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Ann Anderson; Richard Wilk

their professional life and to ensure that students are on a path of life-long learning. Thefirst objective must include synthesis and application of knowledge acquired in the first threeyears of the program, namely application of advanced analysis techniques to design. The secondobjective involves exploration of important issues needed to prepare graduates for professionalpractice and/or graduate school. The third objective needs to instill student confidence in theirability to learn on their own. The mechanical engineering program at Union Collegeaccomplishes these goals through four complementary components of the senior yearcurriculum: (1) a required two term senior research/design project, (2) required capstone designcourses in mechanical

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world.” Graduates must have experience and competence in thefollowing areas1: 1) Moral Awareness 2) Communications 3) Culture 4) History 5) Human Behavior 6) Mathematics, Science and Technology 7) Engineering Thought Process 8) Creativity 9) Continued Educational DevelopmentEach Academic Program Goal has components or objectives. The engineering thought processcontributes to problem solving. Again, we expect the graduates to be leaders able to shapeevents and outcomes in an information and technology driven world. Focusing on theEngineering Thought Process Goal, we can examine its four components: 1) Conceive and implement technological improvements in our world. 2) Anticipate and respond to technological

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Eugene Rutz

assessment. Students were asked to respond not onlyto the instructor, but also to each other. This “threaded discussion” was available at the students’convenience and could be added to at any time. To further encourage students to participate, aportion of the grade was based on interaction.IV. Student EvaluationsAt the completion of the course, students were asked to complete an evaluation that measuredtheir satisfaction with the course format, delivery and interaction among students and instructor.Responses were based on a modified Liekert scale with 1 indicating “strongly disagree”; 3 aneutral reaction; and 5 indicating “strongly agree”. The evaluation and responses aresummarized below.Question

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necessaryand desirable to teach the introductory courses using the lower three levels of the taxonomy, theupper division courses are taught using the higher levels of the taxonomy. Table 1. Bloom’s Taxonomy of Cognitive Domain 1. Knowledge (Remembering) 2. Comprehension (Understanding) 3. Application (Using) 4. Analysis (Use component parts) 5. Synthesis (Build new application) 6. Evaluation (Conscious Value Judgements)To facilitate teaching each course at the appropriate level, we consciously designed lectures,homework, projects and exams with Bloom’s taxonomy in mind. Introductory courses typicallyemphasize the first

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Devdas Shetty

Manufacturing Marketing & sales Product Use Maintenance Product Disposal Figure 1 Product Life Cycle Page 6.346.2 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationgreater market acceptance. Naturally, a product’s features determine its performance and

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monitoring of other individuals needing constant supervision. This would includethe hospitals, elderly community, individuals with Alzheimer’s disease, and mentally orphysically handicapped individuals. Over 14 million American adults care for a loved one withAlzheimer disease in their home. Over 1% of the population has some type of mental retardationand requires attention. When you look at the huge number of people that require the constantsupervision of another individual you can quickly get an idea of the large potential of asecondary market.The secondary market can also be broken down in areas of monitoring other items of personalvalue. This could include things such as luggage while traveling, expensive electronic deviceslike laptop computers

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Abraham Michelen

t = -10:0.05:10; plot(t, sin(t)./t) grid on;MATLAB will respond by generating the plot shown in Fig. 1. Page 6.348.1Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering 1 Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 1: Plot of sin(t)/tIf, however, we need to generate a new plot by changing the interval or any otherparameter of the plot we would have to type again the same command lines withdifferent values. In our case this

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engineering thermodynamics course could helpin improving engineering and science education. It can provide a powerful motivating contextfor learning fundamental and applied principles, allowing students an interest that could proveinvaluable for instruction in engineering and could better motivate their interest in learning.Course Learning ObjectivesThe following learning objectives were identified for the design and development of the onlineengineering thermodynamics course:Unit 1 : After reading and studying the materials of this chapter the student should be able to: • Define thermodynamics as (a) the science of change, and (b) the study of energy and entropy, and the conversion of energy from one form to another

