Conference Session

Assessment and Continuous Improvement in Engineering Technology: Part I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xian Zhao, Inner Mongolia University of Technology; Joy Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet; Carl Jenks, Purdue University, Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

communicationskills: The communications content must develop the ability of graduates to: a. plan, organize, prepare, and deliver effective technical reports in written, oral, and other formats appropriate to the discipline and goals of the program b. incorporate communications skills throughout the technical content of the program c. utilize the appropriate technical literature and use it as a principal means of staying current in their chosen technology d. utilize the interpersonal skills required to work effectively in teams (emphasis added)While Criterion 5 deals with total credits in the curriculum as well as the communicationsrequirements listed above

Conference Session

History of Aerospace Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Eberhardt, Boeing Company; Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Aerospace

topresent to his uncles, but showed it first to his father. Daniel’s response was to fund thenew program himself. On June 15, 1925, Daniel Guggenheim announced his gift of$500,000 to NYU for a laboratory building with a wind tunnel, a propeller laboratory andother labs, as well as hiring laboratory assistants. An oversight committee was formedby Chancellor Brown and Orville Wright was selected as its head. On October 23, 1925ground was broken on the NYU Guggenheim School of Aeronautics, which opened ayear later. The Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics, under HarryGuggenheim’s direction, went forward with a plan to fund $2,500,000 in gifts to assist inaviation developmentvii. Following the NYU gift, the plan was to expand

Conference Session

Programmatic Issues in Physics or Engineering Physics

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Baha Jassemnejad, University of Central Oklahoma; Tim A Handy, University of Central Oklahoma; Scott L Murphy, University of Central Oklahoma; Evan C Lemley, University of Central Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

andschools. As it has been stated in a report, student mentoring, and the references therein, mentoring isa sustained one-to-one relationship between a caring adult and a child who needs support to achieveacademic, career, social, or personal goals. Unlike natural mentoring, planned mentoring, requiresmatching between mentees, students receiving mentorship, and mentors through a structured 1program with specific objectives and goals in mind.In order to address low undergraduate retention rates, a common problem faced by engineeringprograms, some universities have established various mentoring programs for incoming freshmanstudents. The common goal of these programs is to help students to cope with

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Younker; Ann McKenna

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Design in Engineering Education

students’ use ofknowledge when making decisions in the process of developing design solutions.Background LiteratureOur study is exploring the use of student knowledge during decision making in the engineeringdesign process. Ulrich and Eppinger2 present a framework for the design process. A six phase Page 14.598.2model is used to present the complex design process as a series of actions: Planning, ConceptPage 14.598.3assembly which goes directly against our goal to decrease the number of parts in the product.The Edge-n-Roll’s quick release mechanism is simple and does not require many parts7.The design criteria established by this team was to

Conference Session

New Research on Retention of URM Groups in STEM

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terrell Strayhorn, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Minorities in Engineering

sense that carrying out the stepsof a research project (e.g., administering a survey, conducting interviews) and analyzing data(e.g., calculating statistics, searching texts for themes) is much more likely to affect students’confidence in their research abilities than talking about the intended purpose of a study, readingliterature about a particular topic, and writing literature summaries for one’s mentor (see Hu,Kuh, & Gayles). Thus, program administrators would do well to consult this information whenworking with faculty mentors; program staff might encourage faculty to plan a summerexperience that actually engages students in collecting or analyzing data if the goal of theprogram is to enhance students’ research self-efficacy

Conference Session

Research and Project Initiatives in IT and IET

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheng Lin, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

21-37, 2000 5. Yen, D., “Graph-based set-up planning and tolerance decomposition for computer-aided fixture design”, International Journal of Production Research, v 38, n 1, Jan 10, p 21-37, 2000 6. Lin, C., and Verma, A., “Clarifications of Rule 2 in Teaching Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing”, ASEE Annual Conference, Session 1147, June 2007 7. Foster, L., “Geo-Metrics III”, Prentice Hall, 1994 Page 14.301.10

