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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

George York

students and makes basic DSP concepts more meaningful. While MATLAB simulations areuseful for teaching the basic theory, many of these concepts are more easily taught toundergraduates if appropriate real-time demonstrations and laboratory experiences are available. The challenge of transitioning from MATLAB to real-time hardware is often the expense and asteep learning curve for the students. This paper describes a real-time DSP educational platformbased around the programming ease of MATLAB and the low-cost Texas Instruments C6711digital signal processing starter kit. Classroom uses of this platform are discussed.1. IntroductionWhile there are many interesting real-time audio DSP applications to choose from, we havefound the relatively simple

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

O. Geoffrey Egekwu; Prince Anyalebechi

present in class for all common lectures. Individual members usually will have responsibility for different sections of the course and may meet once a week separately with their sections for recitation or laboratory experience. They give common examinations and jointly grade and perform all evaluation activities.4. Benefits and Challenges of Team Teaching in the ISAT Pr ogr amAs eluded earlier, the ISAT program demanded a paradigm shift in the approach to teachingof science and technology principles. The interdisciplinary nature of the program demandedsome form of team teaching. Success of the program so far has invariably depended oneffective teaming of faculty. Team teaching in the ISAT program benefited both

Conference Session

Nontechnical Skills for Engineering Technology Students

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Zbigniew Prusak

Session 1348 Mistake-Proofing as the Base for Teaching Principles of Engineering Problem Solving Zbigniew Prusak Central Connecticut State UniversityAbstractThis paper describes how to employ principles of Mistake-Proofing in the teaching ofengineering problem solving. The problem solving process starts with an intentionally briefintroduction to the concepts of variability, robustness and sensitivity. Through solving a numberof problems of increasing complexity or conceptual difficulty, students develop a list of mistake-proofing principles

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Innovative Classroom Techniques

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Knox

Session 3213 Use of Online Tools to Improve the Teaching of Graduate Courses in Chemical Engineering Dana E. Knox Otto H. York Department of Chemical Engineering New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ 07102AbstractModern conveniences abound in the world today. This is sometimes not evident in graduateclassrooms. While innovative teaching techniques are often discussed in regard to undergraduatecourses, they seem to be less frequently seen in graduate courses. This is

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Marjan Zadnik

Teaching in Engineering, Science and Computing: A Collaborative Process to Improve Quality Marjan G. Zadnik, Joan Gribble, Shelley R. Yeo†, Peter L. Lee. Division of Engineering, Science and Computing, † Learning Support Network, Curtin University of Technology, PO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia, 6845.IntroductionThis paper outlines a process encouraging the involvement of all academic staff in theDivision of Engineering, Science and Computing at Curtin University of Technology toimprove the quality of their teaching and students’ learning. The Teaching

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Watts; Theodor Richardson

South Carolinaand is a 2-year participant in the NSF GK-12 Fellowship Program.JED LYONS is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Carolina and theDirector of the South Carolina Center for Engineering and Computing Education. He teaches laboratory, design,and materials science to undergraduates, graduate students and K-12 teachers. He researches engineering education,plastics and composites. Jed is the GK-12 PI. All correspondence should be addressed to Jed S. Lyons, University ofSouth Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208. lyons@sc.edu.CHRISTINE EBERT a Professor of Education and the Associate Dean of the Graduate School and Co-PI on theGK-12 grant Dr. Ebert is instrumental in teaching engineering students how to

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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Julia Morse; Jung Oh

, and Instructional Delivery Innovations Introduction Laboratory Development Course Design and Development Curriculum Development Instructional Delivery Innovations f. Summary of Student Advising and Mentoring Activities g. List of Teaching Awards and Recognition h. Externally Funded Assistance for Teaching Activities i. Industry Outreach Impact on Classroom Teaching Figure 1. Sample teaching portfolio contents in promotion and tenure document. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Midwest Section

