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learned.BackgroundAll Junior Architectural Engineering students take a pair of courses, Architectural EngineeringDesign I & II(ArchEng 390, 391) which are their introduction to the design of engineeringbuilding systems. As course prerequisites they have taken at least two Architectural designstudios. They have also had as pre- or co-requisites: introductions to structural engineering,HVAC fundamentals and electrical/lighting systems. Virtually all students are also experiencedEMail users and are accustomed to using personal computers for word processing and analysis intheir courses.Drexel has full ethernet/appletalk wiring of all buildings including most laboratories as well andall dormitories. In addition we have several multi-media rooms which are

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Ronald W. Smith; Robert Bowman; Carole M. Mablekos

must teach not only technical "facts" but a broader "system" understanding, which isessential to improved productivity and performance. Curriculum development activities thereforeneed to be structured around need for technicians to be educated in more depth and for engineersto be educated in more breadth. Workers at all levels need to develop analytical, problemsolving, and communication skills. The theoretical knowledge presented in engineering andtechnical curricula thus need to be continually re-aligned with real-life manufacturing activities.Also needed are industry-driven courses that include workplace skills enhancement, teamworktraining, concurrency, horizontal project management. Finally, as current master techniciansretire (an

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,demonstrate and teach the components of CIM which they have learned in class, to off-campus audience. This allows them to obtain a deeper understanding of the topics. It will also givethem the opportunity to play mentoring roles to the younger students. The CIM on WHEELS wasdisplayed at SME-AutoFACT ’96 Exhibition in Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan, November 12-14,1996.II. Introduction CIM on Wheels (CIMoW) provides a facility for capstone hands-on projects in the CIMand Robotics courses to enhance the standard of education at GMI and better prepare thegraduates for the highly technical, automated work environment of the future. It furnishes anarena for the integration of CIM fundamental principles and technology. "...workers must have

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Todd Mosher

Aerospace Institutehas been developing and offering courses for company personnel as well as the U.S. Air Force,The Aerospace Corporation’s principal customer.One dilemma The Aerospace Institute has faced is how the wealth of technical expertise that isthe corporation’s major asset can be translated into courses. Also as many of these courses havestarted into their second and third offerings, The Aerospace Institute has realized throughfirsthand experience that expertise in a subject, and even exceptional presentation skills, do notnecessarily result in the ability to effectively teach a subject.To address these issues a methodology that embodies an analogy between course design andsystem engineering has been created. This methodology’s heritage is

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Sub Ramakrishnan; Mohammad B. Dadfar

Laboratory" ASEE Computers in Education Journal, Vol. IV, Number 1, January-March 1991, pp. 1-5.[2] Comer, Douglas, "Computer Networks and Internet," Prentice-Hall, 1997.[3] Dadfar, Mohammad and Evans, Stephen, "An Instructional Token Ring Model on the Macintosh Computer," ASEE Computers in Education Journal, Vol. IV, Number 1, January-March 1991, pp. 28-32.[4] Halsall, Fred, "Data Communications, Computer Networks and Open Systems," (Fourth Edition), Addison- Wesley, 1996.[5] Hughes, Larry, "Low-Cost Networks and Gateways for Teaching Data Communications," ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Vol. 21, Number 1, February 1989, pp. 6-11.[6] Kamel, K. and Riehl, A., "An Instructional Model to Build a Computer Network by Adding

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Gerald R. Frederick; Benjamin Koo

laboratory equipment can result inshortened completion time and save financial resources required to create technologicalinnovations. However, the success of a university mission depends largely upon its facultyreward system. The multi-faceted duties of faculty need to be prioritized and rewarded accordingto contributions to the goals of the institution in this global environment for years to come.ENGINEERING SOCIETIES/INSTITUTES Engineering societies/institutes commonly promulgate standards and codes for generalpractice. These are important in design, construction, and manufacturing with regard to savingmaterial resources, improving quality control, achieving cost-effectiveness and providing safetyfor the users. They also sponsor regional

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, etc.Procedures and techniques are presented describing how to perform these simple experimentsand listing the equipment needed. Typical results are presented along with explanations of theanticipated results. Potential pitfalls are discussed. Student comments are also provided. Thepaper includes photographs of typical results.These experiments also help the student to develop powers of observation and reporting as wellas teach them something about the corrosion process.IntroductionThe effects of corrosion are obvious all around us. The etching of metallurgical samples and theway a battery works are examples of electrochemical processes. Visit a junk yard and observethe rusted hulks that were once someone's shiny new car. Non-functional farm machinery