Conference Session

Computers and Software in Teaching Mathemathetics

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Reba, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

bring up a discussion of what went wrong at this point. As a recipients of a three-year 2008 NSF-CCLI-II grant, we hope to collect thousands ofsamples of student pen-based submissions on a variety of Calculus problem. From the results ofthis “data-mining,” our goal is to create effective group activities that are scientifically-basedteaching tools. We plan also to involve our local community college (Tri-County TechnicalCollege). We will collect these students’ pen-based submissions in Calculus and compare thetypes of errors these students make. We hope to share experiences and new materials, and tostrengthen the bridge to Engineering and Science careers for Tri-County students as they moveinto Clemson and other 4-year

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ying Tang, Rowan University; Linda Head, Rowan University; Ravi Ramachandran, Rowan University; Lawrence Chatman, Camden County College

filter.Introduction to ECE Principles Course at CCC A new summer bridge course is under developmentfor Engineering Science (ES) program at CCC as part of this proposal. ES program is a transfer programfor students who have a strong interest in engineering and plan for further study of engineering at a 4-year college/university. This course uses the low-level experiments from the projects above andemphasizes coherent ECE content with a focus on digital/analog system analysis, design and integration.Topics includes Boolean Algebra, Combinational and Sequential Circuit analysis, Diodes, Transistors,Operational Amplifier, AC circuit analysis, concepts of frequency response, transfer functions, andanalog filter design and realization. The laboratory-oriented

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students, Faculty, and Profession

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Anderson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Thomas McGlamery, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Traci Nathans-Kelly, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Christine Nicometo, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

interviewees were male. Two of theengineers were Asian and one was African-American. The HR director was African-American. Data from our interviews and observations emphasized the importance of the extendedhistory that participants had together and their enjoyment of their work. The majority had beenat P&Y Tech for over 10 years, some for over 30, and nobody expressed plans to moveelsewhere. They knew each other well and knew where they could go for assistance on a project,for another viewpoint on a problem, or for an answer to a question. The participants weinterviewed and observed were clearly focused on doing good work and putting out qualityproducts. The engineers talked about a few key things that they valued in their work. One

Conference Session

Engineering Education in Africa, Asia and the Mid-East Region

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Nyarsuk, University of Florida; Fazil Najafi, University of Florida; Nick Safai, Salt Lake City College

Tagged Divisions

International

five-year program based on two 19-week semesters Page 14.324.3with the interval of eight weeks per year. The student must take classes based onpredetermined course plans. In the final year of the program, students must select onetechnical elective course per semester. The program consists of ten semesters, with anaverage of seven courses per semester6.The department decides the number of courses that each student must take during eachsemester. A student’s normal course load in each semester is between 16 and 26 credit hours.The minimum requirement to pass academic year is grade C (GPA of 2.00) without any F.Most of the courses in the first four

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiang Zhou, Lamar University; Paul Corder, Lamar University; Hsing-wei Chu, Lamar University; Kendrick Aung, Lamar University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

. Students answer questions on a Likert [10] scale of 1 (truly inadequate) to 7 (trulyoutstanding). The result is shown in Table 1. While there is no hard evidence yet, the results ofimplementation of the both projects in spring 2008 are very promising. The students indicatedthat they felt that doing the projects helped them better understand course concepts. The realworld projects improved student satisfaction and student examination performance in the course.Full formal assessment and evaluation for both projects are planned for spring 2009. Table 1: Student satisfaction survey in spring 2007 Number of Students Average Rating Standard Deviation 35 5.8

Conference Session

Advanced Materials Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

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Materials

AC 2009-320: ACTIVE AND INTELLIGENT MATERIALS: THEORY MEETSAPPLICATIONJohn Marshall, University of Southern Maine John Marshall received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University and is the Internship Coordinator for the Department of Technology at the University of Southern Maine. His areas of specialization include Power and Energy Processing, Applied Process Control Engineering, Automation, Fluid Power, and Facility Planning. Page 14.156.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Intelligent Materials: Theory Meets ApplicationThe focus of this paper is a “hands-on” activity that was

