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outcomes, and use thedata for establishing a process for continuous improvement. From Raytheon’s perspective, therewas a commitment to work with its academic partner, but also an awareness that this joint effortwould strengthen the relationship, significantly benefiting Raytheon for the reasons outlinedabove. More importantly, Raytheon personnel had something to contribute that was truly neededand helpful.This partnership was also intended to help faculty in the College of Engineering focus onABET’s EC 2000 – utilizing industrial expertise and experience with Quality-related processesto teach faculty about Quality, its importance and using Raytheon success stories to illustratehow it can lead to positive change. Although industry is more concerned

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Annual Conference, St. Louis, June 2000.12. Kumar, D. and Meeden, L., “A Robot Laboratory for Teaching Artificial Intelligence,” Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, Atlanta, 1998, pp. 341-344.13. Russell, S. and Norvig, P., Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, Prentice Hall, 1994.14. Arkin, R., Behavior-Based Robotics; The MIT Press; 1998.15. Brooks, R., “A Robust Layered Control System for a Mobile Robot,” IEEE Journal of Robotics and Automation, Vol. RA-2, 1986, pp. 14-23.JERRY B. WEINBERGJerry B. Weinberg is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department at Southern Illinois University -Edwardsville. He teaches courses and conducts research in artificial

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money over aspecified operating time. Heat transfer augmentation is encouraged as a means of being morecompetitive.In addition to the responsibility for design, teams are provided with the raw material and tools tobuild and test the performance of a prototype module of their recuperator design. In addition,along with a cover letter to the chemical company requesting the bid, each team submits atechnical report documenting their company’s proposed recuperator design.II. Background of the Class BodyThe Fluid and Thermal System Design class mainly consists of senior-level undergraduatestudents with a minority of graduate students. The course is a four-credit class, and involvesboth a lecture and a laboratory component. The lectures, however, do

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solving methodologies in methodologies advanced applications, ability to recognize a problem and to reduce it to a simple case from an introductory technical courseTo achieve the objectives of the introductory courses the following structure is used: 1. Simple problems from the textbook – but let the students choose numeric values. This provides for the sense of their ownership for the problem and allows to follow solutions from the book 2. More complicated problems. One problem covers one or more topics 3. Laboratory

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4 0 4AE-201 Strength of Materials 4 0 4AE-213 Introduction to Fluid Mechanics 4 0 4AE-220 Building Construction Materials & 3 2 4 Methods IIAE-222 Construction Materials Laboratory 1 2 1AE-225 Specifications and Contracts 3 0 3AE-3001 Dynamics 3 0 3AE-310 Basic Conditioning of Air

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inadequate in the field of GIS and GPS.One possible reason may be the elimination of surveying courses from many civil engineeringcurricula. Many civil engineering programs in the United States do not have a requireddedicated course in surveying, GIS or GPS at all, some have an elective course in a geography or Page 6.629.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationnatural resource program, some teach it in a graduate civil engineering course, and someincorporate GIS in other courses. Very few

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movement toward ergonomic advancement within theworkplace, yet according to Alexander, far too few industrial engineers retain ergonomics as oneof their more commonly utilized tools4.MethodologyA review of the systematic approach for curriculum development in Ergonomics and Safety arearevealed limited information. Generally, curricular design could be grouped into three areas:laboratory design, course design, and program design. Articles on laboratory and course designfocused on many of the same critical issues. This is not surprising in science oriented programswhere many laboratories are treated as separate courses. The major issues revealed were aconcentrated effort to move class instruction from a highly theoretical component

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to an enrollment of about 20students. Both courses encourage student-teacher and student-student interactions. Thedetailed curricula are provided in the following sections.II. CurriculumENGS115:- Introduction of EngineeringThis course is organized around a semester-long design project. The emphasis is onengineering problem solving methodologies and computational techniques. Basicengineering concepts and analyses related to the design project are discussed on a need-to-know basis. The course includes five hands-on laboratory sessions; site visits to localengineering firms and manufacturing plants; ethics and professional responsibilities; andeconomic concerns associated with the engineering design process. Teamwork is stronglyencouraged. The

