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Gerald Heydt; George Karady; Daniel Tylavsky; Keith Holbert

Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationSurveys of students are used for assessment purposes. A secure website developed by theArizona State University College of Engineering and Applied Sciences as part of the ABETEC2000 efforts is being used for this purpose (see Fig. 1). The website allows the instructor tocraft various forms of questions (single and multiple button, and text response) which can beaccessed by the students using an identification number and password. The website has theability to automatically send an e-mail notification to the students reminding them to completethe survey(s). Instructors can download the anonymous assessment data to analyze. Figure 1. Student survey of fuzzy logic module for web

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Geraldine Milano; Gene Golub

Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering EducationVisuals also include brightly colored graphics to enhance the visualization of vector componentsof two-dimensional vectors. Normal and tangential vector components that are color coordinatedcan help the learning experience of determining the resultant of several vectors. Qx Qy Sy S

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Shannoninformation theory model as depicted by Vardaman and Halterman(6). Figure I shows the keyelements of an effective communication system vis-à-vis: a common field of experience orconvergent fields of experience of the communicators (A), initiation of communication thatinvolves thinking out of the idea(s) or core purpose of communication (B), encoding andpackaging of thought out idea(s) for meaningfulness, understanding and ease of delivery (C), thesignal (D), decoding or analysis and interpretation of the signal (E), and reception, understandingand implementation of the idea(s) and goal(s) embodied in the message. Invariably, acommunication system is as good as its weakest link. Hence, for meaningfulness, understandingand usage of information, the

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emphasizethe functional aspects of assembly language programming. In part because they do not emphasizecomputer architecture, the courses do not discuss techniques for analyzing the performance ofprograms, nor do they describe methods for optimizing the size or power consumption of pro-grams.Computer architecture courses have evolved quite a lot since the 1970’s. Early computer architec-ture courses spent a great deal of time on advanced logic design. Since the advent of RISC archi-tectures and the introduction of the Hennessy/Patterson book, these courses have moved awayfrom logic gates and have concentrated on the CPU pipeline and the memory system. Thesecourses build upon students’ familiarity with instruction sets to consider the CPU microarchitec

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learners tothink more deeply about the components (e.g. converters and motors), circuits(controllers) and systems which they will design and specify.II - NEEDED CONTROLSIn the case of classroom presentation and demonstration software the controls areinstituted by the instructors and demonstrators usually in an ad-hoc fashion. However,when packages such as OATS [9] and our CD-ROM are produced, arrangements need tobe made to guide the learner(s), and to provide scaffolding, to provide for self-tests andto record and exhibit progress clearly so that the learner(s) can make wise choices of howmuch time and effort need to be spent to achieve their goals. In OATS we did this usingthe QUEST+(tm) authoring language as a scaffolding shell, but that

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Richard A. Kolk; Claudio Campana; Jun Kondo; Devdas Shetty

, hysteresis (on/off), decoupling, linearizing, Fuzzy, Fuzzy + NN)3. Micro-electromechanical Systems4. Advanced sensors5. Using wide area and local area networks (WAN, LAN) including Ethernet6. Elements of enterprise systems: client server architecture, remote connectivity, remote upgradeable s/w, applications (machine health and monitoring, energy management, electronic service,…).3. LANGUAGE-NEUTRAL TEACHING APPROACHHistorically, mechanical engineering has focused on machine improvement throughmechanical design. Ease of assembly and service, weight, efficiency, and reliability areall metrics considered in the design but the majority of design solutions are deployed inthe mechanical design itself and do not involve cross-discipline (software

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Berrisford Boothe; Todd Watkins; John Ochs

P R E --C COLLEGE OUTREACH F R E S H M A N D E S IIG G N P R O JJE ECTS D E SIG N A R T S E N G IIN N E E R IIN NG B U S IIN NESS S E Q U E N C IIE ES SE Q U EN C ES SEQ U ENC ES C

