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F. Coowar; Rosida Coowar

premisesA laboratory model of the plan view of a house is used to demonstrate some basic principles of electrical powerdistribution in a house. Students wire up the electrical points specified and make measurements of voltage,current and power at various points in the installation. These are followed by calculations. At the end of theexercise, students are able to understand some aspects of electrical distribution in a domestic setting and canrelate these to some laws of electricity.Efficiency of energy conversionA stationary modified bicycle is mounted by a student who pedals a wheel that drives a DC generator. The latterprovides power to a pump which is used to transfer water from a container on the ground to another one on the

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David G. Meyer

. Waldheim, G. P., ‘‘Understanding How Students Understand: A Prerequisite to Planning Effective Teaching-Learning Methods,’’ Engineering Education, February 1987, pp. 306-308.8. Murr, L. E., ‘‘In the Visual Culture,’’ Engineering Education, December 1988, pp. 170-172.9. House, D., ‘‘Cruising Your PC Down the Information Highway,’’ Innovator, Vol. 7, No. 2, August 1994, pp. 10-12. BIOGRAPHY Page 1.184.5DAVID G. MEYER is currently an Associate Professor at the School of Electrical & Computer Engineering,Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, specializing in multimedia

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Jerome P. Lavelle

discourage use ofbuilt-in functions until I am convinced that the students understand what they are doing and who to modeleconomic analysis situations + Add notes on accounting + Add engineers journal, scheduling and planning,activity based accounting concepts + Supplement with note and articles from TEE ● T_Jse case book + Use casestudies from my casebook ● Supplement with a finance text and a Managerial economics text in two quarters + Supplement notes on cost estimating and cost accounting ● Use notes developed from NSF project + Eachlecture supplement with examples fi-om other texts, will use cases later in semester ● A workbook in conjunctionwith a text has been used + Augment with personal notesC)UESTION: Do You Use “Spreadsheets” in Your

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Arthur T. Johnson

becomes more saline. The soil salinity in large bare patches between salt meadow hayand black rush can become 30 times that under dense perennial vegetation. Closer to the sea, frequentflooding limits the accumulation of surface salt, and further into the black rush, rainwater dilutes any saltysoil. Hypersaline soil prevents the germination of many seeds and slows marsh healing. A client of yours, Investocorp, has a planned construction project that requires access across aportion of a high marsh in Rhode Island. Although the traffic will not require more than one month tocomplete, vegetation in bare areas left in the marsh could take years to become reestablished. Thecompany cannot afford the regulatory and public-relations costs of such

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III, Thomas K. Miller; Catherine E. Brawner

undergraduate engineering curriculum where successhinges on passing tests where there are defined “right” and “wrong” answers. In the Entrepreneurs Program atNCSU, groups of students form companies to try and make a product -- much like what would be done in ahigh-tech start-up company. Within each group, the students organize themselves to handle the various aspects of running a high-techbusiness: research, development, productio~ marketing, etc.. They develop a project plan for the semester andwork to achieve their stated goals. They present their ideas, progress, and products to the other students threetimes during the semester. At the end of the semester they are judged, not by tests, but by how well theyachieved their objectives, how

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Jo Ann Parikh

of the National Science Foundation and the Cornell Theory Center, SCSUwas able for the first time in 1995 to implement extensive curriculum modifications designed to offer outstudents a broad exposure to parallel and distributed computing in a wide variety of courses. In thefuture, students in upper-level classes will have the benefit of prior exposure to parallel and distributedcomputing architectures, paradigms, and issues which will facilitate a more in-depth approach inupper-level courses. The Computer Science Department plans to introduce a senior-level elective coursein parallel and distributed computing within the next few years. Completion of our new program shouldprepare students for the challenges and opportunities posed by the

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Melissa Mattmuller

1.460.5 1996 ASEE Annual Conference ProceedingsA step-by-step plan for implementing your own campSix months aheadSelect staff and determine camp dates It is of primary importance to select camp staff that are enthusiasticand can readily establish a rapport with the campers. Then according to participant schedules and residence hallavailability select a date.Layout Brochures - Include pictures of previous participants and camp staff members with description ofactivities and staff. The brochure could include a tear-off application, stating the application fee, a must toreduce no-shows, and a medical release statement.Establish a budget and begin lining up financing. Include staff reimbursement, residence hall

