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Robert W. Nowlin; Rajeswari Sundararajan

them to market at anever accelerating pace. Designs that lag behind, even though sometimes technically better,never see the market. Many software packages have been developed to help designers achieveand produce their designs more efficiently. One of these classes of software packages is thehardware description languages or HDLs. VHDL, a hardware description language for Very High Speed Integrated Circuits(VHSIC) was developed in the early 80’s to help the government standardize methods of Page 2.49.1describing hardware designs. This later became IEEE standard 1076 [1] and was modified andupdated in 1993. Most digital designs today use the

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calling one of the following routines: 1. v-send-lo: S end commands or data to a specified instrument physically connected to the same workstation this procedure is executed on. 2. v_receive_l(): Receive data from a specified instrument physically connected to the same workstation this procedure is executed on. 3. v_bustimeout_l(): Sets the timeout value for the local bus. 4. v_findlisteners_l(): Poll the local bus to find the number of listeners.Each one of these routines calls vender specific GPIB interface software to communicate onthe bus.4.2.2 Instrument Database ServerThe Instrument Database Server is run as a background process which is configured bythe startcommd executable. When this process is started during workstation

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Richard Campbell; Irma Becerra-Fernandez; Gustavo Roig; Gordon Hopkins

of the importance of continued investment in the future of our technological strength. The wisest place to invest in education is in the future of our engineers and scientists. If we are toremain competitive in the global marketplace, we need to provide educational opportunities forthose people who will fill our future job needs. Programs like PRISM can provide the necessarymotivation toward enriching their educational experiences.References[1] Blackwell, J. (1989). Mentoring: An action strategy for increasing minority faculty. Academe, 75, 8-14.[2] Boyer, E. (1987). College: The undergraduate experience in America, New York.[3] Brainard, S. & Ailes-Sengers (1994). Mentoring engineering students: A model program at the university

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Roy C. Shelton

multi-billion-dollar wafer fabrication units in record numbers. Entire technologyparks are being devoted to the implementation of some of these units. Within the U. S. a recordnumber of wafer fabrication units are being constructed with a significant percentage beinglocated within the state of Texas in general, and in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex in particular.The equation that must be maintained in this process is a balance between facilities, materials,and personnel. An area of great concern within the semiconductor industry is the growingshortage of qualified technical personnel to support this industry. As new semiconductorfabrication units are constructed and put online, a significant number of new positions for peopleto support the

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, August). Une approche pédagogique novatrice d'apprentissage par problème à la formation des maîtres. Actes du colloque de l'Association internationale de pédagogie universitaire (AIPU), Hull, Québec, Canada.Bouffard-Bouchard, T. (1990). Influence of Self-Efficacy on Performance in a Cognitive Task. The Journal of Social Psychology, 130 (3), p. 353-363.Bouffard-Bouchard, T., Parent, S. et Larivée, S. (1991). Influence of Self-Efficacy on Self- Regulation and Performance among Junior and Senior High-School Age Students. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 14 (2), p. 153-164.Brown, J.S. Collins, A. and Duguid, P. (1989). Situated cognition and the culture of learning. Educational Researcher, 18

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week to re-work thatassignment if s/he deemed it necessary. Portfolios contained all attempts at individualassignments required for the portfolio. Students were encouraged to include additional thoughts,feelings, and insights gathered throughout the semester. The portfolio was presented to thestudent as a means of documenting the student’s thought process in identifying his/hermotivation for choosing engineering, investigating areas of interest within biologicalengineering, and learning fundamental concepts involving engineering design. The portfolio wasinterpreted by students as both a requirement for the course, and a method to help them in theirquests to be engineers

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Susan C. Grant; Sarah A. Rajala; Richard L. Porter; Kristine C. Lawyer; Hugh Fuller

differences in these scores.Stephen G. Brush (2) summarized some of the factors which might influence girls whenthey are in their middle and high school years, a time when they must select the coursework which would lay the foundation for a career in science and engineering. Amongthese factors are:• The “stereotypical scientist” who is too often negatively displayed in the popular media as a male “nerd” figure which is antithetical to femininity.• The lack of pictures of women in science text books used in high schools. Page 2.83.1• The after-effects of publicity in the 1970’s and 80’s which asserted that women are inferior to men in mathematical

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Analysis and Design. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1994. [6] Naomi E. Leonard and William S. Levine. Using Matlab to Analyze and Design Control Systems. Benjamin Cummings, Redwood City, Californina, 1995. [7] Norman S. Nise. Control Systems Engineering. Benjamin-Cummings, Redwood City, California, second edition, 1995. [8] Katsuhiko Ogata. Solving Control Engineering Problems with Matlab. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1994. [9] Wilson J. Rugh. Signals and systems demonstrations, 1996. http://www.ece.jhu.edu/class/214/demos/index.html.[10] Hadi Saadat. Computational Aids in Control Systems Using Matlab. McGraw-Hill, New York, New York, 1993.Author BiographiesDawn M

