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K. Swyler; A. Peskin

intimate interactions are collaborative projects and formal co-operative education arrangements.Most recently, such collaborations have taken on a new dimension, as advances intechnology have made possible meaningful technical collaboration at a distance. [2]There are several obvious technology areas that have contributed significantly to thistrend. Foremost is the ubiquitous presence of the Internet. Perhaps almost as importantare advances in computer based imaging. Because visual images offer a compelling userexperience, it affords greater knowledge transfer efficiency than other modes of delivery.Furthermore, the quality of the image appears to have a strongly correlated effect oninsight. A good visualization facility offers both a means for

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Hamid Y. Eydgahi; Saeid Y. Eidgahy

veryearly age, we are taught to break apart problems, to fragment the world. This apparently makescomplex tasks and subjects more manageable; but we pay a hidden, enormous price. We can nolonger see the consequences of our actions; we lose our intrinsic sense of connection to a largerwhole. When we try to ‘see the big picture,’ we try to reassemble the fragments in our minds, tolist and organize all the pieces.” (p.3).6The Technology, Science, Mathematics Integration Project, with support from the NationalScience Foundation, developed a set of technology activities called the Technology, Science,Mathematics Connection Activities.7 They are designed to correlate planning and classroominstruction among the three disciplines. The activities do not

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Joseph C. Hartman

flows. 5. Selection and implementation of best solution alternative. 6. Post-implementation analysis and evaluation.Despite these six steps, engineering economy courses tend to narrowly focus on Steps 4 and partof 5. That is, students are provided with cash flows and are taught to perform an evaluation(present worth, internal rate of return, etc.), selecting the best alternative from the given choices.Some texts provide methods in which to develop cash flows, however, the estimation means arequite simplified.It is argued here that engineering economy is a vital part of a decision process and thus should betaught in this context. The entire process of evaluating a project, from its inception (Step 1) to its

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M.P. Hottenstein; C.O. Ruud

∗ project management ∗ manufacturing ∗ manufacturing processes principals ∗ business ∗ quality concepts ∗ change management ∗ statistics and • ergonomics probabilityIn the development of the QMM program those skills listed above, proceeded by an asterix, wereidentified as needed, and the program designed to introduce, enforce, and/or provide practicum inthem.ProgramPenn State’s QMM program is an integrated one-year academic program leading to a Master

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John S. Schmalzel; Ralph A. Dusseau; Kauser Jahan

introduced to engineeringexperiments and calculations through a series of modules in measurements. The primary goal ofthis course is to expose freshmen engineering students to multidisciplinary projects that teachengineering principles using the theme of engineering measurements in both laboratory and real-world settings. This concept is an inversion of the traditional laboratory curriculum paradigm.The current situation is that freshman programs focus either on a design project or discipline-specific experiments that may not be cohesively integrated. In real-world settings engineers workin multidisciplinary teams on a variety of complex problems. The fundamental principles ofmeasurement and their application are crucial to the solution of these

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Lloyd Feldmann

be the correct type for our college levelstudents, especially after the freshman year. Extension assignments encourage the student toexamine and expand upon the in-class presentation using previously learned material. If theassignment can be personalized by the student, i.e. “find an application and describe it for thenext class”, the lesson is more quickly and deeply learned. These assignments are difficult toachieve on a daily or weekly. Perhaps a lab exercise can be the expanded into the backgroundand then into another application. The research report or project is another use of this method.Unfortunately, this use is usually reserved for graduates or upper level under graduates. If thistype of assignment can be assigned and successfully

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Amir Mirmiran

Session 1526 NDT and Instrumentation In an Undergraduate Concrete Lab Amir Mirmiran University of Central FloridaABSTRACTThe first year implementation of an NSF-ILI project for enhancing the concrete lab with NDT andinstrumentation modules is discussed. A two-semester laboratory is developed to parallel the lecturesin the two concrete courses; namely, Reinforced Concrete Structures and Concrete Design project.The new laboratory has significantly increased students’ interest in, and learning from, the courses.INTRODUCTIONUniversity of Central Florida is a member of the