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., Tanyel, M., "Innovation in Teaching Mechanical Engineering Applications", in Proceedings of 1994 Frontiers in Education Conference, pp. 82-86, Nov. 1994.22. Scoles, K., Tanyel, M., Onaral, B., "Computing in Electrical Engineering Education at Drexel University", in IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 198-203, Feb. 1993.23. Tanyel, M., Quinn, R., Barge, E., "An Engineering Laboratory for Freshmen - Computer Utilization", in 1990 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Toronto, June 26-29 1990.24. Chugani, M. L., Samant, A. R., Cerna, M., LabVIEW Signal Processing, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall (1998).MARLIN VISSMarlin Viss is a senior engineering student at Dordt College. He is expected to obtain his B. S. in

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this database extensively in planning afield and laboratory investigation program to characterize soil properties needed for the design oftheir facility.Paul Palazolo has customized the computational and project elements from “Sooner City” intohis undergraduate Civil Engineering Computation course at The University of Memphis withextension of the authenticity of the programming to relate to actual engineering audiences. Page 6.1138.1 "Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2001, American Society for Engineering

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theexisting foundation course work in the engineering curriculum. A total of 114 UTSA studentsparticipated in this survey. The majority (110) were upper division (91) or graduate student (19).When asked to identify major factors influencing the learning process in the engineeringfoundation course work, student responses were as follows: “good teachers (94%), “goodtextbook” (78%), problem solving sessions (70%), “small class size” (65%), and “studentinterest” (63%). To improve the quality of education, students suggested assigning well-prepared professors to teach the foundation courses. More hands-on laboratory experience wasalso recommended.Table 3. Analysis of mechanical engineering student retention and progress Fall 1996 1

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Session 2793 Assessment of Providing In-Class, Hands-On, Activities to Virginia Tech’s First Year Engineering Students Jeffrey B. Connor, Richard M. Goff Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityAbstractHistorically, engineering has been a practical outgrowth of the need to solve physicalproblems. Engineering education was initially based in practical laboratory and shopexperiences, as well as traditional instruction in science and mathematics. FollowingWorld War II, engineering education in the United States began emphasizing theoreticalsciences and mathematics. Though a justified

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CAD/CAM,rapid prototyping, electronic assembly, and the Facility for Advanced Manufacturing Education(FAME). Together, these laboratories offer a broad range of manufacturing capability, whichallows the students significant flexibility in product design. IE students on the teams will havealready completed a laboratory course in the FAME lab during which they learn basic safetyprinciples and operation of some of the equipment. Course faculty and department technicalstaff work with the student groups to develop their skills with other laboratory equipment asneeded. Once they have demonstrated a reasonable level of proficiency, the students are allowed

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the mini-courses; (4) two local high school science teachers, who livein the dormitory with the students, assist with teaching in the laboratory, and accompany studentson field trips; and (5) five student counselors (including one administrative counselor) who contactstudents prior to their arrival, oversee evening and weekend recreational activities, and, like theteachers, live with the students and assist them with their classwork. The latter are selected fromour undergraduate science and pre-health students on the basis of applications, interviews, andletters of recommendation from college faculty. We schedule monthly meetings prior to theworkshop, frequent informal meetings as needed during the workshop, and a debriefing

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aframework for describing effective engineering design studio courses, particularly at theintroductory level. The basic elements of such a framework consist of four basic areas: physicalspace, pedagogy, student exercises, and assessment.Physical space can have a profound effect on how students react in any active learning situation.In conversations with educators from Stanford regarding their success in visual thinking andengineering design, one of the most important elements reported was the need for “great views”and good lighting. Unfortunately, the physical space typically used to teach engineering designis markedly different than that for any of the visual arts. Often a conventional classroom is used,or a laboratory space equipped for physics or

