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Robert L. Drake

collect data and to do control operationsis demonstrated in the laboratory experiments. Certain elements of the course touch upon the following:(1) Measurements of physical quantities. Here the student is introduced, for the first time in some cases, to the concepts of Page 1.389.2 imprecision and noise corruption in practical measurements. ?&iii’ ‘..+,ym } 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings “y,..’” 1

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R. Rinker; J. Peterson; H. Hess; Richard Wall; Kathy Belknap

, the administrative structure, including formal agreements between the two universities isexplained. Third, a history of the budget is reviewed, identifying sources of funds, and showing how thismoney is managed and controlled . Fourth, the curriculum is briefly discussed. The cooperative programis both innovative and unconventional, making it fertile ground for a young, energetic faculty to institutenew methods of teaching, particularly with technology. Finally, a summary of interest from students andfrom industry, in the form of enrollment and job placement performance, is considered. A cooperativeprogram is a viable alternative to building a new engineering college. This paper explains how Idahouniversities made it happen

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N.W. Scott; B.J. Stone

students, are we pandering to them whencomputer provides diagnostic help on all non-assessed discipline is in order? Do we reinforce or even sanctionproblems. A server records all student responses and inappropriate adult behaviour by removing the element ofvarious displays are instantly available to the lecturer so that free will?the class may be continuously monitored. This paper Our approach has been to attempt to introduce changes todescribes the methodology for this approach and discusses improve the match between learner and teaching system,the outcomes for

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Philip J. Morris; Martin L. Brady; Lyle N. Long; Ali Haghighat

examples and computer code demonstrations are used. The principal developer of thecourse is Dr. Lyle Long. The goals of the course are to teach the student to: 1. understand the differences between current parallel computers Intel Paragon, Cray T3D, CM-5, KSR, nCUBE, IBM SP-2, etc. SIMD and MIMD paradigms Message passing and data parallel architectures Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM) 2. effectively map a wide range of algorithms onto parallel computers 3. understand parallel processing performance 4. learn language features for parallel (especially FORTRAN 90)The students participate in four program development projects. Each project requires the writing of acomputer program to solve a particular problem and a report that

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Norbert L. Ackermann; Anthony G. Collins

. TABULATION OF DEPARTMENT GOALS Issue addressed by Goal % of replies sharing this issue as a goal1. Undergraduate education 100% 1.1 Preparation for professional practice 63% 1.2 Development of social, ethical and professional values 61% “ 1.3 Preparation for graduate school (post Baccalaureate) 47% 1.4 Development of laboratory and teaching facilities 30% 1.5 Maintenance of ABET accreditation

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Vijay K. Madisetti; James H. Aylor; David P. Wilsey; Anthony J. Gadient

Enterprise Integration Technologies (EIT). To successfully transfer RASSP technology, the RASSP E&F effort must teach engineers and scientistshow to use the RASSP top-down design concepts and give managers an appreciation for the potential payoff of Page 1.27.5 1996 ASEE Annual Conference ProceedingsRASSP technology, thereby simultaneously creating a technology push and technology pull. To accomplishthis goal, the RASSP E&F team has adopted a multi-faceted approach. This approach is designed to help pushand pull individuals and organizations through the five step technology transfer

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Susan B. Millar; Steve Kosciuk; John C. Wright; Debra Penberthy

the effects of the revised course on students, Wright was very impressed. As he put it, I was blown away by the phenomenal creativity and competence some of these students brought to course projects. They had a deep command of the material, and could apply it in different contexts in very creative ways. In short, student performance was at a level far above what I’ d seen before. The Need for Assessment Upon describing his students’ learning outcomes to his faculty colleagues, Wright found themgenerally supportive but not interested in trying the SAL approach themselves. He realized that many of -his colleagues were unconvinced that teaching methods

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Jack Bryant; Howard Seidel; David L. Barrow; Dante DeBlassie; Arlen Strader

the integrated exams (see below).Another nice tie with engineering was with programming. Students were learning Fortran and logical Page 1.223.2 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedingsprocessing there, and we pointed out some similarities between the computer algebra system Maple and Fortranprogramming, such as do loops, if statements, and subprograms.We then illustrated programming withnumerical integration and Euler's method.• Dynamic Design of Calculus Workshops and Maple Labs In the traditional course, students meet once a week with a teaching assistant in a recitation class

