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Brian S. Mitchell

withappropriate corrections, plus the following additional information:& quality control guidelines and acceptance sampling plan for the final product& preliminary cost estimate for construction of a new plant, based on the flow diagram.Only one report is required from each group, and each student receives the same grade. Thedesign reports constitute 15% of each student’s overall grade. The progress and final reports aregiven equal weight, and are graded on clarity, accuracy of information, ingenuity and adherenceto the specified report format.The design report proves to be challenging for several reasons. First, the students must perform alibrary search to obtain reliability information (mean time to failure) for chemical

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James L. Neujahr; Herbert Seignoret; Gary Benenson; Ed Goldman

-oriented technology education class, whichwould combine design and fabrication of projects with teaching methods, and includeexperiences with shop tools and safety practices. At City College, this course will be developedby a team including college faculty and master technology teachers from the New York Citypublic schools, under support of the NYCETP. Under this plan, it will be relatively easy for an engineering graduate to obtaincertification in Technology Education, but many will also desire certificates in Math or Science.Approved programs currently exist at MIT and RPI which allow engineering graduates tobecome certified in these fields, with a minimum of additional coursework. In states which haveno certification in Technology, or

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Jerry W. Samples; Robert Martinazzi

“ownership” has surfaced as a result of SUE having a Board of Directors. For the last several years that group has successfully planned and executed an “Annual Engineering Forum”. This three (3) day event brings to the campus a wide variety of speakers. Specifically invited are ET graduates who come and “tell their stories” and serve as role models for the current students. Also invited are other prominent engineers who add to the students understanding of the engineering profession.NOTE: Dr. Lowell Shaffer, Vice President of Student Affairs, hails this event as the most wellplanned, organized and executed student event at UPJ!• Students constantly give very high ratings to the “Peak Student Performance” segment. It is presented

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Raul Herrera

of nations withwhich the United States is going to compete. The conditions under which the trade competition isgoing to take place, will not be as favorable as they were in the post-World War II years.The United States must encourage a stronger trade activity among the countries of ourhemisphere, but at the same time we must support the rise of the standard of living of themajority of the Latin American countries.So far, the ideas on globalization have been applied only to trade. Education must also beincluded among the global activities planned for the XI Century.If we fail to include education in the globalization concept, we are taking the risk of dividing ourcontinent in two sections: One that will provide cheap labor and cheap raw

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Carlos Aldana; Winston F. Erevelles

of the system, wiring of the set-up,implementation of the ladder logic and development of the man-machine interface.Description of the work-cell The plan view of the basic layout of the workcell appears as Figure 1. The pickand place device is a PHD multi-motion actuator with two degrees of freedom. The baseof the actuator is a rotational joint with 180o of motion in the horizontal plane. Thesecond degree of freedom is provided by a linear actuator with a 4” stroke in the verticalplane. The actuators are equipped with magnetic bands on the pistons that activateexternally mounted Hall effect sensors. This helps to interface the actuator to variouslogic systems - an Allen Bradley SLC 5/02 PLC in this case. Using a collet adapter, oneend

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Gwan-Ywan Lai; Laura L. Sullivan; Winston F. Erevelles

design verificationand analysis, functional testing, as a tool for process planning, fixture design, tool design,prototype tooling. At GMI the process will continue with the prototype part being used as apattern for sand casting. Castings will then be poured in the foundry and machined in the CIMLaboratory. Once again the common geometry will be accessed by computers runningCAD/CAM software and toolpaths for the NC machining process will be generated anddownloaded to the CNC machines in the laboratory. The prototypes may be inspected using aCoordinate Measuring Machine to verify the accuracy of the tooling being used for the greensand casting process. Inspections may also be carried out on the finished product. Finishedproducts will then be

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Kevin S. LeBlanc; Bruce E. Segee

result is a software module capable of accessing and controllinghardware that can be easily integrated into a Windows application.3. ExamplesAutomation in the industrial environment requires considerable planning. First the necessarydata must be gathered. This may involve various hardware to provide the data such as pressuresensors or proximity sensors. Second, the data must be presented to the user in a meaningfulway. Third, the data may have to be stored for future reference or report generation. In all, thismay require a large software package involving several computers to accomplish the task.3.1 General ExampleAn example of this arrangement could involve one computer controlling material flow, anothercollecting and archiving data, and yet

