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innovation. Boring!• poor evaluation, dissemination, or development plans. No clear, precise plan!• lack of potential impact. Small numbers of beneficiaries!Some Proposal-Writing Tips Some proposals offer fine ideas, but are poorly written, making it difficult for the reviewers to graspthe merits of their case. The following tips will help make the reviewers’ task easier and increase the chancesof a good idea receiving the funding it deserves:• Let the reviewers know on page 1 exactly what you want and why. Don’t make them search for, or try to guess, this information.• Be concise; avoid wordiness.• Make sure you use correct spelling and grammar.• Keep your paragraphs small, aiding the proposal’s readability.• Break the

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innovation. Boring!• poor evaluation, dissemination, or development plans. No clear, precise plan!• lack of potential impact. Small numbers of beneficiaries!Some Proposal-Writing Tips Some proposals offer fine ideas, but are poorly written, making it difficult for the reviewers to graspthe merits of their case. The following tips will help make the reviewers’ task easier and increase the chancesof a good idea receiving the funding it deserves:• Let the reviewers know on page 1 exactly what you want and why. Don’t make them search for, or try to guess, this information.• Be concise; avoid wordiness.• Make sure you use correct spelling and grammar.• Keep your paragraphs small, aiding the proposal’s readability.• Break the

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William Michalson; Robert Labonté

Session 1232 Capstone Design in the ECE Curriculum: Assessing the Quality of Undergraduate Projects at WPI William Michalson, Robert Labont6 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute AbstractSince adopting the WPI-Plan in 1972 at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, one of the degree requirements forundergraduates has been the completion of a Major Qualifying Project. Although this project

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analysis, and material selection), Organization and Project Planning, CurriculumIntegration, Fund Raising and Team Support, Vehicle Testing and Driver Training, and Logistics. I explainedhow we were going to meet all of the specifications listed in the Sunrayce 95 Regulations.3 The proposalssubmitted by different universities were evaluated and scored by sponsors and other experts at the NationalRenewable Energy Laboratory (NREL, a unit of DOE). We were selected as one of the of 65 teams tocompete in Sunrayce 95. The list included MIT, Yale, Texas A&M, Stanford, University of Michigan, andAuburn, and universities from Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Many undergraduate students, the Industrial Studies Department Chair, the Dean of the

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Prof. K.V.S Apparao

time for the responding system of the changing curriculum. II. Project possible connections between presently distant technologies and identify the need of the emergence of new fields. III. Associate professional bodies like Institution of Engineers (India) and Indian Society for Technical Education should participate in the technical education planning. IV. Start science and technology entrepreneur park (STEP) for effective interaction between educational institutes and industry. For example: Birla Institute of technology, India. v. Encourage industry to share cost of engineering education as educational access to provide funds for R&D, industrial

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Yuan Dening; Yan Guizhi; Chen Zhi

of Jiangmen, Guangdong Province, plans to provide the University of 1,000,000 Yuan (RMB) asthe fund of Creative Designing Awards for students in 8 years. III ) Improve the quality of the teaching faculty. The Chinese government carries out a policy that en-courages capable engineers to join in the teaching of the universities, and at the same time, universities wel-come experienced senior engineers of enterprises to be part-time or full-time teachers. furthermore! most ofthe universities have regular academic holiday for half a year or one year. During this period, universityteachers can take up positions in industrial enterprises to do practice. In China, there is a regulation that adoctorate must have one year working experience

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James F. McDonough; Bruce Harding

. Page 1.220.1- %iiii’ ) 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ~jlllylyIn an _pt to introduce creative problem-solving earl y in student’s plan of study, a design project wasincorporated in the Introduction to Engineering class. The majority of the mass section meetings were eliminatedin favor of small sections (20 to 24) grouped together by major plus the section of undecided students. Eachrecitation section of the class derived a different project. Some project topics were chosen by the recitationinstructor, others were chosen by the section as a whole. Because the class is taken by all College of Engineeringmajors, the projects were designed to be major and gender

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Jack Bryant; Howard Seidel; David L. Barrow; Dante DeBlassie; Arlen Strader

