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Josue Njock-Libii

, Stephen P., Mechanics of Materials, Second Edition, PWS Engineering,Boston, Massachusetts, 1984. Pages 192-196.6-Rao, Singirisu S., Mechanical Vibrations, Third Edition, Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts, 1995. Pages152-157.Biographical Information:JOSUE NJOCK LIBII is Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Indiana University-- PurdueUniversity Fort Wayne (IPFW), Fort Wayne, Indiana. He earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering , an MSE and PhD inApplied Mechanics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Page 3.581.6

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Thomas G. Stanford; Donald Keating

ResearchGraduate research education, funding, research faculty, and curricula to enrich the graduatescientific research path was largely built into the nation’s engineering schools in the 1960’s,70’s, and 80’s. Consequently, American engineering education has primarily patterned thescience-driven model of graduate education which is in-place at the graduate level at the nation’sresearch universities. The universities have performed an outstanding job in meeting the scienceeducation and research goal. Those graduate engineers who are pursuing scientific researchcareer paths have been especially well served. The nation is preeminent in graduate education forscientific research. This model of graduate education is patterned worldwide.The effects of the Bush

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Lia F. Arthur; Irem Y. Tumer

CourseThe first case study is a freshmen-level introductory mechanical engineering course taught byIrem Y. Tumer, a doctoral student in Mechanical Engineering, along with faculty member Dr.Kristin L. Wood. A second section of this course was taught by Dr. Philip S. Schmidt, who hasbeen responsible for this course for the past several years. The typical enrollment in this courseis around 170 every semester. Due to the lack of a second large room, we broke the course intotwo sections, and Dr. Wood and I took a class of 40, as opposed to a class of 130 students in Dr.Schmidt's section.The course involves teaching the basic concepts of mechanical engineering to first-yearengineering students, such as design, modeling, reverse engineering, manufacturing

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Sameer Kumar; John Walker; Jeffrey A. Jalkio; James Rehg

abundance of many training networks utilizinginteractive telecommunications. In the future, training will be done more on desktop multi-mediaenvironment which will likely displace the distance learning classroom to remote sites training.The desktop multimedia training will be self paced with individualized modules which can bedelivered when and where a student needs it.Bibliography1. Bennett, Ronald J, Povolny, John E, Walker, John, Schilling, H and Zelinski, S. “ Case Study: A Successful Industry/Academia Distance Learning Partnership”, 1998 SME International Education Conference, Seattle, Washington.2. Besser, Howard and Maria Bonn. “Impact of Distance Independent Education,” Journal of the American Society of Information Science, Vol 47

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Robert Knecht; Randal Ford

team member interaction and better align the many Page 3.224.6disciplinary viewpoints on a given project team to deliver one product. References[1] American Heritage Dictionary, “Encourage,” p. 430, “Facilitate,” p.461, 1978.[2] E. S. Furguson, "How Engineers Lose Touch," Invention & Technology, Winter, 1993.[3] H. Petroski, To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design, New York: Barnes & Noble,1994.[4] C. E. Larson and F. M.J. LaFasto, Teamwork: What must go right/ What can go wrong, Sage Publications, 1989.[5] M. Frohman, "Nothing Kills Teams Like Ill-Prepared Leaders

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Steven H. VanderLeest; Edward G. Nielsen

veryimpressed by the sheer size of the project as well as by the careful planning and research thatwent into the engineering of the system. The design had to account for a variety of political,historic, and economic constraints as well as the more familiar technical constraints. Figure 1 Model of Storm Surge Barrier Practical Hints for Managing a Foreign-Travel Engineering CourseBefore the trip• Arrange site tours/meetings yourself , but let your travel agency arrange the airfare, hotel accommodations, etc.• Use a hired driver/tour guide who knows the language(s). This frees you to teach and plan rather than finding your way through traffic.• Incorporate variety to peak the interest of all the students. Work