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Tomasz Traczyk; Krzysztof Antoszkiewicz; Eugeniusz Toczylowski

assistfunctional and management activities in order to improve efficiency and effectiveness. The functional university activities include teaching activities and activities related to processing ofthe administrative and organizational information, including enrollment. Management activities plan and I Page 1.217.2control the university functional activities. ?$iii’ } 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘.,*,HyRc,~ . The main objective of introducing a university information system is to improve eficiency and

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Paulo S. F. Barbosa

. Furthermore, the increasing infrastructure deficit in Brazil inhibits innovations inthe traditional curriculum centered around a technical framework. In Brazilian scenario there have been few definitions of the goals of engineering education on a nationalbasis. However, the top engineering colleges try to graduate a “conceptual engineer,” with a stronger emphasison planning and design activities (Bringhenti[’] ). Besides the curricular issues, there is clear evidence of the needto develop some skills and attitudes in engineering students. Some recent curricular reform processes (Barbosa [g]and Lima ) suggested that graduates should be versatile, able to comunnicate with society, capable of self-discovery and self-expression, able to

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Christopher G. Braun

potential for changing the way we conduct laboratory classes. Because of thehigh level of functionality and very low cost, it is possible for each student to posses theirown data acquisition system. We plan to use our Summer Field Session as the means tohave every engineering students build and learn how to use their student data acquisitionsystem. Other schools may use time during a basic electronics class to accomplish thesame task. Once we make that fundamental change, then our faculty will be able to redesignand rethink our many laboratory classes to take advantage of this personal dataacquisition system. Some of the more major changes will come in three initial areas:expansion of our Controls laboratory, enhancement of our Senior

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Richard Gilbert; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College; Renata Engel, Pennsylvania State University

real characteristics of content command will evolve. This maturitymust develop before a lecturer has any hope of using content command as a tool to present a good lecture. If alecturer must have complete content command to avoid student discontent, how can the lecturer adjust thisvariable to maximize the impact of the information transfer? The answers are quite simple. The lecturer can stick to a well-planned script. Unfortunately, anydeviation to a less familiar topic can cause the lecturer to present disjoint arguments and explanations andperhaps even incorrect information. Sometimes the lecturer skips details. And sometimes fantasy is used tofacilitate the understanding of a complex concept. Interestingly enough, the latter two

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Blanca Jimenez Cisneros

was established in 1951 at the National University ofMexico (UNAM), corresponding to the first Latinamerican postgraduate educational program to obtain (2)masters and doctors degrees in Sanitary Engineering . At present the name is master and doctor inEnvironmental Engineering. The main objective of this postgraduate program is to conform a group ofengineers in order to select, design and implement viable solutions to the specific pollution problems of thecountry, by the development of certain activities such as: technology development and adaptation, research,management and operation of pollution control systems, design and planning, administrationa and legislation,and education

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Subbarao Ivaturi; Joel Greenstein

producing a product that matches market needsin a manner that satisfies all the parties concerned. When designing, designers attempt to define a need and a setof technical requirements that are converted into a complete description of a product or system through aprocess. The resulting description should contain the information required to achieve a product or system thatcan solve a problem, and fulfill some human need. The product or system must also be capable of being: ● physically produced and implemented, and ● economically and financially justified. Thus, engineering design can be defined as a detailed planning process that evolves into a goal-directed .problem solving activity”] The goal of

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Ph.D., Lora S. Spangler; Ph.D., Kourosh Rahnamai; John P Farris Ph.D.; Ph.D., John Maleyeff

: (1) to provide a laboratory environment whereinterdisciplinary experiments relating to integrated manufacturing and control can be performed, (2) to providean opportunity for each of the engineering programs (electrical, industrial, mechanical, and bio) to conductindependent experiments relating to manufacturing and control, (3) to provide for the students necessaryexperience in the interdisciplinary nature of engineering practice, and (4) to provide a facility for the design,development, testing, and manufacture of plastic products.Background American industry is well aware of the necessity for effective teamwork in competitive businesses.Teams have become a common form of organization for activities that range from business planning

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Timothy Cameron; David W. Russell

in acous-tics and vibration have been created and three more are planned as a cooperative effort between MechanicalEngineering and Applied Physics. GMI’s instructional Acoustics, Noise and Vibration (ANV) Laboratory wasmade possible by grants from the National Science Foundation and industry. Eight laboratory exercises have been developed for the senior-level course “Acoustics, Noise and Vi-bration” to introduce students to sound and vibration engineering. The laboratory exercises demonstrategoverning physical principles, provide experience using state-of-the-art tools and techniques in sound andvibration engineering, and introduce applications in architectural acoustics and noise and vibration control.The laboratory exercises are

