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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Benjamin Flores; Jose Fierro; Daniel Grajeda; Steve Stafford; Rosa Gomez

Page 7.1121.1facilities, quiet study areas, multi-purpose rooms, computer workrooms, lounges and vendingcafé facilities. The Centers also serve as clearinghouses for information regarding graduate and Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyrightã2002, American Society for Engineering Educationprofessional schools, scholarships, undergraduate research assistantships, and other employmentopportunities [1].But ACES isn’t just a set of facilities – it’s a reflection of systemic change in the preparation o fengineering and science students well into the 21 st Century. Although it signifies a change inacademic culture – valuing integration as well as

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Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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Rachel Shinn

assumptions about team members or assignments of tasks.10. Be on time.11. Let someone know if I am going to be late.12. Not engage in side conversations (weekend plans, sports, etc.) until the official meeting timeis over.13. Help provide a relaxed and well-nourished learning environment.14. Have fun!15. Create an agenda prior to planned meeting and post via email to all team members.Conflict Resolution PlanThe students are also required to prepare a conflict resolution plan in which they outline theprocedures to be taken in the event there is a conflict within the team. It needs to be clear thatfailure to resolve issues within the team reflects poorly on the team and that in extreme cases, astudent may be “fired” (which means either removal from the

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Tools of Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

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Maher Murad

-thirds, students indicated that the AAR helped them identify problem solving weaknesses. Again, the nature of the different courses surveyed and the level of students reflect some variation in their responses. · A high percentage of students in all surveyed courses (about 80%) agreed that the AAR helped them identify mistakes resulting from "human errors" or carelessness. · Nearly two-thirds of the responses indicated that the AAR helped students identify mistakes resulting from a lack of understanding of the course material. The responses to this question showed higher variation among the courses surveyed. · A score of almost two-thirds indicated students found the After Action Reports

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Trends in Construction Engr. Educ. II

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2002 Annual Conference

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Charles McIntyre

future capstone course offerings. This information is notcurrently available for publication, but will be presented at the ASEE Annual Conference andExposition in June 2002. Page 7.939.5 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”BenefitsThe primary benefits of the PBL approach for the capstone experience are that it, 1) morerealistically reflects actual design and construction practices, 2) promotes the concept ofteamwork, and 3) assists in improving student communication skills. For

Conference Session

Design for Community

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2002 Annual Conference

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Kevin Grant; Ronald Welch

resistance in turn. The “S” shape of theriver at West Point made it an ideal location to develop sufficient defenses to prevent unabatedtravel of the British Navy along the Hudson River. Ships must tack multiple times to negotiatethe successive bends in the river – the primary motivation for a steel chain to stop ships dead inthe water. It was believed that few sailing ships could ever develop the speed necessary totheoretically break through the chain. Of course, the “Great Chain” was never tested and adiscussion on its strength and practicality will be left for another forum. The historicsignificance and availability of these redoubts are critical in remembrance and reflection on ourcountry’s struggle for independence.Since Redoubt 7 is the most

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Lee Tuttle; Charles White; Gwan-Ywan Lai; Trevor Harding

unreliability in design and ensuring safety at the earliest design stages.Finally, lest students fail to understand why safety is important there is a brief discussion ofproduct liability and the engineer’s responsibility to society to produce a reasonably safe product.Educational Philosophy and MethodologyThe teaching method used in MFGG 375 is based on three pedagogical concepts: Kolb’s learningcycle, active learning and cooperative learning. Kolb’s learning cycle 3,4 is generally presentedas a two dimensional circular model of how people learn as shown in Figure 2. This modelplaces learners along two distinct dichotomies. The first divides learners between those whoprefer active experimentation (AE) and those who prefer reflective observation (RO

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

“Experiential Learning Cycle”, involving ‘Concrete Experience’, ‘ReflectiveObservations’, Abstract Conceptualization’ and ‘Active Experimentation’ to provide aholistic learning experience which integrates knowledge from many different fields. Thecourse has a clear set of outcomes consistent with the Engineering Criteria 2000 ofABET. Moreover, the course helps provide “engineering” flavor early in the curricula sothat the mathematics and science components in the first two years of engineeringcurricula becomes less abstract and more relevant in the students mind.The students have reflected that the design efforts have helped them in realizing the"role" of the customer in engineering design, development of a clear perception

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Techniques for Improving Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