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Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT) at theUniversity of Michigan, the first workshop of the series was focused on cooperative learningtechniques for the classroom and presented by Dan Budny of the University of Pittsburgh. Inthis session, we discussed the purpose of using cooperative learning techniques, how they benefitstudents in the classroom, laboratory, and in study groups, how they promote active learning, andhow they differ from collaborative learning. A meta-analysis of sound research studies hasshown that cooperative learning increases real learning, motivation, and retention. Dr. Budnypresented a collection of principles to help design cooperative learning experiences that fosterteamwork and improved learning. Small

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engineering and the sciences, that may becompleted as part of the curriculum in each participating department. We have developed anintroductory microchip fabrication laboratory in which students process 4-inch wafers to createworking nMOSFETs and other devices. It is anticipated that this course will be required of allstudents in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering,and Physics, and has only freshman chemistry as its prerequisite. Interested students who thenselect the microelectronics option then take a sequence of core courses in solid state physics andsemiconductor processing technologies, and select electives from a menu including range ofelectronics materials processing courses, semiconductor devices

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for filling technical andmanagement positions in the construction industry. One problem with these articulation arrangementshas been that of ensuring relevant laboratory knowledge on the part of the vocational educationstudents in certain specific areas. Even though vocational programs are inherently hands-on, the labsin such institutions have limited capabilities in terms of soils testing, materials testing, asphalt testing,to name a few areas.This paper focuses on an approach for addressing this shortcoming of vocational education studentsnot having access to some of the labs that academic institutions do by means of employing aconstruction lab-cam and broadcasting a lab session in asynchronous or synchronous modes to otherinstitutions so

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à Session 2553 A Multi-faceted First Year Electrical and Computer Engineering Course Fred R. Beyette, Jr., James J. Caffery, Jr., Karen C. Davis University of CincinnatiI. IntroductionAn innovative course at the University of Cincinnati combines introductory level technicalmaterials with the development of academic survival skills and a hands-on laboratory experienceto produce an Introduction to Electrical and Computer (ECE) course for incoming freshmen. Thecourse, which is offered to ECE freshmen in their first term, is designed to promote

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course grade. (Other percentagesare possible. When this author taught a sophomore level plastic materials and processes course atPurdue University during a nine-month sabbatical stint, the 3Rs’ process was assigned a grade of Page 6.855.35% because report was based on a choice laboratory experiment). The report presentationProceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2001, American Society for Engineering Education(representation) is worth the equivalent of two class assignments. Allotment of grade points tothese activities is an incentive or motivation for the student

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Session 1520 Web Programming for Industrial Applications: A New Course Paul I-Hai Lin, Hal Broberg Indiana University-Purdue University Fort WayneAbstractAn explanation of a new course currently being taught at the undergraduate and graduatelevel is provided. Topics including a survey of Internet and Web, HTML,JavaScript/JScript, Java Applet, Perl, CGI protocol and scripts, and Web-based databasesare covered. Some theory in industrial process control, sensors, and transducers isintroduced with emphasis on Web-based data acquisition, industrial control andautomation applications. Laboratory experiments

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unaware that they can attendgraduate school for free and, in fact, with compensation as either a teaching assistant orresearch assistant. Although they know how to do the calculation, they have generallynot performed an economic analysis to assess their life-long earning potential and theyfrequently fail to consider quality of life issues associated with the enhanced careeroptions available to those with a graduate degree. For women engineers, the differentialimpact on family life must be a part of the analysis2. Therefore, as a first step, studentsshould be informed of all of the options available and their economic and quality of lifeimplications.It also has been observed that many, if not most, of our best students have multipleopportunities

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component of an electrical engineering (EE) program.The numerous texts to choose from (see Refs. 1 and 2, for example) are typicallyorganized along traditional lines. Nonlinear devices are considered, beginning withdiodes and spanning transistor technologies (BJTs, FETs, MOSFETs, etc.). Basic circuittopologies are presented, followed by progressively more complex circuits to formprimitive functions. Feedback is treated along the way, as are other topics such as digitalcircuits. Most curricula also include an electronics laboratory, which may not be tightlycoupled to the electronics course.We are strongly motivated to change the way we approach teaching. ABET’s Criteria20003, the ASEE report, “Engineering for a Changing World”4, and discussions

