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a two and three-dimensional brainstorming technique that wasconceived by Leonardo da Vinci (ref. 7) and more recently and humorously promoted by DougHall (ref. 5 ) is particularly effective. The results if this technique for the Sandman Project isshown in Figure 2. The technique places the Problem Statement in the center of a very largeblack board or paper easel. The brainstorming then proceeds to surround this ProblemStatement Island with other Theme Islands that could incite or seed the imagination withpossible solutions to the Problem at hand. As the 2-dimensional brainstorming continues thesatellite theme island ideas seem to beg that they be connected in some manner with pathwaysthat could lead to viable solution(s). The Leonardo

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., and Hesketh, R. P. (1998). What's Brewing in the Engineering Clinic?Hewlett Packard Engineering Educator, Vol. 2, No. 1., p. 6.3. Schmalzel, J. L., Marchese, A. J., Mariappan, J., and Mandayam, S. (1998). The Engineering Clinic: AFour-Year Design Sequence. 2nd Annual Conference of National Collegiate Invention and InnovationAlliance, Washington, DC.4 Mariappan, J. and Marchese, A. J. (1998). TQM Approach to Design in the Sophomore EngineeringClinic. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exhibition. Anaheim, CA.5. Harvey, R., Johnson, F., Marchese, A. J., Newell, J. A., Ramachandran, R. P., and Sukumaran, B.(1999). Teaching Quality: An Integrated TQM Approach to Technical Communication and EngineeringDesign. ASEE Middle

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– An Experience,” ICEE Proceedings, www.ineer.org, 1998.3. Holzer, S.M., and R.H. Andruet, “ Experiential Learning in Mechanics with Multimedia,” Int. J. Engn Ed., 16, 5, 372-384, 2000.4. Huson, A.R., and Kavi, K.M., “Interactive Teaching Practices in Small Class Sizes While Cutting into the High Cost of Education,” ICEE Proceedings, www.ineer.org, 1999.5. Reisman, S., and W.A. Carr, “Perspectives on Multimedia Systems in Education,” IBM Systems Journal, 30, 3, 280-295, 1991.6. Renshaw, A.A., J.H. Reibel, C.A. Zukowski, K. Penn, R.O. McClintock, and M.B. Friedman, “An Assessment of On-Line Engineering Design Problem Presentation Strategies,” IEEE Trans. On Education, 43, 2, 83-89, May, 2000.7. Salzmann, C., D. Gillet, and P

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drawn.Bibliography1. Coleman, G.D., and G.W. Garrison, “Course Management Systems and HTML: Comparison of Two Approaches to Web-Assisted Instruction for Distance Learning,” Proceedings of the 1999 ASEE Annual Conference.2. Parsay, S., “Implementation of Classroom Assessment Techniques and Web Technology in an Operations Technology Course,” Proceedings of the 1999 ASEE Conference.3. Davis, R., “Engineers Earn MS Degrees From Their Home,” Engineering Times, 20 (10), 6, 1998.4. Baker, N. C. and P. S. Chinowsky, “Technology in the Civil Engineering Classroom: Introduction and Assessment,” Proceedings of the 1996 ASEE Annual Conference.5. Mines, R.O., “Observations of Using Web Page Software to Enhance Learning,” Proceedings of the 1999 ASEE

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Ranji Vaidyanathan; Todd Anderson; Ray Umashankar; Ramesh Sharma; Marlene Platero; Greg Artz; Chris Choi; Al Ortega

Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at UA. Dr. Vaidyanathan received a Ph. D inMaterials Science and Engineering from N.C. State University, a M. S. degree in M.E. from North Carolina A&TState University, and a B. S. degree in Metallurgical Engineering from Banaras Hindu University in India. Page 6.914.8Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright©2001, American Society for Engineering Education

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beendiscovered that reflect changing work practices introduced with the addition of wirelesslynetworked laptops into the course.VII. AcknowledgementsThis work was funded by grants from Intel Corporation and the National Science Foundation.Bibliography1. Springer, L., Stanne, M. E., & Donovan, S. S. Effects of Small-Group Learning on Undergraduates in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology: A Meta-Analysis. Review of Educational Research, Spring 1999, 69(1). 21-51.2. Collofello, J.S. & Hart, M. Monitoring Team Progress in a Software Engineering Project Class. In Proceedings of the 29thASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, 1999. 7-10.3. Fall 2000 CS160 course homepage, http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/courseware/cs160/fall00