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J. M. Mendel; H. H. Kuehl

Probability and Statistics for EngineersThese courses are required of all EE majors. They were chosen in order to provide students witha solid foundation in the basic fundamentals of both the electrophysics and systems areas ofelectrical engineering.EE 105 is a new introductory course which was developed to excite students about electricalengineering, to teach key generalizable concepts, and to anticipate the second-through-fourth yearcurriculum. A well-known problem encountered with beginning engineering students is that they Page 2.420.2 2have a very limited understanding of what a practicing engineer

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Jens Jorgensen; Lueny Morell de Ramírez; José L. Zayas; John Lamancusa

Session 2266 Making a Partnership Work: Outcomes Assessment of a Multi-Task, Multi-Institutional Project Lueny Morell de Ramírez, José L. Zayas/University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, John Lamancusa/Penn State University Jens Jorgensen/University of WashingtonThis paper describes the Manufacturing Engineering Education Partnership (MEEP)project's summative assessment strategy. Since 1994, three universities, Penn State,University of Washington and University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, in collaborationwith Sandia National Laboratories, have been

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Jens Jorgensen; Lueny Morell de Ramírez; José L. Zayas; John Lamancusa

Session 2313 Making a Partnership Work: Outcomes Assessment of a Multi-Task, Multi-Institutional Project Lueny Morell de Ramírez, José L. Zayas/University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, John Lamancusa/Penn State University Jens Jorgensen/University of WashingtonThis paper describes the Manufacturing Engineering Education Partnership (MEEP)project’s summative assessment strategy. Since 1994, three universities, Penn State,University of Washington and University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, in collaborationwith Sandia National Laboratories, have been

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M. E. Parten; M. C. Baker

, November 1996, Salt Lake City, Utah Page 2.156.6Micheal E. Parten is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Texas Tech University. Dr. Partenhas conducted research and published in the areas of education, instrumentation, control, modeling andsimulation of a variety of systems, including semiconductor processing. Since returning to Texas Tech in1984, Dr. Parten has served as the Director of the Undergraduate Laboratories in Electrical Engineering.Mary C. Baker is an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at Texas Tech University. She has 10years of teaching experience and has done extensive work in the semiconductor, plasma

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Ronald E. Yoder; D. Raj Raman

summary, and poster or video presentation. When theannouncement arrived, one of us (REY) was teaching Agricultural Engineering 423: Irrigationand Waste Management System Design, a one semester class that normally includes a teamdesign project, while the other (DRR) was contemplating co-teaching Agricultural Engineering433: Bioprocess System Design and Analysis for the first time, the following semester. As weconsidered the possibility of entering the Padnos competition, we realized that we could enhancethe students’ design experience by linking Irrigation and Waste Management System Design andBioprocess System Design and Analysis with a common design project. Furthermore, entering thedesign competition provided a hard deadline requiring clearly

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V. Coppola; K. Powell; D. Hyland; B. Cosgrove; A. Waas; A. Messiter; Joe G. Eisley

software and laboratory technology into courses. 5. Introduce synthesis/systems/design perspective at an early level and reinforce it through later work. The “Aero Curriculum 2000” committee was charged with designing a framework for anew undergraduate curriculum for the department that helped the department accomplishits mission by addressing the goals and objectives listed above. While the college-wideCurriculum 2000 initiative instigated the formation of the committee, the opportunity wasused to design a curriculum that addresses issues raised by alumni surveys, industry feedback,the departmental review, and faculty discussions. Besides the inputs mentioned above, thecurrent curricula at MIT, GA Tech, Maryland, Ohio State and Purdue

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Ann D. Christy; Marybeth Lima

Session 1608 The Use of Student Portfolios in Biological Engineering Instruction Ann D. Christy, Marybeth Lima The Ohio State University/Louisiana State UniversityAbstractThe creation of individual student portfolios to document and enhance the learning process hasbeen used with success in various teaching venues (e.g. architecture, fine arts and writingclasses). However, the use of portfolios as a learning tool in biological engineering instructionhas not been documented in the literature. Student portfolios were listed as a means ofassessment under the

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Elizabeth A. Eschenbach

summary evaluation only containsevaluations discussing general team dynamics and the strengths and weaknesses of that one teammember.This paper describes the peer review process used in teaching ENGR 111: Introduction toDesign. An example of a midterm peer evaluation is provided. The paper will present how bothstudents and instructor benefit from the peer evaluation process.Previous Use of Peer Evaluations to Assess Team Work EffectivenessThough their use has not been well documented, peer evaluations have been used in engineeringeducation as well as other disciplines. Rhinehart [1] provides a description of a junior levelchemical engineering transport course, which is team project based. He uses a group memberevaluation form to assess team