, mainly through pre- and post-testing of students inthe program and in comparison groups. In all tests used, achievement by students in the integrated program wasequal to or above that of the comparison groups. In addition, we have put test items from traditional courses onour mathematics exams. The performance of our students has been a bit better than that of students in thetraditional sections. We cannot say at this time if this is due to chance or our program. We plan to track ourstudents through their college careers and see how they perform in upper division courses relative to studentsnot in our program. The remainder of the paper will describe some of these features in more detail, and will conclude withsome specific examples of

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Geraldine B. Milano; Richard Parker; George Pincus

Case Western Reserve University, OH University of South Carolina, SC Florida International University, FL During 1991, initial planning sessions of the ten Gateway Coalition partner schools identifiedCurriculum Innovation and Development (and design) as a principal area of interest to all partners. Thus,NJIT dated a hhzh mioritv on curricular innovations with s~ecial em~hasis on the freshman eru.zineerhwprogr;m. This }ri~rity tias motivated by desires to alle~iate rete;tion problems identified “at man; Page 1.14.1 {hxi’} 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

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Rakesh Nagi

from designing to delivery. Agile Manufacturing is briefly presented as ameans to accomplish success in the above environment. The introduction continues with a historical perspectiveon manufacturing paradigms and reasons for the recent shift to the agility paradigm. Page 1.16.3 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings The next step is detailing the basis of agile manufacturing: the two parallel (defense andcommercial) infrastructures left behind by 30 years of cold war, each with distinct technologies,processes, and business practices, and the need for an evolutionary plan for a

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T.R. Hsu; P. Reischl; P. Hsu; J.C. Wang; F. Barez; B.J. Furman; A. Tesfaye

mechanical drive system, motion specification and Systems motion planning, modeling of the motion control system.3 Motion Control Analysis Computer-aide motion control system analysis, motion sensor system study: calibration, linear and rotary encoders, tachogenerator and interfacing. Construction of a mechanical system.4 Implementation and Analog motion control, power units, compensator design, Testing of a Motion dynamic tuning of controller gains, performance study. Digital Control System motion control, drivers, indexers, controllers, interfacing, control

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Maria Gini

robot can be commanded to grasp them.Sample Large ProjectsWe believe that students greatly benefit from the ability to complete large projects. At the same time, werecognize that most large projects require skills that students acquire in several courses and far more timethan can be justified within the framework of existing courses. To address this need, we allow studentsto work on long term projects that span over multiple quarters. Students typically propose a project to afaculty advisor, and work with the advisor to develop a plan for completing the project over the course ofthree or more quarters. Some students receive support for this type of work from the University as part ofthe Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program. Theses

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Kim LaScola Needy

$iifii’> 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘..*HTH;:a non-recurring cost to purchase all of the capital equipment, plus a recurring cost to lease the telephone lines .....and~o=f an operator at each location, Furthermore, the instructor will expend a significant amount ofadditional planning and preparation time as compared to a traditional class. The instructor should be aware ofthis upkmt and be properly prepared, trained and motivated for the challenge. Because of the physical absenceof the instructor, the instructor and the students at the distant site must both be more proactive and aggressive tomaintain a satisfactory level of instructor-to-student interaction. And finally, because

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Nick Zelver; John Sears; Bill Costerton

that they begin to combine andsynthesize. These techniques and approaches are assimilated without as much formal coursework as a totalimmersion approach. Any arrangement where graduate students are deployed between their home department and asuperdepartmental research unit must produce some problems and the CBE is not an exception. The mostcommon problem occurs when the student is attracted away from his/her departmental base by the excitementof team research, by available equipment, or by relatively generous financial support, while the thesis advisorremains firmly in the home department. The student sees less and less of his/her thesis advisor and thestudent’s research drifts away from the planned area. We have found it necessary to

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Wayne E. Wells

access to nearly allmarkets and environmental compliance requirements are spreading beyond the U.S. and Europe to more andmore countries. Firms can no longer take years to develop and perfect products. They must master thetechnology quickly and at little or no compliance risk. Engineering cost analysis methods, faced with these changes in the business climate, have only recentlybegun to change. In fact, the poor state of engineering cost analysis methods maybe due at least in part, to thedisdain with which the subject is held by engineering scientists and researchers. There is a serious need to applythe methods of engineering science to the problems of product and process planning and cost analysis to helpreach this global optimality