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Innovative Teaching in Engineering/Technology I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Obadiah Ritchey; John Clark; Jim White; Tim White; David Barnhart; Jerry Sellers

and building each subsystem in detail, EyasSAT allows students the opportunity toperform acceptance and verification testing on the hardware as they learn about each subsystemin the classroom. This matches the spirit of the course, which is to broadly cover all spacecraftsystem and subsystem level issues and not to cover one subsystem in great detail. After eachsubsystem is tested and characterized in the lab, it is stacked up in an integrated fashion,ultimately producing a picosatellite-sized fully operational system by the end of the semester. Awireless link to a computer provides the command and telemetry interface. EyasSAT also can beeasily expanded through additional payload or subsystem modules to support teaching orcommercial

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Engineering/Technology II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Siddique Zahed; Chaturaporn Nisagornsen; Kurt Gramoll

highlight and rotate the selected part at will. Users are then able toselect any part in the assembly from an indentured list and the component will be highlighted onthe main screen. The selected part will appear solid while the non-selected parts will becomemore translucent. Users can then select a part from the view port screen and the selected part willbe highlighted in the indentured list.3.2 Assembly Process Tutorial operationThe goal of this operation is to teach users how to correctly perform the assembly process. Userslearn how to perform the assembly process step-by-step from the beginning until the assembly iscompleted. It is important to present users an assembly process one step at a time in order tomake sure that users are able to

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Engineering/Technology II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Elsa Bruno; David Swanson; David Barnhart; David Richie; Jerry Sellers; Kenneth Siegenthaler

. from the U.S. Air Force Academy, M.S. from U. of Houston, M..S.from Stanford University and a Ph.D. from the University of Surrey, UK.. Currently he is Director of the USAFAcademy Space Systems Research Center in Colorado Springs, CO.DAVID J. RICHIE is an active duty Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He is an Assistant Professor of Astronautics atthe U.S. Air Force Academy. He has a B.S. in Astronautics from the U.S. Air Force Academy and an M.S. inAstronautical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is presently Laboratory Director for theDepartment of Astronautics at the U.S. Air Force Academy.Glossary of AcronymsCC - Crew CommanderCE - Chief EngineerCM - Corrective MaintenanceDO - Director of OperationsGCO - Ground Station

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Engineering/Technology I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tim White; James White; David Barnhart; Jerry Sellers; Kenneth Siegenthaler

course include orbital fundamentals, rocket fundamentals, andan introduction to space mission planning/operations. In addition to outside lecturers from thespace operations community, teaching aids used in the course include the following: 1. Large and hand-held orbital elements models, (“whiz wheels”) to illustrate orbital fundamentals; 2. Computer-based demonstrations such as STK to illustrate orbital characteristics; 3. Full-size examples and models of past and present satellites and rockets and their subsystems; 4. A demonstrational micro-satellite that has fully functional compartmentalized subsystems.The micro-satellite is particularly helpful in illustrating the physical concepts, components

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Innovative & Computer-Assisted Lab Study

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Keith Koenig; Viva Austin; Bryan Gassaway; Thomas Hannigan

port is used for digital peripheral control, and a typical data acquisition card isused for logging transducer output. Only six laboratory hours are allowed for thedevelopment and testing of the program, in two, three-hour sessions. This paper detailssuccess in the development of the current assignment, done by pairs of students, as wellas difficulties encountered when larger groups of students attempted to develop the sameprogram in parts, to be assembled during the second lab class. The teaching of basicconcepts in DACS is reviewed, and student understanding of those concepts is accuratelygauged through the completion of this assignment.Background Discussion/MotivationThe primary objective of the first assignment in class ASE 4721 is to

Conference Session

Virtual Instrumentation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Viva Austin; Keith Koenig; Bryan Gassaway; Thomas Hannigan