Conference Session

Frontiers in Engineering Management Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard Eisner, George Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

can be paid to the point of view of the acquirer of the system inquestion, who follows a set of procedures that might be called the systems acquisitionprocess. The “5000 series” of documents in the Department of Defense define theimportant features of this process, and deal with a variety of topics that need to be knownto the systems engineer. These topics include: (a) integrated plans and capabilityroadmaps, (b) a management framework, (c) integrated architectures, (d) evolutionaryacquisition, (e) advanced technology, and (f) the total systems approach. 10. Systems of SystemsAs systems have grown in size, complexity and scope, we have been developing what hascome to be called “systems of systems” and “federations” of systems 2. In

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibibia Dabipi, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Christopher Hartman, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; James B. Burrows-Mcelwain, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

both as clients andinstructors that result in a variety of learning modes. For this project, the class was keptas a whole with one defined project leader who oversaw several project teams.Engineering design concepts with emphasis on various aspects of planning, developingand product design via hands-on approach was the key to this course experience. It alsoenhanced the students’ communication skills and teamwork. Product visualizationutilizing computer software such as word processing, power point, and spreadsheetenhanced the students’ ability to collaborate in defining, developing, and designing aworking prototype. Students learned the components of product development such asbrainstorming, time allocation, project management, alternative

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arlene Russell, University of California, Los Angeles; Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Warren Hull, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; william Monroe, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Chester Wilmot, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

feedback and final score Figure 1: Learning Task “Episodes” Tracked in CPR Session (from CPR Training Materials, Arlene Russell and Tim Su)ASSESSMENTEffective formative and summative assessments by a well-qualified outside evaluator will help toensure the effectiveness and universality of the enhanced CPR model. Dianne Raubenheimerserves as the project external evaluator. She is currently the Director of Assessment for theCollege of Engineering at North Carolina State University. She will guide the team through awell-planned agenda of assessment tasks: 1. Develop revised evaluation rubrics for assessing student’s written, oral, and visual communications

Conference Session

Communication and Collaboration

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sally Blomstrom, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Hak Tam, University of California, Santa Barbara

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

accountability.The overall assessment plan included direct and indirect measures gathered as formative andsummative assessments using quantitative and qualitative assessments [3]. The portion of theplan presented in this paper is a quantitative, indirect assessment used as a pretest and posttest.We recognized the importance of alignment [4] and examined the university’s mission, thegeneral education goals, and the student learning outcomes for the course. The instrument usedin this study was developed to align with the course outcomes and the course content. Evaluationforms used by the instructor, the student for her/his own reflection, peers, and audience memberswere developed to reflect the same criteria. The instrument reported on in this paper

Conference Session

Emerging EM Areas

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cassandra Elrod, University of Missouri-Rolla; William Daughton, University of Missouri-Rolla (ENG)

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

themarketing and production of a Palmtop type product, and the second covered theproduction of a car in a “Monster Garage” scenario to serve a target market. These twoactivities would expose the students to the concepts of teamwork, decision making, andtypical product management activities such as planning, marketing, logistics, andproduction.The Palmtop, Inc. Simulation was crafted by the EMSE department for the Introductionto Engineering program. The goal of this simulation is to enable the students toexperience decision making in an uncertain business environment and to shed light on thejob functions that EMSE graduates often execute. This simulation is run forapproximately 60 minutes and does not require specific knowledge of technical orbusiness

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Haws, Boise State University

, neither of which I begrudge. When a student is really lost or lacks confidence,expert modeling is of little help. Floundering students need someone with an understandingcloser to their own—someone whose success at mastering the content they feel competent toemulate.Our best, realistic hope is that students will become competent professionals. Few, if any, willbecome the outliers whose general understanding far out-distances our own. While theseindividuals of rare genius are extremely important, to the professions and to society, they are fartoo rare to warrant more than a passing acknowledgment in our teaching plans. What’s more,you don’t need to be a genius to help a genius understand something—more typically, yousimply need to get out of the