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., and Perna, A. J., “Fundamentals of Engineering Design- A Freshman Measurements Laboratory”Session 2326, p 1392-1394, 1995 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Anaheim, CA, June 25-28, 19958. Kielson, Suzanne, “Freshman Design on a Shoestring”, p 117-121, Proceedings of the ASEE Mid-AtlanticSection Conference, November 1-2, 1996, Wilkes University, Wilkes Barre, PA9. Milano, G., “A Freshman Design Experience: Retention and Motivation”, The Eight National Conference onCollege Teaching and Learning, Jacksonville, FL, April 16-19, 199710. Hesketh, Robert P., Slater, C. Stewart, Gould, Ronald M., “Multidisciplinary Teams in Industry andEngineering Education”, Proceedings of the Mid Atlantic Section Conference, DuPont Experimental Station,Wilmington

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Session 2259 Micro-controller based Heater Control for Gas Sensors Michael Amos, Dr. Bruce Segee University of Maine Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Instrumentation Research LaboratoryAbstractSemiconductor Metal Oxide (SMO) Gas Sensors have emerged as a dominant sensor technologyin recent years. These sensors are now able to detect compounds ranging from greenhousegasses to chemical weapon agents. The behavior of the sensor is temperature dependent and thesensor typically operates at elevated temperature (200 °C to 600 °C). Laboratory

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Multi-course design project creates ties between various mechanical engineering topics Scott R. Hummel Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering Lafayette College Easton, PA 18042 hummels@lafayette.edu (610) 330-5587 Terry A. DeRossett Director of Mechanical Engineering Laboratories Department of Mechanical Engineering Lafayette College Easton, PA 18042

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laboratories within ED&L Administration of Courses and Exams The preparedness, reliability and effectiveness of the teaching assistant in the classroom The administration of the chemistry course (during academic year 1999-2000) Rescheduling of exam times - not conducive to have two exams on the same day; Friday afternoons and Monday mornings can be difficult for some students Concern about the consistency of faculty supervising the freshmen design project; providing training for those individualsCourse Integration Page 6.209.6 "Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

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teaching. The reason for theslow rate of growth in using this new technology for teaching entirely online courses inengineering is not apparent. In Wyoming, there is even a greater need for online delivery ofbasic engineering courses so that transfer students, most of who live in distant and remote areas,and other prospective students can prepare themselves prior to arriving on campus. In Spring2000, with the sponsorship of the Engineering College and the School of Extended Studies, thelead author proposed and initiated a project to design, develop, and deliver a complete onlinecourse in Engineering Thermodynamics that would satisfy the University of Wyoming’srequirement for the accredited degree in engineering. The authors, then, did research

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Session 2793 The Pilot Design Studio-Classroom Joseph Cataldo and Gerardo del Cerro The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and ArtAbstractThe teaching of fluid mechanics at Cooper Union has been revised to make it aninteractive design mode. Key fluid mechanics principles are demonstrated using designproject assignments, demonstrations/experiments, videos, and lectures. A series of elevenmodules has been developed. Each module consists of an outline of the theory of a topicthat will be covered in lectures, an illustrated design problem, historical and culturalnotes, a design homework example

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experiences with these teams over two semesters.IntroductionWorking in teams, improving communication skills, and enhancing problem solving are all keyobjectives for ABET 20001 as well as for most engineering courses. One way to address all ofthese is to have students work in cooperative learning homework teams. Cooperative learning2,3has been shown to have beneficial effects on student learning and benefits for the instructorincluding fewer and better papers to grade. Organizing the teams requires some work by theinstructor at the beginning of the semester as well as continual monitoring throughout the course.To teach the students about teamwork, it is important that they be provided with a structure forthe roles they are to play rather than just