Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design Projects

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yanfei Liu, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne (Eng); Jiaxin Zhao, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

of the students to communicate effectively.There are also other assessment activities related to the capstone senior design project.Throughout the first semester, the project advisor(s) assess the problem statement, the generatedconceptual designs, the evaluation of the conceptual designs, and the detailed final design. Theassessment is based on the written reports provided by the team. Throughout the secondsemester, the project advisor(s) assess the measured parameters statement, building prototype,testing and evaluation, and the final design report. The measured parameters statement and thefinal design report are assessed based on the written reports provided by the team. The buildingprototype, testing and evaluation are assessed through

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

HuiRu Shih, Jackson State University; Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; Wilbur L Walters, Jackson State University; Stevenson Paradeshi, Jackson State University

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Engineering Technology

under the grant EEC-0634279 (programmanager Dr. Mary Poats). Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendationsexpressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of theNational Science Foundation.References1. Gabbert, U. and Tzou, H. S. (2001). Smart Structures and Structronic System, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, London.2. Song, G., Qiao, P. Z., Binienda, W. K. and Zou, G. P. (2002). “Active Vibration Damping of Composite Beam using Smart Sensors and Actuators.” Journal of Aerospace Engineering, July 2002, 97-103. Page 13.1086.123. Inman, D. J. (1994

Conference Session

Materials In Design And Manufacturing

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krishna Bhavaraju, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Pavel Ikonomov, Western Michigan University; Suren Dwivedi, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Alamgir Choudhury, Western Michigan University

K R F S L M5 SS L M3 M1 M4 M2 M4 M5 M2 M3 M1 Moments and their resultant direction Figure 1 Physics of OT3. MethodologyOnce theory is determined

Conference Session

Distinguished Lecture: Indo/Us Collaboration

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Krishna Vedula, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Hans Hoyer, American Society for Engineering Education

education (details of diploma are not yet decided).10. COMMITMENTS FROM PARTICIPANTSParticipating faculty are expected to prepare for the workshops before hand using materials to be provided. All participatingfaculty will be expected to complete projects based on the workshop/s attended and assess outcomes in the relevantcourses they teach during the following semester. Participants selected to be Trainers will be expected to offer at least oneworkshop in their own region (in the following Fall semester or Spring semester). All participants will be expected to conductone workshop in their region for attracting high quality students to enter the teaching profession. A report on the outcomes ofthese workshops will be expected by IUCEE, in

Conference Session

Mechanics and the Internet

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Siamak Faridani, University of Oklahoma; Kurt Gramoll, University of Oklahoma

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Mechanics

AC 2008-2116: ONLINE INTERACTIVE MEMS EXPERIMENTS ANDWEB-BASED CURRICULUMSiamak Faridani, University of Oklahoma S. Faridani is a PhD student at the University of Oklahoma.Kurt Gramoll, University of Oklahoma K. Gramoll is the Hughes Centennial Professor of Engineering and Director of the Engineering Media Lab at the University of Oklahoma. Dr. Gramoll received his B.S. degree in Civil Engineering and M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering, both from the University of Utah and received his Ph.D. in Engineering Science and Mechanics from Virginia Tech. He has developed and published several CDs and web-based sites for engineering education

Conference Session

Issues of Cooperative Education I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe Raelin, Northeastern University; Jerry Hamann, University of Wyoming; David Whitman, University of Wyoming; Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

Page 13.1220.2academic learning. These programs comprise co-op jobs, internships, apprenticeships, and othermethods that integrate experience in the world with experience in the classroom. Theseapproaches are becoming increasingly relevant in a work culture characterized by the need tocontinuously reflect and learn from ongoing experience.2 A 1998 census of cooperativeeducation found that approximately 250,000 U.S. students were placed in cooperative educationjobs that year.3 In 2006, the career publisher Vault.com. reported in its third Internship Surveythat some 62% of undergraduate students completed an internship that year.4In terms of outcome studies from co-op, the majority of research was conducted in the 1970’sand 1980’s due to the