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Cindy Finelli; Trevor Harding

well as their reflections onthe roundtable discussion, may prove valuable to others wishing to propose their own center. Forfurther information on developing teaching and learning centers, the reader is encouraged toreview material by Wadsworth [1] and Sorcinelli [2].Current CentersCenters for teaching and learning are widespread at colleges and universities nationwide. Thewebsite of the Center for Teaching Excellence at the University of Kansas Page 7.1040.1(www.ku.edu/~cte/resources/websites.html) lists more than 125 universities and community Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

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Inquiring MINDs

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2002 Annual Conference

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G. Padmanabhan

Height and Volume of Water Tan 10/10/99 Science of Pizza Making 11/14/99 Sound and Music 12/12/99 Floating and Sinking 01/09/00 Shadows and Reflections 02/13/00 Rockets and Forces 03/12/00 Science of Ice cream Making 04/09/00 Life in Water 05/14/00 A swingin’ good time (pendulum) 10/22/00 Methods of moving heavy objects

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Real-Time and Embedded Systems Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gurdip Singh

were used to evaluate the course delivery process. As shown inthe following table, the students were overwhelmingly positive about the course delivery process.Students used a 5-point scale ( 1 = Strongly disagree, 2 = Disagree, 3 = In between, 4 = Agree,5 = Strongly agree). % positive reflects ratings of 4 or 5; % negative reflects ratings of 1 or 2.Percentages may not be equal to 100 because those responding “in-between” and those omittingthe items are not reported. Lectures Handouts Assignments Web Resources % positive 83 86 80 65 % negative 3 3 4 5 Amount of Student Learning:The amount of student learning was also evaluated

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Achieving Diversity in the CE Faculty

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2002 Annual Conference

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Norma Mattei

Session 2515 Retention of Women and Minority Engineering Educators: Is This Important to the Profession? Norma Jean Mattei, Ph.D., P.E. University of New OrleansAbstract: Engineering has typically been a profession dominated by the white male. The undergraduate engineering student population, although more diverse than before, is still not reflective of the demographics of the general population. One way to attract and retain women and minority students is to have a faculty that is diverse (that also consists women and minority educators). However, there are not many women and minority engineering Ph.D

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Assessment and Its Implications in IE

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2002 Annual Conference

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Amy Zeng; Arthur Gerstenfeld; Sharon Johnson

undergraduate Industrial Engineering (IE) program at WPIemphasizes the preparation of undergraduate students for professional engineering practice. Inaddition to a curriculum focused around core industrial engineering skills, we seek to accomplishthe mission through a culture that promotes active student learning. We want to teach theprocess of learning, rather than simply transferring knowledge to our students. An overview ofthe IE program is provided in Figure 1; the arrows signify the general order courses are taken.The focus on active learning is reflected in the curriculum by emphasizing project-orientedassignments in courses, as well as promoting flexibility in the curriculum to allow students topursue minors and choose electives that reflect

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Sole; Carlos Morales

meanused as the population mean in computing the t scores of the following 4 tests and testingof the alternative hypothesis in each test..Test two studied the use of only instructional video. Each subject was permitted to watcha twelve-minute video that showed step by step the actual assembly of the board (thistime is not reflected in their time scores). After they finished the video, they were notpermitted to review it during assembly or to use the instruction or schematics. The Null(Ho) and alternative (Ha) are as follows: Hot: There will be no change in the amount of time taken (µ1 = µ2) Hat: It will take more time (µ1 < µ2) Hom: There will be no change in the number of mistakes (µ1 = µ2) Ham: There will be more

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International Engineering Education II

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2002 Annual Conference

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Bethany Oberst; Russel Jones

advance of the conference, to attract papers from international educators in developing countries who will not be able to participate in the conference in person; Page 7.945.6 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education Ø Design a pre-conference aimed at introducing new international conference participants to overall trends and background reflected in the main conference, so that they will benefit more from the presentations and discussions. Given the continuing problem of preparing

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Teaching Effective Communications

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Gunn

do not understand the importance of actually following instructionsbecause they have simply never been told that this process is important and given reasons tosubstantiate the claim.Real World StudiesCase studies where instructions have been circumvented or completely violated are good ways toget students to actually understand the importance of following instructions. One such case is thetragedy of the Challenger. While many issues have been discussed in regard to the challengerdisaster, here we can focus on the serious problem that occurred because some very simple Page 7.569.3instructions never saw completion. This is reflected in

