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Ilya Grinberg

solving methodologies in methodologies advanced applications, ability to recognize a problem and to reduce it to a simple case from an introductory technical courseTo achieve the objectives of the introductory courses the following structure is used: 1. Simple problems from the textbook – but let the students choose numeric values. This provides for the sense of their ownership for the problem and allows to follow solutions from the book 2. More complicated problems. One problem covers one or more topics 3. Laboratory

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Willis Marti; Wei Zhao; Steve Liu

material server; and direct access servers. These servers aredesigned to provide remote users the feel and look of the user interfaces of the laboratorydevices, yet still prevent misuse of the VNL physical and logical components to affect theoperational networks. An additional resource configuration server is responsible forefficient and reliable (re)configuration of laboratory facilities. The MITB represents the first of what will be several exercise environments inthe VNL. Rather than have instructors assemble individual laboratory components foreach individual exercise, the VNL will provide pre-configured environments which canbe adapted for individual exercises with minimal effort. MITB contains four conceptualtiers: backbone

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Dennis Anderson

at Pace. In an effort to maximizethe efficient use of the university’s limited teaching resources and to ensure that the coursecontent of CIS101 is consistent across all sections and lays an appropriate foundation formore advanced study of computer science and information systems, the principalinvestigator conducted a pilot study substituting computer-based training (CBT) for thetraditional, instructor-led laboratory that supplements lectures in the course. The studyindicated that this substitution deserves much more attention from academics andadministrators.I. IntroductionTraditionally, CBT programs have been used for corporate training since they are lowercost and ensure a certain level of competency. The academic world has been skeptical

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Kenneth Kelmer; James Thrower; Larry Silverberg; Scott Kiefer

proposes curriculum modifications that are tailored to non-electricalengineering students. Specifically, six instructional hands-on laboratory experiments and anupdated course outline are proposed. The goal was to make students more comfortable withcontrol theory by using hands on examples and tailoring lectures to non-electrical students. Inorder to measure the success of the curriculum changes, all students were given a written surveywhen they completed the course, a sampling of students were chosen at random for personalinterviews, and standard course evaluations were examined. The student responses indicated thechanges were successful.1. Introduction The origin of the difficulties associated with teaching controls to non

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William Miller; Stephen Lombardo; Christa Weisbrook; Patrick Tebbe

Session: 1526Development of Software Applications for Thermodynamics Related Courses: The THERMOVIEW Project Dr. Patrick A. Tebbe The College of New Jersey tebbe@tcnj.edu Dr. Christa Weisbrook, Dr. Stephen J. Lombardo, Dr. William Miller University of MissouriAbstract The College of New Jersey and the University of Missouri are collaborating on a NSFCourse, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement proof-of-concept grant to develop educationalsoftware for use in

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Steve Schreiner; John Burns

was decided that a variety of topics should be coveredat an appropriate depth such that each teacher could bring that topic back to their classroom.Topics included the engineering design process, BME modeling, gait analysis, genetics,biomedical devices, control systems, ergonomics and anthropometrics, and applying BMEprinciples to the Massachusetts curriculum frameworks. The laboratory experiences wereconstructed as stand alone modules that could easily be adapted to a particular grade level andcourse.The institute began with an introduction to engineering, biomedical engineering, and the designprocess. As with every topic presented at the workshop, the participants actively participated in

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Ravi Athale; John Treichler; Dave Munson; Sally Wood; Geoffrey Orsak; Scott Douglas; Mark Yoder

UniversityAbstractThe INFINITY Project (www.infinity-project.org) is a nationally recognized partnership betweenleading universities, industry, and K-12 educators to help school districts incorporate modernengineering and technology in their high school curricula. This effort aims to develop a novel andinteractive curriculum emphasizing the engineering fundamentals and the fun of the modern high-tech age.This paper outlines the goals and technology elements of the INFINITY Project. Implementationissues of the program are addressed, including textbook and laboratory creation, teacher training,and online classroom support.Math and physics high school teachers are teaching this curriculum in 14 Texas schools at thistime. This paper presents the early results of

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William Stratton; Ranaye Marsh; Jonathan Lawson; Jay Kunze

technicians. For instance, Argonne NationalLaboratory heavily promotes teamwork 8 between the two classes of employees. At the IdahoNational Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, a Team Excellence Award programrecognizes outstanding performance of entire teams, with engineers, planners, technicians, andsecretaries all sharing equally in the success of the team.9Student PerspectivesSeveral former students who had received degrees in both applied technology (two or three yearprograms) and later conventional engineering four-year programs were invited to participate in theconference. Since all of these students are presently employed as engineers, it was not unexpectedthat they generally expressed concerns that each had when they were $technicians

