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William J. de Kryger; David A. Lopez

grouptravels to Russia, the project hardware and software is carried in their luggage. There have been noproblems with customs so far! Upon arrival, the students and faculty work together, as much aspossible, to complete the practical application. In most cases, however, the Russians complete thisportion of the project after the Americans have left. As the project moves toward completion, itusually requires continued international communication until it is finalized, months perhaps, afterthe American group has gone home.This year, as an example, due to the size and technical diversity of the CMU group, two projectswere planned, one for the electronic students with a manufacturing application and another for theautomotive students. The electronic

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Terry Hrudey; Stanley Varnhagen; Shelley Lorimer; Roger Toogood; Bill Lipsett; Art Peterson

Survey question: “In general, howcomputers, uncertainty about when to appropriate did you find the computer format in [thetake notes, and various aspects of the three indicated areas]?”program design4.Although it is not possible to draw very strong conclusions about the efficacy of the modules, itwas noted that the Spring Session class obtained a better overall class average than any similarclass for the past several years. In addition, the instructor felt “more relaxed” once the pressurefor planning and preparing daily lectures was somewhat reduced. 3 The “they” in the title of this paper refers as much to academe as it does to students! 4 One student indicated that the feedback was uniformly “too

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Douglas G. Schmucker

professors who have implemented various aspects of the T4E model. The papercloses with interpretation of the data and student comments as well as author anecdotes.2. Teaching MethodsThe T4E teaching model has been a significant source of inspiration for the author and hence willbe briefly described. Detailed description of the motivation behind the model and its variousaspects have been published in both hard-copy1,2 and electronically3,4 (world wide web). TheT4E model is first and foremost about effective communication. It is a well-defined plan bywhich to engage students directly in the lesson presentation. This plan is organized via a well-defined structure and executed via well-defined presentation skills and techniques. Theseinclude specific

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Anton Pintar

laboratory course meets one day a week for nine hours during all threequarters of the senior year. The students work in self-selected groups of three or four. Thenumber of experiments required for each group varies from year to year. Currently, eachgroup performs six experiments including participation on teams of two or three groupsthat run the two PSCC experiments. Each experiment usually operates on a four weekcycle: one week for planning, two weeks for experimentation, and one week for writing thereport.The students receive a set of objectives for an experiment from the faculty advisor and thenprepare a complete experimental plan to obtain the necessary data in order to meet theirobjectives. Except for the PSCC experiments, they develop their

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Erdogan Sener

for this undertaking were: 1. ART 284 - Mechanical Systems in Buildings 2. CNT 330 - Construction Field Operations 3. CET 430 - Foundation Systems ART 284 - Mechanical Systems in Buildings course: For this course students were given a floor plan for a single-story wood-frame-construction house on crawl space and all the relevant information in terms of locality, door and window schedules, external wall cross-section data including insulation values, and plumbing fixtures information . Students are asked to: - Calculate the heating and cooling loads - Determine the amount of heating and cooling energy use and cost for diverse fuel types - Check for possible condensation problems and insulation provisions - Change the

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Spyros A. Kinnas; Hillary Hart

, several environmental-engineering faculty members have begun work on an NSF-sponsored project to develop a seriesof multimedia tools, including a Web-based electronic textbook (E_book), for classes teachingfluid dynamics and wave theory. We believe that what we learn as developers can be passed onto teachers of all kinds of engineering courses.This paper will present the results thus far of our development of this multimedia tool-set,including lessons learned and evaluation strategies considered. The paper will focus on the Webversion of this tool, although plans are underway for developing a CD-ROM as well. The web-based materials probably present the greater challenge because “most information on the Weblacks interactivity and ways to support

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Susan M. Bolton; Scott D. Bergen; James L. Fridley

include: 1. The design of ecological systems (ecotechnology) as an alternative to man-made/energy intensive systems to meet various human needs (for example, constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment). 2. The restoration of damaged ecosystems and the mitigation of development activities. 3. The management, utilization, and conservation of natural resources. 4. The integration of society and ecosystems in built environments (for example, in landscape architecture, urban planning, and urban horticulture applications). Page 3.77.1Disciplines and practices exist that deal with all the applications listed above. We feel

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Rosemarie M. Evans; Madison Daily; Susan L. Murray