Conference Session

Computer ET Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Hurny, Rochester Institute of Technology; Gina Hurny, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

community to instructors who are caringand respectful, excited about the material, and able to motivate them. Students also prefer alearning environment where they feel safe and connected to other students, strong curriculumlinkages between the courses, and consistency and visibility of the connection between learningcommunity faculty.The instructors for the various courses supporting the learning community pilot program wereidentified prior to the summer launch. The identification of the instructor team and initialinteraction began at the workshop (referred to in the Background section) with focusedorganization and planning activities for the respective learning communities. This interaction forthe CpET learning community continued on an ad hoc

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Oerther, University of Cincinnati; Cinnamon Carlarne, University of Cincinnati; Eric Maurer, University of Cincinnati; Regina Lamendella, University of Cincinnati; Sarah Pumphrey, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

plan team experiments that are self-selected and ultimately designed andperformed by the teams with a significant degree of autonomy. In particular, to complement theP3 project the course emphasizes the acid-base and precipitation chemistry of phosphorusrecovery as struvite and the microbiology of enhanced biological phosphorus removal foractivated sludge sewage treatment systems.The format for EVST 501 is significantly different from CEE 600/601. Students are providedwith reading assignments and an opportunity for self-paced, monitored, independent study.Reading assignments are selected to stimulate Socratic discussions of sustainability where theinstructors facilitate an open-ended discussion within the classroom among the students to self

Conference Session

Software and e-learning in the ME curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benson Tongue, University of California-Berkeley; Eric Lew, University of California-Berkeley

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

engi-neering (eventually including commentary from professional engineers), as well as the class’srelevance with respect to other areas within the mechanical engineering curriculum.To aid students in planning their schedules, it will also list prerequisites, the estimated workload, helpful books and/or internet sites, places to get help, and other similar classes the Page 11.145.10student might like if he or she enjoyed the class.Interests PageThis page is designed to guide students through mechanical engineering based on theirparticular interests. It will describe the various fields within mechanical engineering, notingthe types of jobs available

Conference Session

EM Program Trend and Development

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Merino, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

28 +1 Yes3A and 3B 20 21 +1 Yes4A and 4B 18 17 -1 Yes5A 15 16 +1 YesTotal 100 100 0Appendix A. ABET Criteria for EM programsSource: ABET:Criteria for Accrediting Programs in Engineering in the US, 2003 -04Program Criteria for Engineering Management and Similarly Named EngineeringPrograms1. Curriculum. The program must demonstrate that graduates have: an understanding of the engineering relationships between the tasks of planning, organization, leadership, control, and the human element in production, research, and service

Conference Session

Civil Engineering in the Classroom

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yusuf Mehta, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

class; however the studentsunderstand the theory by solving real-world problems that are relevant to the theory.IntroductionThe transportation engineering is taught in the junior year as a required course for all civilengineering (CE) students. The course provides an introduction to various aspects oftransportation engineering. The course, which is traditionally a lecture course, was redesigned toensure that every student actively participates and understands the physical elements oftransportation design. The students then have the option of taking an advanced transportationDesign and Planning or pavement Design and Evaluation.Course OutlineThe course (Table 1) included six topics, 1) driver, pedestrian, vehicle and road characteristics,;2

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Introductory Physics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Turner, Morningside College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

Physics, with 1 hour per week extra forstudents needing Calculus-based Physics. Spring semesters tend to attract fewer studentsbecause many majors require only one semester of Physics.Further WorkWe are continuing to develop a detailed syllabus, but do not have any immediate plans forformal assessment of the methods described in this paper, primarily for lack of a comparativeaudience. With a detailed curriculum in place, we will approach some larger universities, withmultiple sections of calculus-based physics, to invite collaboration with the assessment.Bibliography1. Milne, Esther (1971) “Spiral Approach” School Science and Mathematics 71, 1, p12-162. Harden, R.M.; Stamper, N. (1999) “What is a Spiral Curriculum?” Medical Teacher v21 n2 p141

Conference Session

Innovative Lower Division Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College; Dan Dimitriu, San Antonio College