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John K. Gershenson

Session 3266 A Course in Life-cycle Engineering John K. Gershenson, Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering The University of AlabamaABSTRACTThis paper describes the development and implementation of a class in the mechanicalaspects of life-cycle engineering. This course teaches students to use cutting edgedesign methodologies and analysis tools and apply them to the redesign of industrialproducts. The life-cycle engineering course benefits from recent advances in designeducation across the country and at The University of

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which periodically publish articles onthese issues, discussing with our colleagues knowledgeable in these issues, interacting with adiverse group of students, and exploring the statistics on the demographics of the workforce.Step 2: Analyze - Once we recognize that our curricula can be transformed, the next step is toanalyze what exactly needs to be transformed. This requires analyzing the various aspects of ourcurricula, such as our teaching styles, students’ learning styles, classroom interaction, coursematerial selection, instructional design, course activities, student feedback, etc. These should beanalyzed with the gender equity and multicultural perspectives in mind and the results of thisanalysis will help us in identifying opportunities

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. The devicedoes indeed function and closely mimics this laboratory procedure. Testing beyond the functionalstage will be performed by placing it on a towed submersible instrument platform currently underdevelopment. Figure 1. - Exploded View of pH Measuring Device (internal Helical Mixer not shown)Reference[1] Byrne, R.H. & Clayton, T.D., "Spectrophotometric sea water pH measurements: total hydrogen ion concentrationscale calibration of m-cresol purple and at-sea results." Deep-Sea Research I 40, no. 10 (1993): 2115-2129.Biographical InformationSTUART WILKINSON is an associate professor of mechanical engineering at the University of South Florida inTampa. Since leaving England in 1984 he has been involved in teaching and researching in

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Charles H. Dowding; Joseph J. Biernacki

many forms which interdisciplinary researchmay take including peer groups working in similar areas of study, peer groups working indifferent areas of study and peer groups working on thematic problems with a commongoal. Students engage in a course of study that introduces them to a wide spectrum ofresearch topics relevant to the central theme of civil engineering materials. They alsoattend a seminar activity designed to coach them in skills ancillary to research includingliterature search, report writing, oral presentation and laboratory safety. Teams of threestudents are advised by three individual faculty mentors and three graduate coaches.Teams meet weekly to formally review and cross-fertilize their research projects withinput from their

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provides itsgraduates with enormous opportunities at home and abroad. One only has to think of themergers, joint ventures and other collaborative schemes which have appeared over thepast few years as deregulation has begun to break down national barriers and literally to"open up the world." An engineer in telecommunications must be familiar with foreignlanguages, foreign markets, the Economics of telecommunications and certain legal andcontractual aspects of the profession.In 1977, we introduced the study of two compulsory foreign languages and every studentspent 8 hours per week studying them. We now teach ten modern languages. (Arabic,Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.)Teaching French in France

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resultant electrical signal is further processed byelectronic instruments. A voltage or charge signal becomes the recorded measurementsystem electrical output measurand. Measurement system design thus requiresinterdisciplinary talents. Project Scope and ResultsFall 1995 marked the beginning of the final school year for the first graduating engineeringclass in history from TCU. It also marked the arrival on campus from industry of a newfaculty (the author) to teach the Capstone two semester design sequence. Followingindustrial practice, a request for proposal (RFP) was generated and presented to the class onSeptember 22, 1995. Prior to this date, the students had devoted five weeks studying topicsencompassing

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D.M. Hummels; D.J. Rawnsley; Bruce E. Segee

components used in communications receivers.Dr. Bruce Segee received a PhD in Engineering from the University of New Hampshire in 1992.He has been an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Mainesince that time. At the University of Maine he heads the Instrumentation Research Laboratory, anorganization dedicated to research and teaching involving instrumentation and automation. Work inthe lab includes the use of PC’s, PLC’s, and embedded controllers for instrumentation, automation,and networking. Work also includes the use of fuzzy logic and artificial neural networks. Page 2.50.8

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accustomed toworking in groups on substantial problems for extended periods of time. The sooner they beginto develop these skills, the more effectively they can work on design problems as upperclassmen.To aid in the development of group skills, alternative teaching techniques such as cooperativelearning4, Thinking Aloud Pair Problem-Solving (TAPPS)5, and think-pair-share are usedextensively in Design I, in addition to the traditional lecture and electronic classroomdemonstrations. There is a definite “activation energy barrier” that must be overcome to thealternative techniques; that is, students must shift the paradigm of the college lecture that theyhave from their freshman year, and open themselves to developing creative solutions andworking with