Conference Session

Focus on Faculty

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ane Johnson, Virginia Tech; Margaret Layne, Virginia Tech; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech

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Women in Engineering

., Rosser, S.,Shalala, D. & Sheridan, J. (2005 August). More women in science. Science Magazine 309. 1190-1191.Trower, C. & Chait, R. (2002 April). Faculty diversity: Too little for too long. Harvard Magazine.Stewart, A. Malley, J. & LaVaque-Manty, D. (2007). Transforming Science and Engineering: Advancing AcademicWomen. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.7 Etzkowitz, et. al. (1994)Gibson, S. (2004). Being mentored: The experience of women faculty. Journal of Career Development 30(3). 173-188.Stewart, A. Malley, J. & LaVaque-Manty, D. (2007). Transforming Science and Engineering: Advancing AcademicWomen. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.Yedida, M. & Bickel, J. (2001). Why aren’t there more women leaders in

Conference Session

Computational Tools and Simulation II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Trent McDonald, West Inc.; David Mukai, University of Wyoming

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Computers in Education

meanthat students are better equipped to solve statistical problems later in their careers.The benefits of NPCI are being investigated and results are presented elsewhere.This paper focuses on the concepts, methods, and applications of NPCI statistics.NPCI Concepts Page 14.912.2The theory behind many NPCI methods is not new. Many of the basic conceptshave been in the statistics literature since the 1940’s. However, NPCI methodsdid not see widespread application until the early 1980’s because the necessarycomputing power was not available. With the advent of cheap and easy-to-usecomputers, computer intensive methods for realistic data sets became possible.The

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University; Kyle Hoermann, Texas A&M University

, individualize studentmodel, tutor module, and post-test module.Pretest and question module. The system offers a dynamic pre-test that can classify learnersaccording to their level of knowledge, such as beginner, intermediate, or advanced.Student model. The system includes an Error Patterns database that records patterns of errors inrung programming. If a learner attempts to run a program that contains an error, the system willuse built-in heuristic functions to identify the error pattern in the database that most closelymatches the learner’s error. Once the most similar error pattern has been identified, themisunderstood concept(s) will be displayed for the learner to see

Conference Session

Distance and Web-Based Learning in ET: Remote and Virtual Laboratories

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ranjeet Agarwala, East Carolina University; Andrew Jackson, East Carolina University; Jackson Sherion, East Carolina University

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Engineering Technology

Distribution & Logistics Manufacturing Systems Mechanical Technology Architectural Technology College of Technology and Computer Science 1st P Technology programs to match a student’s skills and ambition r o f Doctor of Technology Systems (DTS) e (Proposed Fall ‘08) s s Operational Systems Information & o Computer Technology n a l M.S. D

Conference Session

Issues of Persistence in Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Ohland, Purdue University; Michelle Camacho, University of San Diego; Richard Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Russell Long, Purdue University; Susan Lord, University of San Diego; Mara Wasburn, Purdue University

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Women in Engineering

research using Multi-Institution Database for InvestigatingEngineering Longitudinal Development (MIDFIELD). MIDFIELD is a rich longitudinaldatabase with student-level records for all undergraduate students at nine southeastern publicuniversities from 1987-2005. The MIDFIELD database contains records for 857,001 uniquestudents of whom 462,443 received at least one bachelor’s degree, 135,860 who were at somepoint enrolled in engineering with 71,277 receiving a bachelor’s degree in engineering. First-time-in-college students who are U. S. citizens or permanent residents make up approximatelyhalf of this population and are the focus of this study.While many types of institution are not represented in the dataset, MIDFIELD includes datafrom multiple

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics: An Interdisciplinary Endeavor

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Gehringer, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

protect an account with a strong password if the answersneeded to reset the password are just a few clicks away. That was the case with Yahoo accounts[23, 24]. A user trying to recover a forgotten password is asked to enter his/her e-mail address. Page 14.954.4Then (s)he is given the option of e-mailing a new password to an alternate e-mail address, orimmediately resetting the password through a form on the current Web page. If the user choosesProceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition 3Copyright 1 2009, American Society for Engineering Educationan immediate reset, the site prompts