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Dale E. Palmgren; Bradley B. Rogers

/sec is maintained primarily for teaching wind testing procedures that are used in the wind tunnel,tunnel testing techniques to Aeronautical which is the most important experimental tool inEngineering Technology students, as well as the field. In addition to this, however, an equallystudents from other engineering technology important goal of this project is to have thedisciplines. This paper describes the development of students apply the knowledge obtained in appliedthis facility and a course that is taught at the senior fluid mechanics courses to a practical problem solevel in the Aeronautical Engineering Technology that they more fully understand the

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques for Freshmen (0630)

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Mark A. Palmer, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; John B. Hudson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

organizing the materialso it can be presented by faculty teaching outside their area of expertise. We will presentresults of a one-year pilot program in which we have adopted the interactive format in thepresentation of our introductory course sequence in Chemistry of Materials. We will discusscourse content, student performance, student satisfaction with the course, and the facultyexperience compared to the traditional course. In addition, the in-class demonstrations andteam-oriented student exercises developed will be reviewed.IntroductionChemistry of Materials Background In the School of Engineering at Rensselaer, all students follow a common pre-engineering curriculum for the Freshman and Sophomore years. This curriculum includescourses in

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L. F. Borjón; F. Martín del Campo

establishes basic requirements for each course but thelecturer is free on the way he teaches and other topics that could be included. This way new interesting topicsare continuously inserted in the curricula. This process is supervised and evaluated by a program coordinator inorder to control the overall quality of the engineering degree. 2) Hands-on experience: This is one of the main concerns of the engineering programs and is enforcedby means of laboratories, workshops, demonstrations, and work field experiences among others. The academicdepartments have operational and development plans to guarantee that the student obtains an experience thatwill be significant and useful when he/she works. 3) Lecturers evaluation: Students fill out

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Z. T. Bieniawski

salaries and expenses of a system of “laboratcxy units” - each typically consisting of five persons: fullprofessor, associate professor, post-doe, secretary and technician. Also included am students (some onfellowships but most self-supporting): 2 Ph. D.’s, 5 MS, and 2-3 undergraduates (writing their final year thesis).Professors may not consult for private gain (bt5ng state employees) but may direct consulting fees to improve Page 1.249.3 ----- .-their laboratories and obtain support for travel, supplies, and graduate and undergraduate students. They do nothave=~n[” for research grants as in the USA. Teaching is not

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Richard L. Marcellus; Jr., John Felver; Joy Pauschke

meetsmonthly with the Associate Director of Housing and program RA to discuss program status and meets annuallywith the faculty coordinators of the other academic residential programs to exchange ideas. The faculty advisorsare from the College’s four departments. The third author serves as a faculty advisor. Because the Collegepersonnel process considers faculty teaching, research, and service in the merit, tenure, and promotion process,the College acknowledges the importance of this program by considering service as a faculty coordinator oradvisor for this program as a regular College committee assignment. The faculty coordinator, advisors, andprogram RA collectively plan the program schedule for each semester, regularly attend program activities

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Peter K. Liaw; N. Yu

Session 1626 Ceramic Matrix Composites: A Combined Mechanics-Materials Science Educational Program N. Yu, P. K. Liaw Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Science/ Department of Materials Science and Engineering The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, U.S.A.Introduction The development of ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) is of industrial and national importance. Forexample, continuous fiber-reinforced CMCs, which have been successfully fabricated at the Oak RidgeNational Laboratory (ORNL) and several

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Yolanda Guran

Session 1160 CROSSING FRONTIERS IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION - WHOSE BENEFIT? Reflections on an Unorthodox International Exchange Yolanda Guran Oregon Institute of TechnologyAbstractIn the new reality of a global world economy, it is more and more important to expose the engineering studentsto international experiences. For small teaching institutions without a research program it is a challenge to runexchange programs. With budget reductions encountered by state institutions in USA and Europe as well, tomaintain such a program