Session Number 3159 Revision and Translation of Existing Programs as a Tool for Teaching Computer Data Acquisition and Control Systems Design and Implementation Thomas Hannigan, Keith Koenig, Bryan Gassaway, Viva Austin Department of Aerospace Engineering, Mississippi State UniversityAbstractKeeping data acquisition and control systems (DACS) used in a graduate and under-graduate laboratory current in a rapidly evolving technological environment is anexpensive and time-consuming task. Computer architecture and software have evolvedmore rapidly than the curriculum repeats, and the interfaces commonly used for

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Fisher; Jed Lyons

manage a class using hand-on/laboratory activities 10 2.10 0.99 9 2.67 1.004. Ability to design and implement appropriate investigations for children 10 2.30 1.25 9 2.78 1.095. Ability to conceptualize activities that use math and science concepts to solve problems 10 2.80 0.79 9 3.11 1.056. Ability to use computer technology and other instructional media as teaching tools 10 3.20 0.92 9 3.89 1.057. Ability to develop appropriate forms of assessment 10 2.20 0.92 9 3.00 0.87Note: n = Number of fellows

Conference Session

New Electrical ET Course Development

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter E. Thain Jr.

Page 9.65.4 Fig. 2. Photograph of assembled transceiver. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationIII. The New RF Transceivers CourseThe original Caltech course consisted of two 10-week quarters. Each week there were 2.5 hoursof lecture and three hours of laboratory time allocated. The laboratory was operated as an openlab without scheduled lab times and was supported by teaching assistants. Students wereexpected to perform two laboratory problems each week. There were 40 laboratory problems inthe text, so students completed all of them in the 20 weeks comprising the two

Conference Session

Materials Science for Nonmajors

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Aaron Blicblau

Computer Managed Learning and Assessment Integrated Within a Materials Engineering Program for Non-Majors Aaron S Blicblau Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, AustraliaAbstractThis paper reports on an on-line learning initiative in Engineering Materials for first yearstudents in diverse disciplines of engineering. This initiative was developed for general firstyear engineering students to incorporate an on-line assessment system for the major aspects oflearning and teaching: lectures, tutorials and laboratory work. This teaching approachrequired the availability of a data delivery system (using a proprietary brand of software), forprovision of pedagogical

Conference Session

TIME 1: Controls

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John-David Yoder; Michael Rider; Juliet Hurtig

MechatronicsLaboratory, Journal of Engineering Education. 86(2):113-118.[9] Johnson, Stanley H. et al, 1995. Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Controls Laboratory, Journal of EngineeringEducation. 84(2):133-136.[10] University of Texas, http://www.me.utexas.edu/student/courses/me244l.shtml[11] California Polytechnic State Institute, http://me.calpoly.edu/Labs/LabsMain.htm#Controls[12] University of Notre Dame, http://www.nd.edu/~msen/Teaching/IntSyst/Description.html[13] Jack, Hugh. Teaching Mechanical Students to Build and Analyze Motor Controllers. Session 2666,Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2003.BiographyDR. JOHN-DAVID YODER is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and currently holds the LeRoy H.Lytle Chair at

Conference Session

Virtual and Distance Experimentation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Javad Hashemi

procedural steps and required significant guidance from the instructor.ConclusionInteractive software is an excellent tool to prepare the students of laboratory courses forthe actual experimentation period. Our results show that the students can learn theobjectives and the procedure of the experiment in a more meaningful manner whenexposed to such software. The software can be accessed by the student at theirconvenience and can be viewed as many times as the student requires.AcknowledgementThe support of Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center (TLTC) is gratefullyacknowledged. Also, two of the authors (JH and EEA) gratefully acknowledge thepartial support by the National Science Foundation's Course, Curriculum, and LaboratoryImprovement Program

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Innovative IE Curricula and Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bob White; Tycho Fredericks; Steven Butt