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Learning Environments, 1995. 4(1): p. 1-44.6. Guzdial, M., et al. Simulated Environments for Learning Real World Contexts in Chemical Engineering. in International Conference on the Learning Sciences. 1996. Evanston, IL.7. Jackson, S., et al. The ScienceWare Modeler: A Case Study of Learner-Centered Software Design. in CHI. 1995.8. Jackson, S.L., et al. Model-It: A case study of learner-centered software for supporting model building. in Proceedings of the Working Conference on Technology Applications in the Science Classroom. 1995. Columbus, OH: The National Center for Science Teaching and Learning.9. Mandinach, E., Model-building and the use of computer simulations of dynamic systems. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1989. 5

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T. Taylor; T. Egolf; R. Klenke; M. Salinas; J. Stinson; H. Carter; Vijay K. Madisetti; James H. Aylor; Anthony J. Gadient

an advanced subsystem(s), and the most advanced level,Level 4 (productive), can be supported by material that allows the hands-on design andprototyping of actual complex systems through the use of tools and through evaluation of varioustradeoffs. Level 4 educational material prepares the student, with little additional on-sitetraining, for an immediate role as a productive engineer in industry or government. Often aparticular industry may hire engineers educated to Level 3, and provide on-site courses to raisethe level of knowledge to Level 4. Level 4 does not stand alone but requires “Level 3understanding” in a number of related areas of specialization, as it deals with aspects of the

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in both physicaland mental energy and feel more tired and drowsy at the end of the day. The old “spark”becomes very weak at times, the “go, go, go” battle cry loses its attractiveness, and the idea ofwriting or grading papers to 1 a.m. becomes downright disagreeable at times. Furthermore,twenty years of partial neglect of one’s health can, by the mid-40's, be reflected in developinghealth problems (hopefully minor); high blood pressure, blood sugar abnormalities,gastrointestinal difficulties, allergies, etc. that can all begin to further drain one’s physical energy.Just as important is the gradual decrease in intellectual “sharpness,” creativity, memory, andorganization. One may begin to become vague on or even forget little things once

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Sr., Buck F. Brown; Jr., Buck F. Brown

contributed to the foundations of thismethod as an outgrowth of cognitive and later, constructivist learning theory dealing with theproblem-solving process. Problem-based learning has modern origins in medical education. Inparticular, Barrows and Tamblyn [4] in the mid 1970’s began exploring its use at McMasterUniversity as part of the medical school’s curriculum. Within more recent times, HarvardMedical School completely revised its pre-clinical curriculum from a lecture-based approach to aproblem-based format [5]. Problem-based education has a growing number of supporters from a variety ofdisciplines, learning settings and levels. [6] For instance, the problem-based approach has beengaining popularity in the areas of administration

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Roman Z. Morawski; Jerzy Woznicki; Andrzej Krasniewski

of Study: Underrated Aspects of Quality in Higher Education", in E. Wnuk-Lipinska, M. Wojcicka (Eds.), Quality Review in Higher Education, pp. 223-250, TEPIS Publishing House, Warsaw 1995.13. A. Krasniewski, E. Toczylowski, J. Woznicki, "On Providing Flexibility, Adaptability and Efficiency in Engineering Education", Proc. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conf., Washington, June 1996.14. S. C. Palmer, "Quality Audit and Assessment in English Universities," Proc. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conf., Edmonton, June 1994.15. Program Evaluators Manual, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, IEEE Engineering Accreditation Commission, 1992.16. A Report on

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Sub Ramakrishnan; Mohammad B. Dadfar; Jeffrey A. Francis

is made, thenetwork module can pass on the user name(s) to get information on specific users or it can pass acarriage return to get all the current users on the machine desired. The response is returned to theclient via the same network module that passed the data to the server. A loop in the CGI perlprogram reads the data from the server until it reads a termination or EOF character from theserver. The received data is then packaged into HTML code and finally given to the web clientfor display.Like the first project simplicity was our primary goal. The instructor supplied the complete codefor a simple application wherein the server just echoes the client data. It consists of a sampleHTML module, a corresponding CGI module and a server

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. This obviously takes time, why not use that to my advantage? Finally, when Iwork in the lab, I break things. In most cases, broken stuff is solid evidence that people areworking hard and hopefully learning from their mistakes. Of course, that is especially true whenI am the one breaking things. REFERENCES1. Amon, C., Finger, S., Siewiorek, D. Smailagic, A., “Integrating Design Education, Research and Practice at Carnegie Mellon”, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 85, (4), 1996, pp. 279-285.2. Middelberg, A., “Laboratory Projects: Should Students Do Them or Design Them”, Chemical Engineering Education, Vol. 29 (1), 1995, pp. 34-38.3. Meade, J., “Envisioneers”, Prism, December