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Stephanie Eisenbarth; Siddhartha P. Duttagupta; Robert Walters; Paul Dawson; Joseph Guarino; George Murgel; Christopher Pentico

effort with partners from higher education, government, and industry. Notableexamples include (i) $12 million in a community funded effort to construct two new engineeringbuildings that became operational in 2000; (ii) $5 million in laboratory equipment donationsfrom Micron, HP, American Microsystems, SCP, Cascade Microtech, Teradyne, and Zilog;(iii) $5 million in research and equipment grants in the Year 2000; (iv) development of four new“distance” graduate courses to be offered to the industry and the community-at-large via variousvideo delivery modes; (v) participation of four industry experts as adjunct faculty for teachingBSU graduate courses; and (vi) 10,000 man-hours donated by industry engineers to train BSUfaculty and technicians in the

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Subhash Sarin; Louis Guido; James Heflin; Robert Hendricks

engineering and the sciences, that may becompleted as part of the curriculum in each participating department. We have developed anintroductory microchip fabrication laboratory in which students process 4-inch wafers to createworking nMOSFETs and other devices. It is anticipated that this course will be required of allstudents in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering,and Physics, and has only freshman chemistry as its prerequisite. Interested students who thenselect the microelectronics option then take a sequence of core courses in solid state physics andsemiconductor processing technologies, and select electives from a menu including range ofelectronics materials processing courses, semiconductor devices

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Bina Ramamurthy; Pratibha Gopalam; Alexander N. Cartwright

Applets to allow the users to design and simulate experiments and systems (user-configurable virtual laboratory Applets). Moreover, additional groups have realized theimportance of developing user configurable simulation environments [7, 8]. Figure 1: Optical Design Applet showing graphical representation of optical components and sources. This applet is a design environment where students can add, remove, and modify optical components and observe the resulting ray tracing.Example of User Configurable Design Applet: Optical Design SystemFigure 1 shows a snapshot of our Optical Design Applet where all the optical components(lenses, mirrors, dielectrics) in the optical system are graphically represented. This OpticalDesign Applet

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Sanjay Joshi; Richard Wysk; D.J. Medeiros; Amine Lehtihet; Timothy Simpson

CAD/CAM,rapid prototyping, electronic assembly, and the Facility for Advanced Manufacturing Education(FAME). Together, these laboratories offer a broad range of manufacturing capability, whichallows the students significant flexibility in product design. IE students on the teams will havealready completed a laboratory course in the FAME lab during which they learn basic safetyprinciples and operation of some of the equipment. Course faculty and department technicalstaff work with the student groups to develop their skills with other laboratory equipment asneeded. Once they have demonstrated a reasonable level of proficiency, the students are allowed

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Karen Williams; James Hedrick

the mini-courses; (4) two local high school science teachers, who livein the dormitory with the students, assist with teaching in the laboratory, and accompany studentson field trips; and (5) five student counselors (including one administrative counselor) who contactstudents prior to their arrival, oversee evening and weekend recreational activities, and, like theteachers, live with the students and assist them with their classwork. The latter are selected fromour undergraduate science and pre-health students on the basis of applications, interviews, andletters of recommendation from college faculty. We schedule monthly meetings prior to theworkshop, frequent informal meetings as needed during the workshop, and a debriefing

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Paul Lin; Hal Broberg

Session 1520 Web Programming for Industrial Applications: A New Course Paul I-Hai Lin, Hal Broberg Indiana University-Purdue University Fort WayneAbstractAn explanation of a new course currently being taught at the undergraduate and graduatelevel is provided. Topics including a survey of Internet and Web, HTML,JavaScript/JScript, Java Applet, Perl, CGI protocol and scripts, and Web-based databasesare covered. Some theory in industrial process control, sensors, and transducers isintroduced with emphasis on Web-based data acquisition, industrial control andautomation applications. Laboratory experiments

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Steve Watkins; Richard Hall; K. Chandrashekhara; Vicki Eller

Foundation. The objectives are the development ofinterdisciplinary skills and knowledge and the transfer of new technology to application. Thecourse is “Smart Materials and Sensors” and is co-listed in electrical, civil, aerospace, andmechanical engineering. It emphasizes the interconnectedness of knowledge in the smart structuresarea. The bridge is a field laboratory for students and a long-term demonstration for industry. TheWWW site serves both an internal audience of students and an external audience of industry. The site has a clear design philosophy.16 The site content for the course and the bridge areclosely linked and must accommodate the well-defined internal student audience and the generalexternal industry audience. The objectives