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Robert Martinazzi

mostimportant features in building a team4. Also, role clarification needs to occur when a new teamis formed, when tasks are assigned, or when there are changes in responsibilities within theteam5.Guidelines and Suggestions for Implementation:Role clarification within teams occurs more as a process than an initial assignment. Strengthsand weaknesses, along with personal interest, are considered for the various tasks required ofteams. The team deliberately discerns which member(s) possess certain abilities necessary for anengineering analysis and they draw upon them when the team engages in problem solving.Specifically, some students comprehend reading and understanding a problem statement betterthan others. Some students articulate and guide the

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Mualla ÖNER; Gürses ÖNER

, J.O., Computers & Chemical Engineering, 5, 4, 225, (1981). 3. Kister, H.Z., Distillation Design, McGraw-Hill, New York, (1992). 4. Geankoplis, C.J., Mass Transport Phenomena, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., (1972). 5. Öner, M.., Bar• s, S., Öner, G., AIChE Educational Computer Software Demonstrations, LA, (1997). 6. Kister, H.Z., Chem. Engng., January 21, 97, (1985). 7. Kister, H.Z., Chem. Engng., May 13, 71, (1985). 8. Jenny, P.J., Trans. Am. Inst. Chem. Engrs., Vol. 35, No. 635, (1939). 9. Yaws, C.L., Li, K.Y., and Fang, C.S., Chem. Engng., June 1, 63, (1981). 10. King, C.J., Separation Processes, McGraw-Hill, New York, (1980

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Daniel P. Schrage

teachstudents how to conduct conceptual design which makes the greatest demands on thedesigner’s creativity. The concept(s) selected provide the Top-Down Design DecisionSupport Process step: Generate Feasible Alternatives illustrated in Figure 2. A baselinepreliminary design configuration and the identification of technology options forsubsystems/disciplines for the follow-on course are also an outcome of this course. It alsoinitiates the system design optimization iteration illustrated in Figure 2 by the arrowscoming out and going into the Systems Engineering Methods sub-element: SystemSynthesis through MDO. • AE 6352 - Aerospace Systems Design II This course completes the five course sequence illustrated in Figure 1

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William R. Smith; Ronald W. Missen; Ishuwa Sikaneta

result is a matrix A∗ , called the unit matrix form of A. 3. At the end of these steps, the following are established: • The rank of the matrix A is the number of 1’s on the principal diagonal of A∗ ; this is equal to C, the number of component species. • A set of component species is given by the C species above the columns of A∗ . • The maximum number of linearly independent chemical equations is given by R = N − C. • The coefficients of a proper set of chemical equations are obtained from the columns of the part of the matrix A∗ to the right of the unit matrix; each column relates to the formation from the component species of one mole of the noncompo- nent species

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Lara Relyea; Joan A. Burtner

classroom, lesson plans for each K’NEX exercise are included at the end of thispaper.REFERENCES1. Stevens, K. and S. Schlossberg. “ Connection Technology” , Frontiers in Education ConferenceProceedings, Session T3H, Paper 3, Nov. 1997.2. Holland, N. “ GEMS: Girls in Engineering, Math, and Science An Intervention Model for Pre-CollegeGirls” , ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, June 1995.3. Hannan, J., D. Calkins, R. Crain, D. Davis, K. Gentili, C. Grimes and M. Trevisan. “ An EngineeringDesign Summer Camp for A Diverse Group of High School Students” , Frontiers in Education ConferenceProceedings, Session F3G, Paper 3, Nov. 1997.4. Mills, G.. “ Introducing Middle School Students to Civil Engineering Technology during Summer Camp

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Roger Ware; Charles F. Yokomoto

Session 3230 Using Small Groups to Promote Active Learning and Student Satisfaction in a Required Engineering Ethics Course Charles F. Yokomoto, Roger Ware Electrical Engineering/Psychology Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Introduction A learning experience in professional ethics has become increasingly important forengineering majors for several reasons. Chief among them are (1) ABET EC-2000's learningoutcome which states that engineering programs “must demonstrate that their