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project sponsor with a cautionary note to the student to scopethe project within reason, allowing for the amount of time that the student can reasonably spendon this one project.The second project includes a stand-up, professionally prepared, oral presentation to the entireclass. This is in lieu of a final exam. The project may also be presented at the company sitewherein the research or project activity was undertaken. As instructor, all external presentationsare scheduled to include the instructor’s presence. Several of these projects have resulted inadditional work by the student(s) after the course has concluded, an internship, and even full-time employment following graduation.The final elements of the grading structure include assigned

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impact on the lives of manypeople through health and safety issues as well as financial issues. The Canon of Ethics shouldbe stressed from the student's first day as a freshman until graduation day. Page 2.94.7Biographical InformationJON E. FRECKLETON PE. Associate Professor department of Mechanical engineering at rochesterinstitute of Technology. Changed form engineering management at Xerox Corporation to teaching in1985. Area of interest s of interest are DFMA, GD&T and Senior design.JEFEME@RITVAX.ISC.RIT.EDU Page 2.94.8

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Ray N. Nitzsche

let's look at how research became overemphasized. Let's investigate the origin of thiscause. I think there are several interrelated reasons for this overemphasis, which I offer below. 1. Many research type faculty come to universities because they can do research in thearea(s) of their choice, free of the restrictions they would encounter in an industrial or researchlaboratory environment. They do not come to teach, develop, and guide students. In many casesthey cannot even cope with an industrial environment, or perhaps a university is the only placewhere they can find employment. Again, they did not come to teach. Consequently, theysupport, consciously or subconsciously, the idea that research is an essential part of a facultymembers

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Roger Ware; Charles F. Yokomoto

routines from among appropriate routines.INTERPRETATION--Reducing real world information to useful data for routines. Also lookingat the implications of a problem solution in the real world. Includes making appropriateassumptions.GENERATION--Development of routines which are new to the solver or putting routinestogether in ways new to the solver.* Plants, Dean, Sears, Venable, "A Taxonomy of Problem Solving Activities and its Implicationsfor Teaching," The Teaching of Elementary Problem Solving in Engineering and Related Fields,ASEE, 1980. Appendix II--Bloom 's Taxonomy in the Cognitive Domain**KNOWLEDGE--Remembering specifics of previously learned material; lowest level oflearning.KNOWLEDGE OF WAYS AND MEANS OF DEALING WITH

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John G. Nee

$___________________ Double TimeEmployer’s Name: Central Michigan UniversityEmployer’ s Address : John G. Nee, IET Department Central Michigan University Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859Employer’sRepresentative: John G. Nee THIS AGREEMENT is entered into between Central Michigan University (CMU) and[________________] (Student). CMU and [_____________]agree as follows: 1. [____________] and Central Michigan University have entered into an agreementwhereby [__________] will supply supervised job positions to IET students from CMU as part of aCooperative Education Internship Program. 2. Central Michigan University has

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T. Chang; R. Barat; J. F. Federici; H. Grebel; A. M. Johnson

polarized light source, experimentally measure polarizationproperties of polarizing filters (b) 1/4 wave plate © ½ wave plate. 10. Polarization by reflection (a) measure ratio of s and p polarized light after transmission Page 2.119.4through a glass plate (b) experimentally determine Brewster’s angle. 4 11. Light Scattering (a) scattering and absorption of laser light from a suspension of smallparticles. 12. Spectrometers (a) measure spectral width of He-Ne laser as a function of spectrometer slitsize (narrow source compared to instrument resolution) (b) measure spectra of florescent lamp.For the

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2000 2500 3000 3500 B u d g e t ( 1 0 0 0 $ ) Fig. (1) Distribution of college budgetsFig. (2), meanwhile, shows the distribution of development projects budgets. Some smallproposals received less than $ 30,000 while some huge and more comperehensive proposalsreceived budgets in excess of $ 500,000 . 70 60 M e a n P r o p o s a l B u d g e t = $ 9 9 , 0 0 0 50 No. of Proposals

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Maher E. Rizkalla; Carol L. O'Loughlin; Charles F. Yokomoto

layers to demonstrate the major features of the software, and classroom materialpresents the use of ground and power planes, signal planes, and the design rules for standard,blind, and buried vias in multi-layer boards. These features are handled differently in double-sided boards, with varying trace widths, and restricted power and ground trace placement.Trace placement design guidelines are explained as background for configuring autorouter(s) andhand tracing unfinished routes. When time permits, an introduction to high frequency layout isgiven. Background support structure available to the students consists of the comprehensiveelectronic manufacturing library at the EMPF, which is located 4 blocks from campus,opportunities to hear and

