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and prototyping. Students taking thiscourse were interested in graduate-level knowledge on the genesis, mathematics, and empiricalbasis for contemporary methods. The obvious need existed, however, to provide diverseexercises to apply the techniques, without detracting from the time needed to achieve asuccessful product. Reverse engineering showed great potential to address this need. Finally, the USAFA courses have a similar historical background and set of needs.During the early 1990’s, the USAFA design course (a sophomore-level introduction toengineering design) emphasized contemporary design methods following the mechanical designprocess described by Ullman [42]. While the general course material, including a designcompetition, and

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Management, Vol. 32, Is. 11, Nov. 1996, 94-96.3. C. Arnst and E. Veomett, “Techie Managers in Training”, Business Week, Is. 3543, Sep. 8, 1997, 131.4. T. Brady, et al., “Tools for Technology Management: an Academic Perspective”, Technovation, Vol. 17, Is. 8, Aug. 1997, 417-426.5. K. Grant, C.R. Baumgardner, R. Charles and S. Guy, “The perceived importance of technical competence to project managers in the defense acquisition community”, IEEE Transactions of Engineering Management, Vol. 44, No. 1, Feb 1998, 12-19.6. L. R. Miller, “Better ways to think and communicate”, Association Management, Vol. 49, Is. 13, Dec. 1997, 71-73.7. W. A. Wimer, “Education for Technology Management”, Research Technology Management, May-June

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, other faculty at UT Austin and at Texas A&M University willbecome more deeply involved. So far, the team approach is working and we have gained newrespect for each other and our different perspectives and disciplines. It’s actually been quite a lotof fun. Page 3.197.5References Blyth, Carl S., “French in Cyberspace,” Discovery, vol 14, no. 4, 1997. Bonwell, C.C., and Eison, J.A., “Active Learning: Creating Excitement in the Classroom,” (ASHE-ERICHigher Education Report No. 1), Washington, DC: The George Washington University, 1991. Collis, B., “Pedagogical Re-Engineering: A New Approach to Course Enrichment and Re

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thermodynamic states and the workingfluid, a work sheet as illustrated in Figure 5 is obtained. The number of rows on the rightpart of the work sheet corresponds to the number of processes in a particular system. Theleft part of the work sheet (property table) indicates the state points at the beginning andend of each of these processes. First, known properties corresponding to eachthermodynamic state is entered. The connecting device or the process is entered in thecolumn marked “el.” If there is an efficiency value associated with a turbine, compressor,or pump, the corresponding isentropic process is specified by “s” and the actual deviceand the efficiency is entered in the following line

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Coordinated ProgramBrookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) is a multi-disciplinary research laboratory of theU. S. Department of Energy. It is the home for thousands of scientists, engineers andtechnicians. Among its world-class scientific instruments are the National SynchrotronLight Source, the Alternating Gradient Synchrotron, the High Flux Beam Reactor, andthe Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider currently in development. It is also the base forunique information repositories such as the Protein Data Bank and the National NeutronData Center which are referenced daily by hundreds of researchers all over the world.BNL has also long had a vibrant education program reaching out to faculty and studentsat every academic level. Undergraduate research

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Coordinated ProgramBrookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) is a multi-disciplinary research laboratory of theU. S. Department of Energy. It is the home for thousands of scientists, engineers andtechnicians. Among its world-class scientific instruments are the National SynchrotronLight Source, the Alternating Gradient Synchrotron, the High Flux Beam Reactor, andthe Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider currently in development. It is also the base forunique information repositories such as the Protein Data Bank and the National NeutronData Center which are referenced daily by hundreds of researchers all over the world.BNL has also long had a vibrant education program reaching out to faculty and studentsat every academic level. Undergraduate research

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University of ToledoINTRODUCTIONApproaching a new century, increasing world-wide industrial and technological competitivenessdemands excellence in engineering and technical education. The U.S. is priviledged to enjoy theeconomic and technological advances required to excel in global competition. Therefore, youngpeople from around the world come to this country for studying and training at universities and othereducational institutes to prepare themselves for future leadership roles in science and engineering.Their educational and cultural experiences gained in the U.S. will assist them in enabling their nativecountries to compete in global enterprises.During the mid-1990's, a significant portion of the engineering student population in the U.S

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developed inthat period were ineffective were analyzed. Finally, the events that led to the development, andthe details of the effective integrated approach were presented.References1. Thomas H. Sloane, "Laboratories for an Undergraduate Course in Power Electronics". IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 38, No. 4, November 1995.2. Simon S. Ang, "A Practice-Oriented Course in Switching Converters". IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 39, No. 1, February 1996.3. David A. Torrey, "A Project-Oriented Power Electronics Laboratory". IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 9, No. 3, May 1994.4. Daniel W. Hart, "Circuit Simulation as an Aid in Teaching the Principles of Power Electronics". IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol