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Sheng-Hsien (Gary) Teng

The common requirements for manufacturing engineers are the ability to react to theproblems quickly, their knowledge on the state-of-the-art technology, their ability to gatherinformation for problem solving, their ability to manage a project, and their communication skillsin coordinating activities and selling the improvement ideas. Lankard discussed three importantthings for students to obtain a job [1]. Basic skills provide students with job-keeping andinterpersonal skills. Technical skills allow students handle technology used on the job.Apprenticeship builds the bridge between school learned knowledge and the real-world work.Grossman and Blitzer suggested strategies for career survival which include an action plan,motivation, the

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Jon E. Freckleton

approach. They can generate a new design or document on existingdesign. The effectiveness for the latter approach was concerned in a very interestingpresentation at the 1995 ASEE Conference.@)Graphics SequenceThere are three required courses and plans for an optional upper level course. The requiredcourses:EMEM 211- a freshman course of fundamental graphics. It is a three credit lab course.Students complete large number of exercises from a workbook.EMEM 312- a second year course that concentrates on Geometric Dimensioning andTolerancing (GD&T). It is a two credit, project based lab course. Xerox, which has acopier design center in the Rochester area was an early leader in the US conversion toGD&T. Kodak, with a large presence in the area

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Brian Armstrong

evaluation report came back with 50%-70%success. All of the groups which achieved 100% performance invested heavily of their time,with some committing 100 hours or more. Page 2.12.55. Future Plans One aspect which is missing from the current project is any issue of robustness. In the nextiteration, we will introduce several plant-specification combinations with bounded parametricuncertainty. While a rigorous robustness theory is not part of the introductory two-semestercontrols sequence at UMW, robustness is a very practical issue, and verifying robustness bythe common method evaluation across the range of anticipated parameter variation is

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Sandra L. Doty; Dr. Kathryn A. Svinarich; Cynthia Finelli

componentsof the ERG. We intend to apply techniques commonly employed in engineering and physics (yetuncommon in biology) to analyze the metabolic dependence of the electric potentials of ERG’s inisolated rat retinas. We plan to be trained in the technologies and methodologies used in retinalelectrophysiology research. At this early stage of the project, we are spending time in the lab learning the subtletiesentailed in recording ERG’s in animals, the elctrophysiology of the retina, and the biochemistryinvolved in the visual process. Being proficient with electronic technology and computerprogramming, we have upgraded the ERG recording scheme from a 1960’s strip chart recordersystem to a state-of-the-art digital oscilloscope with a front-end

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David E. Clough

semester, the module is again being used in the differential equations course.It is also planned for use in Chemical Engineering Laboratory 1 – a junior-level lab course in fluids and heat transfer Instrumentation & Process Control – a senior-level course for chemical engineersThe module is being used by the author but also by numerous other instructors across ourCollege of Engineering and Applied Science.Where From Here?As part of our new Integrated Teaching & Learning Laboratory (ITLL) facility at the Universityof Colorado, it is proposed to build a number of replicates of the fluid-flow module, perhapsthree or four more. These can be used in the ITLL with existing computers and data acquisitioninterfaces or rolled out to other

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Karen Frair; Karan L. Watson

improvement through assessment and evaluation. TheFoundation Coalition partners draw on their diverse strengths and mutual support to constructimproved curricula and learning environments; to attract and retain a more demographicallydiverse student body; and to graduate a new generation of engineers who can more effectivelysolve increasingly complex, rapidly changing societal problems. The improvement ofrecruitment and graduation of traditionally underrepresented groups is an integral part of theFoundation Coalition strategic plan. This paper discusses Coalition projects to date and otherefforts focused on increasing the participation of underrepresented groups in engineeringeducation.IntroductionThe National Science Foundation's Engineering

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Janet K. Allen; Farrokh Mistree; Jennifer Turns

term (see Table 1) and takes the student through the stages of conceptual design and meta-design (planning), through detailed design, to construction, demonstration, and even a littlemarketing. Table 1. ME3110 Class Periods Because teaching such a course Period Weeks Description ID presents serious logistical, Bid 1.5 Bid: Newly formed student teams must submit a report detailing their team’s work ethic and their statement of the problem, resembling a contractor bid. cognitive, and motivational DR1 1.0

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Saleh M. Sbenaty

February 1994 to participate in the Sunrayce 95 competition. The proposal discusseddesign specifications, project planning, fund raising, construction techniques, and testing. Afterreviewing all proposals at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (Golden, Colorado),MTSU was selected to be among 65 participants eligible to compete in the race.MTSU’S SOLAR CAR TEAM MTSU is located in the city of Murfreesboro, 30 miles south of Nashville in the state ofTennessee. With current enrollment of approximately 18,000 students, it is the largest and fastest Page 2.351.1growing in the Middle Tennessee area. The Department of Engineering Technology