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Ajay Mahajan; David McDonald

remaining twelve modules were equally divided amongelectrical, mechanical, and automated manufacturing topics. The students assembled and tested electronicscircuits; designed, made, and tested a small mechanical part; and programmed robots and operated anautomated manufacturing system. The course was taught by six faculty and used six different laboratories. The course provided the students with an engineer’s view of engineering problem solving. Itincluded the engineering approach to the design of products and processes, engineering heuristics, anddiscussions of engineering ethics. The course included structured, engaging laboratory sessions, and thisexperiential learning aspect of the course was particularly well received by the students

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Winston F. Erevelles

series of three describing the development, implementation,integration, and evaluation of a Flexible Assembly Cell (FAC) in the Computer Integrated Manufacturing(CIM) laboratory at GMI. The first year of the project saw the acquisition and installation of the majority ofthe capital equipment for the cell. Over the same period of time the author was able to attend several trainingsessions to gain proficiency in the operation and maintenance of the equipment. Several experiments weredeveloped and a planning evaluation was conducted internally. Over the second year of the project the cellwas further developed and integrated into the CIM environment at GMI.FAC Implementation and Integration The implementation of FAC was an effort that

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Ronald P. Krahe; Thomas E. Russell

Session 1426 Low Power Embedded Control Design Ronald P. Krahe, Thomas E. Russell Pennsylvania State University at Erie Behrend College ABSTRACT This paper describes laboratory design exercises to introduce the added constraints of low power consumption tomicrocontroller design. Many new hand-held, portable, and remote instruments must operate several years on small,commercially

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Marvi Teixeira

though any spreadsheet could be used tothis end. The design and analysis procedure, developed by the student, when written in MathCad can performautomatic calculations, answer “what if” type of questions and facilitates any trial and error needed for finetuning. There are also some drawbacks as we shall see later. Many students have used Spice at theirintroductory circuit analysis course, however, few of them have used MathCad. Despite some complains athaving to learn yet another software package, all of them do learn MathCad. A walk through the computercenter, at the end of the quarter, invariably shows students taking advantage of their newly acquired skills, forcompleting projects and laboratories in other areas as well

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Rick L. Homkes; Kevin D. Taylor

digital counter laboratory resulted in a(college) freshmen design project. In this case, two high school teachers played the role of “customer” inmaking the design specifications. Without performing a longitudinal study assessing the results of this program, is difficult. However,several of the teachers involved have performed pre- and post-testing of the students with positive results.Future Plans We feel the project is well developed after this second successful year. The primary concern iscontinuing to fund VISION. It is anticipated that the Eisenhower grant obtained for VISION 95 will not berenewed since it was previously funded. Current plans are to solicit funds from businesses who do not wish tobe hosts. At present, the plan

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Paulo S. F. Barbosa

difficulties in finding a compromise solution between analysis (scientific emphasis) and synthesis (designemphasis) in the curriculum;3) the difficulties of students with introductory disciplines like calculus, chemistry and physics;4) the compartmentalized curriculum, which lacked an interdisciplinary content;5) not enough, if any, industrial practice and experience embedded in the curriculum;6) insufficient hands-on and laboratory experience in the curriculum;7) absence of societal factors, especially those concerning ethnic and cultural diversity;8) student lack of adequate communication skills upon graduation;9) difficulties in strengthening extra-engineering training, such as that related to managerial, ecological, social .and political areas;10

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Paul J. Antaki

review given “in house” at a company, (ii) project report delivered to a customer,(iii) conference paper. First, I discuss these scenarios using a case study. Then, I provide other examplesincluding one for a student presentation. 2. Overall Approach For Creating Interesta. Role of case study Case studies help teach application of theory in engineering and science by examining real-life 1problems and their solutions. I use case studies for teaching technical presentation skills. In the study used here, the ABC Corporation (a fictitious company) designs and manufacturescopper cable for electric utilities

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Ramesh Narang

economical manufacture, concurrentengineering, designing for assembly, and other related manufacturing concepts that are used in industry. Introduction With much importance being given in industry to concurrent engineering, design for manufacture, anddesign for assembly, it was felt necessary by the author to include instruction in these concepts to prepare thestudents for the industry. A new course titled “Manufacturing Process Planning” has been offered twice – in the Fall semesters of1994 and 1995. The main thrust of the course is to teach designing for economical production by understandingthe capabilities of different manufacturing processes. This course teaches students to