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; Jayasummana, Anura, Lile, Derek; Palmquist, Mike. Bringing an Emphasis on Technical Writingto a Freshman Course in Electrical Engineering. IEEE Transaction Education. Feb. 2000, Vol. 43 #1 IEEDAB. P.36-4111. Manual-Dupont, S. Writing-across-the-curriculum in an engineering program. J. Eng. Educ., vol. 85, no.1,pp.35-40, 199612. Oakley, Barbara,Connery, Brian, and Allen, Kristine Incorporating writing skills into the engineeringcurriculum Proceedings - 29th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference, v3, 1999,p13b5-18-13b5-20. IEEE,Piscataway, NJ13. Olds, Barbara M. Technical writing across the curriculum. Proceedings - 29th Annual Frontiers in EducationConference, v3, 1996,p7-10. IEEE, Piscataway, NJ14. Quiroz, Sharon Review: special issue on

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. Fabrycky, and B. S. Blanchard, B. S. Life-cycle Cost and Economic Analysis. Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1991.[3] C. Garlan, and D. E. Perry, Introduction to the Special Issue on Software Architecture. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 21(4), 269-274, 1995.[4] J. H. Glynn and W. H. Gary, Environmental Science and Engineering, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1996.[5] H. Lykins, A Framework for Research into Model-driven System Design. Proceedings of the Seventh Annual INCOSE Symposium, 765-772, 1997.[6] B. W. Mar, Systems Engineering Basics. Systems Engineering, 1(1), 7-28, 1994.[7] B. W. Oliver, Creating Object Models–Design and Architecture. Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on

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Jeff Fant

June 10-July 28. Campers attended from 9a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday-Friday. The cost of the camp was $250 and included a T-shirtand directional antenna that the campers would build. Eleven of the campers werefemales. Fifty-seven of these students will be attending two McKinney schools, threeAllen schools, five Dallas schools, two Frisco schools, and fourteen Plano schools in thefall. Three of them are “home-schoolers”. One student was from Tahlequah Jr. High inOklahoma.Tech Camp 2000’s major corporate sponsor was Nortel Networks. Additional fundingwas provided by the National Science Foundation ’s Advancing Careers in Technologyand Science (ACTS) Project, Collin County Community College’s GlobalEDGE/TechPrep office, Southwestern Bell, the

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discussionalways spans a broad spectrum of issues. The instructor provided focus with directed questions,for example what constitutes an ethical person? Lively discussion was facilitated by formalintroduction of various types of ethical systems, ranging from hedonism to socialism. Thediscussion was then steered towards engineering (why does an engineer need ethics?) and theenvironment (what constitutes an environmental ethic?), and wrapped up by outlining the poles inthe environmental ethics spectrum.III. Environmental Law and PolicyEnvironmental regulations form the basis for the development of remediation and clean-uptechnologies. Before most texts discuss the various environmental treatment technologies indifferent media, introductory chapter(s

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the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright2001, American Society for Engineering Education"These students fail to realize the correlation of a fundamental understanding of constructionscience principles to execution of the construction project. Sometimes, they feel that temporarystructures are difficult for them to understand. To adequately perform construction in the fieldand in the office, s/he must be able to relate to the participants in the process including designprofessionals and specialized subcontractors. Temporary construction structures can show theconstruction students relevant aspects and applications of construction sciences. The student whohas better analytical background

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Katherine Carels; James Howard; Charles Bersbach; Debra Larson

Session 2630 Team Talk and Learning Project Management Debra S. Larson, Charles Bersbach, Katherine H. Carels, James Howard Northern Arizona University1. IntroductionThe management of team-based multi-disciplinary engineering projects requires a complex set ofskills and talents that can be grouped into four categories: technical, administrative,interpersonal, and personal. Engineers often come to their project management positions withexcellent technical skills, but need additional training in the other areas to become effectivemanagers. “The skill that brings an engineer to prominence and

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Page 6.972.5problems under different disciplines: engineering, ethics, management, and marketing. At the Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationsame time it provides a framework to generate the desired outcome(s) at the end of the course.In this course we have combined key success elements from other methodologies for problemsolving, product development and the creative process. Figure 3 represents the problemsolving methodology. In the design of this course we have incorporated an interdisciplinaryperspective. The following features have helped us to achieve this objective:1. Interdisciplinary faculty

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Miguel Perez; Ryan Wicker; Bill Diong