Conference Session

Using Information Technology to Create New Information Resources

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haymwantee Singh, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Richard Sweeney, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

a librarian is asked a question, s/he may nothave to answer the same or similar question in the future. Imagine that students can askquestions online and are able to receive their professor’s answers even while that professor is offdoing his or her research, on sabbatical, or just on down time. A natural language knowledgemanagement system could be the solution. An integral component of knowledge managementsystems, a knowledge base, is used to optimize information collection, organization, and retrievalfor an organization, or for the general public [1]. Functions of a natural language knowledge basemake it possible to answer specific questions that are likely to be asked repeatedly by other usersbut perhaps in a slightly different manner

Conference Session

Innovative Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fred Bonner, Texas A&M University; Felecia Nave, Prairie View A&M University; Sherri Frizell, Prairie View A&M University; Carmen Villa, Texas A&M University; Helene Cook, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

. Hwan, Y. S., Echols, C, Wood, R. Vrongistinos, K. (2001, April). African American college student’s motivation in education. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Assoication. Seattle, Washington.9. Deci, E.L. & Ryan, R.M. (1985). Intrinsic motivation and self- determination in human behavior. New York:Plenum.10. Dweck, C.S. (2006). Is math a gift? Beliefs that put females at risk. In S. J. Ceci & W. Williams (Eds.), Are sex differences in cognition responsible for the underrepresentation of women in scientific careers? (pp. 47-55). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.11. Vansteenkiste, M., Lens, W., & Deci, e. (2006). Intrinsic verus extrinsic goal

Conference Session

Liberal Education and Leadership

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Val Hawks, Brigham Young University; John Harb, Brigham Young University; Alan Parkinson, Brigham Young University; Spencer Magleby, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

engineering curricula to meet the needs of a modern industrial society. Also, arecurring theme from American business and industry is that leadership must emerge at all levelsif we are to maintain our competitive edge. Because of the changing nature of modernengineering, young technical or staff engineers must grow into leadership roles faster than theirpredecessors.”2 In general the current engineering education system has been primarilyconcerned with the development of technical expertise and has not taught or promoted leadershipeducation and development in a systematic way. Since the 1990’s industry has, beenencouraging educational institutions to spend more effort on the development of communication

Conference Session

First-Year Advising and Transition

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles McDowell, University of California, Santa Cruz; Adrienne Harrell, University of California, Santa Cruz

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First-Year Programs

Cohoon and William Aspray. 2006. p. 205-238.3. DEEP: Developing Effective Engineering Pathways. NSF grant DUE-0336517.4. Eggleston, L. E. and Laanan, F. S., Making the Transition to the Senior Institution. In Transfer students: Trends and issues. New Directions for Community Colleges, edited by F. S. Laanan. 2001. p, 87-97. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.5. Glass, J. C. and Harrington, A. R. Academic performance of community college transfer student and "native" students at a large state university. 2002. Journal of Research and Practice, 26, p. 415-430.6. Hills, J. Transfer shock: The academic performance of the transfer student. The Journal of Experimental Education , 33(3), (Spring, 1965). (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED

Conference Session

DELOS Best Paper Nominations

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Rogers, United States Military Academy; Robert Rabb, United States Military Academy; Christopher Korpela, United States Military Academy; Ryan Ebel, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2009-1473: LEARNING MECHATRONICS THROUGH GRADUATEDEXPERIMENTATIONJohn Rogers, United States Military Academy John Rogers received the B. S. degree in aerospace and ocean engineering from Virginia Tech in 1986, and the M.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Montana State University in 1993, and his Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2003. Dr. Rogers is an Assistant Professor at the United States Military Academy. His research interests are design of mechatronic and robotic systems, and modeling of dynamic systems. Dr. Rogers is a registered professional engineer.Robert Rabb, United States Military AcademyChristopher Korpela, United States Military