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Valerie Taylor; Sumalatha Adabala; Jose Miguel-Alonso; Jose Fortes; Rudolf Eigenmann; Renato Figueiredo; Nirav Kapadia; Luis Vidal; Jan-Jo Chen

of NETCARE, and presents a summary of the expe-riences obtained from its application to architecture education. The use of the infrastructurein the universities participating in the consortium has shown that it is able to reduce theoverheads in hardware, software and documentation management, facilitating the integrationof tools into existing computer architecture courses.References 1 Adabala, S., Kapadia, N. H., and Fortes, J. A. B. Performance and interoperability issues in incorporating cluster management systems within a wide-area network-computing en- vironment. In SC-2000: High Performance Networking and Computing, November 2000. 2 Bayucan, A., Henderson, R.L., Lesiak, C., Mann, B., Proett, T., and Twenten, D. Portable Batch

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in the 1940’s is a goodexample of the drudgery and tediousness of extended pre-computer calculations. The digitalcomputer fundamentally altered the use of “manual” calculations and replaced it with machine-based computations. Initial efforts were hard-wired (literally) with patch boards, but by the early1950’s higher-level programming languages evolved. For engineering computations,FORTRAN became the dominant programming language. However, as these advances weretaking place, both the engineering workplace and engineering education struggled to effectivelyutilize the promise of the “computer” and to define the relationship between the computer andengineering. Indeed, one could argue that these struggles are ongoing.The situation is much

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Tycho Fredericks; Jorge Rodriguez

Agreeergonomics and safety (E&S) would be beneficial to your workplace.Education in E&S applications would help you in your workplace. 5.08 AgreeDefinition of Courses. The industry survey had a third section devoted to determining theeducational components (learning objectives) that should be included in the curriculum. Todetermine the educational components, a list of ergonomics and safety learning objectives werepresented to the participants who were asked to identify important topics from a list and ranktheir order of importance. Descriptive statistics of this analysis can be seen in Table 2. A higher Page 6.376.3mean

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Vince Prantil; Joseph Musto; William Howard

other mechanics courses(energy methods, stress concentrations, failure criteria, torsion of non-circular shafts, etc.) can beincorporated into this course where appropriate. The authors discuss plans for the integration ofthe course into the required mechanics course sequence, as well as opportunities for inclusion offinite element analysis in subsequent courses.I. IntroductionFinite element analysis (FEA) gained widespread use in specific industries, most notably theaerospace industry, in the 1960’s and 70’s. A mainframe computer was required to run theprograms, so the use of FEA was generally restricted to larger companies. The role of the stressanalyst was fairly specialized. Finite element models typically required days or weeks to

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Lars Cederqvist; Jed Lyons

Session 1566 Full-Body Contact Statics and Other Freshman Engineering Experiences Jed S. Lyons, Lars Cederqvist University of South CarolinaAbstractHundreds of papers presented at ASEE meetings have described introduction to engineeringcourses and projects. This paper provides actual instructional materials for three inexpensiveactive-learning activities that can be performed by first-semester freshmen to introduce them toengineering and motivate them to learn a suite of computer applications. Two of them are in

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student the opportunity for self-assessment. Perhaps the student shouldbe encouraged to “reflect back” after only a few challenges are completed, especially insituations involving large numbers of challenges.Leaving Legacies: The student is asked to provide solutions and insights for learning to nextcohort of students as well as to the instructor(s). One technique that students can use is to createtheir own ScreenCam materials.The interactive, web-based instructional approach2 (http://imej.wfu.edu) being integrated into theLegacy learning cycle is based on the use of Lotus ScreenCam tutorials and interactive exercises,games, and quizzes. Lotus ScreenCam allows for the creation of files containing a recording ofwhat is on the computer screen

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Stanley Pisarski; Beverly Hunter; Kathy Bearden

Project Proposal student work Fall 1997, team of 3 15. MET 1199 Senior Project student work Spring 1998, team of 3 16. Pisarski, S., “EET Senior Project Proposal Guidelines,” EET 1195 Course Syllabus, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, 1999. 17. Pisarski, S., “EET Senior Project Guidelines,” EET 1199 Course Syllabus, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, 2001. 18. Hunter, B., “CET Senior Project Proposal Guidelines,” CET 1195 Course Syllabus, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, 2001. 19. Hunter, B., “CET Senior Project Guidelines,” CET 1199 Course Syllabus, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, 2001. 20. Klavuhn, J., “MET Senior Project Proposal Guidelines,” MET 1195 Course Syllabus

