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Ravi G. Mukkilmarudhur; Homayun K. Navaz; Brenda S. Henderson

physically understand fluid dynamics problems requiringcommercially available computational fluid dynamics codes and related software. Studentprojects involving grid generation, the solution to two-dimensional and three-dimensionalproblems, and the solution to multi-dimensional species flow problems are presented.Additionally, final term projects obtained from the students’ cooperative employers arediscussed.IntroductionAdvances in engineering technology has led to the development of commercially availablesoftware packages which allow for the solution of complicated engineering problems.Graduating engineers must be prepared to successfully use these tools upon entering the workforce. A fundamental understanding of the mathematics, physics, and

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Ahmed El-Antably; Richard E. Pfile; Maher E. Rizkalla

technology that ranges from Power Electronics, ComputerSimulation, Data Acquisition, DSP, Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic, Electromagneticsand Energies, and Microprocessor Control. Normally these topics are covered in details inmore than fifteen credit hours, while using "only as needed" philosophy, we can cover whatwe need from these materials that serve an important application: Electric Vehicles. Thepaper details the contents of the course, the laboratory components utilizing an actualpropulsion system as donated from Delphi E. Inc, a subdivision of GM, and the role ofLabView as a data acquisition system. The course was offered in a senior project formatand the student satisfaction is reported here. In addition, the course is offered officially

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Renata Anna Gorska

new curriculum in geometric modeling? This basic questionshould certainly not be left unanswered. Page 3.246.1WHAT IS SIMILAR AND WHAT IS DIFFERENT?The future tendencies and directions in engineering design are not only a matter of the concernfor our American colleagues, but also for all educators in the graphics field, regardless of thecountry in which they teach. The difference between European and American projectionmethods, a first and/or third angle orthographic projection, is no longer important, if we teachour students how to understand three-dimensional space and help a student to “see” and to“think” in three dimensions. This

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Carolyn L. Dull; A. George Havener

situation. In Engr-110Z, Steps (1) and (2) Page 3.83.2are used in the first 25 percent of the course to establish foundations in the 13 problem 2solving skills and tools shown in Table 2. For Step (3), the cadets apply these skills andtools to the Mars mission project. Table 2. Problem Solving Skills and Tools Introduced in Engr-110Z Skill or Tool Description 1. Basic Scientific Knowledge on Mars as Known from Mars Facts Viking, Mariner and Pathfinder NASA Probes

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S. K. Gupta; M. R. Scanlon

has been revised accordingly to provide a deeper insight into thestructure, properties and processing of metallic materials. In addition, students are introduced toadvanced materials such as composites and ceramics.Design and Manufacturing with Materials: Recognizing that engineers select material/processcombinations from those with which they are most comfortable, another course sequence [ 343:Materials Processing → 311: Computer-aided Design → 464: Design for Manufacture ]was streamlined. Each course in this sequence culminates in an individual or team project. In343, students obtain hand-on experience with lathes, milling machines, drill presses etceteras. In311, students learn a computer-aided design software such as Pro Engineer, and

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Christopher R. Carroll

registers, memory, andother MSI devices to produce complete functional digital systems.To support student designs, and to ease the interface to the user, the instrument described belowprovides standardized input/output functions for use in student projects, so that students canconcentrate on the focus of the design's operation rather than external interactions.Three basic functions are included in this instrument. First, a clock generator provides atwo-phase clock signal for student projects, to support both synchronous and two-phase clockedsystems. The clocking scheme is flexible enough to support various departures from puresynchronous clocking, such as multiple clocks derived from the main clock signal orfundamental-mode asynchronous circuits

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David E. Goldberg; W. Brenton Hall; Lindsay Krussow; Eunice Lee; Aaron Walker

of teamwork is not new in engineering education, but generally team-work is localized to a classroom, a design project, or a single endeavor. In TQE, the idea isto straddle the curriculum with heterogeneous teams of students and faculty charged withthe important mission of achieving a quality education for team members. More will be saidabout this mission in a moment, but rst we examine a key element of reform that is ignoredin many proposals.2.2 Current Reform Proposals Too CostlyThere have been a number of high pro le e orts directed at designing the engineering curricu- Page 3.541.2lum of the next millennium|for example, the various NSF