Conference Session

BME Laboratory Courses and Experiences

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa Micou, University of California, San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

theirgraduate student or post-doctoral mentor than with their faculty mentors, although satisfactionwith both was generally high (Table 2). Participants felt like a welcome member of the universityand the department, the program left them with a positive impression of research, and they allwould recommend the program to a friend (Table 2). Participant Survey Results Ave ± SD My grad student and/or post-doc mentor(s)... was available to assist me 4.7 ± 0.7 had a positive impact on my experience 4.7 ± 0.7 My faculty mentor... Was available to assist me 4.0 ± 1.4

Conference Session

Implementation of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge and Recent ABET Experiences

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Welker, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

the choice of assignment(s) with the assessment chair by the second week of the semester to ensure that the proper student work is being assessed. The instructor will be provided with the required rubric from the assessment chair.  The rubric will be applied to all of the collected student work for the identified assignment.  For archival purposes, the instructor places examples of each of the categories in the outcome binder. Note that an instructor may not have any examples for a given category if they did not rate any of the student work as being of that quality.  Complete a summary sheet (a template is provided by the assessment chair) describing the assignments evaluated with the rubrics

Conference Session

Modeling Student Data

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Junqiu Wang, Purdue University; P.K. Imbrie, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

TEPEER. The team effectiveness from the one general team effectiveness in the peerevaluation instrument is designated as TECT. The detailed list of the items is shown in Table 2.Constructs are labeled I, G and P, representing interdependency, goal setting and potency, shownas the last letter of “Item ID” in Table 2.Table 2: Peer evaluation items for measuring how a student evaluating their peers.9-items within TEPEER: Item ID Item Description CI021I Collaborates well with my team on all in-class and out of the class assignments. CI022I Contributes to my team's effectiveness by having a clearly defined role(s). CI023I Is a reliable team member. CI024G Often helps my team think of what we were/were not achieving

Conference Session

Engineering Collaboration: Faculty and Student Involvement in K-12 Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Maloney, California Institute of Technology; Tara Gomez, California Institute of Technology; Jennifer Franck, California Institute of Technology; Pamela Aschbacher, California Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

1 30 School S c Middle School Life Science (7th) 1 1 1 36 School D Computer High School Programming (12th) 1 1 1 20 School M d Elementary School General Science (3rd) 4 4 4 92 School P Science Elementary School (Kindergarten) 1 1 1 20 School L High School Physics

Conference Session

Solar, Wind, and Novel Energy-System Initiatives

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Recayi 'Reg' Pecen; Jill Humston, University of Northern Iowa

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

students.IntroductionAccording to the National Science Board (NSB)’s Science and Engineering Indicators 2004,enrollment in undergraduate engineering and science programs in the United States has been indecline since the 1980s1. Clearly, there is a continued need for increased enrollment andretention in science and engineering. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics(STEM) have become increasingly central to our economic competitiveness and growth. Long–term strategies to maintain and increase living standards and promote opportunity will requireunprecedented coordinated efforts among public, private, and non-profit entities to promoteinnovation and to prepare an adequate supply of qualified STEM workers2.The MSETI - AREA project utilizes an undergraduate

Conference Session

New Research and Trends Related to Minorities in Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terrell Strayhorn, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

outcomes.Bibliography1. Commission on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in Science, Engineering, and Technology Development. (2000). Land of plenty: Diversity as America’s competitive edge in science, engineering, and technology. Arlington, VA: National Science Foundation.2. U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy National Science and Technology Council. (2000). Ensuring a strong U.S. scientific, technical, and engineering workforce in the 21 st century. Washington, DC.3. Chubin, D. E., & Malcom, S. M. (2008, October 6). Making a case for diversity in STEM fields [Electronic Version]. Inside Higher Ed, from http://insidehighered.com/views/2008/10/06/chubin4. Antonio, A. L., Chang, M. J., Hakuta, K., Kenny, D. A., Levin, S