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existingutility companies. The utility company was to then construct electric lines in these rural areas. Eventhough these loans were available through R.E.A., these requests fell on deaf ears and service wasnot forth coming.Local People Serve Themselves: In the United States of America, the country of free enterprise there are four basic structuresof business. They are, Individual Ownerships; Partnerships; For-Profit Corporations; and Non-Profit Cooperative Organizations. Since no one else in the nineteen-thirties (1930's) was willing toserve the sparsely populated rural areas, the people organized their own businesses and served theirown needs. After becoming legal entities, with the help of borrowed monies from the RuralElectrification

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resistor, a capacitor, an inductor, adiode or even something exotic like an oscilloscope, resulting in a rich environment fordiscovery-based learning.The mystery element X is unknown but can be deduced from the nature of various response Page 3.258.5curves. The mystery component(s) should be different on each of the workstations. In this year’soffering student teams are challenged to identify as many mystery components as possible and tosubmit their supporting data with carefully reasoned arguments for each identification. In this labremoteness is an actual advantage for educational purposes. Since the mystery elements cannotbe seen – they truly

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and Engineering students participated in the projectsand demonstrations, serving as successful Science and Engineering role models for the GirlScouts. These University-level students included both undergraduate and graduate-level women Page 3.273.1from the Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and GeoScience Departments. PACESDirector Dr. Scott Starks and PACES Research Specialist Dr. Brian S. Penn also contributed tothe Trek program. Thirty Girl Scouts, as well as several Troop Leaders, participated in theprogram.Summer Science Trek 1997 included many of the same activities, and once again was presentedby Dr. Rodriguez, with the assistance

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., Schoch, P., Kalsher, M. and Racicot, B. (1997). A Motivational First-year Electronics Lab Course.Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 86, No. 4, pp.357-362Elizandro, D. and Smith, J. (1997). Laboratory Experience to support experimental design by Engineering Students.Computers in Education Journal, Vol VII, N. 2, pp. 12-14Richards, L.G. and Carlson-Skalak, S. (1997). Faculty Reactions to Teaching Engineering Design to First YearStudents. Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 86, No. 3, pp. 233-240BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATIONMIREYA FERNANDEZ, Ph.D. is Associate Professor at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, ElectronicEngineering Department. where she is responsible for the Experimental Laboratories in the Electronics curricula.Her research

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is held during final exam period. Industrial partners participate in judging thecompetition. One or more teams are then invited to tour global facilities, present their design(s)at either corporate, engineering, or manufacturing headquarters to the CEO and senior technicalstaff. Teams are then encouraged, and motivated, to further refine their designs and engage infurther study of relevant global and international issues they will face on their field exercise. Page 3.303.3 Laboratory Schedule Week: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Fundamentals of ProEngineer

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a Bachelor of Science in the 1990’s. Also, the perception of career mobility of the civil, electrical and mechanical ET programs being worse may reflect both the Bachelor of Technology degree and the particular field of endeavor. Page 3.311.8 8Employer Satisfaction: Employers were asked to provide information about their satisfaction with their RIT graduate and with the preparation which was provided by RIT. This was not broken down by program. Table #7 summarizes employer responses. Table #7: Employer Satisfaction. Highly 5 4 3 2 1 Not

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., “The Science and Design of Engineering Materials,” Chap. 13, 1st ed. revised,Irwin, Chicago, 1995.8 D. R. Askeland, “The Science and Engineering of Materials,” 3rd ed., PWS Publishing Co., Boston, MA,1994.9 S. C. Lau, MEEN 464 Heat Transfer Laboratory, Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1997. Page 3.328.6 5 Figure 1. Schematic of thermal conductivity apparatus.Insulation Thermocouples

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, June 15-18, 1997.3. Woods, D.R., Problem-based Learning: How to Gain the Most from PBL, ISBN 0-9698725-0-X, TheMcMaster University, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4L8, 1994: email, Hocker@Boostore,services,mcmaster,ca.4. “United States Air Force Academy Educational Outcomes and Their Assessment: An IntegratedApproach,” Educational Outcomes Assessment Working Group, A Presentation at the AmericanAssociation of Higher Education, 10th Annual Conference on Assessment and Quality, Boston, MA, June1995.5. Woods, D.R., et al., “Developing Problem Solving Skills: The McMaster Problem Solving Program,”Journal of Engineering Education, ASEE, Vol. 86, No.2, April, 1997.6. Larson, D., Hatfield, J., Collier, K. and Howell, S., “A Four Year Path to Synthesis: The

