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Sarah Lynn Garrett

’} 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘.J31131L: ITfie Participants The idea for the project was conceived in the late 1960’s, when Polk County first began torealize the impa~t’ of the newly planned Disney World complex. Like many areas in the Sun Belt, centralFlorida was experiencing rapid growth; the Disney phenomenon catapulted the area into national andint~aticmal prominence as a tourism destination. Though not critical at the time, the coming need for morejudicial office space was clear to the county planners. Polk County itself is not a tourist destination. Thecounty’s

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Ph.D., Joel L. Cuello

College of William and Mary was established with a view toproviding the Church with religiously educated youth of good letters and manners, and also topropagate Christian faith among the Indians. 5The typical curriculum of the colonial colleges was designed to consist heavily of the classicallanguages and literature together with Hebrew, ethics, politics, physics, mathematics anddivinity.6 Leading to the four-year bachelor's degree, the curriculum which was basically copiedfrom those of the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge was implemented rigidly without any regardfor the academic interests and professional plans of the individual students. Such academicinflexibility was justified based on the belief that there was a fixed body of knowledge, the

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Joel S. Hirschhorn

applications of risk assessments for Superfimd cleanups. First, the governmentmust make the case for taking remedial action. Under the National Contingency Plan regulations, EPA hasconsiderable flexibility, because it can choose to take action ifrisks to public health exceed 1OE-6 and must takeaction if risks exceed 10E-4. For the vast majority of Superfimd decisions, EPA has used the traditional one in amillion excess deaths ( 1OE-6) risk leve~ but more recently it has placed increasing emphasis on the one in tenthousand ( 1OE-4) risk level. However, actions by the ten EPA regional offices, which have the maximumdiscretion in implementing the Superiimd prograq are ofl.en inconsistent.The second main Superfimd application occurs when EPA defends

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M. Nabil Kallas; Dhushy Sathianathan; Renata Engel

oneconsiders that such curriculum must:(1) give students a sense of what engineering is and what the engineering design is,(2) accommodate different levels of background in science and math,(3) emphasize relevance of science to engineering and engineering design,(4) be easy to understand and apply, yet be interesting and challenging,Also, the fact that the freshman engineering course is likely to have no pre-requisites mandates that the designcurriculum must be self contained. The theme of each design project is not as important as the skills learned bydoing the projects. However, having a motivating theme seems to increase students’ interest and their degreeof involvement in the projects. Therefore, careful planning and piloting are essential

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Sylvia D. Pifion; Elsa Q. Villa; Connie Kubo Della-Piana

whoattended the SEEE program, have (1) joined engineering student organizations; (2) accepted leadership positionsin those organizations; (3) accepted undergraduate research assistantships; and (4) been accepted as outreachfacilitators. The results of this informal evaluation provide the basis for the formal evaluation plan which is to beimplemented during the summer of 1996. In this section, a summary of the results of the analysis of thequestionnaire data and the design for the formal evaluation are presented. A majority of the students attending the Summer Engineering Enrichment Experience during 1995 rated eachof the program components as being helpfhl: Success Factors (75’?40, N=l 66); Design Presentations (8 1 VO; N=l 65);Mathematics

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Gary E. Wnek; C. T. Moynihan; Mark A. Palmer; John B. Hudson

thenumber of steps required of the author. Of the programs used to create the web documents,only one, WordPerfect had a macro language. This meant that while we were able to automatethe conversion of an equation to the *.WPG format, one still had to use the other programs,manually. It was not possible to automate the transfer of files between programs. From an instructors perspective this means that the Internet is not a quick fix. Giventhat it takes time to create a good web document, especially when one considers theconversions, and file transfer time required, one needs to plan ahead. 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

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Rick L. Homkes

committee. In her case her teaching and service areas were very strong,especially service, where she “helped start three service organizations for migrant farm workers and ...worked [5]with autistic children and their parents.” Her lack of any writing about her experiences, even after beingwarned about the situation two years previously, led to the disputes. This case is part of the discussion by theBoard of Regents of the State University System to change the tenure and promotion system in Florida. Plans orproposals include offering some professors “the option of going on the tenure track or working under a [5]multiyear contract” and a “two track road to tenure. Professors who choose

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Shelli Kay Starrett

interactive “Tour” at the publisher’s 5WWW site . Students were required to visit the tour by a certain deadline. Problems occurred near the duedate when the site seemed to become overloaded with students completing their assignments at the lastminute. If a similar use of a remote site is planned, students should be warned about the dangers of waitinguntil the last minute. At first, students were slow to explore and use the information on the web. Assignments were madethat required them to access the information and use it to complete assignments. By the time the firstassignment was complete, the students seemed quite comfortable using the web

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Richard D. Swope; J. Paul Giolma

Engineering Education, “Summary of Preliminary Report,” The Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 44, No. 4, November 1953, pp143-147.4. National Committee for Fluid Mechanics Films, Illustrated Experiments in Fluid Mechanics, MIT Press, Cambridge MA, 1972.5. Schmidt, S. R. and Launsby, R. G. , Understanding Industrial Designed Experiments, Air Academy Press, 3rd ed. 1991.6. Moffat, R. J., "Using Uncertainty Analysis in the Planning of an Experiment," J. Fluids Engineering, Vol 107, June 1985, pp173-178.Biographical InformationDR. J. PAUL GIOLMA is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Science at TrinityUniversity and a P.E. in Texas. He received the BSEE from the University of Florida, and the

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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