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Manohar Nekkanti; Alan Fuchs

instrument. enable the piezo-electric scanners to maintain the tip at a constant force (to obtain height information), or height (toobtain force information) above the sample surface. The AFM head employs an optical detectionsystem in which the tip is attached to the underside of a reflective cantilever. A diode laser is focusedonto the back of a reflective cantilever. The tip scans the surface deflecting the laser beam and finally Page 7.352.4passes the signals to a photo detector (3) as shown in Figure 4, which measures the difference in light“Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for

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Teaching Innovations in Arch. Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Daniel Davis

fashion has never been fully successful; our AETcurriculum is by its nature integrated and connected. We have found that the most importantelement in good teaching is involving students to enable them to think and learn on their own. Page 7.13.7 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conferen ce & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education” Session 1606However, more importantly, our graduates are finding a flattering reflection of their

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Sylvia Alexander

collaborative research project with NORTEL Networks (NI) Ltd concerned with the use of AI techniques, high performance computing and software engineering.3. Teaching Entrepreneurial SkillsBusiness operations have changed as a result of competition and globalisation, withincreasing emphasis being placed upon the generation and adoption of new andinnovative ideas. In order to be successful in the workplace, graduates must beequipped with entrepreneurial skills necessary for new product development.In the 1997 UK Inquiry into Higher Edu cation 3, Lord Dearing recommended thatinstitutions should “identify opportunities to increase the extent to which programmeshelp students to become familiar with work, and help them to reflect on suchexperience

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Classroom Innovations

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2002 Annual Conference

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Ruxandra Botez; Iulian Cotoi

turn rates are the turn indicator and theturn coordinator. The turn indicator measures rate of turn as a change of compass heading overtime. The turn coordinator factors in the roll rate of the banked wing. Thus, when the wings are firstbanked, the nose of the aircraft may not start to change headings immediately. Therefore, the turncoordinator may register the roll or bank before the turn indicator reflects the progress of the turn indegrees of change. At the bottom of the turn coordinator and turn indicator is the inclinometer orthe slip/skid indicator or the ball, which shows the balance of forces at work in a turn.When the aircraft nose turn to the left or right, the a straight needle on the turn indicator deviatesalso to the left or right

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Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps I

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2002 Annual Conference

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Mohamed Zarrugh

ofEngineering and Technology (ABET) reflect the need for reform and call for total overhaul oftraditional engineering curricula. 7 ABET's Criterion 3, Program Outcomes and Assessment,describes eleven specific outcomes in the skills of graduates of accredited engineering programs.In addition to traditional "hard" skills involving mathematics, science and technology, the criteriarequire the "softer" abilities of functioning in multidisciplinary teams, understanding ethical andprofessional responsibility, communicating effectively, understanding the impact of technologyon society, life-long learning, and knowing contemporary issues.A survey conducted in 1996 has quantified the attitudes of practicing engineers to ABET’sCriterion 3 requirements. 3

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Olakunle Harrison

Engineering Educationfor example, engine designers, out of students; we do not expect that a new hire in theautomotive industry would be given major engine design responsibilities. Consequently, thecourse content reflects topics in which the student might already have some background andconcepts that the typical new graduate is likely to encounter in industry - automotive as well asnon-automotive. Students learn how engineering theory is applied in an already familiarcontext. They are introduced to some of the practical considerations involved in the design ofautomotive systems, for example, mathematical models, determination of system loads, designlife, safety issues, factors of safety, and weight reduction strategies in component design.Table I

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Projects to promote eng.; teamwork,K-12

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2002 Annual Conference

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Richard Gilbert; Elizabeth McCullough; Kimberly Rogers; Joseph Hickey; Andrew Hoff; Eric Roe; Marilyn Barger

information provided the most important information available to theuser from the instructor portion of the module are the lesson plan options. The Lesson Planscomponent is further subdivided to provide lesson plans for Physical Science, Chemistry andPhysics courses. Understanding that a HSTI module will never meet its educational objectives ifteachers do not use it, these lesson plans suggest how the teacher can integrate the units into theirscience curriculum. They were developed in concert with the teachers who "beta" tested themodule, and reflect the in-class trials performed during that phase of testing.The Standards page is also a significant component of the teacher introduction to a HSTImodule. This page is accessed via the "Standards" hot

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Project Based Education in CE

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2002 Annual Conference

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Thomas Descoteaux; Kevin Sutterer