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Walter Vincent; Nipha P. Kumar; Craig A. Bernecker

control panel which allows the instructor todirectly control the view seen by the students. Direct inputs to the system included a documentcamera and a laptop computer. The document camera allowed for the use of figures or graphs tobe shown directly to the students, much in the way an overhead projector might be used in atypical classroom. However, the document camera had the further advantages of projecting goodcolor, zooming in on very small detail, and allowing objects or even textbooks to be projected.Thus, samples of lamps and electrical devices could be shown directly and students in bothclassrooms could see detail much better than a typical classroom.The laptop computer allowed for many class notes to be presented through computer

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Mitchel Keil; Mary Beth Krysiak; Sam Ramrattan; Jorge Rodriguez

increasing demands for performance and productivity, interaction betweenacademia and industry is of particular importance nowadays. This interaction should help bothsides: academia people have the opportunity to apply their knowledge and experience in a realsituation, and industry people get the benefit of having additional knowledge and technologysources available to them. This project illustrates one of such interactions. It started when someacademia and industry people recognized a need for the foundry industry and it was decided towork together on such problem. Manufacturing, Graphics, and Design faculty and students at theDepartment of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (IME) at Western Michigan University(WMU), together with technical

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Kent Curtis, Northern Kentucky University; Niaz Latif, Purdue University - Calumet

degree in Technology or related disciplines. Theobjectives of the program are to provide individuals with the ability to innovate and leadProgram Description The course work is divided into a Core and two Tracks – Industrial and EngineeringSystems and Technology Management. A thesis or project and comprehensive exam arerequired for successful completion of the 33-semester hour MST program. Core coursesemphasize the fundamental skills and knowledge deemed important by industrial systemsemployers and technology managers. Core courses concentrate on what students need to knowand be able to do before they can solve problems relating to people and technical systems inindustry. All courses are three credit hours (thesis=6).Core Courses 18–21

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James B. Stenger; Karen E. Schmahl

or her teaching. Candidates aredrawn from a university-wide pool of faculty in the second through fifth year of the tenure proc-ess who have applied to participate in the program. In the application the hopeful participantsdiscuss why they want to participate, what they hope to obtain by participating, what they thinkthey would contribute to the program if selected, and a description of what they envision theirteaching project to be. A committee of former participants reviews the applications and makerecommendations for selection to the director of the program. Selection is limited to nominallyten participants, and is based on the responses in the application and a desire to choose partici-pants to give a balanced representation of the

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Lori S. Cook; Lawrence S. Aft

such as send and receive emailmessages, send and receive files, and participate in the chat room depends upon the student andfaculty member’s Internet service provider (ISP) and the compatibility of the different systems.For example, some systems encoded files and others did not. Problems some providers, such asAOL have had with email are legendary. The ability of the SPSU system to handle large studentfiles (such as PowerPoint project presentations) was limited. Numerical results showed relatively Page 3.416.3high scores for the computer literacy of the students. However, an area of weakness which

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Irma Becerra-Fernandez; Gordon Hopkins; Ted Lee

hours as follows: a core consisting of 12 hours of Engineering Management,and 12 hours of Business Administration, 9 hours of electives in a particular area of engineeringspecialization, and the Capstone Project of 3 hours [1]. Graduate students in EngineeringManagement gain knowledge through traditional engineering lectures, guest speakers’presentations, and through study of related cases and articles. Most courses also requirecompletion of a short project. Finally, the Capstone Project serves to integrate the students’knowledge through applied research and development. Typically through the Capstone Project,students lean to respond well to challenges presented at the workplace. The Capstone Projectrequires about half of the time to develop a

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W. Wood; M. Becker; L. Meekisho; J. F. Holmes

third is the ability to adapt segments fordelivery as short courses to engineers from industry.One of the original motivations behind initiating segmentation was indeed to provide aconvenient mechanism for delivery of educational materials to industrial students. Courses inMaterials Science and Engineering (MSE) were decomposed into segments. Simultaneously, theMSE faculty was developing a new joint master's program in Electronics Packaging withElectrical and Computer Engineering faculty. The potential benefits of course segmentation oncurriculum development soon became apparent.A seed project has been initiated at the Oregon Graduate Institute with the support of theNational Science Foundation. The focus has been on curriculum development in