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Luis G. Occeña

Page 1.329.3the courses affected by this project over five years. These students include IE majors for whom these coursesare required, and students from other disciplines (Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Education) whoregularly take these courses as technical electives. In the summer, the plan is for the laboratory to be used to sponsor workshops for junior high and highschool students and teachers as part of the nation-wide effort in nurturing interest in science and engineeringamong America's youth.2 With the already strong presence in the IE Department at MU of minority andwomen engineering students, another plan is to also conduct workshops specifically for women and minorities tohelp increase their representation in science

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Merl Baker

forreengineering Ph.D. curricula an increased number of graduates from engineering-management Ph.D. programs shouldbe produced since they are expected to be highly welcomed by employers in the new environment described byArmstrong and Griffiths. However, reengineering to achieve adequately the objectives of Armstrong, Griffiths, Bloustein, and others isnot simply providing a limited focus on engineering management Ph.D.s only, but more broadly a redirection andrestructuring of the macro process for all technical/scientific curricuki/programs to provide options and diversity.Flexibility for all Ph.D programs, even beyond science and engineering, can enable the selective inclusion of a diversityof courses, and if strategically planned substitutions

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Steven Beyerlein; John Law; Donald M. Blacketter; Herbert Hess

-part model for distance education: course planning, classroom delivery, course evaluation,and revision. Two video courses, one in Mechanical Engineering and the other inElectrical Engineering, serve as examples.Course Planning In designing a distance education course, the fundamental steps are to determinethe need, analyze the audience, and establish instructional goals.[6-11] The overall needfor engineering instruction in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering to serve the industryin the Boise area was well-established in reports to the State Board of Education and infeedback from college advisory board members.[4,7] Since 1965, Boise State Universityhad offered the first two years in the engineering curriculum. Because of work

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Dale E. Palmgren; Bradley B. Rogers

analytical study and the literature reviews, andReynolds number, so that the drag crises is presents a plan for manufacturing andobserved. The pressure distribution is measured at instrumenting the wind tunnel model, a test plan 15° intervals around the circumference of the for carrying out the necessary experiments, and acylinder, and the drag and drag coeillcient are schedule for the project completion. The finalcomputed, and compared to published data. While report is due near the end of the semester, andthis flow field is physically complicated, involving consists of a standard formal laboratory reportphenomena such as boundary layer transition and

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III, John J. Bausch; Fredric M. Gold

, computer aided design and more may be used as part of fixture design. Other main areas offixturing include: flexible tooling, non-permanent general purpose jigs and fixtures, modular fixturing systems (erector sets), fixturing which is suitable for a number of part families and a number of production = Page 1.416.5------ $iii& } 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘..,Hl~c/? .operations, reconfigurable fixturing, automated fixturing design (reconfiguration planning), layout planning,set-up planning, assembly planning and complete

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George Meyer; James K. Randall; Charles T. Morrow

- test paradigm. This activity also calls for student-instructor interaction. Overall, teachingactivity is quite complex, involving planning, writing, delivery, interaction, and evaluation. In the lastdecade, attempts have been made to make significant changes in the way that engineering is taught -primarily through the use of computer-aided instruction (CAI) and, more recently, interactive multimedia(IMM). These have occurred because of vast improvement in human-computer interfaces from improvedgraphics and availability of digital image processing.1 Multimedia has been referred to as a marriagebetween the computer and television.2, 3 Actually, the elements of a multimedia system include: text, stilland animated graphics, audio, and still and

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John T. Berry; Gregory L. Ferguson

philosophy has each team represent competingcompanies who were contracted to produce a working prototype. The company with the “best” prototype winsthe follow-on, large scale production contract. To win, a manufacturing plan and economic analysis were doneto determine if the mass production was feasible and profitable for the company. Because of the distant location from The University, this course is only offered during a summer session.The primary thrust of this course is to form multi-disciplined teams to develop a design concept, perform thedetailed design analysis, and produce the prototype of the complex product. As part of the effort the studentslearn and practice: effective work delegation, material specification, design skills--both

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Jerry W. Samples; C. Conley; Thomas Lenox