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James Stice

appear overwhelming. However, once you have clearlyidentified the problem and your solution -- the rest of the process falls into place.Beginning with the most important section first -- why are you doing this at all? What isyour need/problem? and how are you going to fix it?Individual BrainstormingTaft [8] offers a practical exercise to organize your ideas. Using a blank sheet of paper,in the center draw a circle into which you place your main idea or project (a computer lab,peer counseling, minority mentorships, etc.). Now list all possible ramifications of yourproject and place these in circles. Describe the need; the solutions; identify primebeneficiaries; expected outcomes; success measurements; staffing needs. Force yourselfto consider all

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Shy-Shenq P. Liou; Peter Leung; James Kang; Hans Soelaeman

this laboratory is to enhance students’understanding of power electronics circuits by conducting a series of laboratory exercises, designexercises, and computer simulation exercises using PSPICE or SABER©. In order to finish allassigned lab projects, students must be able to use various measuring equipment such as CurveTracer, Spectrum Analyzer, Digital Storage Oscilloscope, Voltage and Current Transducers, etc.Familiarity with PSPICE, SABER©, LABVIEW and MATLAB are also required in order forstudents to carry out all assignments. One laboratory exercise, DC Motor Speed and Torque Controlusing Single Phase Controlled Rectifier Circuit, is designed for distance learning such that studentscan conduct this experiment through Internet using a

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H. Öner Yurtseven; Patricia L. Fox

- West Lafayette. And it seems only a few people outside Indianahave heard of IUPUI. While proud to be offering excellent Purdue degree programs for theIUPUI community, we struggle with communicating our uniqueness.The following sections provide a more detailed look at the structural make-up of the departmentsand the administration of the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI, as well asan outline of activities and issues that have contributed to PSET's success. From ABETaccredited programs to a strong interdisciplinary electric race car project, engineering andtechnology departments are equipped with the resources necessary to continue the pursuit ofexcellence in education on the IUPUI campus. Relationships with a not-for-profit

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Melvin Neville; David Scott; Bryan Knodel; Debra Larson

strengthen and expand our students’ design EGR 286 and problem solving skills. Teaching and learning relies on hands-on, mentoring-type EGR 186 experiences and the use of ill-defined, unstructured design projects to build A Traditional Curriculum technical, managerial, professional skills, as well as problem solving competency. Figure 1. Design4Practice Program The

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Gregg W. Dixon; Chris G. Kiemcik; Vincent Wilczynski

Session 2670 A Robotics Competition to Interest Minorities in Engineering Vincent Wilczynski, Gregg W. Dixon, Chris G. Kiemcik United States Coast Guard AcademyAbstractEach summer, minority students from across the country receive scholarships to attend a weeklong introduction to engineering program at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT.During the week, these talented high school seniors participate in a variety of engineering designprojects including boat building, bridge building, and robot design/construction. The roboticsconstruction project, originally designed by Dr. Joseph Johnson (of

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Michael D. Murphy; Kristen L. Wood; Daniel Jensen

restructuring has been viewed positively by thestudents. Also, MBTI data indicate that, with additional effort towards providing “hands-on”experiences as well as increasing the amount of abstract content, the content can be betterdirected to the span of MBTI types. In addition, increased ties to student’s design projects andother relevant examples will further improve the present course.INTRODUCTIONDuring the Fall semester of 1997, a restructuring of the first design course at the United StatesAir Force Academy was accomplished. Historically, this first design course has been based onlearning a design process followed by one original design project at the end of the course.Specifically, the course consisted of an introduction to the design process

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Jack Swearengen; Hakan Gürocak

also discussed.BackgroundSouthwest Washington is growing rapidly: in 1990 Clark County was projected to reach apopulation of 295,000 by the year 2000. In 1997, however, the population was already well over300,000 and is growing 4% a year. Manufacturing in the metropolitan region includescompanies in nearly every Standard Industrial Classification (SIC), from primary metalproduction and fabrication of structural shapes to electronics, integrated circuit fabrication, andsnack foods. Existing plants are expanding and new plants are opening. In particular, theregional semiconductor industry plans to hire 6600 more engineers and plant workers by the year

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Melissa S. Goldsipe; Martha J.M. Wells; Harsha N. Mookherjee; Dennis B. George; Arthur C. Goldsipe

more thanhalf the students were engineers, some students had roles that were based on factors other thanmajor, such as work experience and course work outside their disciplines. Several chemicalengineering students were assigned the work of chemists, investigating the chemical properties ofthe creek’s contaminants. Some psychology and education majors tackled sociological issuesinvolved with this environmental problem. Each team selected its own project manager.The course was divided into two phases. During the initial phase, the mentor team providedstudents general information regarding factors to be considered when addressing environmental