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Leah H. Jamieson; Henry G. Dietz; Edward J. Coyle

takethe course either for a letter grade or Pass/Fail. Seniors register for one or two credits per semester, and musttake the course for a letter grade. The seniors are generally expected to be the team leaders and to have primary technical andmanagerial responsibility. Their responsibilities include system design, solving technical problems, andtraining, monitoring, and directing the sophomores and juniors in the tasks of system construction, testing, anddeployment. The responsibilities of juniors include assisting the seniors in the planning and organization ofthe project, the solution of technical problems, meeting with the Project Partner, and the supervision ofsophomores. They also have principal responsibility for finding sources of

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John R. Williams; Dr. Martin Pike

mentoring relationship has many positive aspects that out-weigh the risk of the potentialproblems. Long Term Benefits A good mentoring relationship should evolve into a long term partnership. This has happened to theauthors. The authors have developed a good personal and professional friendship that will benefit them bothfor the foreseeable future. They are planning a number of joint projects both for team teaching, coursedevelopment, and research activities. One such activity is the revising of the laboratory manual the partnersinitially developed. They will continue to use each other as a confidential source of help and information.They continue to use each other as a second opinion on issues

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John O. Dimmock; Stephen T. Kowel

and Process DesignSpring Semester: - Optical Fabrication and Testing - Optics and Photonics System Design - Elective 2 - Optomechanical Design and Manufacturing - Elective 1 Page 1.337.4 y&., :{ } 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘..+,~yy:: . I In the early planning stages it was decided that

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David W. Russell

introduce the US student to the research team in Wales and provides an opportunity for study of past theses in their library, Page 1.11.3,.: . . - ..-set ~~f email accounts and the presentation of a formal application. The formal supervisors are thenassigned to the research plan and the student then sets up an appropriate schedule for fee payment.ReRiarch Projects. Prior to this initial visit to Wales, the student is presented with a list of current research interests thatis formulated by the research collaboration activity of faculty at PSU and at Wales. In this manner, onlyprojects that most benefit both

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Mark Gordon; Joel Greenstein; Jack Hebrank; Douglas E. Hirt; Daniel P. Schrage; Bill Mason; Tom Miller; Jim Nau

of the design. Within this framework, the students need to realizethat the team must be organized to decide long-term goals (typically to satisfy the semester designrequirement) and short-term objectives to define a plan to reach the goal. The team must decide exactly whatdecisions have to be made, and what needs to be done to obtain the information needed to make the decision.Then, each member must provide one part of the information required. Using everyone’s contributions, theteam can then make a rational design decision. Students soon learn that engineering projects require too muchwork to be done entirely as a group homework problem. To survive, the workload has to be divided and each

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Jean K. Sando; Gloria Rogers

). Gathering Information: What DoStudents Do? ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, pp. 1138-1143. California Critical Thinking Skills Test 0 and California Critical Thinking Dispositions Inventory 0. TheCalifornia Academic Press, 217 La Cruz Ave., Millbrea, CA 94030. Erdman, C. A., and C. Malave. (March 1993). The Foundation Coalition A Research Proposal to:National Science Foundation #92-469. Frair, Karen. (1995) The Foundation Coalition Strategic Plan. forthcoming. Linde, Charlotte, et al. (1994). Video-based Interaction Analysis: A Method for Assessment and Page 1.32.4

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Merl Baker

engineering management Ph.D.s only, but more broadly a redirection of the macroprocess for dl technical/scientific curricuki/programs to provide options and diversity. Flexibility for all Ph.D programs,even beyond science and engineering, can enable the selective inclusion of a diversity of courses and practices, and ifstrategically planned substitutions will not erode traditional quality. A Practice-Oriented Alternative The Ph..D. in engineering management offered by a few universities is one approach to a practice-oriented Ph.D,and the number of graduates from these programs should be expanded to meet some of the future needs of employers.However, much broader objectives are deemed most