, presentation, self-critique,learning models, and different forms of teaching. Additional topics in the areas of teacher-student relations,ethics, tenure/promotion and time management are also addressed. Participants will prepare and present classes,be critiqued, and critique others. They are also expected to interact with faculty at their home institution toimprove the teaching of others. The short course has at its roots a teacher training program that has been ongoing at West Point since the1940’s. The paper will briefly discuss this highly successful program and its relation to the planned short course.In addition to the authors, the latter two who have for many years run the aforementioned teacher trainingprogram, other West Point faculty

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Kurt J. Colella; Vincent Wilczynski

development experienced beyond the confines of the curriculum.Skills such as planning, applying technology, evaluating, and accepting professional responsibility - skillswelcomed by employers - have been presented using the open forum of a pontfolio. Observations based on experiences with individual portfolios in engineering education have relevance 1when applied to the institutional design portfolio model. For example, Bramhall points out that though anoriginal goal of using portfolios was to document development, the portfolios often concentrated onachievement and potential. Such concentrations detracted from the portfolio’s ability to develop theindividuals

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R. H. Parsons; S.J. Steiner; K C Dee; G. Judd

Session 2655 Developing Graduate Training Programs R. H. Parsons, J. Steigler, K C Dee, G. Judd Graduate School/Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. IntroductionTraining Teaching Assistants (TAs) how to teach is a process that should continue throughout a student’stenure as a graduate student. In planning training programs the needs of the undergraduates as well the needsof the graduate students should be considered. The organizational framework, however, is just as important.Who will initiate programs, who will

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William T. Brazelton

Session 2470 A Quarter Century of Women and Minorities in Engineering at Northwestern University William T. Brazelton McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University This presentation is not that of a planned research study, but rather is a review of over twenty-fiveyears of experience with women and minority students in engineering at Northwestern University offeredin an anecdotal mode. This is admittedly a focused view and not necessarily one representative ofcircumstances in other institutions, but it has provided an opportunity

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Craig Gunn

Session 2653 Addressing the Freshmen Need for an Engineering Experience Craig James Gunn Department of Mechanical EngineeringAbstract A plan was inaugurated three years ago to give incoming freshmen a chance to view the engineeringprogram at Michigan State University well before their junior year. The course was taken because whenstudents find a connection with their major early in their college careers, they stand a much better chance ofactually graduating in that major. The Residential Option for Science and Engineering Students (ROSES

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Barbara Blake Bath

program. We started the program in the first year with eight faculty members from the areas represented:mathematics, physics, chemistry, humanities, EPICS, economics, and geology. During the first year wemet weekly and planned the program. We also enrolled in each others classes. My class assignmentswere EPICS and Physics I. We kept journals and wrote about our impressions of the classes in whichwe were enrolled. The second year we implemented the program with a class of forty-nine, The thirdyear we limited the ciass to thirty-five. The students were chosen to be in the middle of the classacademically. We wanted to test the program on average Colorado School of Mines students. Theprofessors were chosen for their reputations as teachers and

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Paulo S. F. Barbosa; Enno 'Ed' Koehn; J. G. P. Andrade; E. Luvizzoto Jr.

engineers and, hopefblly,environmentalists have learned significant lessons. Of course, the interactions between man-technology-environment should be regarded in all respective measures and activities. More than in other fields ofengineering, responsibility for the natural environment will be ranked highly during professional education The need for the use and analysis of hydrologic data, as well as the need for assessment of the chemistryof waters and of hydro-biological processes makes it clear that scientific foundations related to various naturalsciences are an indispensable component of a fhture-oriented engineering education. Whatever their actual fieldof activity, hydraulic engineers may work at initial planning, feasibility studies

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Paul S. Chinowsky; Jorge A. Vanegas

-basedprograms. The original emphasis of construction education has been on planning, scheduling and estimating.Construction Management education emphasizes the qualitative and administrative aspects of constructionsuch as law, resource management, and finance. Construction Engineering education emphasizes thequantitative aspects of construction including materials, equipment, and operations. In the latter, the recenttrend has been towards an increased use of simulation and modelling, and the use of computer technologiesand future automation capabilities on the construction site. This has created a gradual move of constructioneducation toward the experimental and theoretical side of construction, but unfortunately, away from theapplied aspects of