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candidatesindicates that these people are highly desirable. Interviewer feedback is extremely positive Page 3.347.5and we anticipate the growth of an “alumni” population that are ambassadors of this newparadigm.REFERENCES1 Knowles, Malcolm S. , “The Making of an Adult Educator” 1989 Jossey-Bass Inc., Publishers2 Norton, Robert E., DACUM Facilitator Training, 1997 Center on Education and Training, College of Education, The Ohio State UniversityBIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATIONALICE SWANGER is the Manager of Education and Training at Focus:HOPE’s Center for AdvancedTechnologies. Her educational background is in Educational Technology and her industrial background

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operations. Latest innovations in simulationsystems revolve around improvements in man-machine interfaces, and reduction in the levelof high level programming 3-5.Another factor that is seldom cited as a probable cause of reduction in enrollment is theapparent lack of innovation in how the subject is presented to power engineering students.The range of experiments that a typical undergraduate energy conversion laboratory facilitycan support does not adequately prepare power engineering students for the digital-computeroriented 1990's power system industry. For instance, experiments on derivation ofperformance characteristics and equivalent circuits of a motor normally involve manuallyreading, recording, and tabulating measurements of voltage

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-American, 24 percent Asian-American, and 17 percent Caucasian and "other," Cal StateL.A. is perhaps the most ethnically and culturally diverse university in the nation. Unique inCalifornia, Cal State L.A. is the only federally designated "Minority Institution" (MI) in the Statewhich has an engineering program and the only California university that is eligible for membershipin the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) as an Hispanic ServingInstitution (HSI).The School of Engineering and Technology is one of six Schools within the University. The School Page 3.375.2serves approximately 1,200 of Cal State L.A.'s more than 20,000

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, 1992.5 Levy, S., and Dubois, H. J., Plastic Product Design Engineering Handbook, 2nd Edition, Chapman and Hall, NewYork, 1984.6 Pye, R. G. W., Injection Mould Design: A Design Manual for the Thermoplastic Industry, 2nd Edition, The Plastic& Rubber Institute, 1978.Biographical InformationREGINALD G. MITCHINER, Ph.D., is a professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department of VirginiaPolytechnic Institute and State University. He has over two decades of experience in the practice and education ofmechanical design.JOHN T. TESTER is a Ph.D. candidate in the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department of Virginia PolytechnicInstitute and State University. He has over a decade of experience in design and manufacturing processes, particularlyin

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after theuse of WebCT . Before the use of WebCT (Spring ‘96 and Fall ‘96), the class average atthe end of the semester was 82 . After the use of WebCT (Fall ‘97), the class averageincreased to 86. A greater improvement was obtained in the class distribution of grades.In the Spring and Fall 96 semesters, 62% of the students received an ‘A”, 16 % receiveda ‘B”, 11% received a “C”, and 11 % received an “F” grade. After the use of WebCT, theclass grade distribution improved significantly: 74 % of the students received an “A’, 13% received a “B”, 10% received a “C”, and 3 % received an “F”. 80% % of Class 60% S p rin g /F a ll 9 6 40

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, M.E. (1979). Engineering graduates: How good are they? Engineering Education, 70, 210-212.6. Middendorf, W.H. (1980). Academic programs and industrial needs. Engineering Education, 71 (8), 835-837.7. Williams, R.H., Barrett, E.C. & Perelman, L. (1994). The writing initiative: First year progress report. Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies.8. Geppert, L. (1995). Educating the renaissance engineer. IEEE Spectrum, 32 (9), 39-43.9. Manuel-Dupont, S. (1996). Writing across the curriculum in an engineering program. Journal of Engineering Education, 85 (1), 35-40.10. Olds, B. (1994). Using draft reviews to improve writing and thinking in engineering classes. 1994

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Lloyd Feldmann

, 78, Summer 1993, 41-44BiographyLloyd Feldmann received a BSME from the University of Arizona, an MSE from PurdueUniversity and an MA in Adult Education from Ball State University. He served ten years in theU S Navy as a Naval Flight Officer. He then worked eleven years for Cummins EngineCompany in a variety of industrial engineering positions. He has also taught as a full-timelecturer in the Mechanical Engineering Technology Department at IUPUI, Columbus campus,for seven years. Currently he is an assistant professor in the MET Department of the PurdueUniversity School of Technology at Columbus. Questions or comments can be directed to (812)348-7214 or lfeldman@iupui.edu