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Sherra E. Kerns; Robert T. Nash; David V. Kerns

technologies will require scientificand engineering excellence, and also effective skills in the areas of technology leadership andmanagement. Strategic planning, financial feasibility, the availability and cost of raw materials,innovative product development, human resources, project management, and the global competitiveenvironment are example areas contributing to development of these skills. The National ResearchCouncil’s report, "Management of Technology: The Hidden Competitive Advantage" documentsthis perspective. Technology-based organizations require leaders with the capabilities tocompetently manage research and development, product or process development, technologicalinnovation and implementation. Today's corporations are increasingly aware

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Lucy C. Morse

. Page 3.614.1The Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Technology (BSET), Operations concentration, Session 3147is the initial program being offered at a distance and it provides an orientation for professionalcareers in technical management and operations in the manufacturing, sales, service andconstruction industries. Through the selection of the upper-level technical concentration,students can tailor their program, based on previous knowledge, to assist them in launching acareer that best meets their needs and aspirations. Projects in cooperation with local industry,solving real-world problems, are required of all students in the BSET program.Since the

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Jack Waintraub

, industry surveys, and a job task analysis. These competencies weregrouped to articulate relevant core and technical knowledge and skills, and then sequenced for Page 3.570.1delivery.Activity-based learning in the context of realistic projects, jointly developed with industrypartners, provides the conceptual framework. Workplace experiences and a capstone projectfurther ensure relevancy and work-readiness upon graduation.The associate degree program modular structure provides flexibility for delivery on a semester orquarter basis. Integration of core subject content with technical studies is achieved throughoutthe entire program, while leaving each

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Marjorie Davis; John Palmer; Helen Grady; Clayton Paul; Allen F. Grum

. Awareof the innovations and research into engineering education occurring at such places as Drexel,Harvey Mudd, and Rose Hulman, we knew that we could achieve a standard of excellence thatwould prepare our students to be leaders in the 21st century.III. What We Changed: Content and Educational GoalsMercer University’s School of Engineering was already doing a number of things right. We hada strong common core that fostered better communication among engineering disciplines. Wehad integrated design experiences beginning in the freshman year and culminating in aninterdisciplinary senior design project involving almost a full year of realistic engineeringteamwork. We had a strong emphasis on technical communication and on team projectrequirements

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Sal Arnaldo; Fazil Najafi

undergraduate course in public works engineering andmanagement practices will be offered to junior or senior civil and environmental engineeringstudents.Educational ObjectivesThe general objectives of the course are to: 1) introduce students to the meaning of “public works” and its distinction from private works; 2) introduce students to the history of public works, outstanding public works projects and the attributes of the engineers responsible for accomplishing them; 3) acquaint students with the functions of local, state, and national public works organiza- tions; 4) introduce students to the processes of public participation and legislative decision-making as they relate to public works projects; 5) introduce students

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Sharon M. Schlossberg

ofgram details, such as typical laboratory exercises and changing what I want to be in life.”design projects, staffing, funding, and cost-benefits,are considered next. A brief summary of experiences “The facilities and faculty are su-with the program concludes the discussion. perb and I learned a lot.” TC GOALS AND OBJECTIVES “I had a great time. Not only did it teach me many things, like how toFor students, the goal of Technology Connection is to make a web page – which I will em-encourage studies in mathematics, science, computers, ploy at home as soon as I get a weband engineering. Naturally, the hope is that this

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Robert Rippy; Jason Dutcher; Jang Yi; Baber Raza; Herbert Hess

Page 3.607.1 Providing laboratory instruction for such distance education students poses a difficultproblem. The appropriate equipment is usually too expensive to provide each student with alaboratory setup. Supervision and safety remain problematic in a distance learning environment,even if the student has the equipment. Consequently, most on-campus courses with laboratorywork drop the requirement to perform that work when serving the distance education student.This is unfortunate because the laboratory remains the best vehicle to teach such skills astroubleshooting and circuit assembly. This project addresses that problem by using the World Wide Web interactively. Withequipment, software, and methods described in this paper, a distance

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Kenneth L. Tuttle

assumption are used for the student modelingefforts. In house computer models are used to study the Brayton Cycle with air as a real gas aswell as the Rankine Cycle. Then students write their own models to study the variables affectingthe gas power cycles in greater depth.The Marine Engineers are assigned five different computer projects with the later assignmentsbuild on the earlier models unless the assignment entails switching to a new gas power cycle.The current and most common assignment is for five levels of the Brayton Cycle. The studentsstart by writing a computer model of the Air Standard Brayton Cycle and vary the pressure ratiofrom a minimum to a maximum value encountered in gas turbines. They use a spread sheetbecause it is easier and