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specific data input of a flip-flop if it is necessary to apply a logical 0 to that input to see the flip-flop go through this transition.For example, to see an RS flip-flop go through α transition, 0 to 1, it is necessary to applya logical 1 to the S input and a logical 0 to the R input. Therefore, the α transition isconsidered an essential transition for the S input and a zero transition for the R input.The excitation equation of a data input of a flip-flop consists of two parts separated by a“+” sign. The first part represents a list of the essential transitions of this input. Thesecond part starts with “D.C.”, an abbreviation of “don’t care”, followed by a list of thedon’t care transitions of this input included between brackets. The

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Cameron Wright; Michael Morrow; Thad Welch

Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright c 2001, American Society for Engineering Education system x(t ) under y (t ) test 2-channel S x, y ( f ) simultaneously H( f ) Sx ( f ) sampling ADC Figure 1: Calculating the system transfer function H(f ) in real time.perform SI may appear in a variety of contexts, including signal processing, control systems,and communications. Indeed, students’ imaginations

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this effort has strengthened this writer’s conclusion thatthe civil engineering curriculum model of the 1950's which has been used with little changeother than that caused by the incorporation of the general education requirements, is notapplicable today. It must be changed to include transportation engineering as a significant partof the program. The second category of opposition includes those areas which have developed over theyears and which may be present at most institutions. First, the broadening of the field oftransportation engineering from highway engineering in the 1950's to the intelligenttransportation systems of today and the associated explosion of the body of knowledge in the

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Xudong Yu; William White; Scott Smith; Keqin Gu; Jerry Weinberg; Cem Karacal; George L. Engel

Session 2620 A Multidisciplinary Model for Using Robotics in Engineering Education Jerry B. Weinberg, George L. Engel, Keqin Gu, Cem S. Karacal, Scott R. Smith, William W. White, and Xudong W. Yu Southern Illinois University - EdwardsvilleAbstractThe use of robotics to provide hands-on instruction across the various disciplines of engineeringand computer science is no longer the prohibitively expensive proposition it once was. With theemergence of inexpensive robot kits that encompass a background in electrical engineering,mechanical engineering

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James Newell; Kevin Dahm

. Ramachandran, B. Sukumaran and R. Harvey, Multidisciplinary Design and Communication: A Pedagogical Vision. International Journal of Engineering Education, 15, 5 (1999).5. Bakos, J. D., "A Departmental Policy for Developing Communication Skills of Undergraduate Engineers," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 75, p. 101 (November 1986).6. Elbow, P., "Teaching Thinking by Teaching Writing," Phi Delta Kappan, p. 37, (1983).7. Newell, J. A., D. K. Ludlow, and S. P. K. Sternberg, "Progressive Development of Oral and Written Communication Skills across an Integrated Laboratory Sequence," Chemical Engineering Education, vol. 31(2), p. 116 (1997).8. "Engineering Criteria 2000: Criteria for Accrediting Programs in Engineering in the

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Steven Chapra; Gary Huvard; David E. Clough

Session 1520 A Change in Approach to Engineering Computing for Freshmen – Similar Directions at Three Dissimilar Institutions David E. Clough, Steven C. Chapra, and Gary S. Huvard University of Colorado / Tufts University / Virginia Commonwealth UniversityAbstractIntroductory computing courses for engineering students at Tufts University, the University ofColorado, and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) have undergone revision anddevelopment over the past year. Although the scope of these courses differs among the threeinstitutions, similar threadlines have emerged. These include emphases on engineering

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Thomas Stanford; Michael Aherne; Duane D. Dunlap; Mel Mendelson; Donald Keating

professionals,innovators, entrepreneurs and leaders in industry. In today’s global economy, engineeringinnovation is recognized as a continuous, systematic needs-driven process, which is highlydependent upon the provision for lifelong learning, growth, and development of the nation’sgraduate engineers and technologists in industry beyond their entry-level undergraduatebaccalaureate preparation. Because of profound changes in engineering practice for real-worldinnovation, a transformation is underway in the U.S. Science and Engineering (S&E) innovationsystem. A concurrent, nonlinear model of needs-driven systematic engineering innovation, whichis supported by directed scientific research, is replacing the sequential, linear research-drivenmodel of

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Warren Phillips; Joseph Clair Batty; John Gershenson; Christine Hailey