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James Newell; Kathryn Hollar; Mariano Savelski; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater; Kevin Dahm

that effectiveness in teams is an essential skillfor professional success (7-9). Many universities are responding to this challenge byintroducing multidisciplinary laboratory or design courses (10,11). At Rowan University,we have developed a method of addressing these diverse challenges, while alsoimplementing pedagogical valuable hands-on learning experiences (12,13) and technicalcommunications (14-16).At Rowan University, all engineering students participate in an eight-semester coursesequence known as the engineering clinics (17). In the Junior and Senior years, theseclinic courses involve multidisciplinary student teams working on semester-long or year

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Geoff Swan; S P Maj; D Veal

together. Students assignright to users as the network administrator and then log on as various users to test theirsystem. Shull and Vescovi have noted that: “Unlike most physical sciences where laboratoryinstruction is accepted as integral to the student’s education, data communications andnetworking are often taught without the practically of the laboratory section” 8.Each workstation consists of a client and a server although students can connect to twoservers in the labs and also to the outside world via the Internet connection, when this isenabled by NIM staff. Each two-hour theory lecture is accompanied by an associated two-hour hands-on workshop where some of the ideas presented in the lecture can be put intopractice.Many NIM students had

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Nikolaos Katopodes; Donald D. Carpenter

redesigned course has similar objectives to the original course,however a computer laboratory section was added and the presentation of material was changed.Previously, numerous alternative solution methods were covered in a very deductive matter.Now, fewer solution methods are introduced and the class is taught more inductively with aproblem solution approach. The instructors consider the redesigned course to be a vastimprovement over the old course; however, a more quantitative evaluation of the effectivenesswas desired. The first comparison was of the student evaluations for the two courses. Whilestudent evaluations are not the best indicator of a successful course, they can give an indicationon how the course is being received. The second

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Paul Wojciechowski

theestablishment of state-of-the-art laboratory facilities as well as partial scholarship support forstudents in the program. The program had its first class of students enter in fall 1995 andcurrently consists of approximately 100 students majoring in mechanical engineering. TheABET evaluation visit under EC2000 occurred in September 1999 and resulted in accreditationof the program. Designing a new engineering curriculum—in concert with industrial partners—within the broad context of a private, moderately sized, comprehensive college posed manychallenges. This presentation will review these challenges, the process used for establishing anew program in mechanical engineering, and the role industry has played in developing andsupporting the program.I

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Vic Cundy; Don Rabern; David Gibson

generally contribute to awide variety of activities, it is often difficult to adequately determine faculty workloads. Facultyactivities generally include teaching traditional classes, advising students, conducting sponsoredand non-sponsored research, committee assignments, laboratory supervision, development,outreach, maintaining industrial partnerships, student club advising, shared responsibilities withpeers, and other assignments. Also, at a time when the cost of education is rising faster than mostother sectors of the economy, the cost of each of these activities is important for department headsto monitor. Increasingly, governing boards and upper administrators, as well as legislators (atpublic institutions) and other constituents are

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Jahan Kauser; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater; Kevin Dahm

Session 1526 A Project-Based Approach to Teaching Membrane Technology C. Stewart Slater (1), Kauser Jahan (2), Stephanie Farrell (1), Robert P. Hesketh (1), and Kevin D. Dahm (1) (1) Department of Chemical Engineering (2) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Rowan University Glassboro, NJ 08028 Abstract This paper describes a NSF-funded Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement (ILI) project onmembrane process experiments funded through DUE-9850535. We have

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Robert Reynolds; John Field; Isaac Horn

. Louis, MO.2. D. H. Linder. Experimenting with Web-Based, Personalized Homework Assignments. 1999 ASEE AnnualConference Proceedings, Charlotte, NC.3. D. R. Johnson, An Integrated Web Site for a Digital Logic Design Laboratory. 1999 ASEE Annual ConferenceProceedings, Charlotte, NC.JOHN FIELDJohn Field is the Henry and Grace Butler Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He was ECEDepartment Chairperson for 12 years before stepping down in 1999. His interests are computers, education, andmicroprocessor applications.ISAAC HORNIsaac Horn is a sophomore at the University of Maine majoring in electrical engineering and is a Butler Scholarworking in the ECE Department’s Instrumentation Research Laboratory. In addition to working on the web