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Alan K. Karplus

next series of composite beams isdesigned and hypotheses are made for where the failure will occur.Results Review:Table 1- Sample Data at 0.01 inches per second Loading Rate: Pounds at Failure LoadSeries I II III Iv VII S-2Layers :1 10.1 ----- 1.7 ---- 29.5 19.5 2 18.2 37,4 2.0 6.6 44.2 58.5 3 29.3 78.8 4.5 14.0 27.1 108.9 4 35.4 90.9 4.6 21.3 28.3 197.6Series I is craft sticks without

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie Sandberg; Christine L. Collier; Chell Roberts; Lawrence Genalo

appropriate format. These graphics were used in conjunction with the text to create both an informative and attractive page. This project moved much more swiftly than was originally anticipated, so the decision was made to create another similar page on computer-generated special effects. The same procedure as for the first page was repeated to create this page. The PWSE homepage (figure 1) can be found at: http: //www.public.iastate. edu/-pwse_info/homepage. htnd . Airplane for Kia!s is an informative page instructing on how an airplane flies (figure 2), the parts of an airplane, the history of an airplane, pictures (figure 3), and a section on omithopters. Most of the

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

William J. Hutzel; John R. Koontz

effofi an existing HVAC course has been re-structured to focus on the unique technicalrequirements of these closely related careers. This cooperation takes advantage of the individual strengths ofthe BC and MET Departments and is provided as a working model for other institutions that may want toestablish similar programs.INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION The demand for new buildings, both commercial and residential, was vigorous during the 1980’s andremains strong today. This high level of construction activity has created a strong demand for qualifiedMechanical Contractors who specify and install plumbing, electrical, and climate control equipment for indoorspaces. Once construction is complete, Maintenance Engineers operate and service

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Maria Gini

Session 1626 Learning Computer Science Through Robotics Maria Gini University of M i n n e s o t a The main purpose of this paper is to describe how we are integrating in our undergraduate curriculuma variety of projects in robotics and describe, in particular, an undergraduate project that culminatedat the robot competition at the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence in August 1995.This is part of a large effort aimed at exposing undergraduate students to a variety of projects in robotics,computer vision, and 3D modeling. We have

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhongming Liang

robot. Ray Asfahl discussed the gripping force sensing, the keyboard control, and 1 2 3>4program control of the robot. ’ ’ From an educational point of view, the robot system also demonstrates thedisadvantage of the open-loop control and the necessity of an established hard home, in comparison with otherrobot systems in the lab. Page 1.322.1 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings .,.7, s.’. Returning the robot to the home position and closing the gripper. It can seen that the program is rather compact due to well-ordered positions

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerzy Woznicki; Andrzej Krasniewski; Eugeniusz Toczylowski

manufacturingand service sectors of the economy, start to move from “mass production” to “mass customization ?, [21]new ideas are required which make it possible to customize the studies, i.e. “to deliver education as it i;needed by the individual”. In recent years, a number of new ideas have been presented on how to modernize engineering studiesto meet the new challenges facing higher education [11, 20, 16,6,9, 10,7,24,3, 14]. A significant efforthas been taken by many academic institutions all around the world to implement these ideas and adjustengineering curricula to the needs of the rapidly changing society [7, 8, 18,4, 5]0 A s most discussions onrestructuring engineering studies indicate, flexibility and adaptability of the system of study are

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Landon C. Onyebueke; Chinyere Onwubiko

. 15-18.1995.10. Southwest Research Institute. “NESSUS/FPI Theoretical Manual, NASA Contract NAS3-24389”. December 1989.11. Shah A.R. et al, “Probabilistic Evaluation of Uncertainties and Risks in Aerospace Components”. NASA Technical Memorandum 105603, March 1992.12. Ang A. H-S and Tang W.H. Probability Concepts in Engineering Panning and Design; vol. 2 decision, risk, and reliability; Published by the authors, 1990.13. Higgs III, C.F. “Using Probabilistic Design Methodology in the Design of a Helical Spring”. Senior year design project, 1995, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tennessee State Universi@.14. Ogbonna D.C. “Design of a High Performance Spur Gear Using Probabilistic Design Methodology”. Senior year design