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, transient heat transfer, internal combustion engines,combustion and emission controls for boilers, linear vibrations, dynamics balancing of rotatingshafts, kinematics of motion for piston-cams, and spring dynamics. The design project is anincubator for developing similar modern lab systems for other programs in the College ofEngineering. Some of the new labs are operated ON-LINE using the Internet to demonstrate thefull capabilities of modern computer based experimentation. LabVIEW is used for dataacquisition, analysis, presentation, and control. The paper will describe (1) new curriculumconsiderations, (2) modern laboratory features used including running ON-LINE over theInternet, (3) scope and objectives for the new laboratory, (4) laboratory

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these programs willbe crucial to their long-term success.1 Draves, W.A. How to Teach Adults, The Learner Resources Network, Manhatten Kansas, 1997.2 Sternberg, S.P.K. et al “Delivery and Assessment of Senior Capstone Design via Distance Education,”Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 89, No. 2, 2000, pp.115-117.JEFFREY HIGGINSJeffrey Higgins is a Professor of General Education and Head of the Technology Extension Division atVermont Technical College. He has a B.S. from Plattsburgh State College, M.S. from Iowa StateUniversity, and Ed.D from the University of Vermont. Page 6.351.4 Proceeding of the 2001 American Society for Engineering

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renovated on another floor of thesame building to accommodate the program. Full renovation is being planned for in thenear future.Figure 1 shows a floor plan of the renovated area to be described in the followingsections. 72-Student Laboratory Rooms (3) 36-Student Classroom ClassroomFigure 1. Floor Plan of Renovated Area Page 6.352.3 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright  2001, American Society for Engineering EducationRoom security is enhanced by a common key card

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Audeen Fentiman; Robert J. Gustafson; John Merrill; John Demel; Richard Freuler

results to date. Two important factors in bringingabout change were Ohio State’s participation in the NSF-funded Gateway EngineeringEducation Coalition and substantial support from the Dean’s office. Many subjects brieflydiscussed in this paper will be covered in more detail in separate papers presented at this andother conferences.I. IntroductionIn the 1991-92 academic year, the Engineering Graphics (EG) Department provided two coursesfor all engineering students. These were a four-credit hour course (quarter hours) in EngineeringGraphics and computer aided design and drafting (CADD) and a four-credit hour course inEngineering Problem Solving. The Engineering Graphics Department employed 12 full-timeand one 1/3 time emeritus faculty members

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Audeen Fentiman; Robert J. Gustafson; John Merrill; John Demel; Richard Freuler

Engineering Program (IEP) and the Freshman Engineering Honors (FEH)Program. These new programs retain part of the traditional material but add in hands-onlaboratory experiences that lead to design/build projects. Teamwork, project management, reportwriting and oral presentations have assumed important roles in this program. This paperdescribes the range of laboratory exercises employed, the design projects with the written reportsand oral reports required, and the lessons learned in the transition to this dual offering freshmanprograms.1. IntroductionIn the past ten years, learning experiences for first year engineering students at Ohio State havenotably evolved in a number of ways. Some of this evolution has been partially documented inprevious

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Rebecca Sidler Kellogg; J. Adin Mann; Ann Dieterich

Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationIn each category of the rubrics, four values could be assigned to the student’s work: High – 3points, Medium – 2 points, Low – 1 point, and Unacceptable – 0 points. The rubrics werewritten by first describing what was expected for the High range. Then the next three rangeswere described in terms of missing components of the High range. In some cases missing oneelement in a category reduced the assessment to a 1 while missing another element three times inthat same category was required to reduce the assessment to a 1. Specifying the criteria for allthe elements in each range was challenging but helped the consistency of

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the spring semester, each enrollee was required toparticipate in a one-hour, on-campus orientation, which was held in our computer lab. Thissession reviewed class format, procedures and equipment requirements. Because thisorientation went well, we were all lulled into a sense of false security, for as soon as thestudents were in their own environments, many problems surfaced.Development The original format consisted of using Blackboard (1). Blackboard allowed for settingup all course documents, assignments, course assessment, class assignments, external links,class calendar, and student grades (Figure 1).Figure 1 Course Page The class was scheduled to begin June 6 and to end July 28. It