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Heather Nachtmann Umphred; Kim LaScola Needy; Jerome P. Lavelle

. ReferencesDeGarmo, E. P., Sullivan, W. G., Bontadelli, J. A., and Wicks, E. M. (1997). Engineering Economy, 10th Edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.Lavelle, J. P. (1996). Engineering economy: A survey of current teaching practices. 1996 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference Proceedings. Washington, D.C.Park, C. S. (1997). Contemporary Engineering Economics, 2nd Edition. Menlo Park, CA: Addison-Wesley.Smith, K. A. (1989). “The craft of teaching cooperative learning: An active learning strategy.” 1989 Frontiers in Education conference Proceedings, pp. 188-192. Biographical SketchesJEROME P. LAVELLE Jerome P. Lavelle is an Assistant Professor in the

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Ralph O. Buchal

as a new paradigm of education for the 21st century. Thisshift is driven by changing educational needs of the new knowledge economy, and is supported by emerginginformation technologies. A partnership between educators and technology developers is needed to makeeffective use of existing technologies, and to identify where better supporting technologies are necessary.References1 Tapscott, Don, The Digital Economy: Promise and Peril in the Age of Networked Intelligence, McGraw-Hill, p. 1982 Harasim, L., Hiltz, S. R., Teles, L., Turoff, M., Learning Networks: A Field Guide to Teaching and Learning Online, MIT Press, 1995.3 Ellsworth, Jill H., Education on the Internet, Sams Publishing, 1994.4 Reinhardt, Andy, “New Ways to Learn

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was on sabbatical leave. AE 243’s emphasis on energy balances and enzyme kineticsare manifestations of Dr. L. P. Walker’s vision of biological engineering. Page 2.412.2Course Catalog Descriptions (from the 1996-1997 University of Tennessee Undergraduate Catalog)General Biology I & II Biology of cells; chemical basis of life; cell structure and function; energy metabolism; cell division; Mendelian and molecular genetics; kingdoms of monera, protista, and fungi; plant and animal anatomy, physiology, growth

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Peck Cho

_____________ Temperature at 2 is ________________ Page 2.185.8 Specific Volume at 4 is _____________ Quality at 5 is ____________________Example 4: Example exam question for testing APPLICATION4. An ideal steam regenerative power plant with the water flow rate of 8 kg/s through the boiler is shown below. Steam is extracted from the turbine at 0.8 MPa and also at 0.2 MPa for heating the boiler feedwater in two open feedwater heaters. A technician has already evaluated the relevant properties. enthalpy [kJ/kg] 6 Boiler 7 Water

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P.R. Roberge; M.A.A. Tullmin

University of Southampton [3] it was concluded thatcomputer based learning and teaching can be used successfully to teach engineeringstudents knowledge and understanding of subjects and to improve their skill in using thatunderstanding. As an example, it could be said that a student has a basic knowledge ofcorrosion measuring techniques and understands their underlying electrochemicalprinciples but has not developed the skills to specify the most suitable technique(s) for aparticular industrial application. Four elements of Bloom’s Taxonomy (application,analysis, synthesis and evaluation) are particularly relevant in this context.The Southampton study included an application concerning phase diagrams and oneconcerning engineering design. In the

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engineering technology programs at RIT has improved from 21% in 1991 to12% in 1994. Introduction A decrease in freshman enrollments at RIT started in 1989 and continued to 1994with a one year increase in 1992. The number of engineering and engineering technologydegrees awarded by schools with ABET accreditation has been relatively constant sincethe early 1990’s in the surveys conducted by the Engineering Workforce Commission ofthe American Association of Engineering Societies. 1 Engineering and engineeringtechnology programs at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) are five-year programsas they require fifteen months of cooperative work experience so engineering andengineering technology degrees

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William J. Adams; Curtis A. Carver

. “Learning and Teaching Styles in Engineering Education,” Engineering Edu-cation vol. 78(7), April 1988. 674-681.[11] Felder, R.M. and L. Baker-Ward. “How Engineering Students Learn, How Engineering Professors Teach, and Page 2.220.6What Goes Wrong in the Process,” Proceedings of the 1990 Frontiers in Education Conference, 82-84.[12] Soloman, B. S. (1992). Inventory of Learning Styles, North Carolina State University, 1992.[13] Ashmore, Laura. “The University of Virginia Faculty Instructional Toolkit: Making it easy to create coursehome pages on the World Wide Web” Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 96: World Conference of Educational Hyperme-dia