” containing such information as the class syllabus, assignments, andannouncements. Page 3.557.1 UMR’s Advanced Production Management Course and the InternetThe Engineering Management Department’s Advanced Production graduate level course used inthis research provides an overview of a production manager's responsibilities. Topics covered inthis course include decision theory, forecasting, total quality management, statistical processcontrol, acceptance sampling, product design, process selection, facilities layout, locationplanning, aggregate planning, material requirements planning, scheduling, and projectmanagement.The Advanced

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Renata Anna Gorska

examples of a perspective, hand-made drawings of the family houses made for thevisualization purpose (Faculty of Architecture)Fig. 2. Computer generated elevation and a rendered axonometry of a design project. Page 3.246.5Fig. 3. On the site- project realization.Fig. 4. Computer Aided Design of a ground floor plan. Page 3.246.6REFERENCES1. Araki, T., Basic Education of CAD/CAM Though Multimedia and Network Aid, Proceedings of the 7th ICECGDG, Cracow, 18-22 July 1996, pp.534-5382. Ault, H. (1997), Principles of Parametrics – New Concepts for the EDG, 1997 ASEE/EDGD Mid-Year

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Parviz F. Rad; David M. Woodall

. A distinctfeature of this program is that it is available as a video outreach program andhence the student's study plan will not be disrupted with business travel orrelocation. Instructor-student interaction is very effective and timely withthe use of the web as a means of submitting and returning homework. Page 3.252.1IntroductionThe University of Idaho has offered engineering programs for nearly a century.The main campus is located in Idaho's panhandle at Moscow, Idaho. TheUniversity also offers engineering education through resident instructioncenters in Idaho Falls, Boise and Coeur d'Alene. About ten years ago, inresponse to an emerging need to provide

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Alfred E. McKenney; James A. Jacobs

insure upgrades at a reduced rate.The plan is to update EMSET CD-ROM every other year with the additional experiments fromNEW:Updates. BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATIONJames A. Jacobs is Professor of Engineering Technology at Norfolk State University. He developed the conceptand has been co-director of all the NEW:Updates. He has thirty-three years of teaching experiences in publicschools, community colleges, and universities. He has developed curricula offerings at all three levels, includingcourses in material science, materials and processes technology, engineering materials technology, and principlesof manufacture.He has industrial experience with Westinghouse Corp., Tenneco, Ford Motor Co., and completed an

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John Stratton

4% Hardware/Software Development 9% Health Care Management 0% Controls Engineering 4% Service Industries Management 0% Manufacturing Engineering 9% Manufacturing / Operations Man, 5% Process Design 4% Plant Engineering Management 1% Plant Engineering 3% Maintenance Management 3% Methods/Standards Engineering 2% Management of other functions 1% Quality Assurance 6% Sales and Marketing 4% Production Planning & Control 2% Purchasing 1% Plant Layout 2% Technical Services

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Yacob Astatke

participation. Plans are on the way to add some audio, video and “white-board”sharing utilities to make the use of WebCT by the students more attractive.Most of the students who pass the “Electric Circuit” course enroll in the “Introduction toDigital Logic Design” course. While teaching the Digital Logic Design course (Spring1998), I was pleased to hear that the students’ question on the first day of class was ifWebCT would be used to provide online supplementary course material. I wasdisappointed when I indicated to them that it would not be available at this time.However, I was very happy to hear that the students really enjoyed and valued the onlinecourse materials they used in the Circuit course. Hence, there are also plans to utilizeWebCT to

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Cathie Scott; Carolyn Plumb

new tools to evaluate theeffectiveness of writing instruction and the preparedness of students to write on the job.At the University of Washington, we have embarked on a portfolio assessment project thatinvolves collecting writing samples and other indicators of the engineering student writingexperience. Through this program, we hope to gain a better understanding of what students arelearning about written communication; we also plan to use the data from the project to establishclearer performance outcomes for our writing program.This paper describes the goal of the project and the rationale behind our decision to adoptportfolio assessment. In addition, it describes the information being collected and the processbeing used to collect this

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Henry W. Kraebber

MFG-INFO from Michigan State University).Student response to the growing use of e-mail has been very positive. 97% of the students I workwith in undergraduate and graduate courses reported that they liked sending and receivingmessages with the instructor. E-mail communication saves the students and faculty time.Problems related to inconvenient office hours and "telephone tag" have been greatly reduced.The use of instructor developed "course pages" on the available on the World Wide Web hasbeen a new development during the fall semester of 1997. The growing list of new web basedcourse documents includes:• A syllabus "home page" for each course.• A posting of the latest version of the daily course plan.• Creation of a "links to other sites