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Joseph Cataldo

Hydrography Package(HEC-1)4,” and “River Analysis System (HEC-RAS)5.” It is virtually impossible to find theinstructions on the use of these programs in an introductory course in Water ResourceEngineering. This has placed an added burden in teaching hydraulics and hydrology to theundergraduate engineering students.Approximately a decade ago, the course in Water Resource Engineering (hydraulics andhydrology is introduced to junior civil engineering students in this course) at Cooper Union wasrevised to include a three hour laboratory and problem solving weekly session. In order toincorporate the use of the latest techniques in this course, projects in urban storm water runoffand flooding were assigned. The HEC-1 program and HEC-2 program was used to

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Shomir Sil; Sashi Sekhar; Chandra R. Sekhar

theeconomic ramifications?Companies have realized the benefits of Technology graduates as front-line supervisors, trainers,plant engineers, maintenance technicians, and simply “jacks-of-all-trades”. They are beingasked to provide economic analyses for projects, supervise employees, manage projects, andprovide basic financial data. But, are these graduates well-prepared to face these assignments?Companies actively promote Technologists who have both managerial and technicalcompetencies into technical management positions.A curriculum being developed at Purdue University Calumet (PUC) by the ElectricalEngineering Technology (EET) Department proposes to incorporate a Minor offered by theSchool of Management in its’ Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical

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Jacob E. Mendelssohn; David J. Ahlgren

to contestants of any age, affiliation, ability, or experience.The goal of the contest is to stimulate interest in robotics and to encourage invention by personsof all ages. A $1,000 first prize is awarded in both the junior division (high school and younger)and the senior division (all others). The contest was expanded in 1998 to include affiliatedregional events that use the Trinity College rules; at this writing, events are scheduled in FortWorth, Calgary, and Seattle. Winners from the regional contests will compete in the final event,held at Trinity on April 19, 1998. Participation engages engineering students and professionalsin a motivating, open-ended interdisciplinary project. Design of a fire-fighting mobile robot is achallenge that

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Stephen R. McNeill; Jed S. Lyons

significantadvantages over hard-bound textbooks. However, the students can not pursue a thought theymight have about the subject material and ask a "what if" type of question. Interactivity hasgenerally been limited to the programmed responses of the software such as answers to multiplechoice and true/false test questions.To provide greater student involvement, projects are underway to allow individuals to remotelyoperate actual equipment (47-49) and perform simulated experiments through a web browser(50-59). From these web sites, students perform laboratory work and are actively involved in thelearning and discovery process. For example, with the “virtual piston” at Rensselaer PolytechnicInstitute (50), students change operating conditions, watch reactions

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Mahmood Nahvi

opportunities to “create and do” rather than those which tell them “how thingsare done.” Courses belonging to the latter category often do not capture students’ interest. Digitalsignal processing, however, does precisely that. It can be developed within a real-life engineeringcontext with real-time applications and design projects, thus leading students to establish a directexperience with the subject rather than taking the instructor's word for it.The DSP lab at Cal Poly is developed with the above objective in mind. It supports experimentswithin the real-life context, using discrete mathematics as a tool and not the goal. It emphasizesinterfacing with the real-time world of analog signals and systems. In addition to a group ofPentium workstations

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Matthew J. Cline; Gary J. Powers

worked on open-ended problems in the laboratory courses and gained desired Page 3.457.1skills by:Cline, Powers Page 2/9• solving open-ended research, design, and development problems.• designing experiments to reveal controlling physical or chemical mechanisms.• linking the needs of problems to economic, scientific and engineering criteria in order to define what data to collect as well as what errors are acceptable.• seeking information from a wide range of sources.• working in teams.• managing projects in the absence of supplied time constraints.• developing a

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Elizabeth Petry

Session 3206 Service Learning Opportunities for Architecture Students Elizabeth Petry, AIA Assistant Professor, University of Hartford Director of Education, Architecture Resource Center of ConnecticutThe University of Hartford, along with other institutions throughout the United States, has beenencouraging college students to take an active role in their communities. University initiatives in“service learning” projects provide tremendous opportunities for the college student, thecommunity and the University.WHAT IS SERVICE LEARNING?Definitions of “service learning” vary