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Willie E. (Skip) Rochefort

havingcontact with older students and truly do view them and use them as resources. This is evidenced by the factthat we more frequently here comments like " ...my junior mentor told me that..... I can take Health S/U, GE300 is any “easy” Bacc core class, don’t take Heat Transfer with Professor so and so, taught me how to graphin Excel and use PowerPoint for presentations, ...etc.". The older students (Jr. and Sr.) seem to really enjoybeing able to help the younger students with their problems. It boosts their self-esteem and helps them torealize that they REALLY are learning something from their time in school, and that they have made progressfrom their early years. In all cases, the “big brother/sister” concept provides a healthy sense of

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Sanjiv Sarin

”).• ability to design, develop, implement and improve systems that include people, materials, information, equipment and energy (arising from the specific Program Criteria stipulated by the IIE [5]).2. Select outcome indicator(s) for each outcomeAn outcome indicator as defined by Leonard and Scales [6] is a qualitative or quantitative deviceto determine the degree to which program outcomes have been achieved. Examples include testscores, survey averages, portfolio evaluation scores, etc. Inherent in the concept of an outcomeindicator is the choice of an appropriate assessment tool.3. State curricular practices relevant to the outcomesReview curriculum to examine what is presently being done to enable the fulfillment of theprogram objectives and

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Mel I. Mendelson

total column score indicates howstrongly the quality characteristics (rows) relate to any given measurement method. If the totalvalue of a given row is low, or if the row does not have any strong relationships, then themeasurement method(s) should be re-established so that it strongly correlates with a givenquality characteristic. The same holds true for the quality characteristics relating to a givenmeasurement method.In Figure 2 all of the measurement methods have at least one strong relationship with the qualitycharacteristics. In addition, all of the quality characteristics have at least one strong relationshipwith the measurement methods. The QFD matrix can be used to establish the weightingpercentages of the measuring methods for each

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W. Cully Hession; Marty D. Matlock; G. Scott Osborn; Daniel E. Storm; Ann L. Kenimer

debate within applied ecology regarding the viability of designing anecosystem. The credibility of ecological engineering will be measured by its successes,and more critically, by its failures. A common body of knowledge that is founded intheoretical ecology and engineering design, wedded with clearly defined professionalcodes ethics and standards of practice, will provide substantive footing for this new andexciting profession. Ecological engineering may become the single greatest tooldeveloped by the human species, or it may become advanced horticulture. The outcomeis dependent on the vision of its practitioners.ReferencesBergen, S. D., S. M. Bolton, and J. L Fridley (1997). Ecological Engineering: Design based on Ecological Principles

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Sub Ramakrishnan; Mohammad B. Dadfar

Page 3.483.8#include #include #include "sort.h"// S E R V E R: Written in Cint *sortnum_1(numary)int *numary;{ int iCtr1, iCtr2, Temp; static Array result; for(iCtr1 = 0; iCtr1 < 5; iCtr1++) result[iCtr1] = *numary++ ; for(iCtr1 = 0; iCtr1 < 5; iCtr1++) for(iCtr2 = iCtr1 + 1; iCtr2 < 5; iCtr2++) if(result[iCtr1] < result[iCtr2]) { Temp = result[iCtr2]; result[iCtr2] = result[iCtr1]; result[iCtr1] = Temp; } return(result);}References[1] Comer, Douglas, "Computer Networks and Internet," Prentice-Hall, 1997.[2] Dadfar, Mohammad B. , Francis, Jeffrey, and Ramakrishnan, Sub, "Application of

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Gregg W. Dixon; Chris G. Kiemcik; Vincent Wilczynski

Experience - FIRST,” 1997 ASEE Annual Conference, on compact disk, Session 2325.4. Staab, G., S. Evans, S. Godez, E. Engdahl, ”TOGA Party - Developing a Tradition” 1997 ASEE Annual Conference, on compact disk, Session 2325.5. Clough, J. and S.N. Yadav-Olney, ”FIRST-Engineering Partnerships Between University of Wisconsin-Platteville and Platteville High School,” 1997 ASEE Annual Conference, on compact disk, Session 2325.6. Eide, A. R., R. D. Jenison, L. H. Mashaw, and L. L. Northrup, Engineering Fundamentals and Problem Solving, 1979, McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York, NY. Page 3.43.9