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Sudeep Bhoja; Ku-Jei King; Krish Bandaru; David G. Meyer

-directed study outside of class — is absolutely essential. The educational delivery requirements outlined above — (1) the need to adapt presentation of coursematerial to students with different backgrounds and abilities, and (2) the need to teach in the "visual arena" —have motivated the push for use of "multimedia" in education. For multimedia instructional delivery to makesignificant inroads in higher education, though, systems must be developed that possess the following charac-teristics: (1) utilize low cost, high density, incrementally recordable audio/visual storage media; (2) utilize ubi-quitous, low-cost PCs or workstations; (3) provide a high degree of extensibility; (4) provide tree-like as well ascross-indexed access to

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Vinay Govande; Kristine Laubach; Jr., Dr. Emory W. Zimmers; Jennifer Montemurro; Dr. Roger Nagel; Alice Swanger

Lehigh University/Focus: HOPEAbstract This paper describes three learning partnership models among U.S. corporations, government agencies,and Lehigh University’s Computer Integrated Manufacturing Laboratory (CIM Lab). These models aredescribed in terms of need, resources and benefits. Two models describe the partnerships among the CIM Lab,the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Northeast Tier Ben Franklin Technology Center (NET/BFTC), andprivate industry. The third model describes a partnership among government, manufacturing industries, sixuniversities, and the Focus: HOPE Center for Advanced Technologies. The three virtual learning modelsdemonstrate the success in combining resources from academia, government, and industry. They exemplify

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Denis Proulx

pilotprogram. Initiated in 1992 by our mechanical engineering department, the program is centered around acomprehensive 15 credit design project during which the students are required to design a product to meetidentified client needs and fabricate a functional prototype.The pilot program has proved two things: first, it is possible to use the multifunctional concurrentengineering approach for teaching design in a university environment if you have the proper facilities andtools, and if you devote enough time and energy to the process. Secondly, we firmly believe that theapproach we use makes better designers out of our engineering students. This has been confirmed byemployers of graduates who have completed the program

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Steven Beyerlein; John Law; Donald M. Blacketter; Herbert Hess

capabilityto undergraduate students. The first step was to use the existing Public BroadcastingSystem (PBS) microwave link to simultaneously connect classes in Boise and Moscow.The second step was to install a two-way compressed video system. Experience soon indicated that teaching a course with a single instructor at onelocation and students at both locations was less than optimal. While student performancewas comparable at both campuses, summative course evaluations were consistently lower Page 1.379.1 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedingsat the location without the instructor in residence. Students were especially

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Barbara Blake Bath

Annual Conference Proceedings ‘..,yHlyL: I sensitivity analysis of the parameters which had been identified in their geology class. The students perceived their projects to be much more valuable than the regular EPICS projects as they emphasized connections and enabled them to use material from a variety of their classes. —----- The mathematical and computer sciences department is presently assessing the value of the use of technology in the teaching of the first two semesters of calculus. The biggest problem we have faced is the aging of our NeXT Laboratory and the frustrations that

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Sheryl A. Sorby; Beverly J. Baartmans

for women (23.3) was stillsignificantly lower than that for men (25 .6). These results are shown in Figure 2.CURRENT PROJECT In January of 1993, the authors of this paper were awarded a curriculum development grant from theNational Science Foundation to develop a course for the improvement of 3-D spatial visualization skills offreshman engineering students. The course (GN102) has a lecture as well as a computer laboratory component. Page 1.251.2 $iiik: } 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘?.,MJ3

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Christopher Stook; Asad Azemi

the lack of textbooks available on the use of these packages inspecific areas that the courses cover. This task is made more difficult by the lack of good documentationaccompanying the packages. Furthermore this extra effort can not easily be quantified to be of any use intenure/promotion/merit raise decisions by the administrators. The third disadvantage is in defining a baseline in the curriculum for teaching these software packages.As different instructors rotate through undergraduate teaching responsibilities, the degree of emphasis in usingthese packages will not be the same. This creates students with different knowledge levels. This result infrustration for the students who did not have adequate exposure to these material if