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Jeffery McDowell; Sandra Yost

support mechanism for womenengineering and science majors. This program, currently in planning, will require little funding,because it utilizes existing resources inside the university, including faculty, undergraduate andgraduate students, and residence life and other student life staff.BackgroundThe last twenty years have seen a substantial increase in the number of women choosingacademic majors in the sciences and engineering. The University of Detroit Mercy (UDM) hasalso seen an increase in the number of women students choosing such majors at the time theyenroll at the University. However, women also leave these majors in disproportionate numbers.The University of Detroit Mercy is no different than other institutions in this regard

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Hugh Jack

was available elsewhere and for sale in the book store. As a result, all problem solutions hadto be posted in version 5.0, and when marking I had to have access to both versions of thesoftware. In addition, the Mathcad software is well suited to equations and calculations, butfigures are not supported directly in the package. This means that a separate software programwas required to create free body diagrams. As a result, a number of students used ‘Microsoftpaint’ which is inadequate for technical drawing. We are planning to get a site license for atechnical sketching program.Throughout the term, there were some corrections/modifications made to the notes. These wereposted to the Web pages. In a couple of cases, I distributed paper copies to

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Ron Bailey; Richard DeBlasio; David Freeman; Rommel Simpson; Devdas Pai

cooperative planning between faculty members. This idea of verticalintegration has been extended in the Mechanical Engineering curriculum at North Carolina A&TState University (Pai et al., 1997) to include concepts of mentoring and cooperative learning.Past research (Dale, 1969) has proven the efficacy of active learning, where the studentsexperience a simulation of the real thing. Felder (1992), and Felder and Brent (1996) provideinsight into the structuring of team activities and student-centered teaching. Evans et al., (1996),have applied the team-learning approach for an applied physics freshman curriculum with theuse of team-based lab exercises. McDonald et al., (1996), have demonstrated the receptivenessof senior level students to industry

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Bob Lahidji

example, if in the area of scholarship, the past practice has beenthat in order to receive a “distinctly above average” rating one must have four publications in arefereed journal or two research grants, and two research papers; then one must plan and set atime-line to achieve this goal before the tenure year evaluation.3. Keeping and Organizing Your Records The record keeping are very essential tasks. The record should be organized by activityand document the quality and the results of activity. From day one, a faculty member shouldcreate a separate folder in each area you are going to be evaluated on such as teaching,scholarship, and service. Every time an activity is completed, make a copy of it and insert in arelated folder, also take

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John B. Troy

should form a smooth marriage, with onecomponent enhancing the other. Consequently, the Department and the Coop Office, inassociation with Coop employers of Biomedical Engineering students, plan to offer nextacademic year a series of workshops in which students learn about what lies ahead for them intheir years in Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern. Some training will also be provided ininterview technique and writing resumés, but the self-awareness aspect is most relevant here.The students who participate in the workshops will be required to hunt through a database ofBiomedical Engineering employers. In the process they will gain an appreciation of some of thecareer opportunities that exist for them. Since our students are very bright and

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Justin Shriver; Charles Choi; Trevor Harding; Jennifer Kadlowec

excellence in engineering education and attracting new members.The paper outlines the planning procedures developed since the inception of the award in 1994and provides suggestions and insights for other ASEE Student Chapters to create and organizesuch an award.Background The Student Chapter of the American Society for Engineering Education at the Universityof Michigan created the Outstanding Student Instructor (OSI) Award for the purpose ofrecognizing the outstanding contributions of individuals and promoting excellence in education.Before this award was instituted, there was no mechanism for identifying exceptional studentinstructors to the larger academic community. Since the award was created, the student chapter,the student instructors

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Lisa A. Wipplinger

. Page 3.487.1 Figure 1: United States Earthquake HazardReducing the risk associated with earthquake hazards requires planning, public education andawareness. This process includes educating undergraduate students who will be involved indesigning and building structures and infrastructure. Engineering, architecture and constructionstudents should be familiar with the concepts involved in seismic design and need a basicunderstanding of the variables that affect a structure’s performance under lateral loading.Important ConceptsConsidering the effects of lateral loads on structures requires evaluating the load paths andstability provided in the structure. This process improves understanding of the structure’sbehavior as a

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Ronald D. Earley; Thomas G. Boronkay

authors’ beliefthat the approach taken is on the right track. The negative comments centered around theTutorial Workbook. Some typos and other errors in the first edition created some confusion.ConclusionThe authors feel that reinforcing the lecture portion of a Dynamics course with problems solvedwith a computer simulation software package, such as the one used, does generate studentinterest. Graphic animation seem to improve students understanding and visualizing of dynamicsproblems. Several students saw the potential of applying this type of simulation to practicalproblems encountered in industry.The plan is to revise and expand the Workbook to make error free and more user friendly. Aformal evaluation of this approach is also planned at both