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Leslie Lahndt-Hearney

. Thus, these fields ofengineering experienced a real need to have curricula where efforts were placed toward researchand development for the creation of new theory and techniques, and other curricula where effortswere placed teaching engineering practice and improving practice oriented technology. The Page 3.577.1divergence of theory and practice is perhaps most obvious in the fields of electrical engineeringand electrical engineering technology.There are, however, some fields of engineering that were virtually unaffected by the moonlaunch of the 1960’s, and perhaps the most obvious of these is the field of civil engineering (CE).Yet, despite

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Elizabeth Petry

architecture, city planning, and urban design; addingvalue to the enlightenment process; and showing dedication to general education and businessskills.”Jury comments from the AIA included:• “. . . to get young at risk kids involved in urban design, architecture and city planning. The process really contributes to a general education and skill building.”• “If the profession wants to establish the value of architecture in the larger community and change public opinion about architecture, this is the place to start.”CLOSUREService learning provides fantastic experiences and opportunities for all involved. I must agreewith Judith S. Berson of Broward Community College when she says, “Win/Win/Win with aService Learning Program.”The student “wins

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Sameer Kumar; Jeffrey A. Jalkio

engineering students warrants better prepared students in theengineering skills in order to be a productive members of the technical workforce.ReferencesBelytschko, T, Bayliss, A, Brinson, C, Carr, S, Kath, W, Krishnaswamy, S, Moran, B, Nocedal,J, and Peshkin, M. (1997, October). “Mechanics in the Engineering First Curriculum atNorthwestern University”. Robert R McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science,Northwestern University, 1-26.Cole, R.E. (1989). “Large-Scale Change and the Quality Resolution”, in AM Mohrman, SAMohrman, GE Ledford, TG Cummings, EE Lawler III, and Associates, “Large ScaleOrganizational Change”, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco.Goldberg, H and Wagreich, P. (1989, February). “Focus on integrating science and math”.Science and

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Willie E. (Skip) Rochefort

enjoy having contact with older students andtruly do view them and use them as resources. This is evidenced by the fact thatwe more frequently here comments like "...my junior mentor told me that..... Ican take Health S/U, GEO 300 is any "easy" Bacc core class, don't take HeatTransfer with Professor so and so, taught me how to graph in Excel and usePowerPoint for presentations, ...etc.". The older students (Jr. and Sr.) seem toreally enjoy being able to help the younger students with their problems. Itboosts their self-esteem and helps them to realize that they REALLY are learningsomething from their time in school, and that they have made progress from theirearly years. In all cases, the "big brother/sister" concept provides a healthysense of

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Ann D. Christy; Marybeth Lima

design projectStudents in the LSU course were assigned in groups of three to five members to re-design animalenclosures owned by local businesses. Each business was contacted by the students, who offeredtheir services as practitioners. The businesses owners were asked to serve as clients during thedesign process. Contact between students and client was accomplished through site visits, lettersand phone communication. The semester culminated with students proposing their designs to apanel including habitat enclosure experts and the business owner(s).RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONMyers-Briggs Type Indicator resultsThe instructors and the majority of students in both classes found that student portfolios weresuccessful. Exit surveys showed that 80% of the

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Richard Gilbert; Mark Maughmer; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College; Renata Engel, Pennsylvania State University