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incorporated into EENG 3406 (Electronic Circuit Analysis I).Project TUNA (Texas Universal Network Analyzer), a CLI which characterizes the frequencyresponse (magnitude and phase) of linear networks over a frequency range of 10 Hz to 100 kHzwas designed as a class project in 1999 in EENG 4409 (Electronic Circuit Analysis II). A grantwas received from the National Science Foundation in February, 2000, to support thedevelopment and curricular integration of additional CLIs, two of which are described in thispaper. The first measures electrical characteristics of operational amplifiers (input-offsetvoltage, input-bias currents, dc open loop gain, and ac open- loop gain at 1 kHz and 10 kHz). Ithas been designed, constructed in prototype form, and

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Frederick Reardon

Session 1648 Developing Problem-Solving Skills in Thermodynamics Courses Frederick H. Reardon California State University, SacramentoAbstractIn teaching thermodynamics, it is essential to teach a systematic problem-solving methodologybecause of the nonlinear structure of the subject. The methodology is based on the structure ofthermodynamics and so helps to clarify and organize the scientific concepts involved. Themethodology has seven steps: (1) Restate the problem; (2) Define the system underconsideration and the kind of process involved. Define the system and the kind

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similar to those underdevelopment by the Sustainable/Green Engineering Initiative at UTEP.1 Carnegie Mellon’senvironmental modules and case studies were developed with the support of a NSFproject. They include modules on radioactive waste management, disposition of personal Page 6.359.1Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright 2001, American Society for Engineering Education”computers, full cost accounting, reverse engineering for green design, rechargeable batterymanagement and recycling, and life cycle assessment for asphalt versus concrete.Virginia Tech has also implemented a

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Wayne LePori; Scott Osborn; Marty Matlock; Cady Engler

building and testing ideas, and generally knew their way around atoolbox. That understanding can no longer be assumed, as technological processes increasinglyare treated as black boxes.1 In response to this concern we developed and have taught a coursedesigned to introduce sophomore students in engineering to field and laboratory techniques usedin biological systems, agricultural, and environmental engineering. Our experience has been thatstudents are generally very resistant to discovery-based laboratories since by definition thisapproach lacks explicit step-by-step guidance.The primary objective of the course is to provide students with physical applications oftheoretical concepts. This course is a common requirement across the undergraduate

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suite since theyoffered several tools directed at educational content and assessment and since a nucleus oftechnicians on campus have some familiarity with the products.Figure 1 shows the first screen of a sample Web page. This page is part of the exerciser developedto show students how to simply the general balance equations. A DreamWeaver template withcascading style sheets (CSS) defines the structure of this page. Any repeat uses of the page simplyadd small changes to the template. The problem statement was cut and pasted from an existingWord document directly into DreamWeaver. Formatting changed as specified by the CSS.FireWorks created the banner graphics defining each step in the problem as well as the radiobuttons used to select the

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Karim Nasr; Basem Alzahabi

. IntroductionThe accreditation process of engineering programs has taken a new form, becoming an outcome-based process where individual courses and experiences must contribute to the big picture ofengineering education. This process has caused the majority of engineering programs around thenation to reflect on their educational focus, examine teaching and learning styles, experimentwith new and innovative approaches to assess students’ learning, and above all put in place animprovement process [1]. Revisiting what one teaches in a certain course and addressing whatstudents are really getting out of the course are certainly not easy tasks. This evaluation processbecomes especially difficult when a course is an integral part of a sequence of courses having