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

. According to the group BusinessRoundtable, a Washington-based coalition of leading U.S. corporations, the number of studentsin the United States planning to pursue engineering degrees declined by one-third between 1992and 2002. ("Business Coalition Focuses on Math, Science Careers," Aug. 10, 2005) TheBusiness Roundtable report also estimates that half the doctoral students graduating fromengineering colleges in the United States are foreign nationals and the National Science Board in2004 reported “a troubling decline in the number of U.S. citizens who are training to becomescientists and engineers…” 1At the same time the U.S. Department of Labor predicts that the number of jobs requiringscience, engineering, and technical training will increase by

Conference Session

Materials Science and Engineering of 2020

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barry Dupen, Indiana University Purdue University-Fort Wayne (ET)

Tagged Divisions

Materials

sequential slides in a PP show cannot be displayed in a row or column. There is no flexibility in PP for printing five slides on one page, two on the second page, three across the width of a third, with strategically planned whitespace. 6. Homework assignments were limited to what would fit easily on a slide, which made it difficult to assign wordy problems, or problems using graphs or pictures. 7. Supplemental handouts, such as Figure 1, were stapled to the end of the PP handout, not in the order of discussion during the class. The only way to insert this material within a PP printout is to create a new slide within the PP show. The solution to all of these problems was to import figures, tables, graphs, and text

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Williamson, East Carolina University; Gene Dixon, East Carolina University; Paul Kauffmann, East Carolina University; Tarek Abdel-Salam, East Carolina University

isleading to the goal. In this sense, they have little motivation to attempt homeworkproblems they perceive beyond their capability. We saw that once students startedconstructing their own problems, they automatically set goals that involve problems withhigher levels of challenge. This instinct to raise the level of challenge arises frommotivation to close the discrepancy between the skill level they perceive they have andthe next higher level. More challenging problems create greater discrepancies andconsequently greater motivation due to the anticipated self-satisfaction if the challenge ismet. We are planning to explore these connections in follow-on work aimed at assessingwhether students’ self-efficacy beliefs about course objectives are

Conference Session

Electromechanical & Manufacturing ET Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shuping Wang, University of North Texas; Vijay Vaidyanathan, University of North Texas

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

in the classroom through implementation activities which otherwise would not beavailable to them. In the 2005 fall semester, for the first time we took a graduate (ELET 5320)class of nine students to the Advanced Optics and Sensors Laboratory for practical experiences.Students observed demonstrations of the polymer waveguide fabrication process. This is the firststep to fulfill our objective. We plan to divide future classes into small groups of 3-5 students.Each group would fabricate the waveguide based on their designs. We anticipate measurableachievements in following years.Acknowledgement Authors thank Brad Borden and Haritha Namduri for taking the SEM image

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments and Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Koplow, Northeastern University; Francis Di Bella, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Chicago, Ill Engineering Technology Division How to Rescue a Poorly Operating Experiment in Engineering Technology and Change it into a “Real-World” Engineering Technology Learning LessonFrancis A. Di Bella, PE Director of School of Engineering TechnologyMichael Koplow, Adjunct Instructor ThermodynamicsNortheastern University, Boston, MAABSTRACTA planned experiment that goes awry can never be completely avoided. Even the bestplanned lab experiment in an engineering technology course will suffer a somewhatembarrassing failure in the middle of the experiment, with a lab team of engineeringtechnology students looking on, dispirited and possibly embarrassed for the seeminglyhelpless instructor. But this is the

Conference Session

NEW Lab Experiments in Materials Science

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenn Kohne, Loyola College in Maryland; Steven O'Donnell, Loyola College in Maryland

Tagged Divisions

Materials

occurand, possibly survive. The problem with these numbers is the computer execution time requiredto evaluate all of the created circuits. One solution well suited to this problem is the use ofparallel processing to reduce computation time. An effort to adapt this software to a parallel-processor system is currently underway by the co-author as a two semester Senior DesignProject.Instructor’s Notes: This project is suitable for student research in a 10 week, 40 hours/weektimeframe. Approximately three weeks should be planned for the design of the user interfacethat establishes the habitat and fauna, sets initial conditions and performance parameters, reportsintermediate results and displays final circuitry and analyses. Three to four weeks should