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Reinhold, New York, 1990.3. R.C. Progelhof and J. L. Throne, Polymer Engineering Principles, Hanser, New York, 1993.4. K.-H. Moos, "High-Pressure Capillary Rheometry," Kunststoffe/German Plastics, 81, 1991.5 R. B. Bird, R. C. Armstrong, and O. Hannsger, Dynamics of Polymeric Liquids, Vol. 1: Fluid Mechanics, Wiely, New York, 1987.6. J. M. Dealy, Rheometers for Molten Plastics - A Practical Guide to Testing and Property Measurement, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York, 1982.7. C. D. Han, Rheology in Polymer Processing, Academic Press, New York, 1976.8. V. Morrow and J. F. Reilly, "Improving Correlation Between On-Line and Lab Rheology," Plastics Engineering, 51(9), 27, 1995.9. F. S. Baker, "Putting Your

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. Gender and Education. v8, n2 p. 199-214, Jun 1996.[4] Muller, C. B. The Women in Science Project at Dartmouth. Initiatives. v 55, n. 3, p 39-47. Fall 1992[5] Barber, L. A. U.S. Women in Science and Engineering, 1960-1990: Progress toward Equity? Journal of Higher Education. v 66, n.2, p 213-234. Mar-April 1995.[6] Morgan, C. S. College Student's Perceptions of Barriers to Women in Science and Engineering. Youth and Society; v24, n2 p228-36. Dec. 1992.Biographical InformationJeffery McDowell is the Director of Residence Life at the University of Detroit Mercy, a position he has held for 8years. A member of a number of professional student affairs organizations, Dr. McDowell is also an adjunct facultymember of the University of Detroit

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, October 1997.17. Norris, D. M. and Poulton, S. E. (1997). Creating a Knowledge Age Vision for Your Community College. The American Association of Community Colleges, Washington: DC.Biographic: HAMID Y. EYDGAHI, is the Dean of Engineering and Industrial Technologies at Lima Technical College in Lima, Ohio. He has a undergraduate degree in Mech. Eng. and an MBA, and is currently working on his Ph.D. He held a number of engineering and project management positions for more than ten years, before joining education. MARK O. MAWLAWI, is the coordinator of the Industrial Engineering Technology Program at Lima Technical College in Lima, Ohio. He has an

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. Finlayson's encouragement, support, and promotion of thiscourse is greatly appreciated.[1] "New horizons in electrochemical science and technology," Publication NMAB 438-1, National Academy Press,Washington, D.C. (1986).[2] S.D. Leith and D.T. Schwartz, J. Electrochem. Soc., 143, 873 (1996).[3] J.A. Medina and D.T. Schwartz, Electrochim. Acta 42, 2679 (1997).[4] M.A. Lilga, R.J. Orth, J.H. Sukamto, S.M. Haight, and D.T. Schwartz, Sep. Purif. Tech., 11 147 (1997).[5] W-S. Huang, B.D. Humphrey, and A.G. Macdiarmid, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans. I, 82, 2385 (1986).DANIEL T. SCHWARTZ is Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Washington. Hejoined the University of Washington in 1991

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otherutility systems.What is an industrial refrigeration system?An ethylene manufacturing process usually consists of a hot section and a cold section. Theprimary equipment in the hot section is the pyrolysis furnace in which hydrocarbons are crackedat temperatures in excess of 1000o F to form ethylene and a slate of byproducts includingmethane, ethane, propylene, C4’s and C5 and heavier hydrocarbons. The cold section consists ofa series of distillation columns, flash drums and exchangers which separate pure ethylene fromthe byproducts. The cold section operates under cryogenic conditions with temperatures rangingfrom -160o F to -25o F. Refrigerants, usually ethylene and/or propylene of several temperaturelevels, are used as coolants in exchangers and

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core of the design in the mind of the student designer so that s/hespends more time implementing the interface than addressing the intended focus of the system.The result is a system with a glamorous interface but compromised or limited capabilities tosolve the overall problem.Described in this paper is a microcontroller-based instrument built into an old telephone handsetthat provides keypad input and multi-digit display output, which is easy to incorporate intotypical digital designs. The keypad in the telephone handset is used as the input device, and araster generated on a standard oscilloscope is used to produce a display showing a multiple-digitoutput. This device has been used as a standard interface for many different digital

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recommendation have been incorporated into an improved versionof the K’nexercise, which will be offered during the Spring semester of Academic Year 1997-98.REFERENCESAmerican Society of Civil Engineers, Quality in the Constructed Product: A Guide for Owners, Designers andConstructors (ASCE Manual No. 73), ASCE, 1990STEPHEN J. RESSLERLTC Stephen J. Ressler is Professor and Deputy Head of the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at theU. S. Military Academy, West Point. He graduated from USMA in 1979 and received a Ph.D. from LehighUniversity in 1991. He is a registered P.E. in Virginia. He has taught courses in statics and dynamics, mechanics ofmaterials, structural analysis, steel design, reinforced concrete design, and design of structural