“come alive” through an activity-based engineering statistics course at Western Michigan University. This three-semester hourcourse is structured to include laboratory sessions, workshop sessions, and problem-based lecturesessions. The laboratory activities are intended to provide the student with an opportunity tobecome proficient in designing basic experiments, collecting data, and analyzing problems usingPC-based statistical software. The workshop sessions involve short lecture segments mixed withteam-based problem-solving activities and software tutorials. With the exception of lectureperiods, course sessions do not take place in a classroom, but rather are held in a computer-teaching laboratory or in one of the laboratories managed by the

Conference Session

Innovative & Computer-Assisted Lab Study

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Walsh

uncertainty, and the willingness to make decisions when data is incomplete arekey features in the make-up of successful engineers. Thus, teaching laboratories should hold thesame enchantment and exhilaration for our students as research and applications laboratorieshold for our graduates. Applied researchers go to the laboratory to coax truth from aninexpressive natural world, their aim is to sense, to evaluate, and, eventually, to progress. Wemust send our students to the instructional laboratory to accomplish these same goals.Furthermore, instructional laboratories that stress the learning involved in doing enable faculty topander to many different learning styles. They are customizable vectors to student perception.They provide real connections

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Arthur Brodersen; Cordelia Brown

Session 1532 Application of a Learning Model in an Introduction to Digital Logic Course Cordelia M. Brown, Arthur J. Brodersen Vanderbilt University School of Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Nashville, Tennessee 37235AbstractDuring the 2003-2004 academic year, a general learning model is being employed at the Schoolof Engineering at Vanderbilt University (VUSE) in the “Introduction to Digital Logic” course.This course is accompanied by a laboratory component. There are

Conference Session

Technology and Tools for IE Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Jackson

Session 3157 Motion-Tracking Technology & Three-Dimensional Displays Provide Leading-Edge Research & Educational Tools to Industrial Engineering Students at Texas A&M University-Commerce Andrew E. Jackson, Ph.D. Texas A&M University-CommerceAbstract In the fall of 2002, a new Industrial Engineering program was established at Texas A&MUniversity-Commerce (TAMUC). A central component of this new undergraduate program is areconfigurable, modularized Human Factors & Ergonomics Laboratory (HFEL) that will providestudents

Conference Session

Instrumentation in the Classroom

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William J., Jr. Park; Elizabeth A. Stephan; Benjamin L. Sill; Matthew Ohland

Second Tier—Learning and Teaching Styles in College ScienceEducation,” Journal of College Science Teaching 23(5), 286-290, 1993.7 Thornton, R.K. and D.R. Sokoloff, “Learning Motion Concepts Using Real-TimeMicrocomputer-Based Laboratory Tools,” Am. J. Phys., 58(9), 858-67, September, 1990.8 Brasell, H., “The effect of Real-Time Laboratory Graphing on Learning GraphicRepresentations of Distance and Velocity,” J. of Research in Science Teaching, 24(4), 385-95,1987.9 Redish, E.F., J.M. Saul, and R.N. Steinberg, “On the effectiveness of active-engagementMicrocomputer-Based Laboratories,” Am. J. of Physics, 65, 45-54, 1997.10 Beichner, R.J., “The impact of video motion analysis on kinematics graph interpretationskills,” American Journal of

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Design Throughout the ChE Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Timokleia Togkalidou; Rudiyanto Gunawan; Mitsuko Fujiwara; Jr., J. Carl Pirkle; Eric Hukkanen; Richard Braatz

Session # 1413 A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO CHEMICAL PROCESS DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT Richard D. Braatz, Mitsuko Fujiwara, Eric J. Hukkanen, J. Carl Pirkle, Jr., Timokleia Togkalidou, and Rudiyanto Gunawan Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Illinois, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801 braatz@uiuc.eduAbstractThis paper describes a combined lecture-discussion-laboratory course for teaching students asystematic approach to process design and development. This course intends to providestudents with a