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Thomas K. Jewell

that we were preparing for the visit. The second year curriculumwas firmed up during the fall of 1996, but the third and fourth years were being developed at thesame time we were writing our Volume 2 and preparing for the visit. Furthermore, the 1997graduates whose transcripts would be reviewed by the visiting team, had followed a differentcurriculum from the one described in our Volume 2. Originally the Engineering Accreditation Commission, EAC, had planned to have threeyears of pilot visits, and we had asked to have our visit delayed until the third pilot study year.The delay of one year would have allowed us to have two years experience with the newcurriculum, and would have allowed us to be farther into our assessment process, but

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Do Ba Khe; Ngo Dinh Thinh

, which had been divided twenty years earlier. VNU-HCM includes ten colleges: General Studies, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences andHumanities, Education, Engineering, Economics, Agriculture and Forestry, Law,Architecture, and Technical Teacher Training [Ref. 1]. VNU-HCM plans to move to alarger site which is an expansion of the former campus of the University of Saigon andThu Duc Polytechnic University, about 8 miles north-east of Ho Chi Minh City. Within this new multidisciplinary institution, the College of General Studies(CGS) came into being through the merging existing departments of Basic Sciences”from other VNU-HCM colleges. “All high school graduates who wish to enter theundergraduate programs in any of the colleges of VNU-HCM

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Hossein Moini

Page 3.67.1electromechanical systems has been rapidly increasing. Integration of active materials andmicrocontrollers provides a proper synergy for further size reduction and improvement ofadaptive capabilities of modern electromechanical systems.DEVELOPMENT PLANThe goal of establishing the ISL is to meet the changing needs of students and industry forimproved training in the area of design of advanced electromechanical and intelligent systems. Inaddition, EGME 457L is a course with a right focus to provide education on the theory ofintegrating electronics and smart sensors/actuators with conventional mechanical systems. Itfurther complements students' knowledge by hands-on experience. The development plan for thelab has included acquiring

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Ryan B. Wicker; Rolando Quintana; Michael Camet

the degree plan mandates. The majority of the advisors contactedindicated that the students could have taken the course any time during their junior or senioryear. The length of time a given instructor has been teaching the course also contains room forerror. While some instructors teach engineering economy every semester, many teach the coursesporadically. Consequently, results obtained using the parameters timing and length of timeteaching must be studied more closely.Table 1 - Programmatic Parameter Data CollectedInstitution Weighted Timing Mandatory Length of Time Required to Mandatory FE Engineering Tarquin Problem- Teaching Take FE Exam Review Economy

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Eric Leung; Cathy Godbois; Richard Ciocci

delivered seven presentations andworkshops at national conferences seeking reaction and comments on the materials and theinnovative approach. Three more presentations are planned during the first half of 1998.MethodologyThe primary focus of the work is to foster collaborative learning through experimentation. Thelab instructions are written for the students to explore the physical phenomena to determine whatmust be measured, what relationship exists between variables, and what function best describesthe relationship. Beyond the written materials, the faculty team is developing a course in appliedalgebra using the same focus, and the college will offer that course as a special topic.TextThe text is divided in eight chapters with the titles of

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William Gay

Session 1547 Aviation Technology An Example of Collaboration Between Education and Industry Associate Professor William Gay University of Cincinnati Clermont College Initial Concept When the University of Cincinnati Clermont College was only in the planning stage, one ofthe possible technical programs for the new college was a commercial pilot training program.Proximity to the Clermont County airport was certainly a consideration. The airport runway isabout 400 feet from the College campus. The

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Mahmood Nahvi

-9625456 and SA1450-21850-NM) and by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (subcontract #12750-s2). I would like to thank many colleagues and students who participated in various phases of theproject.Contact InformationMahmood Nahvi may be reached at:Electrical Engineering DepartmentCalifornia Polytechnic State UniversitySan Luis Obispo, CA 93407Phone: (805) 756-2308 Fax: (805) 756-1458email: mnahvi@calpoly.edu Page 3.231.3homepage: http://www.elee.calpoly.edu/~mnahviSensory Input Output Display Processing, Simulation, Decision, Evaluation, Action Plan ComputationsMotor Output Input