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Arvind Ramanathan

properties,techniques of biomaterials sterilization.Enrollment 28 junior and senior students were enrolled in the class. Considering the size of HMC (60-70engineering graduates each year) this is a fairly large number. While most of the students were engineeringmajors, there was representation from biology, chemistry, and physics majors as well. In a survey taken at thebeginning of the course, students’ plans after graduating included graduate school in BME, medical school,industry, entrepreneurial ventures, and consulting setups. Areas of interest included the entire gamut ofresearch and development in the field ranging from medical instruments, and physiological systems analysis, tobiomechanics, and biomaterials.Table 1

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James Rehg

@a-’ } 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘..+,~lll:’: . ● New production systems include a high degree of distributed control and information integration], The regional and national trend in manufacturing is to link the production machines in manufacturing cellsand to integrate cells into production systems. The integration fi-equently includes hardware and software tomake production and product quality tiormation available to the design and production planning departments ona near real-time basis. These changes are driven by a need to become more competitive in the global market; as aresult, the move toward integration in manufacturing

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Saeed B. Niku

. Although this has not yet been implemented, we plan to incorporate it next year. ?@x&~ 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘+I14,: . 7Dissection of a Video Camera: So far, a VHS video camera has been dissected for observation by students. At this point it appears thatit would not be feasible to have students dissect a camera on their own and re-assemble it back. This is becausecameras are very complicated and re-assembling them takes much effort, and that cameras are very expensive.Alternately, the dissected

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Ms. Carol Cummiskey; Dr. Harris Rawicz

verified and a meansof reducing the payload testing became self evident. In the process of performing her engineering task, the student learned that engineering courses were onlypart of her education. She recognized that liberal arts courses are also important. It was necessary to obtain thecooperation of people in other organizations within ITT. She was not just dealing with engineers, she wasdealing with technicians from quality assurance, integration and test, information management, andmanufacturing. Without their cooperation, she could not have accomplished her task. Obtaining approval of test plans required written procedures, as well as oral presentations both to theaffected personnel and to the intern’s immediate supervision

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Fred M. Young

calculator supplied by theinstructor (available from ASME over Internet at ftp://192.217.237.100/pub/fluid/compflow.zip). Plans arecurrently being developed to equip a lab with Mathcad so that students can receive "live" electronic copies ofcourse notes, particularly all of the flow functions. This would extend many of the advantages offered theinstructor in preparing class materials to students in doing homework and taking tests, i.e. numerical, unit andsymbolic calculation capability integrated into a self documenting work environment. At the end of the semester all of the course notes and quizzes were integrated into a Mathcad electronicbook for the students to use in the future as a review of the course material as it is needed in

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James S. Tulenko; Edward T. Dugan; David E. Hintenlang

contemporary issues; and (k) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.”The accreditation criteria provide a framework for nuclear engineering and radiological programsto design their curriculum to meet the professional needs of their students and to present anexciting challenge to attract students. One has only to look at the decreasing enrollments nationally and the closing of nuclearengineering departments to realize that to continue to be successful, nuclear departments mustdevelop strategic plans that define successful objectives in the educational process along withprograms to assess how we are doing with continual adjustments. Over the

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Biological and Agricultural Tech Session I

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Stacy Klein-Gardner; Rick Williams, East Carolina University; Stephanie Sullivan, East Carolina University; Loren Limberis, East Carolina University

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Biological & Agricultural

desired path by receiving multiple perspectives on the Page 14.281.4subject. These could be opinion such as pre-recorded opinions of known experts, excerpts fromjournal articles, or a quick visit to a website. In any case, the Multiple Perspectives phase isintended to be short and immediate, and requires pre-planning from the instructor (it is not aliterature review done by the students). After the students obtain the additional insight andintended steering of the multiple perspectives, they move into the Research and Revise phase.This is the phase in which most of the learning and teaching occurs. This phase could consist ofstudent-driven

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Embedded Computing

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yoon Kim, Virginia State University; Shahzad Akbar, Virginia State University

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Computers in Education

. Page 14.417.11Figure 11: Spectrums of accelerometer response placed at R3 without compromise. Page 14.417.12 470Hz 630Hz 720Hz 390Hz 630Hz 690Hz Freq Freq Freq Diff 2 Diff 3 Diff 1Figure 12: Comparison of safe and damaged bridge spectra Page 14.417.13Future WorkThe bridge monitoring system is a convergence design that provides a better design solution toexisting monitoring systems. The design plan implements vibration analysis