Session 3220 Tele-experimentation: The Emerging Approach to Science and Engineering Lab Education Bill Diong*, Miguel Perez** and Ryan Wicker** *Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering **Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering The University of Texas at El PasoAbstract A project has been initiated to enable students and researchers to conduct Science andEngineering (S&E) experiments via the Internet as an answer to the dual needs for improveddistance education in those fields as well

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when the open course or section is offered at an undesirable time.Bibliography1. Wankat, Phillip C. and Oreovicz, Frank S., Teaching Engineering, Purdue University,http://unitflops.ecn.purdue.edu/ChE/News/Book/.2. Kolb, D. A., Experiential Learning: Experience as the source of learning and development, Prentice-Hall, Page 6.1074.13Englewood-Cliffs, NJ, 1984.3. Johnson, D. W., Johnson, R. T., and Smith, K. A., Active Learning: Cooperation in the College Classroom,Interaction Book, Edina, MN, 1991. Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright

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American Association of University Women, and the Mercer Center forCommunity Development, without whom, this project would not be possible. References1. Geppert, L. (1995). The uphill struggle: No rose garden for women in engineering. IEEE Spectrum. 32(5), 40-50.2. Blaisdel, S. & Cosgrove, C. R.. (1996). A theoretical basis for recruitment and retention interventions for women in engineering. Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference. Session 1692.3. Sadker, M. & Sadker, D. (1994). Failing at fairness: How America’s schools cheat girls. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.4. American Association of University Women (1994). Shortchanging girls

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Trevor Harding

Session 3275 Useful Approaches to Preventing Academic Dishonesty in the Classroom Trevor S. Harding Kettering UniversityAbstractOver the past three decades, academic dishonesty (a.k.a. cheating) has become anincreasingly common occurrence among college-aged students, and engineering studentsare known to be among the most frequent culprits. At most universities, cheating is dealtwith after the fact. Few institutions go beyond drafting an academic integrity policy toprevent cheating before it happens. The same situation exists in the classroom

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. Subsequent projects become progressively more complex.In PDS the emphasis is on both accurately modeled parts and extracting fullydimensioned and specified engineering drawing to current ANSI standards. For greaterflexibility IronCAD™ also fully support ISO and JIS drawing standards as well as 1stangle and 3rd angle drawings.IronCAD™ easily excels at the task of extracting drawings because the model anddrawings are associative. From an instructional point of view s this is useful because itdoes allow editing of a dimensional value in the drawing, but it indicates any changeddimension by underlining them, the standard ANSI practice for displaying ‘not-to-scale’dimensions. This means that a student must maintain the integrity of model and cannottake

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tanksfor several periods. Requiring that the tanks remain sealed for progressively increasing periodsrequires the students to examine the microcosm’s response to the perturbation, identify theproblems and their respective source(s), and redesign the system. This iterative failure andredesign cycle results in stronger designs and increases the student’s confidence in their designabilities.IntroductionThis project was planned as an integrative experience for seniors in biological engineering. Theproject supports the following programmatic objectives (EAC, 2000): • Applies a knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering • Requires students to design, conduct, and analyze experiments, and • Requires students to design

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Stephen Dyer; Robert Krchnavek; John Schmalzel; Shreekanth Mandayam

Session 1526 Macroelectronics: A Gateway to Electronics Education S. A. Dyer,1 J. L. Schmalzel,2 R. R. Krchnavek,2 and S. A. Mandayam2 Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering 1 Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506 2 Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ 08028AbstractConventional approaches to teaching electronics and instrumentation emphasizemicroelectronics instead of providing a more general, systems-level approach. We haveshifted the focus in the first electronics course from individual devices and

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John Klegka; Robert Rabb

Session 2566 A Modern Mechanical Engineering Sequence for the United States Military Academy Major Robert J. Rabb, Colonel John S. Klegka United States Military AcademyAbstractMany institutions are revising their engineering curricula and developing programs and coursesto meet the needs of industry. With or without the valuable, external assessments of engineeringprograms from ABET’s EC2000 Criteria, engineering educators cannot ignore the changes inreal world engineering and design. Engineering programs must prepare their graduates forsuccess beyond

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laboratory set-up. The STEP 7-Micro/WIN allows the userto create programs with either the Ladder Logic editor or the Statement List Editor.Students perform five laboratory exercises in preparation for the group project. Thefollowing paragraphs briefly describe these exercises. Page 6.68.3Exercise 1: In this exercise, students get familiar with the PLC by performing thefollowing tasks: (a) Set-up the PLC on a board they previously prepared. (b) Connect the PLC to the PC using the PC/PPI cable. (c) Configure the software so that the transmission rate is 9.6 kbps, COM port used is 0, timeout is 3 s, and local station address is 0. (d) Set the PLC