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Mary Aleta White; Stephanie L. Blaisdell; Mary Anderson-Rowland

participates in an 8-week research experience. Each research assistant works roughly 200 hours with local facultyand receives a $1500 stipend. Faculty working with Scholars are required to attend a diversityseminar that includes information on creating a gender-inclusive classroom and lab atmosphere.Twenty faculty with ongoing research projects agreed to attend such a workshop and include aScholar in their summer research activities. In fact, there are more slots than are required toplace all of the Scholars, however, this ensures that Scholars are matched with a research projectof their interest. Through the diversity training and increased exposure to these talentedengineering women students and mentors, participating faculty have a heightened

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Donald L. Buchwald

* Edge Detection and Binary Effects Using Back Lighting * Investigate & Design Lighting Configurations for Industrial Parts & Tasks * Use of Strobe Lighting to Image Features on Moving Parts * Laser and Fiber Optic LightingDue to the interdisciplinary nature of vision systems, these laboratory experiences include basicconcepts in related fields such as: electronics, computers, production control, axis transformation,algorithms, pattern recognition, optics, lighting, and much more.A final project for the first course is to develop a robotics program to incorporate the robot arm,sensors, and/or vision sensor to perform tasks with subroutines and decisions. Machine visionsystems are used to let the robots identify

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Lucy C. Morse; Jack Selter

operations in the manufacturing, sales, service andconstruction industries. Through the selection of the upper-level technical concentration, studentscan tailor their program, based on previous knowledge, to assist them in launching a career thatbest meets their needs and aspirations. Projects in cooperation with local industry, solving real-world problems, are required of all students in the BSET program.Since the fall of 1990 Engineering Technology has offered courses utilizing the videotape lecturesuccessfully demonstrated by the FEEDS system. Primarily using UCF campus and communitycollege locations, this system allows for maximum viewing freedom of the course material viatape without geographic or work schedule constraints. Emerging

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Spyros A. Kinnas; Hillary Hart

, several environmental-engineering faculty members have begun work on an NSF-sponsored project to develop a seriesof multimedia tools, including a Web-based electronic textbook (E_book), for classes teachingfluid dynamics and wave theory. We believe that what we learn as developers can be passed onto teachers of all kinds of engineering courses.This paper will present the results thus far of our development of this multimedia tool-set,including lessons learned and evaluation strategies considered. The paper will focus on the Webversion of this tool, although plans are underway for developing a CD-ROM as well. The web-based materials probably present the greater challenge because “most information on the Weblacks interactivity and ways to support

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Susan L. Miertschin; Carole E. Goodson

developed and adapted, consistent with existing course objectives. This process is an on-going one; new materials and ideas that constantly come into focus are readily included in the course materials.4. Consideration of policy adaptations for distance delivery - The general University policy regarding distance education requires that students meet the same requirements as those enrolled in a traditional course. Thus, the same content was included; however, in some instances course/evaluation procedures were modified to include web-based projects. In addition, some take-home examinations were utilized in conjunction with those administered on campus.Course FeaturesThe courses were designed to allow students to meet

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Susan M. Bolton; Scott D. Bergen; James L. Fridley

structures, etc. Scientific Writing and Project Zoology Method Presentation Planning and Management Population Soil Statics Dynamics Mechanics Fish Ecology Ecological Engineering

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Parviz F. Rad; David M. Woodall

also required. Given that this program is a non-thesisprogram, the capstone elements of the program include an independent project ona selected practical aspect of engineering management, and a comprehensiveexamination which will demonstrate the candidate's ability to integrate thecourse-work leading to this degree.In addition to the independent project, the curriculum requires 32 semesterhours, divided into the following categories:Engineering Management Core Courses:Engineering Management 510, Fundamentals of Engineering ManagementEngineering OrganizationTotal Quality ManagementManaging Project TeamsManaging ProjectsCommunications Page 3.252.3Managing

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Michael Khader

well as graduates from other disciplines. In addition to salaries, we were extremely interested in the graduates insightful inputrelated to improvement of the program. A number of telecommunications courses were listed asmost helpful. Seventy eight percent of responses listed the applied telecommunication course,seventy two percent listed the fundamentals of communication systems, and fifty three percentlisted the fiber optical course, and sixty five percent of the responses indicated that senior-project-I and senior-project-II were most helpful. The front runners among the non-telecommunications courses were the microprocessors and the C/C++ programming languagecourses (62% listed microprocessors, and 58% listed C/C++). A very