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Patrick L. Walter

final report, and proposal and finaldesign presentations, provided realistic communication experiences for the studentengineers. IntroductionPrivatized Launch Systems (PLS) has been contracted to deploy its STARFIRE rocket systemto launch a 200M$ payload to support a joint U. S., French, British, Japanese consortium.The payload will image atmospheric contaminants as a function of altitude. The MIDGET IImotor used previously in the third stage of the three stage STARFIRE rocket system is nolonger commercially available. A new STAR VI motor will replace it. One performanceverification flight of this modified system is planned prior to actual payload launch.Verifying the integrity of the STAR VI motor, in

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James A. Reising

included is a section on grammar and style. Theproposal outline used at the University of Evansville is included in the text as an alternateexample to illustrate the fact that, although there is no unique format for a technical proposal, theinformation included is the same. At approximate two-week intervals, starting at the beginning ofthe semester, students turn in to the instructor and to the project advisor rough drafts of theproblem statement and objectives, the procedure to be followed (including both the technicalplan and the management plan), and the entire proposal. Each draft is graded by the instructorand returned with comments. By the time a student submits the final copy of the proposal at theend of the semester, most parts have been

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Lisa A. Riedle; Jill M. Clough

allowed to use class time to discuss theproject. Groups also scheduled a progress meeting with Dr. Clough. These meetings allowed groups achance to discuss their progress, problems, maintain direction and purpose for the written and oralreports. A plan of what to accomplish for the final report and presentation.Each group found its own direction during the course of the project.At the end of the project, each group produced a written report and made an oral presentation using atleast two visual aids. All groups used the original object as one visual aid. The second visual aid rangedfrom slides of components to a cardboard model of an electric razor’s cutters. As shown in Table 5,students completed a brief evaluation of the project

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Ronald Matusiak; David Andruczyk; D. Steven Barker; Stephanie Goldberg; Ilya Grinberg

York College at Buffalo. Her current interests are in fault-tolerant computer systems and analog circuits. She isa member of IEEE.RONALD MATUSIAK graduated from the University of Buffalo with a BSEE. He has 13 years of industrialexperience in digital and analog design with the Sierra Technologies. Currently he is an instructional supportspecialist for the Department of Technology at the State University of New York, College at Buffalo.DAVID ANDRUCZYK is a full time undergraduate student in the Electrical Engineering Technology program at theState University of New York College at Buffalo. He works as a system administrator for the college librarycomputer network. His plans are to work in the field of electrical engineering design and to

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William H. Sprinsky

the time needed for planning, development andconstruction, up front costs are lowered. Information systems can greatly enhance thespeed and accuracy of development and ensure that design expectations are more fullymet. Students must understand the concept of flexibility in design and constructionbecause of the availability of rapid response to "what if" alternatives GIS provides.Student Project ChosenDecisions about the apportioning of education in the basics as opposed to training in themost modern applications always present course designers with a problem. Both the CETand SU programs require a four-semester series in surveying, with an emphasis on landand civil engineering applications. This was the first area in which we decided to

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Marshall R. Boggio

The computer system is a Pentium Pro based operating at 200 MHz. Hard Drive capacity is 2 Giga bytes. The system has been configured to operate in a multi- media environment including a video and network card. It is planned that the project when completed will serve multi-purposes. Besides being used as a multi-media demonstration system for a wide range of students it will be used as a laboratory for our civil engineering students studying hydraulics and open channel flow. In addition, the control and system characteristics will be useful topics for integration into updated multi-discipline programs in Mecomtronics.Partial support for this work was provided by the National ScienceFoundations's

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Thomas G. Stanford; Donna J. Michalek; Donald Keating

needs-driven continuousimprovement which is, and has always been, the engineering method for needs-driven creativetechnology development. After three decades, the results of which model is more correct areconvincing. Today, Demming is the talk of the town, but higher education at the nation sengineering schools is still primarily tied to the singular research-oriented model. There, thegoals are viewed primarily as research for the discovery and dissemination of new scientificknowledge and the education of future teachers and researchers.Although the Bush plan has proven to be correct for excellence in graduate science research andgraduate science education, to promote the nation s scientific progress, it is fundamentally inerror for development