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James C. Wood

needs of industry in this changingsituation. It is important that the educational programs model the workplace environment andnot just teach about it.Educational research provides guidelines for curriculum reform. Gardner1, in his concepts ofmultiple intelligences, indicates that students have seven different intelligences with each havingvarious degrees of development. Felder2 has stated that the learning styles of students vary andthat each style requires a different instructional strategy for effective learning to occur. Redich3 Page 2.175.1states that in the physics class "we will have to shift our emphasis from the physical content weenjoy

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Charles N. Eastlake; Alfred L. Stanley

?Students in the design sequence began using Computer Aided Design (CAD) in 1983 andby 1993 the CAD system had evolved to the point of having the capability of doing 3-dimensional solid modeling. At that time Dr. Jim Ladesic acquired a National ScienceFoundation Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Grant to acquire astereolithography rapid prototyping system which could create actual parts from the CADsolid models. Students learned many lessons about the realities of making three-dimensional shapes from this system and took great pride in showing off their designs.But the STL machine is limited to relatively small parts, about 9 inches in the longestdimension. And the polymer material made by this system is both expensive andsufficiently

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Lisa A. Riedle; Jill M. Clough

knowing the composition of the dust, the group carefully packaged asmuch of it as possible and then made an appointment with their chemistry professor. That professorhelped the group run a series of simple experiments to determine the dust’s properties. The groupdiscovered that an Etch-A-Sketch is filled with aluminum dust. These students stated that they gainedmore from that chemistry experience than in their regularly scheduled laboratory projects because “it wasfun”.From the instructor’s view, the project reports were engineering-related and well organized. Studentswere less nervous while giving presentations because the topic (their object) was very familiar and theexpectations had been well defined. Every group had a unique object. Students

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Rick L. Homkes; Kevin D. Taylor; Russell A. Aubrey

shouldparticipate in one of these courses not only for improving their paper presentation skills, but alsoto enhance their teaching. If a course is not available on your campus, consult one of the many"how to" books on the subject. (See bibliography.)Rehearse the presentation in front of the entire team. If this is not possible, find a substituteaudience. For best results, rehearse the presentation two to four times with a day between eachsitting. Too much practice can make the presenter go too fast, or lose enthusiasm in the subject.Videotape your presentation and watch it at home. Your family may get a laugh from it! Youmay spot annoying mannerisms that you had no idea you were doing. In any case, BEPREPARED. As an audience member, it is insulting to

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Vivek Badami; Mike Allen; Johnny Graham; Howard Phillips; David Schmidt; Curtis Ensley; Art Edwards; Silvia G. Middleton; Kimberly A. Buch; J. William Shelnutt; Patricia Tolley

course culminates in team presentations which are evaluated and scored by facultyfrom participating departments. Extensive evaluation of the course by students and faculty haveled to improvements such as decreasing the number of assignments, coordinating assignmentsamong participating faculty, and linking the assignments more closely to the semester project. ENGR 1202 continues the emphasis on team skills and incorporates a discipline-specificlaboratory component. Students choose laboratory sections corresponding to their majors and areassigned to teams which carry over to the common classroom sessions. In the disciplinary labsstudents are given instruction in the application of an introductory topic (such as engineeringgraphics or a

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James vanPutten; Brad Mulder; John Krupczak

). Biographical InformationJOHN KRUPCZAK, JR. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering at Hope College in Holland, Michigan. He has aBA degree in physics from Williams College and M.S.M.E and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from theUniversity of Massachusetts (1994). He has worked in the Advanced Technology Divison of GTE Inc., and at theSuperconducting Super Collider Laboratory. His email address is: krupczak@hope.edu.BRAD MULDER is the director of the Science Division Shop at Hope College. His primary responsibilitiesinvolve the design and construction of electromechanical devices in support of teaching and research initiatives at thecollege. Prior to joining the Hope College staff, Brad worked for 15 years in the machine tool, process control

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Mary Ann McCartney; Maria A. Reyes; Mary Anderson-Rowland

own initiative,each day, the two dream teams met during dinner in a transition meeting to evaluate studentprogress in the program and to better plan for the evening’s activities.The participants related very well to instructor “peers”. The instructors had credibility since theyhad been through the same type of curriculum. Student evaluations of the program wereextremely positive with particularly high points for the instruction portion of the Web Pagedevelopment. Although the student instructors taught teaming, at the same time, they wereforced to learn a lot about teaming and teaching. They had several conflicts to resolve among Page