sixth EE course and the beginning of their sixth semester in college. Signals andSystems2 is the prerequisite for this course, during which the necessary fundamentals aredeveloped to allow for an immediate discussion of higher order modulation schemes.The open-ended design project deals

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Ed Gohmann

listed as follows: 1. Materials I 2. Manufacturing processes I 3. Statics 4. Dynamics 5. Strength of materials 6. Machine elementsMaterials I is the first technical course that the majority of students take. This is an introductorycourse dealing with the nature of metals, plastics, and ceramics. There are nine lab exercises,which present an excellent opportunity to introduce the students to teamwork and cooperation,especially due to the constraints of space and lab equipment. For example, the first exercise ismeant for students who have been out of high school many years and for those recent graduateswho have had limited lab experience. It is and introduction to using equipment to determine

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Yann Guezennec; Stephen Yurkovich; Gregory Washington; Giorgio Rizzoni

research in engineering education. Some of the more specificoutcomes of the curriculum development proposed here are listed below.1. Collaborative learning environment: In the proposed design courses the students will be Page 5.635.1 assigned to small teams. Each team includes mechanical and electrical engineers. The projects are structured so each member of the group is responsible for some instruction in the context of the project..2. Interaction with industry and other government agencies: a further objective of this proposal is to serve as a catalyst for interaction among university, industrial and government

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Edward H. McMahon

. Generate Evaluate Select Problems Requirements Functions Design Concepts Design Layout Figure 1: Simplified representation of Design MatrixThe rows represent the issues to be addressed. In this example the issues are the Problem,Requirements, Functions, Design Concepts, and Design Layout. These issues are addressed bythe activities in the columns labeled Generate, Evaluate, and Select. Many issues are consideredin design, e.g. problem definition, requirements, functions, alternatives and layout design.Deliberation Model - The evaluate and select activities in the design matrix provide a frameworkfor the

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David S. Cottrell

: Course Objectives Major Block Learning Objectives Block I: Block II: Block III: Block IV: Fundamentals of Axial Loads and Bending Deflections and Stress and Strain Torsional Loads Buckling Figure 1. EM364A Mechanics of Materials Infrastructure and Educational Objectives As shown in Figure 1, the academic hierarchy provides the framework for developingcourse organization and subsequent learning objectives. Over-aching civil engineeringprogram objectives (Appendix 1) establish an effective backdrop for course objectives(Appendix 2) tailored to the specifics of mechanics of materials. More detailed

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Michael B. Spektor; Malcolm Grothe; Walter Buchanan

Session 1347 Outreach Degree Completion Program Michael B. Spektor, Malcolm Grothe, Walter W. Buchanan Oregon Institute of Technology/The Boeing Company/Northeastern UniversityI. IntroductionIn our previous paper entitled “Delivering a Manufacturing Engineering Technology Program toBoeing Company”, in June of 1999, we reported about the mutual educational project betweenOIT and Boeing.1 In this paper we address the Initial Plan, Memorandum of Understanding,First Academic Quarter, Lessons Learned, and our Future Plan. All of the recommendationsfrom the earlier paper have been achieved during this academic year

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Theodore F. Smith; Sharif Rahman; P. Barry Butler

engineers at various sponsoring companies. Future visions of PEDE and plans foroperating PEDE in the 1999-00 academic year are also presented.1. IntroductionOne characteristic of the engineering discipline that distinguishes it from the science disciplines isengineering design. Practicing engineers in industry spend a considerable amount of time involvedwith design of a product, process, or system. It is, therefore, essential that undergraduate studentspreparing for professional careers in engineering be exposed to the concepts of engineering design.The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)1 defines engineering design as “… the process of devising a system, component, or process to meet desired needs. It is a

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Purvesh B. Thakker; Gary R. Swenson

weekwith specific people attending each meeting, and the Parts Request system allows students toquickly and easily obtain the parts that they need. PACE also improves the quality of projectssince the added exposure makes it more worth a student’s effort to do well. During its firstsemester of operation, PACE archived 242 student documents and logged over 90,000 pageviews.1 Introduction In just a few short years, the Internet has moved from an unknown technology to thedriving force behind an industry that impacts all other industries. Beginning in 1998, more datatraffic traverses worldwide networks than voice traffic1. According to some statistics, Internettraffic doubles every 100 days. This growth comes from the increase in popularity

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Pedro E. Arce; Paula Arce-Trigatti

Session 1230 THE PARALLEL BETWEEN ACTIVE LEARNING AND SPORTS COACHING TECHNIQUES: ANALYSIS AND SELECTED EXAMPLES Pedro E. Arce1, Paula Arce-Trigatti2 1. Chemical Engineering and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Institute, GFDI 2. School of Music Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida1. IntroductionThe identification of effective models of teaching sometimes must come from activities that arerelated to some degree but found in completely different applied areas. Among these models, theresearchers have proposed the use of “enhancers

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Richard Andres; Marty Ferman

Authors have photographs and VCR tapes ofthe models and testing to include in the presentation of results. A number of Park’s Collegestudents participated in the work, and are cited for their contributions. Parks College is pleasedto have performed a community service to a worthwhile cause. This paper is an extension of anearlier paper presented at the ASEE Conference, Ref. (1), and is being given at the urging of theconference Chair of that meeting, since there was believed to be a unique community servicerendered which should be reported more widely.THE TEMPERATURE PROBLEM The OLSNS existing shrine buildings are natural convection ventilated by having openends. The temperature within these shrines often reaches 35 to 40 degrees F. above

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Willam G. Curley; Sohail Anwar

methods used by the Continuing and Distance Education Office to evaluate theeffectiveness of the training programs.I. IntroductionOver the last several decades, the expectations of the American worker have changeddramatically to include better employee preparation and increased work skills. New technology,teamwork, quality management, and just-in-time production have become the norms of thecurrent and future workplace .1 To keep up with the changing technology, the USA and the worldas a whole need employees with increasingly sophisticated skills. For this reason the issue ofworkforce education, training, and retraining is becoming increasingly important all over theworld. All organizations, regardless of their nature, face the challenge of

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Natalie D. Segal

, all students will beinvolved in a design project. This one involves the invention of a “truly new”1 object, onethat has to be feasible. In other words, each team has to design something totally new thatis possible, useful, and marketable, given existing technology. No faster-than-light ships,no molecular transporters, only useful items that can actually be made now. The teamsdon’t have to build a working model, though some teams do; they simply have to provepossibility with block diagrams.Once they design the object, they prepare a written proposal in which they convince theinstructor, posing as the head of a midsized manufacturing company, that their productwould be a profitable one for the company to produce. And, finally, they must present