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P.E., Dr. Henry L. Welch, Milwaukee School of Engineering

that could draw a whole spectrum of graphical objects ranging frompoints, to wire-frame and filled polygons, to text and arcs. Generally the list included all of thebasic graphical entities for the X Windows System with input coming from a well-formatted file.Students were typically allotted less than three weeks to accomplish this and the race was on.During this time the typical student would generate over 2000 lines of code (in the finishedproduct alone), yet they learned nothing about algorithms and graphics except how to call basicdrawing routines. Subsequent assignments enhanced this initial system to add color and thenbasic object transformations. Most students, due to poor planning or time pressures, would endup having to rewrite most

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James E. Mitchell

more easily and to link betweeninformation allowing overviews to be presented first and then relevant detail to be viewed onlywhen necessary. Similarly, connections between different systems are readily made throughcross-linking. An advantage to students during production is that it allows individuals to workseparately and then to integrate their work rapidly by means of “links”. Page 2.488.2The disadvantages of this new format lie primarily in the (currently) limited visual resolution thatthe computer provides. In past students could present very high densities of information (e.g.building sections or framing plans) so that the entire object

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Robert L. Reid; Bruce D. Hoeppner

the second place finish. Page 2.201.4Page 2.201.5War Eagle, 1993-94 Two years of planning culminated with ASME / Johnson Controls Solar Splash '94held at the Pewaukee Lake Yacht Club on August 18-21, 1994. As mentioned, discussionsabout the possibility of such an event had begun in 1990 between Dean Reid and GeorgeEttenheim. Dean Reid, as an ex-Chairman of the Solar Energy Division (SED) of ASME,was appointed to a Student Task Force of the SED in April of 1992. He proposed that theSED provide seed money to AEC to begin planning the event. The SED enthusiasticallyendorsed the proposed intercollegiate solar boat regatta and the approval

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John Tuttle

73 16 Ticonderoga Cruiser 27 79 15 Arleigh Burke Destroyer 29+ 85 ? TABLE 1: SURFACE WARSHIP CONSTRUCTION 1948 -- 1997The fundamental nature of design has changed little, “to conceive from a figment of imaginationthrough the aid of science to a plan on paper”(6). But, what is good design and how is it biasedby the viewer? The designer may see it as cost effective solutions to the design requirements,ignoring the failings in requirements. The historian’s whom the designer looks to for guidance

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Leslie Bondaryk

may also gain insight into what areasconcern them most, which will also help you to choose media.&RQFOXVLRQVNew media offers us an opportunity for self-evaluation. Use the advent of cheap, ubiquitouscomputing as an opportunity to reflect on what’s working well in your teaching, and what isn’t.The instructors who created the tools above developed their initial plans this way, and were trueto their goals, as demonstrated in the examples.I have demonstrated a project in which hypertext is used to bind a course together and give thestudent the freedom to explore the content in their own personal path. I’ve shown examples ofinverted course structure using hypertext and virtual labs, which will affect not only the way thenew media is used, but

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Ronald E. Yoder; D. Raj Raman

systemdesign to solve the problem. In contrast to the first semester’s class, they had a narrower set oftechnologies to consider, and the depth of their analyses had to be greater. Early design meetingswere used to develop a clear plan of action (Gantt chart) for the semester. The middle part of thesemester was spent collecting data, refining the design through iteration, and taking a field trip.4 Lectures and problem sets by Dr. Zachary Henry, professor of Agricultural Engineering Page 2.345.55 Lectures and problem sets by Dr. Greg Hulbert, assistant professor of Agricultural Engineering and Food Scienceand TechnologyThe last part of the

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Wayne C. Christensen; Robert B. Roemer; Donald S. Bloswick

risk of injury,illness, death, and environmental damage by integrating decisions affecting safety, health, andthe environment in all stages of the design process. One priority of this organization is thedevelopment of safety and health related material which can be integrated into the undergraduateengineering curriculum. A symposium was held in 1996 and another is planned for 1997 to bringtogether industry, government, and academic representatives to exchange information relating tosafety, health, and environmental issues in the design process. Page 2.353.1

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Alexandre Cabral; Rolland Viau; Denis Bédard

unmotivated student tends to quickly abandon anactivity or do the strict minimum.The cognitive engagement consists in the student using study strategies designated by researchersas “ self-regulation strategies ” and “ learning strategies ”. The motivated student uses strategiesthat bring him to plan his learning, to evaluate himself, to manage his study time and also tomotivate himself (Zimmerman, 1986).Achievement is the ultimate consequence of motivation. Typically, a student who has goodstudying strategies and who is motivated to use them, is a student who succeeds. Achievementalso influences the student’s perceptions which are at the origin of his motivation. Therefore,achievement that is deserved (1) positively influences the perception the