Conference Session

Educational Research Initiatives at NSF

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Robbins; Rajapandian Ayyanar; Paul Imbertson; Ned Mohan; Ben Oni

inFig. 4. Figure 4 Homepage of the Website for Developed Laboratories.Publication of TextbooksIn parallel with the laboratory development supported by the NSF CCLI-EMD, it was recognizedthat the success in teaching these courses required textbooks that students can follow. This hasled to writing of four textbooks, shown in Figs. 5 and 6, that have been published. (a) Undergraduate (b) Graduate Page 9.1135.5 Figure 5 Power Electronics Textbooks. “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Eichinger; Mark Wilson; Anton Kruger; Marian Muste; Tao Xing

could bridge thegap between simulations and conventional “hands-on” physical experiments is remoteexperimentation via the Internet. Remotely accessible laboratories for teaching are becomingmore common, but most of them are fostered by educational areas where the Internet and relatedinfrastructure were developed (i.e., computer science, robotics, telecommunication engineering).Fluid mechanics, as well as other engineering courses where a “hands-on” approach is essential,could greatly benefit from remote experimentation. Attempts to develop real-time controlledexperiments in fluid mechanics instruction are scarce and those finalized to date (e.g.,http://beam.to/welafi) are essentially flow visualization rather than participative

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Austin Cheney; Heather Brown

program.Multidisciplinary Collaboration Finding unique ways for a laboratory to be useful to more than just the students inthe major is a challenge. However, it is both rewarding and beneficial to share a researchlab as well as seek out other labs to become a part of. The opportunity then arises forcollaboration among faculty and students in grant writing, equipment purchases, studentexchanges, independent study, and multidisciplinary teaching and learning. The CIMprogram is housed in the Engineering Technology department which comes with manycomputer and material labs. To go outside this department offers many new equipmentoptions. Relationships with chemistry, biology and geology have been forged withbenefits to all parties involved. Equipment and

Conference Session

Lessons Learned From Design Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Avitabile; Jeffrey Hodgkins

Teaching”, Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, 1993, p100.3 Piaget,J., “To Understand is to Invent”, Grossman, New York, 1973.4 Vygotsky,L., “Mind in Society: The Development of Higher Psychological Processes”, Harvard University Press, MA, 1978.5 Starrett,S., Morcos,M., “Hands-On, Minds-On Electric Power Education”, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol 90, No. 1, pp93-100, January 20016 Felder,R., Peretti,S., “A Learning Theory-Based Approach to the Undergraduate Laboratory”, ASEE Conference Proceedings, Session 2413 , June 19987 Pavelich,M.J., “Integrating Piaget’s Principles of Intellectual Growth into the Engineering Classroom”, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, pp719-722, 1984, Wash, DC8 Dale,E

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ahmet Zeytinci; Philip Brach

now Xerox Corporation hashelped to fund what is called “The Xerox Fellows Program” (so named in recognition of theirsustained support). This program provides a small stipend for the student and one for a facultymentor. The mentor and student agree upon an appropriate research topic. A school committeereviews and ranks the proposals; the Dean then ranks the fellowships. The fellows’ experiencehas been very beneficial to both students and mentors who have participated in the program.This paper is a brief overview of the Fellows Program, including selected examples of studentresearch projects.IntroductionOne of the most beneficial aspects of graduate studies is the opportunity for students to work asgraduate assistants in either teaching or

Conference Session

Creative Ways to Present Basic Materials

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

M.L. Meier

discussion session where the instructor, usuallya teaching assistant, helps prepare the students to do the experiment, the laboratory sessionwhere they all do the experiment, and finally a written formal report. These laboratory activitiesoffered many opportunities to employ spreadsheets in all phases of each experiment.In the past we (myself and eight teaching assistants) tried simply encouraging students to usespreadsheets by demonstrating how they can be used to organize and plot their data, by using anautomated (macros) spreadsheet to import and plot their data, by exporting data to a spreadsheet-friendly format, and by showing them how we personally had used spreadsheets in variousprojects. Each quarter a few students showed an interest and we