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Elaine M. Cooney; Kenneth Reid

assignmentselectronically.Although this course still required class meetings for laboratory experiences, some laboratorysimulation tools are also available over the Internet or available for download. In the future,methods can be implemented to make this course accessible to distance learners.IntroductionEET 360: CIMT in Electronics Manufacturing is a junior/senior elective designed to givestudents a broad understanding of the processes involved in producing electronic circuit boardsand electronics assemblies. Lectures begin with component fabrication and selection, electronicdesign and analysis, and printed circuit board fabrication. Through-hole and surface mounttechnology assembly are studied. Students are required to write a series of short papers onmaterial covered in

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Mehdi Shadaram; Lourdes Sanchez-Contreras

: Research Expositions, the Geological Society ofAmerica Conference, the Computational Neuroscience Symposiums, the JointMathematics Meetings, and the MIE Annual ConferenceAnother benefit of this program has been securing research positions with otheruniversities and/or research sites. Students have the opportunity to participate in anexternal research experience during the summer session. During the regular schoolsemesters, a student coordinator makes arrangements to secure research slots for students.Currently slots are being secured with Sandia National Laboratories, University ofMichigan, University of Wisconsin Madison, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, CaliforniaTechnology Institute among many others. This summer, it is expected for at least 40

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Steven de Haas; S.K. Ramesh; Preetham Kumar; Michael Fujita; Elizabeth Raley; Andrew Lindsay

teachers who areinterested in developing pre-engineering curricula. This year, the workshop was co-sponsored bySETRC (Sacramento Engineering and Technology Regional Consortium) and the Capital CenterMESA program (Math, Engineering Science, Achievement). It consisted of “hands-on”laboratory sessions in the morning followed by discussions about curriculum and pedagogy inthe afternoon. The high school teachers were divided into teams and rotated through fivelaboratory stations on Robotics, Digital Circuits, Signal Processing, Optical Engineering,Structures and Materials. Faculty and students from CSUS served as facilitators and workedclosely with the teams. The afternoon featured three breakout sessions on the following topics:A: Objectives and

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Larry McIntire; Ka-yiu San; Ann Saterbak

organism, tissue and cellular levels • Biomechanics and Biomaterials - force analysis, mechanics of deformation, biomechanics of tissue, physical and chemical properties of biomaterials • Tissue Culture Laboratory - sterile technique; cell proliferation and transfection assays • Bioengineering Design - design of process or product, FDA regulations, economics • Advanced Bioengineering Laboratory - laboratory modules in biomaterials, biomechanics, systems physiology, instrumentation, bioprocessing and ethics.To enhance knowledge in one area of Bioengineering, students select one of three emphasisareas or tracks: (a) Cellular and Molecular Engineering, (b) Systems Engineering andBiomedical Instrumentation, or (c

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Bruce Segee; Michael D. Amos

Session 2259 Micro-controller based Heater Control for Gas Sensors Michael Amos, Dr. Bruce Segee University of Maine Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Instrumentation Research LaboratoryAbstractSemiconductor Metal Oxide (SMO) Gas Sensors have emerged as a dominant sensor technologyin recent years. These sensors are now able to detect compounds ranging from greenhousegasses to chemical weapon agents. The behavior of the sensor is temperature dependent and thesensor typically operates at elevated temperature (200 °C to 600 °C). Laboratory

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Terry Derossett; Steven Nesbit; Scott Hummel

Multi-course design project creates ties between various mechanical engineering topics Scott R. Hummel Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering Lafayette College Easton, PA 18042 hummels@lafayette.edu (610) 330-5587 Terry A. DeRossett Director of Mechanical Engineering Laboratories Department of Mechanical Engineering Lafayette College Easton, PA 18042

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Richard Jendrucko; Jack Wasserman

Laboratory 3 BME Elective 3Engineering Electives 6 General Ed Elective 9General Ed Elective 3 16ME 402 Review Eng. Fund. 1BME 431 Sr. Seminar 2 Total = 135 Semester Hours 16sciences with engineering in the BME specialty courses to follow. The field of biomedicalengineering is introduced to students in a three-hour introductory course in the first semester ofthe sophomore year. The inclusion of this course early in the curriculum serves to build andmaintain student interest in the

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Jiang Li; Matthew Lee

Session 2793 ONLINE MODELING IN TEACHING GEOMECHANICS VIA THE WEB SITE Jiang Li and Matthew Y. Lee Morgan State University/Amherst CollegeAbstractIn the present paper, the design of online modeling in soil mechanics with multimediatool on the Internet has been discussed. The online modeling in geomechanics servers asa virtual laboratory that can be used for both teaching and research at the Department ofCivil Engineering, School of Engineering, Morgan State University. In this paper, thefollows are emphasized: 1) design of main and sub web pages, 2) design of the online runtime ActiveX coded