Page 6.25.4 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationreview the quantitative and qualitative objective evaluation data every six years and decide whattype of corrective actions may be needed. Corrective actions may take the form of any, or all, ofthe following: changes to objectives, changes to objective benchmark criteria, or changes toobjective evaluation methods.The department head then formally charges the corrective action committee with the appropriatetask(s) with the approval of the entire faculty. The corrective action committee then formulatesits response to the charge and presents its

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Eugene Boman; Patrick Kalgren; Aldo Morales

. Page 6.341.3 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationIII. Lab LayoutWe believe that the LAN lab should be segmented into two sections, one segment withthe video servers and powers users and the other with their own server (s) and typicalusers. The switch will connect to the video users; in this scenario each power user has itown unshared collisionless connection to the switch. This approach allows configuringeach port for duplex-operation, thereby doubling the available bandwidth to each user5,6.The segment with typical users will be connected though a 100 Base TX hub, thus theseusers will not be

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

AC 2001-244: The Development of a Combined Materials/Manufacturing ProcessesCourse at Texas A&M UniversityRichard Griffin, Texas A&M University at QatarTerry Creasy, Texas A&M University Page 6.990.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2001 Session 2464 The Development of a Combined Materials/Manufacturing Processes Course at Texas A&M University Richard B. Griffin, Terry S. Creasy Mechanical Engineering Texas A&

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Thaddeus Roppel; Victor Nelson

. University of Florida, Electronics Laboratory - EEL 4304L - Spring 2000,http://www.bosman.ece.ufl.edu/eel4304lsylS2000.html7. Colorado School of Mines, Division of Engineering, Multidisciplinary Engineering Laboratory, MEL-I, MEL-II,MEL-III, http://egweb.mines.edu/mel/8. T. Roppel, J. Y. Hung, S. W. Wentworth, and A. S. Hodel, " An Interdisciplinary Laboratory Sequence inElectrical and Computer Engineering: Curriculum Design and Assessment Results," IEEE Transactions onEducation, 43(2), 143–152, May 2000.9. T. Roppel and A. S. Hodel, "Assessment Results for a Recently Introduced Interdisciplinary Laboratory Sequencein Electrical Engineering," ASEE’99, Charlotte, NC, June 20-24, 1999.10. Hung, J., “An integrated junior-year laboratory based on an

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the arm in a “normal” relaxed position is 83mm Hg, the pressure with the arm extended upward 30 cm would be:  g  cm   760 mm Hg  P2 = 83 mm Hg − 1.056 3  980 2 (30 cm )  2   cm  s   1010000 g/cm s  P1 = 59.6 mm HgThe calculated value of pressure is compared with the measured value. There is a linear relationship between heart rate and O2 consumption, as both increase tomeet the body’s rising demand for oxygen during exercise [5, 8]. & =3 L

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Richard Gilbert; Kimberly Rogers; Joseph Hickey, University of South Florida; Andrew Hoff, University of South Florida; Eric Roe, Hillsborough Community College; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

AC 2001-459: High Technology Focused Curriculum Materials For High SchoolScience InstructionAndrew Hoff, University of South FloridaEric Roe, Hillsborough Community CollegeJoseph Hickey, University of South FloridaKimberly Rogers,Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community CollegeRichard Gilbert, Page 6.541.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2001 Session 2793 High Technology Focused Curriculum Materials for High School Science Instruction Andrew Hoff, Marilyn Barger, Richard Gilbert, Kimberly S. Rogers, Joseph

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Robert Gray; Robert Weissbach

Session 1347 Industrial Collaboration for an Interdisciplinary Elective in Applied System Design and Remote Diagnostics Robert Gray, Robert S. Weissbach The Pennsylvania State University at ErieAbstractElectrical and mechanical engineeringtechnology students at Penn State Erie, TheBehrend College are being provided theopportunity to make a connection betweentheory and real life practice. In this class, thestudents analyze a large system (a locomotive)and systematically break the large system downinto its respective subsystems. The integrationof these subsystems

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Robert Weis

Session 3486 Interdisciplinary Curriculum and Laboratory Development for Chemical Process Operator Technology Education Robert S. Weis Delaware Technical & Community CollegeAbstractDelaware’s chemical industries are critical to the state’s economic viability and requiretechnicians entering their workforces to have greater academic knowledge and laboratory-basedexperiences related to current and future job responsibilities. To meet this community needDelaware Tech has initiated a new Associate Degree in Chemical Process Operator Technology.Delaware’s