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John P. Leschke; Susan Carlson-Skalak

professor. Both professors attend all classes. At the beginning of the semester,the students fill out a questionnaire in which they record their major, work experience, interestsand skills. Students also complete a personality profile (i.e., Myers-Briggs). Based on thesequestionnaires, the professors assign the students to multi-disciplinary teams in which they workfor the remainder of the semester. The teams are given three project assignments. The first is toresearch and find a new emerging technology and select a real company that might logically beinterested in this type of technology. They are asked to prepare a written proposal to“management” describing the technology, asking for specified development funding andresources and justifying this

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Steven Youra

Session 3461 Integrating Communications into Engineering Courses: Dimensions of a New Paradigm Steven Youra Cornell UniversityEngineering students must develop the ability to communicate effectively. To address this need,a growing number of engineering programs are integrating communications into technicalcoursework. Writing and other forms of presentation can be central to engineering education forboth pragmatic and conceptual reasons: (1) The ability to communicate effectively is crucial tothe success of engineering projects and careers

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John D. Cremin

. The JCAir Electronic Flight Instrumentation System(EFIS) Test set and a Bendix EFIS 10 were used to check ARINC 429 messages byobserving the VHF Omni Ranging (VOR) and Distance Measuring Equipment (DME)indicators on the EFIS when it was displaying the data coupled to the bus from the JCAIRARINC 429 generator. Page 3.617.3ConclusionsAt this point the students have achieved the goals set for the project with the exception ofconverting the GPS NMEA signals to ARINC 429 . Since they have, in the previous course,already formatted ARINC 429 words and converted TTL to ARINC 429, the remaining partof the project should be within the student’s grasp. The

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David M. Hata

Session 1247 Vacuum Systems Laboratory Development: Teaching More About Making Less David M. Hata Portland Community CollegeAbstractThe implementation of new associate degree programs in semiconductor manufacturingat community colleges across the nation has created a critical need for vacuum technologycourses and supporting laboratories. Unfortunately, few resources have been available tosupport technology-level courses in vacuum systems. This paper describes the results ofa two-year project to develop a vacuum technology course, implement a vacuum systemslaboratory, and provide

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William Gay

is a progression of study directed toward training a student inprimary, advanced and instrument flight. This curriculum is integrated with two years of collegegeneral studies. A special fee is associated with each flight and simulator course. Upongraduation students receive the Associate of Applied Science degree. The student pilots receive200 to 250 hours of flight and simulator time before completing the Program. Approval Process After the curriculum had been developed, a "Proposal for a New Associate Degree Program"had to be written. This proposal included information on program need, projected costs andrevenues, anticipated enrollment, curriculum, course descriptions, and advisory

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Stanley J. Pisarski; James L. Hales

program is a fantastic opportunity for any engineering student. It provides invaluableexperience that will make my qualifications more desirable to companies upon graduation.Having the opportunity to enter the workforce before graduation instills confidence in my abilityand skills.” The student’s first rotation was very basic in nature. He performed basic duties andworked on projects that helped him become adjusted to the company and its working procedures.He has indicated a strong desire to return to this company for the remainder of the rotationsequence and is eagerly looking forward to further exciting experiences. Another student in the program stated: “ I was overwhelmed when I started working atmy first co-op assignment. I had never

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Zbigniew Prusak

Page 3.297.2products [5, 6]. 2 During senior projects, I have observed a very common student approach to conceptualizing anddescribing design ideas. After a verbal description (difficult to understand and visualize), studentsspent days, if not weeks, putting their ideas on paper by using the best software available. As a rule,these drawings were not self-explanatory and still needed extensive verbal clarification. Almost neverconceptualization started with hand sketching, writing down key words that describe ideas,constructing flow diagrams, brainstorming over a hand sketch or using any available object to helpvisualize the concept (something like using Lego cubes). Few students were easy to

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James L. Hales

day we flew to Shanghai; students were filling the streets demonstrating therealso. Four days later we flew to Wuhan. Our hotel was on the opposite side of the YangtzeRiver from the airport. The bus carrying us was stopped at the bridge crossing the river, asdemonstrating students had closed it to all traffic. We had to take a commuter ferry filled withpeople returning home from their work. While in Wuhan we met with the Yangtze River Planning Commission and were briefedon the plans for the Three Gorges dam and hydroelectric project. The multi-billion-dollar projecthas subsequently been approved and is underway. On May 31 we left Hong Kong and returned to the United States. We were verysurprised four days later to hear news