(R-HIT) Knowledgeconducts courses in a 10 week quarter system. In thejunior year, nearly all civil engineering students takethe required courses Soil Mechanics in the Fall Quarter, Figure 1. Levels of learning inStructural Design in Reinforced Concrete (Concrete the cognitive domain (1)Design) in the Winter Quarter, and Structural Design inSteel (Steel Design) in the Spring Quarter. Design and revision of these courses to their currentstate was not a formal process, but rather the outcome of unplanned brainstorming, reflection onstudent evaluation results, interaction with professional colleagues and discussions that oftenopen with comments like

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Bennett; Eugene Audette; Debra Ricci

rate. The consultant analyzed the collected data (completed written student and parentquestionnaires, the scribes’ notes of the parents morning meeting and the late afternoon meeting,and the consultant-facilitator’s notes and captured recollections from the two meetings) fortrends. Five completed student questionnaires were submitted reflecting summaries of each ofthe lunch table student-parent groups. Only four completed parent questionnaires were handed infrom the 13 parents who participated in some or all of the campus visit day. (One was emailedone week later.) However, the four items on the parent questionnaire generated considerableverbal information that shaped the closing focus group discussion and was captured by thescribes and the

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kip Nygren

organizational model for students perhaps best exemplified by the concept of a“Learning Organization” that has recently been heralded by the business community. Accordingto David Garvin of the Harvard Business School, “A learning organization is an organizationskilled at creating, acquiring, interpreting, transferring, and retaining knowledge, and atpurposefully modifying its behavior to reflect new knowledge and insights.”4 Just as a change or learning process is essential for organizations, it is even moreimportant for individual students, faculty and staff. Garvin’s definition of a learningorganization when applied to individuals becomes a definition of education. The processes ofacquiring, interpreting, and retaining knowledge and then

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Haering

sophomorelevel engineering mechanics courses at a different institution. At that time, I believed that myindustrial and academic experience together with a previously used syllabus for the course wouldbe enough to succeed. As it turned out, despite what I thought was a good plan, the initialoffering of the course was a disappointment, both from the standpoint of the students' evaluationof my teaching effectiveness and my own sense of the how the course went. Upon reflection, Imade several changes to the course, and the results were substantially improved the second time.Again this was reflected in both the student evaluations and my own satisfaction.Assessments of teaching such courses have been presented before; for example, Yue 1 assessed acomparable

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Multimedia and Product Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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John Irwin

of the models and subsequentmodifications. A similar process was used to create associative drawings as discussed earlier forproduct drawings. Product part profiles in phantom were added to the tooling assembly drawingas a view dependent editing function. An important part of the tooling drawings was that theyused the same product model that was used in the product assemblies, so it was the most currentversion of the product and would reflect any subsequent product changes.Engineering Change NoticeA change notice was introduced in the final week of class to make a change to the part that fit inthe tool as a final test of the parametric capability built into the students’ product assemblies,tooling assemblies and parts. The test was that if

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Special Topics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Caroline Crosthwaite; David Radcliffe

explicit values statement says something about the orientation of theCentre. It reflects much of what the Centre is about.A Point of DifferenceThe Catalyst Centre differs from conventional engineering or technology based research centresin several fundamental ways. It is a small, agile learning nucleus within a larger organization andit does not depend upon particular pieces of sophisticated experimental equipment. Its modusoperandi is organic, situated and contingent. It is part of the community of practice not remotefrom it. The Centre takes an integrative approach to work, learning and innovation drawing onthe work of the Institute for Research in Learning and Xerox PARC (Brown and Dugid, 2000).The Centre is focused on people, process and

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Curriculum and Laboratory Development

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruce Upchurch; Chi Thai

part of the course).Figure 1 shows the typical layout for the workstation with the PC, spectrometer and associatedfiberoptics, the X-Y stage and a color chart being used for reflectance experiments. Page 7.1119.3 Figure 1. Typical layout for a Machine Vision workstation Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering EducationInitially, the two workstations must be setup by the administrator prior to accepting any remotelogins by students. The administrator first logs on locally at the actual

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ET International Collaborations

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Tina Moreau-Jones; Albert Peng; Daniel Jones

and subways, and theyshopped at famous commercial areas in Beijing. Small groups attended a traditional dumplingdinner in the homes of professors who had apartments on campus. Social activities included abasketball game, talent show, dance, and farewell party. At the end of the trip, CMU and NCUTpartners exchanged gifts as tokens of appreciation.After the TripWhile traveling, students were responsible for maintenance of a daily journal. After returning tothe US, students wrote individual final reports, which included journal entries, photographs, andreflections on their experiences. The group of CMU students met to reflect on their experiences.Students who received scholarships for travel were responsible for presentations to CMU andcivic