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not introduce any newfundamental principles in the fluid and thermal sciences. Instead, the lectures serve to reviewand apply principles that have already been taught in introductory classes in thermodynamics,fluid mechanics and thermal energy transport. The laboratory component is strictly gearedtoward design, synthesis and evaluation, utilizing knowledge, and comprehension learned inprevious courses.The Fluid and Thermal System Design course was instituted in the 1970’s to be the primary fluidand thermal design experience for graduating seniors. As a four-credit course, the class meetstwice a week for approximately an hour and a half. The lectures consist of a variety of design-oriented applications. The lecture is broken up to include

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largersocietal issue within which their specific topic was imbedded and appreciated its significance.Rating 3: acceptableThe project dealt with an aspect of an issue that is contemporary or aids in understandingcontemporary issues. The report, most likely the introduction and/or the literature review,indicated that the students understood and appreciated the basic societal issue(s) within whichtheir specific topic was imbedded.Rating 1: poorThe project dealt with an aspect of an issue that is contemporary or aids in understandingcontemporary issues, but the report says little about the basic societal issue(s) within which thespecific topic was imbedded.Overall only 5.7% of the reports were absent any evidence of student understanding ofcontemporary

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a program defines its objectives, most Visitors havestrong, positive memories of physical experimentation in their undergraduate education. Manyhave difficulty understanding how this can be replaced with computer-based techniques.2. Degree programs with 120 credit hoursIn the mid 1990’s, the Governor of Virginia, through a task force on higher education, proposedthat all degree programs in the Commonwealth should contain 120 credit hours. GeorgeMason’s administration adopted this proposal and as a result all engineering degree programswere redesigned in 1996 to contain 120 credits.There are positive effects from this move. There is a trend of reducing engineering curricula to120 credit hours through the country. In the metropolitan DC

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1936 concept of a thinking machineonly appeared in practice (after his death) with the personal computer in the late 1980's - whicheven now is only a crude approximation of his dream. Students must be encouraged to dream andto think creatively. Techniques such as those of de Bono exist, and must be disseminated so wecan properly equip their “tool box.”EstimationThe field of engineering technology is renowned for generally requiring completion of somecalculus for all its majors. Given that essentially all students in engineering technology arecompetent in math, and that computers and calculators are widely available, what is the value ofapproximate answers? For one thing, exact calculation and estimation are very different skills,and even take

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completes wafer processing.In the case of a broken or mis-processed wafer during the laboratory class, the instructor’sdemonstration wafer is given to the team. Thus, no team is required to start over and each team isable to complete the entire lab with a working wafer. Page 6.810.6 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationIV. Wafer TestingThe wafer testing system, or device characterization module (DCM), comprises a SignatoneModel H-150 hybrid microprobe station, a Signatone Model S-301 4-point probe

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distillation can be modeled simply. The applet in which the model runsautomatically ends after user turns off the power, process air, and cooling water areturned off. Liquid drains from the trays following equations 5 and 6. Heat loss from thesurroundings is assumed to follow a first order equation with a small value of k’. = h s A s (Ti − Ts ) dTi dt where k’ = a constant related to Ts = the ambient temperature (20 C)Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Page 6.91.7 Copyright © 2001, American Society for

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project started, the issue came up on how theuniversities would share ownership of patent on the jointly developed products. Our consultantsproposed two solutions: (1) have both universities own the patents, or (2) select the universitythat contributed the majority of the novel ideas. Since the intellectual property policies of LMUand ETSU were very different 10, it was advised that the second solution be used.In order to do this; a patent committee was created that included the principal investigators fromboth universities (Drs. Mendelson and Rajai) and a patent attorney 11. The purpose of the patentcommittee was to recommend to the vice president of both universities, which products could bepatentable and which university would own the patent(s

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Mathematics. Salient points of this paperinclude the original concept of laboratory integration for deeper understanding of the subjectmatter, the funding process, faculty collaboration, student grant proposals to obtain equipmentneeded for the project, and the design and integration of cell components.I. IntroductionThe manufacturing engineer of today and the coming century needs to be an individual with avariety of technical and interpersonal skills. S/he will serve her/his community in diverse rolesas technical specialists, operations integrators, and enterprise strategists. What industry needsfrom its graduate engineers is the ability to thrive in environments that are characterized bypeople working in multifunctional interdisciplinary teams1.At