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Wei-Chiang Lin; Mark A. Mackanos; E. Duco Jansen; Anita Mahadevan-Jansen; Sean P. Brophy

this field typically put significant emphasis on student’s understanding of lighttransport in tissue. Analytically this process is described by the light transport equation whichhas little utility in helping students who are novices in this field obtain a conceptualunderstanding of light distribution in tissue. Students at all levels struggle with the concepts andhave difficulty obtaining a working knowledge of the role of the various tissue properties,boundary conditions and laser parameters on light transport. The goal of this project was 1) todevelop an interactive and visual learning module based on Monte Carlo simulations aseducation tool; 2) design learning activities to help students systematically explore the propertiesof light and

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Jonathan Barnett; Holly Ault

Session 1360 Development and Implementation of Senior Design Projects at International Sites Holly K. Ault, Jonathan R. Barnett Worcester Polytechnic InstituteAbstractABET 2000 criteria state that undergraduate engineering students should have “the broadeducation necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societalcontext”.1 For the past 25 years, WPI has addressed this need by establishing a network ofinternational centers where students complete projects focusing on socio-technological issues.More recently we

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Glenn Wrate

4EE-355 Electrical Power Distribution Systems III 3 2 4 28Table II. Other Salient Engineering/Science CourseworkAE-100 Introduction to Architectural Engineering & 2 2 3 Construction ManagementAE-103 Introduction to CAD 1 1 1AE-123 Building Construction Materials & Methods I 4 0 4AE-130 Architectural Engineering Graphics 2 2 3AE-200 Statics

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Terry Creasy, Texas A&M University; Richard Griffin, Texas A&M University at Qatar

and in manufacturing processeswithin a design context. This is possible because of the skills of the undergraduates who spendtheir first two years within the Foundation Coalition curriculum.1ProcessThe College of Engineering at A&M has undergone an extensive restructuring of the freshmenand sophomore years during the past 6 years.1, 2, 3 These changes have improved the skill base ofthe juniors. The most recent NSF program at Texas A&M University, Foundation Coalition,provided a substantial change in the way faculty teach. Instead of lecturing at students for a classperiod, the faculty use collaborative learning. The classrooms are places where the students are

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Rafiqul Islam

demands more and more networkcapacity every day. This trend for growing data rates is expected to continue in the foreseeablefuture. Optical fiber communication technology has kept up with the growing traffic volume.The concept of wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) has increased the capacities to greaterthan 1 Tb/s (1012 b/s ) over a single fiber by means of more than a hundred channels at 10 Gb/seach. Many research groups and developers in communication companies are exploring theways to extend this capacity from the backbone to some high-end users such as business premiserouters and high-speed workstations. The design and development of communication systems isgreatly focused on SONET/SDH (Synchronous Optical Network/Synchronous

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studieshave been performed to determine the economic feasibility of processing crawfish. Mostconclude that for the local industry to survive in the future, peeling machinery must bedeveloped [3].One of the major factors contributing to the large price differential of the foreign anddomestic products is the cost of labor. In the U.S., labor costs account for up to 50% oftotal costs to the processor. Reports written as long ago as 27 years [1] and as recent asthree years [2] both conclude that the introduction of a cost-reducing peeling machinewould contribute significantly to Louisiana’s ability to regain a competitive position inthe market for crawfish tailmeat. There are several reasons why a machine could greatlybenefit the local industry. First

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dollars was spent in developing the nextgeneration mix design system for asphalt pavements – the Superpave (Superior PerformingAsphalt Pavement) system. Studies have shown that full implementation of Superpave can save asmuch as $637 million per year (1). However, to implement Superpave properly, and realize its fullbenefit through improved performance, the industry and state departments of transportation(DOT) must ensure that mix production, laydown and compaction in field projects are controlled Page 6.368.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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• Flame and laser cutting • Electric discharge machining, or EDM • Punching and nibbling • Forming and bending • InspectionAs can be seen in Figure 1, all machine tools follow the same standard, that is EIA 267-Cstandard for motion nomenclature and coordinate system4. This standard defines amachine programming, coordinate system, and movements so that a programmer candescribe machining operations without worrying about whether a tool approaches aworkpiece or a workpiece approaches a tool. Page 6.991.2 Figure 1: Coordinate System Selection in NC Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education