Program for Instructional Excellence, Tallahassee, FL, 1991.Hauser, D. L., E. S. Halsey, J. M. Weinfield, J. C. Fox, "What Works and What Doesn't in Undergraduate Education", ASEE Prism, November 1995.McKeachie, W. J., Teaching Tips. A Guidebook for the Beginning College Teacher, 8th ed., D.C. Heath, Lexington, MA, 1986.Wankat, Philip C. and F. S. Oreovicz, Teaching Engineering, McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York, 1993.AuthorsMARILYN BARGER is an assistant professor in the Civil Engineering Department of the FAMU-FSU College ofEngineering where she is developing research programs in waste management, reverse osmosis, and environmentalfate and transport. She has a BS in Chemistry from Agnes Scott College and a BS and Ph.D.in Civil Engineeringfrom

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Michael F. Young; Sheryl A. Sorby

adequately measures a student's spatial abilities and his/her understanding ofgraphics principles. We intend to continue to use this exam in our placement procedure and tofurther assess and modify it as deemed necessary. Page 3.113.7REFERENCES1. Guay, R.B. Purdue Spatial Visualization Test: Rotations. West Lafayette: Purdue Research Foundation, 1977.2. Young, M. F. and S. A. Sorby, "A Visualization-Based Placement Exam for Engineering Graphics," Proceedings of the 1997 Mid-Year EDGD/ASEE conference, Madison, WI, October 1997, pp. 61-78.3. Gimmestad, B. J. "Gender Differences in Spatial Visualization and Predictors of

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Charlie P. Edmonson; Joseph A. Untener

( _____ ) __________________Address___________________________________________________________________________________________ Street City State ZipMajor _______ Graduation Year Bachelor’s Degree _____ Did you continue your formal education? Yes _____ No _____If Yes, where? ______________________________________ Additional Degree(s)/Year(s) _____/_____, _____/_____ PRESENT POSITIONEmployer __________________________________________________________________ Year Started ____________Address___________________________________________________________________________________________ Street City State ZipJob

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William J. de Kryger; David A. Lopez

projects usually involve an aspect of automotive and/orelectronic technology and require the participation of both groups of students and faculty. Theproject includes research, systems engineering, and a practical application. As both groups workon this project, information technology, design, manufacturing, and service issues arise allowingboth students and faculty to share ideas and perspectives. They also gain experience atcommunicating technical concepts across cultures.The technical focus of the exchange project(s) is largely determined by the technical compositionof the participating student group. If the group is primarily composed of a particular technicalspecialty, that fact will generally determine the technical focus of the project. If

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R. Andrew Schaffer; Patricia L. Fox; Cliff Goodwin

the deansat a later time. Both groups were asked to participate in order to compare their answers. Thequestionnaires contained a total of 12 questions. Both groups completed identical questionnairesexcept for one question. The deans’ questionnaire differed only on Question #4. It asked thedeans, “Do you consider faculty to be your peers?” The faculty questionnaire asked, “Do youconsider deans to be your peers?” After each question, the respondents were asked to provide areason(s) for their answer. This added narrative provided us with a richer set of data of facultyand dean perceptions. Page 3.147.3The SampleThe comments and analyses that

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John D. Whittaker; Ted G. Eschenbach

nature for the use and convenience of man. (Kirby, et al)” By the 1940’s the definition had evolved to a functional one, and Hoover and Fish in TheEngineering Profession listed the engineer’s primary functions as: designing, constructing,producing, operating, and selling. Today, the Alberta Association of Professional EngineersGuide to Occupational Specialities in Engineering lists: research, design, development, testing,procurement, production, construction, operation, administration, and teaching as distinct fieldsof engineering practice. Writers on engineering often equate engineering with design. It can be argued that design Page

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Anthony Brizendine

required? Or maybe, on-the-job experience itselfprovides for a lifetime of learning and development? The National Society of ProfessionalEngineers (NSPE) completed a two-year study of approximately 1000 employers in industry andgovernment in the early 1990’s; this study identified employers’ interests when evaluating apotential employee and sparked considerable discussion. Generally, graduates were assumed topossess technical skills; however, soft skills such as teamwork, leadership, communication andinterpersonal skills, analytical ability, personal initiative, and self-confidence were identified asareas for evaluation in the hiring process. In general, these skills and attributes are desired inaddition to basic competency in mathematics